Families,

Our first post of the new year! I cannot believe we have arrived at winter break. This first half of the year has flown by and I feel so grateful to work with you and your child each day. I am loving this year and am excited to see how our learning continues when we return from break! I know it is a few weeks away, but take a peek at what we’ll be up to when we come back:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Our next Early Release Day is Friday, January 11th.
• When we return from break we will be start our “Voracious Reader” awards. Each Friday I will choose a student who has acted like a voracious reader during that week. I will be looking for someone who gets started right away, reads the whole time, and uses the strategies we are learning in class.
• When we return from break there will be a Scholastic book order coming home. If you are interested in ordering books, please place your order online (using class code NNX2P) by Wednesday, January 23rd.
• I will be assessing reading levels when we return from break! I will send you an email update with your child’s reading level once I am done reading with them (please note that this can take a while and I have 25 kiddos so it may take a few weeks to get through everyone).
• I have created a Donors Choose project for our classroom! This is to receive donations for new math materials. I have been learning this year about making our math time more interactive and student led, and I believe that these supplies will help aid in our instruction. https://www.donorschoose.org/project/miss-reisdorffs-magnificent-mathematici/3829721/

Reading: We will begin a new unit about non-fiction books! We will start the week by comparing fiction and non-fiction and then start to explore different text features (ex: labels, diagrams, captions) and what we can learn from them.

Writing: We will continue to work on opinion letters and will review what we have learned so far (what an opinion letter is, how to add reasons why, how to add transition words, and how to add a closing).

Math: We will continue to work on 2-digit numbers and learn strategies to help us add a 2-digit and 1-digit number (ex: 36 + 8).

Spelling: Our spelling words are: or, have, by, one, help.

Have a safe, fun, and warm winter break! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Miss Reisdorff

Families,

I can’t believe it is already time for winter break! This first half of the year has flown by and I have absolutely loved these last few months getting to know your child. Sorry for the long blog post–we have a busy last week so take a peek at what’s to come:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• To celebrate our last week before the holidays (and of 2018!) we will be having a spirit week next week. Here are the days:

Monday – hats, beanies, scarves

Tuesday – red and white stripes (candy canes)

Wednesday – flannel and fuzzy socks

Thursday – ugly Christmas sweaters

Friday – pjs

• We will be having a North Pole Ninja visiting our classroom next week! Each day he will be giving us a mission to spread kindness through our school.
• Our class holiday party will be Thursday, December 20th from 12:05-1:05. If you would like to celebrate with us, please complete a background check and stop in for some fun!
• A reminder that we will be having a class gift exchange on Thursday, December 20th. If you have not already done so, please have your child bring in a gift that is no more than $5. If your child is a boy, have them bring in a gift for a boy. If your child is a girl, have them bring in a gift for a girl.
• We will be out of school December 24th-January 4th for our winter break. Enjoy this time with family and friends!
• I have created a Donors Choose project for our classroom. If you choose to donate (please do not feel obligated), your money will go to classroom materials to help make our math time more interactive and student led. Thank you! https://www.donorschoose.org/project/miss-reisdorffs-magnificent-mathematici/3829721/
• There will be no homework or new baggie books coming home on Thursday, December 20th due to the long break.
• Friday, December 21st we will be celebrating our last day by having a Polar Express themed day!

Reading: We will review some retelling strategies we have learned as well as reading strategies to help us figure out tricky words.

Writing: We will continue the process of opinion writing by choosing a topic, choosing an audience, organizing our writing, and writing a letter.

Math: We will review some efficient strategies we have learned so far in unit 4 and will also play some partner math games!

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

Enjoy your weekend!

Miss Reisdorff

Families,

Only 2 weeks until we leave for break! I was so happy to make it to the music program and it definitely got me in the holiday spirit! These kids always blow me away and their performance was no exception :). We have a busy end of 2018 so take a peek at what’s to come:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• TODAY is the last day for the December Scholastic Book order…if you place an order and would like it to be a surprise please email me so I can set them aside for you! All orders need to be in by 4p.m. today (online using class code: NNX2P) to make sure they are here before we leave for break!
• Our next Early Release Day is Friday, December 14th. Dismissal will be at 12:15.
• Our tree is getting filled with ornaments! Please have your child decorate theirs and send it in if they have not already done so.
• We will be having a class gift exchange Thursday, December 20th. Please do not spend more than $5 on this gift. Girls can purchase a gift for girls and boys can purchase a gift for boys.
• Our class holiday party will be on Thursday, December 20th from 12:05-1:05. Feel free to join us as we celebrate!
• We will be having a school spirit week the week of December 17th. Monday = wear warm hats/scarves, Tuesday = wear red and white, Wednesday = flannel and fuzzy socks, Thursday = ugly Christmas sweaters, Friday = pjs! Mark your calendars as we get ready to celebrate the holiday season!

Reading: For reading we will continue to focus on characters and how we can reread to get to know our characters, identify how our characters changed or what they learned, and how to infer what is happening in a story.

Writing: For writing we will continue to focus on how to write our opinion in a letter to someone. We will also learn how to make a list of what we can write about, how to add words like “and” and “because,” and how to add a good closing.

Math: We will continue to explore groups of tens and ones and how we can add these together (40+7=47).

Spelling: We will have a spelling test and sentence dictation to finish our spelling unit.

Have a great weekend,

Miss Reisdorff