Families,

It is the first blog post of January/the new year! We will pick up right where we left off in January so take a look at what’s ahead:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Keep up with XtraMath and reading while we are on break! These are great and easy ways to stay on track during the two weeks and keep your child in somewhat of a routine.
• Baggie books did not get switched out this week–with the hustle and bustle of winter break I did not want any books getting lost or left behind. We will resume this the Tuesday we get back!
• We will be starting something new on Fridays called “Voracious Reader.” Each Friday I will be picking a reader who showed the traits of a voracious reader during Reader’s Workshop to receive an award that will be hung up in the classroom!
• We have an Early Release Day on Friday, January 12th.
• Popcorn Friday will be on Friday, January 26th.

Reading: We will start a new unit where our focus will be non-fiction texts! We will begin by learning what non-fiction is and then take a look at all of the different text features non-fiction books have to help us learn (ex: glossary, table of contents, diagram, labels, etc.)!

Writing: We will continue our persuasive/opinion letter writing. We will review adding the words “and” and “because” into our letters, adding good reasons why, and adding a good closing.

Math: We will continue unit 4 where we are learning about teen and 2-digit numbers. We will look at how these numbers are made up of a group of tens and extra ones.

Spelling: Our words are: be, this, from, make.

Have a WONDERFUL winter break,

Miss Reisdorff