Religion

Our Old Testament stories continue as we read how God gave the Israelites quail and manna to eat and how He helped His people in the desert.  We will discuss how God gives us everything we need for our bodies and souls.  

Virtue of the Week:  DILIGENCE:  God’s power for you to focus on your work.  

Memory:  – Psalm 118: 1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

Reading

We will begin a new nonfiction reading unit.  The students will review making predictions and rereading to make sure they understand the details in their books.   We will also learn how to retell important details to a partner after reading.  

Phonics: Word endings – y, ed, ing, s, es

Reading Fluency Skill:  Paying attention to the ending of words and then putting the base word and ending together to read the whole word

Spelling:  Unit 2.4 – ed
ask asked plan planned help helped jog jogged call called *where *soon

Writer’s Workshop

This week the students will write non-fiction pieces using details and complete sentences with a capital letter and period.  

Math

Concepts that we will practice include using a ruler to draw a line segment, sorting common objects and adding two-digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies.  

Science

Ocean Environments

Social Studies

Building Communities – Students will work in groups to build a city, suburb, town or farm.  They will also present their communities to the class. 

NEW and IMPORTANT- 

Parent/Teacher Conferences –  I look forward to meeting with you this week for parent/teacher conferences.  I am planning on In person conferences unless you indicate virtual on your sign up.  

PK-1 Pajama Party for January 14 –  This event has been postponed until April 22nd.

Reading Road Race Rally –             Upcoming souvenir dates:   1/10 – Justman  1/24  Adickes     The reading log that was sent home will be used for our Reading Road Race Rally.  We will participate in this with Mrs. Boyce’s class.  Please have your child read at least 20 minutes, 4 times a week.  A star should be colored in for each reading session.  Please note that shoeboxes (Glove Compartments) can stay at home to be filled with the souvenirs that are brought home each week.         

PAST NEWS-

Christmas Activities –  Thank you for the gingerbread house and Christmas party donations.  We will have a class gift exchange ($7-$10) at our party on Dec. 22nd.  

Special Collection – In response to the novel The Family Under the Bridge, the Lutheran Junior Honor Society is collecting clothing, winter coats, hats, and gloves as well as toiletry items for Bob’s Under the Bridge, an organization that directly ministers to the homeless. Thank you for all your help!

Room Parents/Liason-    Thank you to Hilary Collins, Meagan Steinke and Jessica Loppnow for volunteering as our room parents this year.   

Snack –             Please send a healthy snack with your child each day.  I will have extra snacks available in case it is forgotten on a busy morning.  Water bottles can be used throughout the day and can be refilled at the drinking fountain.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 

JANUARY

4-18 – MAP testing

20-21 – K-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences

21 –  1/2 Day of School 11:40 Dismissal