We started our PowerPoint Presentations!

Congratulations to the first two students to reach their AR goal.

Jae'Lei Tendoy--first girl

Kaleb Demuzio--first boy

They will both be inducted into the Order of the Phoenix at the end of this week.

Remember to bring a warm hat, gloves, and coat to school every day. It is very cold outside.

Housekeeping:

Monday, December 12, 2011: Early Release, PLC

Thursday, December 15, 2011: "Dad's and Donuts"--8:00 AM with your Dad in the school cafeteria.

Friday, December 16, 2011: Magic Show

Reading:

We loved reading Trickster Tales and finding out how the main characters played tricks on each other. This week we re starting a new Theme. It is usually the favorite reading Unit. It is a unit of Incredible Stories.

Our first story is Dogzilla. The spelling words concentrate on the vowel sound /ow/ and /aw/

lawn

clown

talk

sound

cloth

would

also

mouth

crown

soft

count

law

We are going to have fun writing a sequel to the story and working on a good Beginning, Middle and End

Math:

Today we will start to use tables and graphs to locate information. We will use our addition and subtraction skills to fill in any information on the tables and graphs.

Science:

Get ready for a fun experiment to learn how heat travels through certain materials: wood, metal, and plastic. Come ready to make some predictions on an outcome. We continue to learn about matter and energy.

Question of the Day:

Look at the following sentences. Which part is the Subject?? Which part is the Predicate?

Aly wore a fluffy white bow in her hair.

Easton wants to start reading The Sorcerer's Stone today.

ABC Order...Keep at It!

animal

answer

antler

anteater

apple

Aaron