Dear Parents,                    December 10, 2012

It was a pleasure to meet with all of you during conferences!

We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”.  Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story and answering the who, what, where, when, and why questions about the story will help us understand what we read.  Our phonics focus this week is on words with triple clusters (splash, string).  We are also reviewing words with the short sound of /u/.  We will not have new spelling words this week.  As we continue to work on the structure of a sentence, our grammar focus this week will be on asking sentences.

We are finishing our chapter on different ways to graph and will be taking our test on Thursday.

In religion, we learn that Jesus Our Savior was born in Bethlehem and begin preparing our hearts for Christmas.

In science we will be focusing on how living things get their energy. In social studies we will be focusing on different types of homes and the importance of each one.

Reminders and Announcements for the week:

• Please remind your child to bring their library book to school on Tuesday.
• Wednesday is a $1 free dress day.
• Friday is a full day with Families in the afternoon.
• This week it is All About… Chloe! Congratulations!

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Miss. Manning