Lunch Menu Tuesday- yogurt, chicken gumbo with rice, grilled cheese, tomato basil soup & salad

1. Mrs. Murrell amauldin@greenville.k12.sc.us 355-1569 December 2, 2013 News From Room 26 Important Dates 12/2- Progress Reports 12/9- PTA meeting with 1st grade performance A Peek At The Week: Math: Students will continue to learn strategies for adding two-digit numbers. These strategies will center around “regrouping”. Reading: We’ll read various versions of fairy tales from different cultures and compare/contrast the versions. Phonics: We’ll study words with the long e sound made from the pattern /ee/ and /ea/. We’ll also discuss how to use a dictionary. Writing: We’re beginning a new type of writing this week- informational writing. We’ll integrate this writing with our social studies lessons and we write informational paragraphs about producers and consumers. Social Studies: We’ll begin looking at different types of resources and identifying them as natural, capital, and human resources. Science: We’ll learn about habitats of living things. We’ll discuss how these habitats meet the basic needs and examples of animal adaptations. We’ll also continue to review severe weather. Parent Notes Classroom Needs: - erasers (the pink, rectangular kind) - small items for the treasure box - easy reader books (1st grade- beginning 2nd levels/ levels A-J) **Due to our pencil sharpener not working, we are in great need of sharpened pencils. Please let me know if you have a pencil sharpener at home & wouldn’t mind sharpening some pencils if I send some home with your child (please do not send more pencils in, we have plenty! ) Lunch Menu Tuesday- yogurt, chicken gumbo with rice, grilled cheese, tomato basil soup & salad Wednesday- yogurt, chicken, stuffed shells, chicken noodle soup & salad Thursday- yogurt, Thai chili chicken, baked potato, corn chowder & salad Friday- yogurt, pizza, BBQ sandwich, vegetable beef soup & salad