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Mrs.

Swales Love-Bug Weekly Learnings


December 14th, !1"

8i#s +'&/ Math an# *oo# Drive


(hank you so much for all of the food items your children are bringing in for our school wide food drive9 +o far the kindergarteners are in the lead but the fourth graders are close behind. (he kids were so so so proud and e)cited when we traveled around the school last week collecting the cans and sorting them9 : will need to put our pictures up onto the website soon. :t;s nice to see the kids so proud of the <ob they are doing 2thanks to 35-0 help6.

Math % &umber Sense an# '##ition


While we begin our unit on addition and subtraction or as they call it adding to and taking away, this is a good time to have a little number practice while driving in the car with your child. Here are a few games to play: **Count by 1 s, ! s, or 1" s to 1"" **What s the missing number# $,%, , 1" **What comes after# What comes after 1&# **What comes before# What comes before 1'# **Which is more, which is less#

Winter +elebration ,ive the ,i-t o- $ea#ing


We will have a winter celebration party on December 1.th -rom /"!-"/"!. (ogether we will be decorating gingerbread houses along with many other fun games and activities. We will celebrate the season of giving with a class book e)change. 0lease sen# in a gen#er neutral book wra11e# an# labele# -rom/ 2your chil#3s name4 by (ues#ay, December 15th.

Please sign up for Winter Celebration - here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1. +lick this link to go to our invitation page on *olunteer+pot: http:,,vols.pt,f-.m/0 1. 6nter your email a##ress/ 23ou will 45( need to register an account on *olunteer+pot6 &. Sign u17 Choose your spots 7 *olunteer+pot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. 8asy9

Share# $ea#ing

(his week we read (his is a )ouse *or Me. (his story tied in with our social studies learning about needs and wants. We all need a home and this book shows us how everyone around the world needs a home and how those homes may be different. (he children worked on their new strategy of looking through the whole word and by the end of the week, reading fluently.

Classroom Newsletter

Love Bug Learnings

December 14th, 2013

Writers Worksho1/ )ow We +elebrate


(his week the children completed books about their own family traditions. (he children loved sharing their ideas and writing about them. : hope this book will warm your heart as well. =long with their writing, our book, December is a (ime to +elebrate, will be coming home ne)t week. :t s a little paper book copy of the book we used for shared reading last week. 5ur focus is on looking at the similarities and differences with how we celebrate with our families.

.ook of Words
(hank you so much for practicing sight words with your child at home9 Bractice with learning the sight words, fast and fluently, will help children as they progress as readers and writers. +o far we have learned the sight words: the, :, =, am, is, have, to, for, my, we, like, to, he, she, with, see, me :f a child brings in their book of words to read to me and they read a page correctly, they will get a sticker and that page will go on the Wall of Wow9 S1elling +ity is a great website with -un games that you can use to hel1 your chil# with s1elling the sight wor#s. +heck it out7

Social Stu#ies
East week the children were introduced to needs and wants. We read the .ernstein .ears Fet the Fimmies and the children learned how important it is to be thankful for what we have. 4e)t week we will briefly touch on goods and services. (his time of year, children want to be able to give as they see others doing as well. We learn that even when you are five you have much to give9 :t doesn t need to come from a store. /indergarteners can make beautiful pictures, cards, stories, creative arts, songs, etc. (hese are all F55D+. We also will learn that we can provide a +80*:C8 to others such as helping mom fold the laundry or cleaning up the playroom without being asked. :n school we will be producing some F55D+ and providing some +80*:C8+ to our school as well. >aybe these topics will come up for discussion at home as well.

$e# +e#ar Movie Day


We will be atten#ing the movie, 9*ro:en;, at &+, +inema ne<t *ri#ay morning. 0lease make sure that you have turne# in your 1ermission -orm an# your => #onation i- your chil# will be atten#ing.

>onday 1A: >usic (uesday 1$: =rt Wednesday 1%: B8 (hursday 1': >usic Criday 1" >5*:8 D=3 &o School December holi#ay.

Weekly Sche#ule

1st- ?anuary @th winter

8n<oy your family, >elissa +wales [email protected]

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