Taller de Santa Claus Estimadas familias, Nuestra clase va a comenzar el taller de Santa en las próximas semanas. WOW! Esto es muy divertido y el tiempo ocupado! Estamos pidiendo donaciones de artículos de artesanía para ayudar a asegurarse de que tenemos un montón de divertidas manualidades para ofrecer a los estudiantes para las vacaciones! A continuación se presentan los elementos que vamos a utilizar en nuestras embarcaciones si usted desea ayudar con la donación de algunos de estos elementos será muy apreciada! Además, estamos invitando a las familias a venir en diciembre 11 a 13 (martes, miércoles y jueves) para venir elfos de juego con nosotros! Usted puede venir a cualquiera o todos los días si lo desea! Por favor, háganos saber si usted va a asistir para que podamos preparar la cantidad de ayuda que va a tener. Nos encantaría tener la ayuda adicional y debe ser divertido! Si es posible, suministros aquí el viernes, 7 de diciembre. Muchas gracias por toda su ayuda y su dedicación al éxito de su hijo! Estamos muy orgullosos de ellos! ¡Felices Fiestas! Craft Items Needed: -white paper bags-gens -popsicle sticks-jewels -buttons-sequins -glitter-glue -Pipe cleaners-red and green ribbon -plastic clear ornaments -googly eyes -candy canes (any flavors) -red, green and white paint (washable please) Ms. Williams and Mrs. Stone

Las cosas que estamos trabajando... Fin del 2 º trimestre es 19 de diciembre Salida Temprano 19 de diciembre No hay clases 20 diciembre-2 enero Tienen un maravilloso descanso ! Vamos a leer la literatura de todo el mundo acerca de los diferentes tipos de celebraciones que tienen lugar en otros países! Estamos empezando a escribir textos persuasivos este mes! También vamos a completar un montón de buenas vacaciones escritos-un montón de diversión! En la escritura y la gramática que hemos estado aprendiendo acerca de los nombres propios y plural, si su hijo le puede decir acerca de esto! Todos queremos seguir trabajando en la adición de detalles a nuestra escritura. También queremos recordar siempre usar letras mayúsculas al principio de las oraciones y los nombres propios. Queremos que nuestros estudiantes haciendo sus grandes historias aún mejor- recuerde que nunca empezar una frase con "pero" o "y“ primer Grado diciembre Noticias Bienvenido a diciembre! ¿Puedes creer que es casi tiempo de Navidad? Estamos muy orgullosos de ver cómo los estudiantes están trabajando muy duro y impresionarnos con lo mucho que han aprendido todos los días! Nuestras evaluaciones de mitad de año están a la vuelta de la esquina así que por favor continúe leyendo todos los días con su hijo. Opiniones en las palabras a la vista de Dolch y la lista de tesoros y hablar con ellos acerca de lo que leen. Ellos son increíbles para escuchar! Diciembre trae consigo un montón de medir! Vamos a medir usando unidades no estándar usando objetos como clips de papel, azulejos cuadrados y cubos de conexión! Seguimos trabajando en problemas de suma y resta de palabras. También vamos a seguir practicando la identificación de monedas y sus valores y el valor posicional con un enfoque en los números entre

Santa’s Workshop Dear Families, Our class will be beginning Santa’s workshop over the next few weeks. WOW! This is such fun and busy time! We are asking for donations of craft items to help make sure that we have lots of fun crafts to offer students for the holiday season! Below are items that we will be using in our crafts if you would like to help by donating some of these items it will be very much appreciated! Also, we are inviting families to come in December 11 th - 13 th (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) to come play elves with us! You can come any or all days if you wish! Please let us know if you will be attending so we can prepare how much help we will have. We would love the extra help and it should be fun! If possible, have supplies here by Friday, December 7 th. Thank you so much for all your help and your dedication to your child’s success! We are so proud of them! Happy Holidays! Craft Items Needed: -white paper bags-gens -popsicle sticks-jewels -buttons-sequins -glitter-glue -Pipe cleaners-red and green ribbon -plastic clear ornaments -googly eyes -candy canes (any flavors) -red, green and white paint (washable please) Ms. Williams and Mrs. Stone

End of 2 nd quarter is Dec. 19th Early Dismissal Dec. 19 th No School Dec. 20 th - Jan. 2 nd Have a Wonderful Break! We will be reading literature from all over the world about different kinds of celebrations that take place in other countries! We are beginning to write persuasive writings this month! We will also be completing lots of great holiday writings- lots of fun! In writing and grammar we have been learning about proper and plural nouns- see if your child can tell you about these! We all want to continue to work on adding details to our writing. We also want to always remember to use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns. We want our students making their great stories even better- remember to never begin a sentence with “but” or “and” Welcome to December! Can you believe it is almost Christmas time? We are so proud to see how students are working so hard and impressing us with how much they have learned everyday! Our mid-year assessments are just around the corner so please continue to read every day with your child. Review sight words from dolch and treasures list and talk with them about what they read. They are amazing to listen to! December brings lots of measuring! We will be measuring using non-standard units using objects like paper clips, square tiles and connecting cubes! We are continuing to work on addition and subtraction word problems. We will also continue to practice identifying coins and their values and place value with a focus on numbers between

Santa’s Workshop Dear Families, As stated in the newsletter we will be beginning Santa’s workshop over the next few weeks. WOW! This is such fun and busy time! We are asking for donations of craft items to help make sure that we have lots of fun crafts to offer students for the holiday season! Below are items that we will be using in our crafts if you would like to help by donating some of these items it will be very much appreciated! Also, we are inviting families to come in December 11 th - 13 th (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) to come play elves with us! You can come any or all days if you wish! Please let us know if you will be attending so we can prepare how much help we will have. We would love the extra help and it should be fun! If possible, have supplies here by Friday, December 7 th. Thank you so much for all your help and your dedication to your child’s success! We are so proud of them! Happy Holidays! Craft Items Needed: -white paper bags-gens -popsicle sticks-jewels -buttons-sequins -glitter-glue -Pipe cleaners-red and green ribbon -plastic clear ornaments -googly eyes -candy canes (any flavors) -red, green and white paint (washable please) The Second Grade Team

End of 2 nd quarter is Dec. 19th Early Dismissal Dec. 19 th No School Dec. 20 th - Jan. 2 nd Have a Wonderful Break! We will be reading literature from all over the world about different kinds of celebrations that take place in other countries! Both informational and literature text. Persuasive writing Friendly letters Biographies and reports Beginning next week we will be starting a new unit in Social Studies on Economics and Financial Literacy. This year we have decided to incorporate a fun and engaging way to learn the new Common Core Standards by having students participate in a Santa’s Workshop! Each class will make different Christmas craft. For every craft that the students produce they will earn money to buy goodies from other rooms! We are so excited and just know the students will get so much from this experience! We welcome volunteers to come out to help make this extra special! Welcome to December! Can you believe it is almost Christmas time? We are so proud to see how students are working so hard and impressing us with how much they have learned everyday! Our mid-year assessments are just around the corner so please continue to read with your child everyday and ask students about their reading. We have been building skills in making inferences, finding the main idea and supporting details in text and using what we read in the text to answer comprehension questions. We are working on regrouping with addition and will begin this with subtraction soon. We are also working on data analysis and fractions! Keep working hard on building fluency with these! *We will also be starting new homework soon. Be on the lookout! As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at anytime! Happy December!