Religion

We will read about the wise men worshiping Jesus and King Herod’s evil plan to kill Jesus.  We will discuss how God wants everyone to believe in Him, but many refuse or are too busy.          

Virtue of the Week: INTEGRITY: God’s power for you to honor Him and others.  Big Question:  How does Jesus’ integrity make us people of integrity?

Memory:  The Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed (Redemption)(continued)
The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the
right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living
and the dead. 

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.   

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 2.2 – y
by fly my try cry handy sunny lucky puppy silly *things *always

Writer’s Workshop

This week we will work on creating lists (using an ABC chart) of words.  We will also write letters back to our pen pals.    

Math

Concepts that we will practice include writing the numbers 0-10 using words, identifying pairs, graphing pieces to cover a design, reading a graph, and identifying ordinal position to 26th.

Science

Arctic Environments

Social Studies

Review of continents and oceans.  We will also discuss where we live using the book Me on the Map. 

NEW and IMPORTANT- 

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!

Reading Road Race Rally –             Upcoming souvenir dates:   1/3 -Fleck  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-

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

23-Jan 2 – Christmas Vacation – NO SCHOOL

31 – New Year’s Eve – 5:00pm Worship Service

3 – School resumes

4-18 – MAP testing

20-21 – K-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences

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