We know that the holidays are a fun and exciting time for our students, however as we are finishing out the semester we still have learning to do and assessments to complete. Please have a conversation with your child/children about school expectations and proper school behavior. We want to be able to end the year on a positive note with celebrations, but this can only happen if we get through the tasks we must accomplish.

Please remember to send your students to school wearing their uniform clothes and sneakers each day. Students should also have a change of clothes in their backpacks in the case of an accident.

Please remember to send in excuses when your student is out sick.

We understand that things happen and transportation changes occur. Please let your students teacher or the front office know of any transportation changes before 2:30pm. Last minute transportation changes make it difficult for your student's teachers to get your student where they need to be for dismissal in a timely and effective manner.

12/12: Pictures with Santa (During School Hours)

12/14: Holiday Performance

12/20-1/3: Winter Break

More information about the Holiday Performance will be coming out over this week and next.

Reading:

-We started our unit on Stories from Around the World.

Phonics:

-We worked on silent e exceptions and began working on suffixes.

Writing:

-We will continue working on sentence expansion and conjunctions.

Math:

-We began learning about 2 and 3D shapes and patterns.

Reading:

-We will be continuing our unit on Stories from Around the World with a holiday focus.

Phonics:

-We will be working on suffixes -ed and -ing.

Writing:

-We will continue working on sentence expansion, and basic conjunctions.

Math:

-We will continue working on Unit 3 on 2D and 3D shapes, patterns, and non-standard units of measurement.

High frequency words/ heart words students should know how to spell and read:

It is incredibly important that your student is able to read and spell these words. We are seeing that students that do not know them, are having their reading fluency impeded.

was, said, they, their, there, were, where, any, many, want, walk, talk, very, does, would, could, should, my, by, who, one, once, two, been, into

We add new words to this list each week, if your student can fluently read and spell a word. At the end of the year students should be able to read and spell 125 High Frequency words (including the "heart words" or irregularly spelled words.)

It is a great time to work on your child's reading fluency. To do this, have your student read the same passage or story several times. This helps with students being able to read familiar words in a fluent manner, which can assist in reading and oral comprehension as well as their oral language skills.

Work on measuring with non-standard units of measurement. This means measuring with things that are not normally intended for measuring (blocks, paperclips, etc.)

This is easy to do at home! Grab an object and some beans, paperclips, or pieces of pasta. Ask your student how long they think it is using these measuring tools.

Hey!

Can you add the following this week and next week as well, please? Thank you! (you’re already reminding them of Turkey Bingo where they can win a free turkey, right? I won’t reiterate that in my section if you are!)

WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS! BEM-VINDO!

Families:

Please click below to view important information about our Marietta City Schools Welcome ESOL Families event that took place on November 2nd.

(English)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YUSF1PNqiWMav4k2Yi1vAXl7Gr3uCalFeYpGj6ObwQg/edit#slide=id.g170dd3c78fa_3_11

(Spanish)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-bSY6ix8x6wGqbMBpNwvBHVw-GUZLjy7LU1E3LVlk9Q/edit#slide=id.ge602c6f5ae_0_0

(Portuguese)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EFJct58BJzvi1uC1hdaP5-cZQiqXNcVNRjjCc5pSzTM/edit#slide=id.ge602c6f5ae_0_0

Fact Families: fact families are related addition and subtraction facts that use the same numbers. Fact families help kids understand the relationship between addition and subtraction. For example, using the numbers 8, 5, and 13, students can produce two addition number sentences and 2 related subtraction sentences.

See the fact family and video below.

5 + 8 = 13

8 + 5 = 13

13 - 5 = 8

13 - 8 = 5

BrainPop Jr: Fact Families

Dear DLI families,

Please continue working on math facts, letter sounds, syllables, and sentence formation in both English and Spanish.

All students are expected to be in uniform. Students may wear jeans or Marietta or Park Street gear any day. Please make sure that jeans do not have holes in them. Also please have your students bring a jacket to school if they get cold easily. While it is hot outside, it can get chilly inside the school building.

Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.