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assessments take the place of our normal guided reading time. Therefore, RAP folders will be on holiday vacation until after break. Please continue to read at home and fill out December and January homework sheets. We would also like you to support your childs reading independence by encouraging them to use the strategies we have been working in class listed below. Thanks! Comprehension: *Retell *Visualizing *Check for Understanding *Pick a Good Fit book Accuracy: *Get your mouth ready *Do the pictures match the words? *Chunk It! *Leap Frog *Reread *Cross CheckingDoes it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense? *Flip Sound Fluency: *Practice my by heart, by sight, No Excuse words.we will be sending these words home over the Holiday break for you to practice with your child.

BE Respectful, BE Responsible, BE Fair-Minded

Mrs. Brinkman jody.brinkman@thompsonschools.org 679-9531 Mrs. Saya janelle.saya@thompsonschools.org 679-9530 Mrs. Workman- melissa.workman@thompsonschool.org 679-9548

Reading
Mid year assessment is under way! We are so excited to be reading one on one with each child over the next couple weeks in order to determine your childs current reading level. This information will drive our instruction and help us determine our new reading groups when we come back from break. These

Homework
December homework was sent home last week. It will be due when we return from break..JANUARY 11th!! We will also be

STAR OF THE WEEK

Saya..Riley Eberhardt BrinkmanJarin Clapp WorkmanMason Moskalski

sending home January homework before the Holiday break in order to give your child plenty of time to complete it!!

Holiday Project
We still need a few of you to send in (8) 3x3 photos of your family. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THESE PHOTOS TO US. We also need you to send in $5.00 to help with the cost of the supplies needed to complete our holiday gift. We are working so hard on this hand-made gift
(the best kind of gift to get!)

Math
We have started Unit 3! We are working on finding all the combinations to make a given number and continue working on solving story problems. We will be introducing a school wide acronym to help our students solve story problems more effectively. Q- Question- What is the question? U- Understand- What key words does the problem provide to help you understand? EEquationWrite an equation that

Holiday Program
Thank you to Mrs. Harding, the kids and parents for a great holiday program! All of the kids that had a speaking part did so great! Thank you for helping your child practice at home! Everyone worked so hard to make the Holiday Program so special for all of us! We are so lucky to have such amazing people to work with at our school!

represents the question. S- Solveyour work. T- Tell- Tell the answer to the question in a complete sentence Solve the problem and show

Winter weather is Here!

Please make sure your child comes to school with appropriate weather gear that is LABELED. If there is snow on the field at all, only children with snowboots can play on the field! Also, please be sure to pack tennies on P.E, day. Food Drive
Thank you so much for filling our boxes with non-perishable items for the food drive. We provided over 6,000 pounds of food for families in need! Way to go Ponderosa!!!

Santa Project
On Wednesday your child should have brought home a letter explaining the project, a piece of black construction paper and a paper with Santas face, gloves and boots on it. Please create a new suit for Santa to wear and mount it on the black construction paper. Remember to HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE!!! We are soooo excited to see all of the suits Santa comes in! Dont forget to do the writing piece of the project. This writing will make all of our work with ADJECTIVES that much for meaningful. We will be sharing these the week of the 19th so make sure they are here by then!

Fun Website
We heard about this neat website that we wanted to share with all of you! If you go to the Build-A- Bear Workshop Website, your child can talk directly to one of Santas Elves! Your child will need help with this as they have to type in their name and a message. We thought it might be a fun thing to do as a family!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS December 23rd: NO SCHOOL! December 23rd January 6th: HOLIDAY BREAK! Enjoy your time with family and friends!