News for this week!

Phonics/Spelling Words: The /le/ end syllable.

Spelling Words are:

hand, handle, wig, wiggle, single, little, turn, girl, by, room TEST IS FRIDAY!

**Ask your child about our “Attack Words!” They are excited about decoding multi-syllable words!

High Frequency Words—words your child needs to recognize, read, and use in a sentence. We will go over these words daily.

buy, carry, money, other, paint, paper, would

Vocabulary: These are words we will learn about through our Storytown Reading program. Remember…your child does not have to read or spell these words. We will be discussing their meaning! Words for this week are:
agreement, unnoticed, unthinkable, rejoice, predicament, extraordinary

Sight Words: NEW TEST DATE—WEDNESDAY! Alyssa’s mom has volunteered to test sight words for me and Wednesday is the day that works for her. PRACTICE sight words every night!

Math: Continuing with Graphs including: bar graphs, pictographs, Venn Diagrams—your child will create graphs as well as analyze information by reading graphs.

**We will continue reviewing skills such as tally marks, greater than/less than, and place value. If you see your child is having a hard time with a skill, please help them practice at home!**

Writing: Still working on improving content! Keep up the good work!

Theme: We will begin studying the Human Body—I am asking for volunteers to trace/cute out the outlines of our bodies…let me know if you can come help!




Extra Information:
· Students are improving at working independently! You will see how much work they are getting done in their center work folders that go home every Friday. Please review the work with your child, sign the green sheet, and return folders every Monday. Let me know if you have any questions.

· Send Art Money--$3

· Needed Items: glue sticks, cotton balls, & plastic bottle tops

· December Dates to remember:
o Dec. 7—Pictures with Santa $5
o Dec. 8—Slushy Day $1
o Dec. 17—Class Christmas Party and Book Swap…more details to follow!
o Dec. 20—Pajama Day!
o Dec. 21—Game Day…Christmas Break begins after school!

· Reminders from the Office:
o You may NOT bring “outside food” for your child to eat in the lunchroom—it is against Tuscaloosa County Board Policy. So, please do not bring McDonald’s or Taco Casa for your child to eat at school.
o If your child is a car rider, please write their name on a piece of paper to go in your dashboard…this will help the teachers get your child as quick as possible—especially on rainy days!!