Dec. 11-18

Specials
Monday - 6
Tuesday - 1 
Wednesday - 2
Thursday - 3
Friday - Non-Rotation Day (Winter Fun Day)

Upcoming Events
December 17 - World Market (I have had this date wrong the whole time! I am so sorry! The market will be THURSDAY.)
Please click here to sign up to volunteer to bring items for our holiday week! 
I need everyone to send in at least one clean, empty food can by Wednesday. If you are able to send more than one, that would be a great help!
December 17 - Chorus performance 1:30 and 6:30
December 18 - Movie Day! Please Return your Grinch Permission Slips ASAP! 
December 21 - January 2 - Winter Break

Kid-Friendly Objectives

Same as Last Week!

Spelling List

No Spelling Lists or Homework this week. Woohoo!!!

Week in Review!
Globetrot Scott has given us the BEST weeks in December! Thus far, we have learned about the following countries:
USA
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Sweden
We'll be visiting China, Russia, and India and then we will wrap up with Australia, Japan, Uganda, Israel, and Ethiopia at our Holiday Market!

We learned that students in Italy write secret napkin notes to their grown-ups to celebrate the holidays.

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you so much that my heart's filled with love from your love."

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you more than infinity!"

We learned that in Italy, students celebrate with a WITCH! 

In Sweden, kiddos sometimes run across a Tomten!

We also filled our stomachs with yummy, buttery buns sent to us from Globetrot Scott!

We found out that there is also a wonderful tradition called "Boxing Day!" It's like musical chairs but with a gift that has been wrapped over and over!
 We played it in our classroom...

Everyone was VERY excited at first... 

Then everyone showed their frustration for how many times that silly gift was wrapped :)

The anticipation...

The reveal!
We got our own copy of Frosty for the classroom.

We have been working hard on Measurement and Data in Math.
We finished our week with a fun day of telling the class, "I mustache you a question!" in order to graph our answers.

FIVE MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec. 7 - 11

Specials
Monday - 1
Tuesday - 2
Wednesday - 3
Thursday - 4
Friday - 5

Upcoming Events
December 11 - PTA Winter Dance 6:30-8:30 
December 15 - SBDM 5pm
December 15 - Holiday Market in First Grade 
December 17 - Chorus performance 1:30 and 6:30
December 21 - January 1 - Winter Break!

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can write to tell my opinion and give a reason why it is my opinion.
I can read, write, and identify words with the vowel teams ai and ay.
I can add -es to singular nouns to make them plural.
I can ask and answer questions about informational texts.
I can correctly measure the length of an object using a unit of measurement.
I can compare the length of objects.

Spelling List

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs, Blue Dogs)

tail
clay
stay
away
paid
mail
drain
waist

List B (Yellow Ducks)

train
away
snail
drain
waist
mayor
tray
afraid
sprain

Week in Review!
We had so much fun at our Junie B. field trip at the Opera House! 

I introduced our first graders to my traveling friend Globetrot Scott! He has been sending us packages from all over the world to teach us about traditions around the holidays.

He has visited France and sent us Yule Logs!

He visited Germany and sent us an advent calendar and ginger snaps!

We are excited to see where he goes this week :) 

We are working hard on opinion writing. This week, we worked together to distinguish the difference between facts and opinions by using nonfiction texts.

We also dug further into our measuring skills by talking about centimeters. We played a fun game with dice and cubes to get us ready for adding lengths of measurement together. :)

Here's to another great week :)