Mrs. Rodgers' Class

Our focus this week is all about reindeer. We will be reading and discussing Reindeer by Katie Marisco. Reindeer have hooves. Reindeer live in the Arctic. Reindeer have antlers. These will be just some of the facts we learn about reindeer. As we read our text this week, we will be learning how the author uses headers, labels, photographs and maps to help us better understand the story. Vocabulary from the book: active: busy doing lots of things antlers: hard body parts that grow from reindeer Arctic: area surrounding the North Pole mammal: a warm-blooded animal that has fur/hair and feeds its baby milk hooves: feet of a reindeer Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this week! Sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and see how many sight words you can hear. Make reindeer food in a bag: ¼ oats ¼ brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Sprinkles Friday (the 13th) is our field trip, if your child is bringing lunch from home please pack

Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me! I’m the Gingerbread Man! Who doesn’t love delicious gingerbread cookies? This week will be all about gingerbread as we read Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone. We will discuss fairy tales as well as gain an understanding that our actions affect others. We will begin writing our own fiction story. Vocabulary from the book: sniff: to take in short breaths of air through the nose threshing: separating the grain or seeds field: a wide area of open land strut: to walk in a proud or vain manner dared: to be careless enough to do something Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this week: Decorate a gingerbread house together. Reenact the story. Decorate a gingerbread made out of construction paper. Use other items to decorate it such as googly eyes, buttons, etc. Next Friday (the 13th) is our field trip, if your child is bringing lunch from home please pack it in a completely disposable bag/con