Email: Tiffany Gratien tgratien@scsd.us Mary Mastin mmastin@scsd.us
Specials Schedule:
Monday
Library
Tuesday
P.E.
Wednesday Thursday
Art Music
Friday
P. E.
Phonemic Awareness/ELA:
Skills Strand
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Segment and Blend Sounds in Words
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Learns the sounds and how to write ‘a’ for /a/, ‘m’ for /m/,
‘t’ for /t/, ‘d’ for /d/, ‘o’ for /o/, ‘c’ for /k/, ‘g’ for /g/, ‘i’ for
/i/, ‘n’ for /n/,, ‘h’ for /h/, ‘s’ for /s/, ‘f’ for /f/, ‘v’ for /v/, ‘z’ for /z/, ‘p’ for /p/, ‘b’ for /b/, ‘l’ for /l/, ‘r’ for /r/, and ‘u’ for
/u/
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Recognize and listen to /w/, /j/, /y/, /x/, & /k/
Content: Science
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Discuss what plants are
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Conifers and Ferns
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Classifying Plants
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Plant Parts
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Plant Habitats
Reading/ELA:
Listening and Learning Strand
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Plants Unit o Review Domain 5 - Plants o Assessment on Domain 5 - Plants o Old McDonald Has a Farm o Moo, Moo Here o And a Cluck, Cluck There
Math: Shapes
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Sort 2D and 3D shapes
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Identifying and Building with 3D shapes
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Counting up
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Shape Assessment
FYI
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We will have Show and Tell every Friday during morning meeting. Your child can bring in something they’d like their classmates to see or learn about.
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Please send your child with sneakers on Tuesdays and Fridays for P. E. during this marking period.
 Please send your child with hat and mittens daily for recess!
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Picture retakes – Monday, December 7th
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STUDENT COUNSEL FUNDRAISERS AND ACTIVITIES:
 Ed Smith’s Annual Food Drive for the Salvation Army through FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th! Wish List includes: Canned Beans, Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables, Jelly (NO GLASS PLEASE!), Milk (Dry or
Canned), Canned Soup and Tuna Fish. These can be brought to the classroom.
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Holiday Candy Cane Sales: Pre-Orders taken and paid for during lunch MONDAY, DECEMBER 7th –
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 th . Candy Canes will be delivered on Monday, December 21 st . $0.50 per candy cane. All candy canes will have a tag/ribbon attached.
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Winter Concert December 17 @ 7PM & December 18 th
@ 9:15 AM (K-5)
 Half Day of School – Professional Development – Wednesday, December 23 rd – Dismissal @ 10:45 AM
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On Monday, December 21 st
, Room 2 will be having a Polar Express Pajama Party. The day will consist of many very fun activities such as: a book reading from Mr. Barber, Polar Express literature centers, Polar
Express math centers, and of course The Polar Express movie at the very end of the day with hot chocolate and cookies. We would love your help from 9:30 – 10:30 and from 1:30 – dismissal if you can offer your time. Please check below what time slot works for you and send it in with your child. Thank you in advance!
9:30 – 10:30 ____ 1:30 – dismissal ____
Ed Smith K-8 Vision:
To be the most improved school in the district ~ Where EVERY child learns & grows