I wish everyone an enjoyable winter break and a happy and healthy New Year.

A special thank you to the parents for planning an awesome holiday party. Mrs. Lafin and Mrs. Ozgen  helped the children make a penguin craft and had fun games to play.

January 7, 2012






Student of the Week
Christian







Reading

Theme:  Around Town:  Neighborhood and Community.

Genre:  nonfiction

The story for this week is A Trip to the Firehouse.  A group of children visit their neighborhood firehouse and learn all about how firefighters do their jobs.

Target Skills 

Phonics: vowel pairs ai, ay: compound words

Comprehension: topic, main idea, and supporting details

High Frequency Words:  clothes, order, guess

     Vocabulary Words

    chief               gear

   dispatch          emergencies

    firefighters     fire engine

Math
We will be describing outcomes as likely and equally likely.  There will be a review and a test on Chapter 10, Probability.  We will begin Chapter 11, Count Money.

Social Studies
We will  identify people who provide services to our community as well as some governmental services in the community.  

Science
 We will begin Unit C, Our Earth, vocabulary words include:  weathering, erosion, earthquake, volcano, boulder, minerals, and soil.  

Homework
 Reading - Read for 20 minutes for 10 days, over the winter break.