Week of December 8th

Dear Parent/s,

I hope everyone had a great long weekend! This week report cards will given out and we will put on our Christmas Concert! I know this time of year is very hectic and busy but please continue to study and read each night with your child. Now for some reminders:

- Report cards will be sent home today. Please sign and return just the envelope. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

- The students will begin to write their homework in their homework copybooks this week. A sheet will no longer be sent home but I will continue to post the weekly homework on the blog.

- Our Christmas Concert will be tomorrow night at 7:00 pm. Students are to wear their "Sunday Best." Please no jeans or sneakers. Students should arrive to the Parish Center no later than 6:40 pm. Thanks for your cooperation with this. The kids have been working really hard on this and they are adorable!

- If you would like to be chaperone our bowling trip on the 23rd please send me a note or an email. I will be picking our chaperones on Thursday.

- We will have a reading test on Friday on the story "How Animals Communicate."

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

Tuesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 95

Math: workbook page 34

study facts

Wednesday

Reading: study Magic Words

RN page 98

Math: workbook page 35

study facts

Thursday

Reading: study Magic Words
Read story and study for test tomorrow

Math: FIM for 15 minutes

study facts

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We continue to discuss the season of Advent and how to prepare for Christmas! We will also start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers" and we will learn about the twelve Apostles and how they were Jesus' special helpers.

Reading

Story: How Animals Communicate

Target Skill: Main Idea

Phonics Skill: short i and blends with -r (br, cr, dr, gr, tr) 

Grammar Skill: Parts of a sentence (subject and predicate)

Math

This week we continue our unit on subtraction with a focus on using a number line to subtract.
We will continue to do timed math with our addition facts so please keep practicing! We will begin to make our subtraction flash cards as well.

Timed math worksheets can be found at the website below. All you need to do is select all of the numbers next to "Adding," click "Create Worksheet" at the bottom of the page and print! http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/basic-operations/addition-up-to-15.html