Week of November 28th

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed the time off with your family and friends.

Please Note

- First grade is collecting pasta sauce and penne pasta for Mercy Hospice. If you would like to donate please send your donations in by Monday, December 5th. Thank you, as always, for your generosity!

- The first trimester ends this Friday.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Wednesday.

- Breakfast with Santa is this Sunday!

Homework

Monday
No homework.  Happy Birthday to me! ;-)

Tuesday
Reading: page 151
Practice Sight Words
Math: page 31

Wednesday
Reading: page 150 and 152

Spelling:  Copy words one time
Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words
Math: page 32

Thursday
Reading: page 153

Spelling:  Copy words one time

Practice Sight Words and Spelling Words
Math: page 33

Our Week

Religion
We start Chapter 13 this week and learn about season of Advent.

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Author's Purpose (Persuade, inform, entertain)
Phonics Skill: Long A, digraph -th, endings (ed, ing, s, es)
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where, here, me, my, who
Spelling Words: that, them, then, with, this, bath, seven, and, here, she

Math
This week we will start our subtraction unit. We will learn that subtracting means to "take away." We will learn how to write number sentences and use pictures to help us solve problems. We will also use number lines and ten frames to help us solve problems.