Week in reviewWe’ve been completing activities with fun holiday themes! We started by reading Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree. With this book we continued to practice sequencing by putting the events in order to form a tree. We also wrote about “how to decorate a Christmas Tree” and made and decorated our own tree to go along with the story, Night Christmas. We learned facts about real reindeer and also read Olive the Other Reindeer, discussing beginning, middle and end, and then created our own reindeer. We also got some mail from the North Pole! Santa is in need of workers! We filled out “elf applications” and he hired us! Finally, we have been very busy making a secret project for somebody very special. Wishing all of you a Merry Holiday filled with Peace, Love, Hope and Joy!

Upcoming eventsDecember 19th

Christmas Stories with 6th GradersDecember 20th

Classroom Christmas Parties, 10:00-11:00 Puzzle Exchange PJ Day- Polar Express

January 6th First Day Back in 2014

Nevin Coppock 1st Grade The Trail to New Adventures

Notes from the Teacher If you have not already turned in a puzzle for the gift exchange, please have them

turned in by Monday (12/20). Keep reading and filling out reading logs! Remember one book per line. You can fill up

to 3 spaces a night!

Weekly Word Wall WordsReview

Please have your child practice reading and writing the word wall words throughout the week!

12-20-12Mrs. Carus

njcarus@tippcity.k12.oh.us

Looking ahead to January 6 th Theme: New Year’s

Vowel Sound/Word Family: long A ay

Phonics Sound: ay, ai

Reading: Guided Reading, Comprehension, SequencingBeginning, middle, end

Math: Chapter 5 relating addition and subtraction

Camper of the WeekChris Anderson

December Birthdays