Report Cards

FYI-Report cards are being sent home today. Please review the report and return the signed envelope in Janurary when we return back to school. I am very proud of the growth that all students have made! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We will all meet for a third quarter conference but if you have questions or concerns before then, please let me know and we can schedule a time to meet sooner. Thanks!

Workbook and Supplies

FYI-I am sending home a reading/writing workbook for your child to keep at home. This is a supplemental workbook that we have not used very much this school year. The students seemed to be excited about having it to use at home for extra practice. Your child does not need to return the book or work they complete from this workbook.

I also just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has sent in the items requested for the second half of our school year. I really appreciate you helping us keep our classroom clean and germ free!

Items Needed

Items Needed:
We have finished the first half of our school year and we are getting very low on several classroom items. I would like to request that each student bring in the following items before we get out for Christmas break on Tuesday, December 21st.
-Clorox Wipes
-Sandwich Size Ziploc Bags
-Gallon Size Ziploc Bags
-Paper Towels

Thank you in advance!

Homework for the next 2 weeks

Next week (week of 12-13) your child is going to have 4 math worksheets to complete. You will see large numbers for them to add. For example, you may see 74+5. We have not learned how to add these 2 numbers vertically. We have however, spent time learning how to count on. I would like for students to be able to identify which number is the most and which number is the least. Then after identifying which number is the most, your child should be able to count on. For example, he/she should think 74 and then say 75, 76, 77, 78, 79. I hope this explanation helps you to understand the objective for this quarter. You are welcome to challenge your child by introducing vertical addition at home. Please have your child complete spelling homework this week and continue to read each night for at least 15 minutes.

The following week (week of 12-20) I do not plan to send home any math worksheets. Instead, please practice building fluency with addition and subtraction at home. Flashcards are an excellent way to strengthen fluency with math facts! Students will not have any assigned spelling homework for this week. Please have your child continue to practice reading (orally retelling stories read) over the holiday break. Thank you and happy holidays!

www.northpole.com

The students have asked me to post this website on our classroom blog. We have spent some time visiting this site and some students have even emailed their wish list to Santa! The students seem to really like this site and I thought I'd share it with you in case you have never seen it before.