Welcome December!

Dear 2B Families,

Welcome December! I can't believe it's already here. I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving! Mr. D hosted at our home and it was a wonderful holiday. We also attended the ASU/U of A game on Saturday (divided household)!

xx

Scholar Shout-Outs:

Happy Birthday Diego!

Congratulations to Leighton ~ our virtue award winner for Courage!

We sang The National Anthem beautifully at our assembly today!

Thank you Alexa for sharing your dreidels with us!

Our sweet GCU Intern, Miss Monk, had her last day with us on Tuesday. We made her a pencil jar and all signed it! We will miss her!

Did you hear about our special presentation and visitors on Monday? My friend and her husband visited us from Michigan for Thanksgiving! She works in nutrition (specifically, for the Dairy Council) and she did a special presentation for our class about "My Plate" and healthy choices! Thank you Mrs. Freeland!

Helpers Needed:

We could use some extra helping hands next week with Reading & Math Groups: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d44a9af2ca1fc1-reading

*LOST SWEATER ALERT* Love and Logic teaches us to allow natural consequences to happen so these ones may be a little chilly coming to school Monday morning...their sweater will be waiting for them :-)

Important Dates for December:
Dec 4-13: DIBELS Testing for our middle of the year benchmark. I look forward to seeing your child's growth in reading!
Tues, Dec 5: Happy Birthday Miss Smith!
Fri, Dec 8: Happy Birthday Aiden R.!
Mon, Dec 11: Mrs. D will be out working on Quarter 2 Narrative Evaluations! I look forward to sharing with you comments about your child's progress for this Q2 Report Card.
Mon, Dec 11: Leighton's 1/2 Bday!
Fri, Dec 15: Boxcar Feast
Mon, Dec 18: Boxcar Dioramas are due
Tues, Dec 19: Half Day
Wed, Dec 20: Half Day
Sat, Dec 30: Matthew's 1/2 Bday!
Sun, Jan 7: Elle's 1/2 Bday!
Thurs, Dec 21-Fri, Jan 5: NO SCHOOL *We will see you back on Monday, January 8th!

Next Week in 2B:

Literature: Our journey with the four Alden children comes to a close next week as we read the LAST two chapters (12 & 13). You may continue working on your Boxcar diorama at home! Reach out if you have any questions.

Poetry: Please practice one part of The Night Before Christmas at home. Your child will only be graded on their recitation of one part of their choice. We will add in the last part to our class recitation next week.

Grammar: Prepositional phrases are being added to our question and answer flow. We will continue to practice this new skill to solidify our understanding.

Writing: Our excerpt next week is "The Young Man and The Cat" from The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. We will study the features of this traditional fairy tale.

Spalding:
Monday: holes, hotel, iron, living, live, monkey, myself, noise, pencil, pie
Tuesday: pull, sew (suture), sow (grow), so, steam, thread, thunder, tried, try, vein
Wednesday: except, aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front 

Math: We're wrapping up our unit on division and multiplication! We'll have a cumulative test over units 1-6 on Wednesday! We will review the concepts previously covered on Tuesday, but keep a sharp eye out for a study guide that will be coming home on Tuesday night! This will complete our 2A workbook and we will begin working from our 2B workbooks beginning Wednesday.

Science: Insect learning will continue through studying insects that glow and sing (fireflies, grasshoppers, and crickets) and the LARGEST group of insects on earth (beetles)!

History: Students will continue to learn of many of the origins of western culture and influence. We will understand the premise of the Trojan War and learn how Athena is tied to the city of Athens. Ask your child to tell you a fun fact about one of the gods or goddesses and areas of interest in Ancient Greece.

Have a happy weekend!

Love,

Mrs. Dombrowski