Wednesday, December 3, 2014

December 1-5, 2014

Early Release Day
Wednesday, Dec 3rd is an Early Release Day.  Dismissal is at 12:45
PTA Spirit Night at Newks starting at 5:00 p.m.

Here is what we will be doing this week:

READING and WRITING
With the holidays approaching, for the next several weeks we will be learning about many different winter celebrations around the world. We will read about the customs and traditions in different countries and record some facts about their traditions. This week, we will learn about celebrations in the Israel, USA and India.

MATH
We will continue our double addition strategies and move on to subtraction. Subtraction names a missing part by taking away, removing or comparing to find a difference. We will use concrete and pictorial models including ten-frames, math racks, Base Ten blocks ad other manipulatives to represent word problem situations involving separating or comparing sets of whole numbers up to 20 where the unknown may be start, change, or result for joining and separating problems.

SCIENCE
This week in science we will learn about force and movement.
 Energy causes force and force causes motion/movement.  Force can be defined as a "push" or a "pull" which causes objects to move in different ways such as straight line, zigzag, up and down, side to side, round and round and slow.  We will also explore magnets.  Magnets can pull or push certain objects.  The push and pull caused by magnets is also a force.

THANK YOU!
Thank you, Shari Ochs, for stuffing the folders.  Thank you also to everyone who is volunteering to help with our Holiday Party!  Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!

REMINDERS:
*Specials- A Group:  PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
                   B Group:  PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day.
 We will eat snack at 10:30

DATES to REMEMBER:
December 3:  Early Release Day dismissal @12:45
December 8-12:  Book Fair
December 18:  Polar Express Day (wear pajamas to school)
                       Holiday Party @ 1:30-2:30
December 19:  No School/Winter Break begins
December 19-January 5:  Winter Break

January 6:  2nd Semester begins

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