Sunday Update!

Hi Families,

One more week until school is out for winter break, I can’t believe how fast this year is moving.  A few exciting things happening this week at Whittier:

üTomorrow we will have a library book exchange at 11:15 am

ü Tomorrow we will have our popcorn snack reward – please return permission slip

ü We will visit the computer lab on Wednesday afternoon

ü Please visit Whittier on the last instructional day of the 2013 school year!

o   Donuts and juice  8:30 – 9:00 in the classroom

o   Stick around to make candles to decorate our tree!

ü This week, Whittier is having a door decorating contest.  If you visit on Friday, please admire our teachers creative ideas (kindergarten will be the North Pole)

Sight words:

ü Can

ü All

ü Will

*We are going to extend the homework due date until this Friday*

Poetry:

The Five Little Snowmen

Snow Day

Whole Group:

ü Recall and discuss text

ü Use question words to answer questions about the text

ü Build complex vocabulary

We will read…..

Knuffle Bunny

Annie and the Wild Animals

Later in the week we will…

ü Read nonfiction books about Artic animals

ü Record key words that help us remember information

ü Discuss text features (ex: table of contents, labels, captions, etc)

Social Studies:

We will continue to learn about holidays around the world!  We will discuss past and present traditions related to Kwanza, Christmas and the Chinese New Year.  We had so much learning about Hanukkah last week! 

Writing:

Our big writing assignment this week will be…what would you do if you were stuck inside a snow globe??

Math:

We will explore place value (teen numbers) using various tools.  Students will practice using a rekenrek.  They will also make their own rekenrek using beads, foam and pipe cleaners.  Students will use their rekenrek to compose and decompose teen numbers.  They will also be used to solve story problems.

Let’s make this a great week of learning!