Week of Dec.

19, 2022

Room 206 Families,

Notes and Reminders:

● Homework: Homework for the week (Reading Tic Tac Toe) is due by Thursday this week. The
purpose of the homework is to reinforce the concepts we are learning in school.
● The Winter Concert is being held on Dec. 21 at 9:30 in the auditorium. The students of Room
206 will be singing a song. Families are welcome.
● We will have our classroom winter celebration in the afternoon on Thursday, Dec. 22nd. Please
refer to the previously sent email and spreadsheet for more details.
● The Ray School Spelling Bee will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25. We will have a class
spelling bee the week prior to determine our two participants. I will send a study guide home
over winter break for those who want to start to study.
● Spirit Week:
○ Monday, Dec. 19: Beautiful/Ugly Sweater Day
○ Tuesday, Dec. 20: TikTok Fun Day
○ Wednesday, Dec. 21: Ray Spirit Day
○ Thursday, Dec. 22: Holiday Pajamas, Winter Craft and Story Day
● There is no school for students on Friday, Dec. 23, which is the start of Winter Break. School
will resume on Jan. 9th
● As a reminder, the best way to reach me is email: rmaltz@cps.edu. Everything is also posted
on my website: rmaltz.weebly.com.

Here is What We Are Working On This Week:

Math Reading
● Our math lessons this week will focus on ● For literacy centers; students will be given
reviewing old concepts. a contract of activities they are to
● There will be no progress check this complete throughout the week.
week. ● During guided reading, groups are
reading biographies.

Social Studies Science

● Regions of the West ● Brain and Human Body
● States and Capitals of the West. ● Mystery Science Mini Lesson
● Current Events

Writing
● Autobiography Writing.
● We will continue working on cursive
writing. The students have been doing
amazing and really like writing in cursive.
Spelling
● Each week students will be given a
spelling list in class and will do related
activities.
● There will be a spelling progress check on
Thursday.
● Spelling Words This Week: leaves,
calves, lives, oxen, wives, halves, mice,
wolves, thieves, loaves, geese, knives,
 shelves, scarves, themselves

Homework

Students’ weekly homework is listed below. All students are expected to read 30 minutes/night.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Reading Read 30 min. Read 30 min. Read 30 min. Read 30 min. Read 30 min.
and complete and complete and complete
reading reading reading Reading
activities. activities. activities. Activities NO SCHOOL
DUE
Practice Practice Practice
spelling spelling spelling
words words words

Math No No No NO SCHOOL
Homework Homework Homework

Weekly Spelling Words (Spelling Check- Thursday 12/22)- leaves, calves, lives, oxen, wives,
halves, mice, wolves, thieves, loaves, geese, knives, shelves, scarves, themselves

Have a happy, healthy, and safe Winter Break,

Ms. Maltz
rmaltz@cps.edu
rmaltz.weebly.com