12/12 to 12/21

Hello,

Thank you to all the families that made it to family night! Students LOVED reading their compliments!

Last week before winter break! It is a very exciting and busy time of the year. This week we will have

a few fun celebrations. Stay tuned for videos and pictures throughout the week.

Secret Santa! Throughout the week students will be making handmade presents for their
secret santa. They can make some at home if they would like but please do not purchase
anything for it! Handmade cards, bookmarks, origami pieces, etc. And they will have time
to make some at school too so it is not something they need to do!

Gingerbread men: Sometimes this week students can bring their disguised gingerbread man to share at morning meeting. It is cool to see their creative designs!

Here is a snippet of what the end of the week will look like!

Thursday: We will watch a movie on Thursday, I am going to rent Small Foot which is rated PG. Please let me know if you are not comfortable with your child watching a PG movie I can have another activity ready for them. 

Friday: We will have time with our 3rd grade buddies and decorate cookies! We will also have a winter scoot where the students will rotate around rooms for various activities. 

If you would like to bring a treat or snack in for Thursday or Friday please email and I can let you

know what we need. But of course you do not need to.

Lastly, I have some exciting news to share. This last weekend I was proposed to and said yes! It was fun to share the news with the class this morning and I told them they can help me start planning! 

Here is a photo:

Upcoming Events:

12/21: Pajama Day or Red/Green

12/24 to 1/1: Winter Break

1/18: Early Release for Students

Reading: This week we will be surprising our secret santa with bookmarks and books throughout the

week. We will be learning about how it is important to get to know our reading partner to have great

conversations with them. At the end of the week we will be ending our nonfiction unit and will

celebrate by teaching the other first grade class about a topic we learned all about from our reading.

Writing: We are finishing up our all about books this week.  We are adding in introductions and

conclusions. We will have our on demand on Wednesday.

Math: We are working with tens and ones this week.  We will work on reading and writing numerals

and number words.  

Science: This week in science we will be recording videos to teach all we know about the sun,

planets, stars, and moon. If all goes well I will try to post those videos next week!

Questions to ask:

• What video are you recording for science?
• What did you make your secret santa?
• What poster are you going to make in reading?
• What is your topic for your writing On Demand going to be?
• What is a two digit number?
• Are you going to help Miss Wittmann plan her wedding?!

12/3 to 12/7

Hello,

I will be out of the classroom tomorrow and Wednesday because I will be attending the SLATE conference in Wisconsin Dells with a few other teachers from our school.  We will be learning new ways to integrate technology.  I’m excited for this learning opportunity.  I will be checking my email but if you have any urgent news please call Mrs. Mitchell in the office.


Book Order:  Book orders are due today! Please email if you would like to set up a time for me to get the books to you as a secret. You can order online as well at https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Our class code is QJMYM.

Upcoming Events:
12/3: Book Orders Due
12/6: Family Night sheets due
12/11: No School for Students
12/13: Pajama Day and Pizza and Publishing Family Night
12/21: Pajama Day or Red/Green
12/24 to 1/1: Winter Break

Reading:  In reading this week we are learning ways to solve unknown words in nonfiction books. We will add a few new strategies to solve our words. We will goal set and talk about strategies we use all the time and a few strategies we would like to work on.

Writing: In writing we are continuing our work with our All About books. We will be learning how to make our books into chapter books. We will learn how to create a table on contents, chapter titles, and other ways to organize our books.

Math: This week we will be starting a new math unit. This unit is all about place value. We will be learning about making groups of 10’s and 1’s. We will be creating 2 digit numbers and taking them apart. The math homework will be sent home on Thursday this week.

Science: This week we will be continuing our centers.  We will also receive a moon journal to use at home. This is an optional activity to do at home as a family.