I know I gave you a quick update yesterday, but here comes a little bit more specific one.
Reading - we are continuing to work on learning about characters. We have talked about how we can get to know our characters and how they are feeling by seeing what they are doing, saying, and what their expressions are. We can begin to make predications as to what our characters might say or do next. Tomorrow we will begin to talk about how our characters may change throughout a book and what caused that change.
Writing - we are well into learning about persuasive/opinion writing. The kids are really getting the hang of writing good reasons to support their opinions and some are even offering up solutions to help convince the audience. I am really impressed with how well the kids are doing so early on in our unit. We will wrap up our unit before Christmas break. After Christmas break, we will begin our unit on How To writing. This writing is not graded on the report card, it is just an introduction unit.
Math - we began our next unit today talking about greater than, less than, and equal to. The kids are learning the symbols to compare numbers and are learning it quickly. We will practice some more tomorrow and then move on to representing numbers using tens and ones. This unit will also cover adding and subtracting numbers with totals to 20. We will also be adding double digits such as: 28 + 4=?, 20 + 30=?
Our school wide Christmas program is on Tuesday, December 12. Doors open at 6:00 and students need to be in the fellowship hall by 6:15. The K-2 program starts at 6:30. There is more information regarding the program on the weekly newsletter sent out by Deb.
Also, just a reminder that our class Christmas party will be on Thursday, December 21st. from 2:45 - 3:30. We do not do a gift exchange in our classroom. We will have some games and snacks to celebrate together!
Just an update on our Holiday Hope for a family in need. All items have been signed up to be purchased. If you would still like to help, you may send in money that will be used towards purchasing a gift card for the family. Please have all gifts in by the 18th and all money donations in by the 15th.
I will send home a book order form in a day or two. Usually I have many flyers to send home, but somehow I only have one flyer to send home this time. There will be more options for books if you go to https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Our class code is H2RKD. Our due date will be December 11 so that the books will be received before our Christmas break. If you are ordering these for a Christmas gift, please let me know and I will send them home in a sealed envelope.
Hope you have a great week!