Ms. Cardaronella*s class [email protected] Announcements: Reading words: 12/11/16 What to Watch For: Important Dates: Homework: Monday: Read for 10 minutes and complete the reading log Tuesday: Review sight words Assessed this week (last 20 words) Wednesday: Math worksheet Thursday: Study for spelling test on Monday, Dec. 19 th (due to the fieldtrip on Friday) Do a writing sort with your parent. Your parent calls out your words randomly and you write them (sorting) by spelling pattern Spelling words: Important Words: drum glum plum cute blue glue true clue flute brute suit fruit juice bruise cruise Field trip to Live Oak Nursing Home, Friday December 16 th Pay it Forward project due on Monday, Dec. 19 th Polar Express Pajama Party, Wednesday December 21 st This is a half day of school Christmas holidays Dec. 22 – Jan 4 came very ride red into over just your blue its During our inquiry lessons for the next two weeks, the children will learn about how they can make “contributions to a community” through giving gifts, kind words, and help to others. Pay it Forward projects are due on Monday, December 19 th . We will conclude our author study of Mem Fox this week. The children will compare and contrast two different stories written by Mem Fox. They will identify three similar things and three different things from the texts. Now that we’ve analyzed several books, to determine the writing structure, the children will begin trying to use one of these structures to write their own text. They will find ideas in their memory book and begin writing a new text using one of these “writing decisions”.