Classroom Times

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Mrs. Melissa Hillis

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Date: December 8-12, 2014

Content Areas:
Reading - Unit 2 Communities
- "Life in the Forest" (nonfiction)
- Author's Purpose
Grammar- One and More Than One
- Review Contractions
Writing - 4-Square paragraph writing
- Weekly topic is: "All About Me"
Mathematics - Unit 3 Visual Patterns, Number
Patterns, and Counting
- Frames-and-arrows
- Counting and exchanging money
- Time to the hour and half hour
Social Studies - All About Me
- Holidays Around the World

Important Reminders:
* Winter Music Concert- Wednesday
evening in the MPB at 6:30 pm.
* Winter Recess- No School from December
22nd through January 4th. Happy Holidays!
*Class Website- I created a class website
last year for my 2nd grade class. My
intentions are to update the site for 1st
grade over the winter break. Feel free to
take a peek:
http://flake.res.mdso.eportalnow.net/
password: Hillis2014

Special Class Schedule:

Monday- Art
Tuesday- Host Nation and FLES
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- P.E. and FLES

Spelling Words

Friday- Art

Skill: Long a, long i, long o, and long u review.

1. shade
2. vote
3. broke
4. shake
5. store

6. size
7. plate
8. true
9. slime
10. mute

Contact Information:
* melissa.hillis@eu.dodea.edu
* School office number: 727-4185/7
* Classroom number: 727* Send a note with your child in his
or her daily folder

Our spelling test will be on Friday!

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