Week 16 News

Holiday Party
On December 20^th at 2:15 we will be having our Holiday Party. During this party the children will be designing their own gingerbread house. It is really fun to have a family member here to help each child with building and decorating their house. Please try to have a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or family friend come help with this very fun project.


Thank you for all the wonderful family trees. The kids loved sharing them. We are displaying them in our room and then we will put them in our memory books. Some other fun family activities that we did this week include, graphing the number of family members we have, making all about me books, and graphing the color of our houses

Math

In math we started our unit on Geometry. We practiced identifying shapes and learned that shapes are symmetrical. We made symmetrical christmas ornaments using all the different shapes. 

Don't forget to return the decorating tree project! 

This month's Scholastic Book Club flyers are ready for you to explore with your child. Children read more when they choose their own books, so I encourage you to look at the flyers together. Don't forget books make great Christmas presents:) 

You can return the order form and payment to me, or give online ordering a try. It saves time, offers more book choices, and earns extra rewards for the classroom! I would like to get the order back before the holiday break so please have your orders submitted by Tuesday December 4th. 

Happy reading, 
Mrs. Schmeckpeper

P.S. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE Books for our class and you also get a $5 FREE Book Pick Coupon to use on your next online order! 

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a safe Thanksgiving. Enjoy the time with your family. 

Week 14 News

This Week 
This week our theme was nutrition. On Monday we talked about what foods are healthy and unhealthy. We cut out magazine pictures of food and sorted them into the two different groups. Tuesday we learned about MyPlate.  MyPlate is a guide to help students  make good eating choices. It shows the different food groups and how much we should be eating daily. We used a paper plate and magazine pictures to create our own healthy meals. Wednesday we learned that eating healthy is important to keep our internal organs functioning correctly. Our buddy class came and helped us make a life size picture of our insides. Thursday we read It Looked Like Spilt Milk and made our own version of the book. Friday we read Stone Soup and practiced recalling the beginning, middle and ending of the story. 

Good News
Our class has received 750 C.A.T.S. cards

Family Trees
Today we are sending home a tree that your child made. On Monday, November 26^th we will be starting our family unit. I would like all the students to use the tree to make a family tree using pictures of their immediate family. The students will share these trees with the class and we will display them in the hallway. At the end of the month the tree will be put in your child's  memory book so you will not get the pictures back until the end of the year. 


Weather
The weather is changing and the mornings are getting colder. Please be sure to send coats, gloves, and hats with your child. The playground can be very windy and cold.