Posts: ​Weekly What’s Up: December 10-14, 2018

12/10/2018 3:20 PM by Amanda.Davis

It’s hard to
believe that there are only two weeks of school left before our Christmas
break.  The excitement is definitely
starting to build!  Our science lead,
Mrs. Hirst, visited out class today.  We
made baking soda snowmen then she showed us how to use pipettes to drop vinegar
onto them.  Our snowmen dissolved!

 

The class
loved learning about Hanukkah last week. 
This week we are focusing on the different ways that Christmas is
celebrated around the world.  We will
also be learning about the religious and secular aspects of Christmas.

 

Literacy:   Please remember to record the title of the book
that your child reads each night. Your child should be bringing home a book to
read each night.

 

There
will be no new No Excuses words this week or next.  We will use this time to review the words we
have covered so far.  New words will
resume in the new year. 

 

Students
will be sharing their family traditions with one another this week and will
then be completing a writing activity about their traditions.  We have also been writing letters and cards
to Twinkle the reindeer.  She came from
the North Pole last week to keep an eye on us. 
She is watching for all the ways that we show Christmas spirit to one
another.

 

The
class is loving our novel, A Ghost at Christmas Time.  We are learning lots about the differences
between modern and Victorian times as the story involves the writing of A Christmas
Carol.

 

Math:
 This week our
numbers will be 64-68.  You can ask your
child to show you a representation that we came up with in class or you can
have them create their own representation. 
You can also practice skip counting to that number. 

 

We are continuing to work on doubles and doubles plus
one facts and on representing numbers to 50 in several different ways.  We are also learning about equality and
inequality and how to represent equal and not equal groups.  Students are enjoying using popsicle sticks
to make tally marks and playing lots of Christmas themed games to practice
doubles, adding and subtracting.

 

Dates to Remember

 

Monday,
December 10: Papa John’s

 

Tuesday,
December 11: Turkey
Dinner at Moco

 

Wednesday,
December 12: Christmas
concert at 10:00  Doors will open at 9:30


 

Thursday,
December 13: Great
Canadian Bagel, January hot lunch orders due

 

Friday,
December 14: Tots n
Taters, concert at York Care, LHHS clubs

 

Have
a festive week!



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