Happy December! I hope you all have a great Holiday season!
Countdown to Christmas Dress Up DaysParents, this year Creekside teachers and staff are doing some fun dress up days in the countdown to Christmas break! We are inviting students to participate if they wish. This of course is completely optional!
We are in the last push until Christmas and the end of the semester!
Some important dates to note:
12/16--Math chapter 4 test
12/16--spelling test
12/17--Arctic Day!
12/18--Holiday party in class
12/18--PJ day/movie day!
Holiday Party
On Friday, December 18th, the second grade classes are having a holiday breakfast/Christmas party! While we sadly can't have parents in the class for the party this year, I would still greatly appreciate some donations to make our party successful. WE HAVE EVERYTHING DONATED! Thank you! If you signed up to donate something please try to send in tomorrow or Thursday if you haven't sent it in already. This way I have time to prep everything before Friday morning.
Arctic Day
On Thursday, December 17th, we are having Arctic Day! We will be celebrating Arctic Day! We will be spending the day studying and doing fun projects all about the Arctic, snow, and Arctic animals! We will be doing projects, watching videos, doing some things on google classroom, and even have a virtual field trip planned!
Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:
editing, proofreading
complete sentences with punctuation
commas in a friendly letter
High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:
adding titles to pictures
persuasive letters
change charts
reading-- Because of Winn Dixie
Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:
- area
- composite units
- measuring with a ruler
- perimeter
Wonders Reading
Here is what we are working on this week in reading:
- essential question--What can we see in the sky?
- genre--fiction
- phonics--long o sound
- Grammar--past/future tense verbs
- vocabulary---compound words
- writing--personal narrative
- writing--conclusion
- writing-edit and proofread
- comprehension--reread
- comprehension--sequence
- text features--point of view
Holidays Around the World
For 15 days, we will "travel" to a different country, and learn how children in that country celebrate Christmas. We will do a power point, story, writing journal, and craft for each day/country. Students will bring home all their research before Christmas break. Here are the countries for this week:
- America
- India
- Russia
- Canada
Upcoming Dates
Here are some dates to add to your calendar:
- 12/18--end of 9 weeks
- 12/18--Last day of school for first semester!
- 12/19-1/3/21--WINTER BREAK--no school
- 1/4/21--1st day of school
Have a great week!
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