FAMILY TRADITIONS
As 2009 comes to a close, we have enjoyed sharing some of our favorite family traditions at this time of year....

GM - We do yummy chocolate advent calendars!
SH - We go to Canada!
JM - Lighting the middle candle and giving presents to my brothers!
GS - We bake cookies for others and sing carols on Christmas Eve!
BL - We make cookies all the time!
RH - We make 100 pumpkin loaves for all our neighbors and friends!  We also go to people's houses, leave a gift, and run!
JBa - We like going to get the Christmas tree!  Our dad cuts it down!
CW - We get the Christmas tree and put the ornaments up!
KC - I go to Colorado, make cookies, and go skiing too!
AC - We pick out our Christmas tree at Stew Leonards!
JW - We do our Christmas tree and put our stockings up!
HP - We like putting the ornaments on our tree!
JBr - We put the ornaments on the tree!
MD - In Poland, Santa comes on the evening of December 24th when the first star appears in the sky!  That is when kids open presents!
JK - We ask Santa what we would like for Christmas!
TB - We bake cookies and decorate the Christmas tree!
OS - We give presents on Christmas Day!
JL - We sing Christmas carols!
AP - We come upstairs to give our father breakfast on Santa Lucia Day!




 

FALL SIGHT WORDS

Our names

a

all

an

am

are

at

be

big

black

brown

come

down

eat

find

for

four

go

have

he

help

here

I

in

is

like

little

me

my

one

please

ride

said

saw

say

see

she

the

they

three

to

two

was

want

we

what

where

who

yellow

you

FALL SPELLING WORDS 

#1 SHORT A

at

can

and

has

fast

#2 SHORT E

let

egg

well

went

yes

#3 SHORT I

it

pin

this

his

stick

#4 SHORT O

on

not

stop

odd

fox

#5 SHORT U

up

under

jump

run

but

#6 SHORT VOWEL REVIEW

fast

went

this

stop

jump

#7 LONG A

make

ate

take

gave

came

#8 LONG A

rain

mail

play

away

acorn

#9 LONG E

street

key

each

please

dear

#10 LONG I

like

ride

five

dime

write

MATH REFLECTIONS FOR THIS MONTH

We skip counted by twos, threes, and fives!
Then we skip counted by tens - and even started with numbers that didn't end in zero - pretty tricky stuff!
Try this Math Dojo game!