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Newsletter for the Week of December 12 - 16, 2011

Newsletter for December 12 - 16_ 2011 -

Unit 3, Week 1 - Little Panda

     This week our Focus Story will be Little Panda by Joanne Ryder.  We will learn all about baby pandas and discuss the parallels between panda and human babies through this heart-warming story of the birth and growth of Hua Mei, the first giant panda cub to survive in captivity, in the San Diego Zoo.
     Our Target Skill will be comparing and contrasting.  We will also continue to practice retelling a story and identifying the main idea of a story.  We will work on identifying, forming, and matching the letters Bb and Nn to their sounds--/b/ and /n/, respectively.

Amazing Words: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, and explore

High-Frequency Words:  me, with, she  (Please continue to practice the following words at home as well: I, am, to, a, the, little, we, my, like, have, is, he, for.)

Letters: Bb and Nn

Thank you to http://www.digitalpencil.org for the cover image!

Newsletter for the Week of December 5 - 9, 2011

Newsletter for December 5 - 9_ 2011 -

Unit 2, Week 6 - Whose Garden Is It?

     This week our Focus Story will be Whose Garden Is It?, written by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Jane Dyer.  The "secrets" of a garden are revealed as Mrs. McGee and her child wander through one in this story, trying to uncover the answer to the question posed by the title.  We will meet characters along the way--a gardener, woodchuck, rabbit, butterfly, squash bug, bumblebee, and even some seeds blowing in the wind--who each claim ownership of the garden based on the job they perform within it.  To whom does the garden belong?  It is up to you to decide!
     Our Target Skill this week will be determining the differences between realism and fantasy.  We will also continue to practice making predictions, retelling a story, and identifying the setting of a story.  We will continue to work on identifying, forming, and matching the letter "Ii" to it's phoneme--/i/--this week. 


Amazing Words:  garden, gardener, plant, seed, soil, and blossoms


High-Frequency Words:  he, for   (Please continue to practice the following "Popcorn" Words as well--I, am, to, a, the, little, have, is, we, my, like.)


Letter: Ii


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December 2011 Calendar

December Calendar 2011 -