12.5-12.7 - PTA Spirit Night - Dinners by Delaine

12.8 - Family Math Night with Mathnasium

12.15 - Winter Party & Polar Express Day

12.16 - Early Release @ 12

12.19-1.3 - Winter Break

Reading:

• I can read and reread pages to find the right way each page should sound.

• I can read like a writer and notice words that create a mental image in my mind or words that make me react or feel something.

• I can bring my book to life by using a good reading voice and acting out important parts, which helps others understand what is happening.

Writing:

• I can study how authors begin and end their information books, and I can try those out in my writing.

• I can study pictures or photos that are connected to my topic looking for specific details that I can write about.

• I can start a new information chapter book and use all the tools to help me plan

Word work :

• I can read and spell words with short a spelled CVC and long a spelled a-e or ai.

• I can read and spell words with short a CVC and long a CVCe, CVVC -ai, and open syllable -ay spelling patterns.

Math:

• I can balance equations on either side of the equal sign within 10.

• I can solve for the unknown (in any position) in an addition or subtraction word problem within 10.

• I can create a word problem for a given number sentence within 10.

• I can count mixed collections of pennies, nickels, and dimes.

• I can define income.

• I can compare the difference between spending and saving.

Science:

• I can record weather information, including relative temperature such as hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, and rainy or icy.

• I can identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night.

• I can demonstrate that air is all around us and observe that wind is moving air.

• I can observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as the Moon and stars, including the sun.

Social Studies:

• I can explain the significance of celebrations and what they symbolize.

SEL:

Lesson 6: Identifying Feelings

• Students will be able to name feelings when presented with physical clues.

Lesson 7: Looking for More Clues

Students will be able to:

• Name feelings when presented with physical clues

• Name feelings when presented with environmental and situational clues

Lesson 8: Similarities and Differences

Students will be able to:

• Compare physical and emotional similarities and differences between two children

• Demonstrate that people can have different feelings about the same situation

• MATH:

  • Practice adding by using a collection of 10 objects. Split the objects into 2 groups. Say or write a number sentence to represent the groupings of objects. For example, "I have 10 straws. I can split the straws into groups of 5 and 5. So, 5+5=10." Put the piles back together again in a different way. Repeat until all possible combinations are found.

  • Practice skip counting by arranging a collection of up to 120 objects into groups of twos and skip count by twos to determine the total number of objects. Continue practicing by arranging and counting objects by fives and tens.

  • Recite numbers forward and backward up to 120.

  • Practice counting like coins. For example: 5 pennies, 3 nickels, 2 quarters, or 6 dimes.

• ELA:

  • Read a self-selected book.

    • If the book is fictional, think about the story elements. Characters, setting, problem and solution.

    • Think about how you could change the ending to the story. "How would you change the ending?"

    • Think about your favorite part of the story. "What is your favorite part and why?"

    • Think about the author's purpose for writing the story. "Why do you think the author wrote this story? Why do you think it was important for the author to share this story with you?

Cheatham Chargers!

The Cheatham Student Council wants to invite YOU to help us gather donations for the US Marine Corps Reserve – Toys for Tots toy drive! Please see the flyer that will be sent out to parents in the Cheatham Chatter, as well as in a Skyward blast. We would love it if you could also include this flyer in your grade level newsletters. Of course, you’re welcome to donate a toy too!

The toy drive will take place Nov 28 – Dec 16. Student Council members will be helping to promote the Toys for Tots event each day before school at drop off boxes around campus.

(Donation boxes will be located by front door, near office stairs, and near gym doors)

TOYS FOR TOTS MISSION:

The basic mission of the Marine Toys for Tots Program is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas.

FOUNDATION OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the Foundation are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to improving communities in the future.