Dec. 10-14

Dear Parents,

 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We have been very busy in the classroom lately learning new skills and participating in our community service projects to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House. I want to say a special thank you to those of you who volunteered your time last week to help sell Candy Cane Grams. Our second Community Outreach service project will be our 1^st Grade teacher raffle. Raffle tickets will go on sale Tuesday, December 11^th and Wednesday, December 12^th from 7:30-8:00 in the auditorium.

 Students will have the chance to buy as many raffle tickets as they want for the opportunity to spend the afternoon with any of the fabulous first grade teachers or to be a Media Specialist or Assistant Principal for the day. Raffle tickets are $1 each and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House.

         In other exciting news, our class’ Holiday party is scheduled for December 18^th from 1:15-2:00.

 We will participate in our Book Exchange as well as celebrate together before the Holiday Break.

 Please make sure to have your book wrapped and sent to school by Thursday, December 13^th.

 I know this is such a busy time of year, so I thank you for all of your help in these upcoming events J

Here is a look into the week ahead:

Reading: Identifying character and setting.

Words to Know:

about

give

read

say

says

should

could

would

were

Phonics: /ie/ (ex: tie, lie, pie) and words with triple consonant blends (ex: strap, scrape, stripe)

Grammar: Reading, and writing contractions.

Social Studies: Comparing and Contrasting different Holidays around the World.

Math: Continuing to practice using Fractions.

Writing: Writing an opinion piece on why we think it is better to give than to receive.

Please let me know if you have any questions throughout the week!

Have a Marvelous day!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Peake



Dec. 3-7

Dear Parents,

       We had a great week back from Thanksgiving Break! The students have been working hard to prepare for our upcoming events to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House and have been showing a strong desire to help those in need. The children are very curious about how they can better help those in our community, so this would be a great opportunity to ask them questions! To take our idea of “responsibility” even further, you might want to give your child opportunities around the house to earn quarters that they can use them to buy candy grams this week. It will give them such a great sense of pride when they know that they have earned the opportunity to help others. I am looking forward to seeing our school come together to help such a worthy cause this week. Please read the following announcements and reminders for ways you can volunteer your time J

            Here is a look into the following week:

Reading: Students will continue making predictions throughout a given text.

Words to Know:

call

how

more

funny

there

so

Phonics: Vowel Valley sounds  /oo/ (boot) and /oo/ (foot)

Also, reviewing i_e words. ( hike, like, pile, mice)

Grammar: Using the verbs (is and are) in sentences. Identifying that when using the verb, is, we are talking about one person, place or thing. When we use the verb, are, we are talking about more than one person, place or thing.

Ex: She is playing soccer.

They are playing soccer.

Social Studies: Reviewing wants, needs and services. Preparing and advertising for the Candy Cane Gram Sale.

Math: Introducing fractions.

Writing: Choosing a gift to give to the world and writing a letter to the world explaining why that gift is important.

Important Announcements and Reminders:

•             Dec. 4^th-5^thwill be our two selling days for the Candy Grams. Please check our Shutterfly website to volunteer for the remaining 3 spots! Our class will be selling grams at the IC from 7:20-8:15 @ the table near the front office.
•         Thank you to our three wonderful volunteers for helping with our first small groups!  The students loved having you visit our classroom and help us create posters!
• Dec. 11th-12th- 7:30-8:15, students can buy raffle tickets for $1  each for a Teacher Outing. 
•           Dec. 13^th- will be our Holiday Book Exchange. A letter with details will be going home in your child’s Red Folder on Monday.

Thank you all for your continued support!!

    Sincerely,

             Mrs. Peake