Week of November 27, 2017

        This will be a very busy week as we prepare for the holidays.  The children will work on the following skills.

• Read, discuss, and do activities with this weeks Bible story "Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors".
• Compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram about Christmas now and Christmas in the past
• Identify, decode, and read words with the long /u/ and long /o/ silent e
• Continue to work on reading with good comprehension and fluency
• Continue to work on decoding multi-syllable words
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction facts
• Add numbers with 3 or more addends
• Work addition/subtraction word problems
• The children will be introduced to measurement of inches and centimenters
• Learn about holidays that are celebrated during this time of year
• Identify, read, and use adjectives in their writing.
• Write narratives about the past and present using a Venn Diagram.
• Read different versions of the Little Gingerbread man and compare and contrast 
• I will begin reading assessment on sight words, reading for fluency and comprehension.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

hope, nose, note, rope, stone, cute, cube, rose, flute, tune

Bonus Words:  Gingerbread-December

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Field trip to see our pen pals on December 7th.  Parents are invited to attend.  We will be going to Whitsitt Elementary.  The bus will leave the school the school around 8:15.  The children will have lunch at school when they return.  If your child has not brought their $3.00 to purchase a gift for their pen pal.
• December 11th field trip to the Public Library at Hickory Hollow and lunch at Chuck-E- Cheese  (This is a surprise for the children.  Therefore, help me keep it a secret)
• December 14th-Christmas Breakfast  
• Half Days for children December 12th-15th

I will begin assessment of reading and math skills this week.  If you would like to schedule a conference please let me know.  I am free to have a conference with you any day before or after school or during my planning at 9:00 each day.