Mrs.

Kruger’s Newsletter

December 1, 2023
Mrs. Kruger: mkruger@psdschools.org

UPCOMING EVENTS
Next week our sight words will be “is”, “it”.
We’ll learn about the digraph “sh”. We’ll work on
asking questions during our reading and sequencing
Learning Targets a story. We’ll also integrate social studies as we
✓ I can read the sight word “has”. travel to New York, China, Kenya, Australia, and
✓ I can tell you three words that have a “th” in them! Argentina in our module lessons. We’ll be bringing
Ask me! home a map in coming weeks that shows where we
✓ I can read words with “th”!
traveled to!
✓ I can ask questions based on a text! We are
working on this during our literacy read aloud In writing we will finish our narrative story!
time. In math we will continue Topic 6 which
✓ I can write a narrative! We are writing our second teaches addition and write our numbers to 31 on a
narrative story and this time, with much more December calendar! Watch for that to come home
independence. Each student chose their topic so you can count down the days to Christmas!
(Thanksgiving, sledding, family etc.) and are
writing without a model (me!). It’s exciting to see
their growth!
✓ I can add two numbers! We played a fun dice
game this week in addition to completing our
Topic 6 math book pages on addition.
✓ I can practice counting by 5’s and 10’s. We made
fun reindeer, and their antlers are our hands! We
used them to show counting by 5’s and 10’s! We
also continue to practice counting to 100 by 1’s.
✓ I can describe the weather in other countries! We
started Unit 2 in Module 2 of our literacy program Specials
which focuses on asking questions within a topic
Mon./Thur.-Art
(weather) and mapping skills. We will be
“traveling” to Canada, France, and Thailand this
Tue./Fri.-Music/Library&Tech(Fri.)
week! Wed.- P.E.