Dates to Remember…

• November 25-29: Thanksgiving Break/No School
• December 2: Students return to school.
• December 4: First Grade Field Trip to Nashville Childrens’ Theatre to see Pippi Longstocking/Please remember to return your child’s permission slip and make a payment for the field trip at schoolcashonline.com. Students should wear the PPE field trip t-shirt, SSA bottoms, socks, and tennis shoes. Please send a lunch fromhome if you indicated you would do so.
• December 6: Navigator Day
• December 20: Half Day of school with dismissal at 11:30am/Holiday Parties

What We Are Learning:

Social Studies: Personal Timelines

Spelling words: loud loot roots boot tools foot good cloud mouth snout

Tricky Words: would saw

Phonics: Blending, segmenting, tricky words, and decodable texts

Skills: Tricky Word: Down Sound /oi/; Spelling ‘oi”

Math: Addition and Subtraction

Science: Light & Illumination

Essential Question: What lessons can we learn through stories about animals?

Focusing Question: How do sea horses use their unique features?

Texts

• Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, Chris Butterworth; Illustrations, John
• Lawrence, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page: