Mrs.

Stewart Miss OConnor Miss Wade December Class Newsletter

Important Dates
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Classroom News
-As a school, we are collecting Box Tops for Education as well as Pennies for Patients. Please save and send in your box tops as well as extra change. The classroom winner will receive a pizza party for the Box Tops and an Olive Garden Lunch for the pennies. Help Us Win!!

Breakfast with Santa: December 15, 2012

- Last day of classes: December 21, 2012

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Winter Break: December 24thJanuary 2nd

- If you wish to help in our classroom, at any time, please send a note with your child or call Mrs. Stewart at the school.

Birthdays
Edward Mulgado- 12/09 Kyla Hardrict- 12/29

-Over Christmas Break, these are some things you can work on: word wall words, counting with coins (pennies, nickels and dimes), counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, addition and subtraction, and reading.

Literacy Tip: Read with your child, every night, in order to increase their desire to read. Math Tip: Practice counting by 2s, 5s, and 10. Also practice counting coins and telling time. Teachers: Mrs. Tina Stewart, Miss Sarah O Connor, Miss Michelle Wade Name of School: Tarkington School of Excellence Address: 3330 W. 71st Street Chicago, IL 60629 Phone Number: (773)535-4700
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Resident Teachers
Miss Sarah O Connor - From Champaign, Illinois - Graduated from Saint Louis University
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What Were Learning

Reading: -Stretching the word/Sounding out the words in order to read them - Looking for smaller words inside of big words - Building our stamina in order to read for a longer period of time Math: - Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, -Telling time to the hour and half hour - Counting pennies and nickels Writing: - Making sure our sentences have

Loves chocolate and all kinds of music

- Studied in Madrid, Spain

Miss Michelle Wade - From Columbus, Ohio - Graduated from Tennessee State University - HUGE Ohio State Buckeyes fan - Loves to read and dance - Loves chocolate

a capital letter and a period. - Making sure our stories have a beginning, middle, and end

Free Events in Chicago

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Storytime every Saturday at 11am Barbaras Bookstore at UIC 1218 S. Halsted Street Zoolights at Lincoln Park Zoo Crafts for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Stores every Saturday from 11am to 3pm Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza