1st Grade Newsletter – December 12th, 2025
Winter Spirit Week:
December 17: Wear red in honor of the American Heart Association December 18: Grinch green day
December 19: Pajama Day
December 19: House meeting/Winter Parties after house meeting/dismissal at 11:3am.
December 22: Winter Break Begins
January 5: No school for students/PD day for teachers
January 6: Students return to school.
There will be no spelling or math homework for the week of December 15. Students are still encouraged to read nightly at home.
Social Studies: Holidays Around the World
Spelling Words: No spelling words for the week of December 15. Phonics: Blending, segmenting, tricky words, and decodable texts Skills: Review: Word recognition and Story Comprehension Assessments Wit & Wisdom
Focusing Question: How do animals use the same features in unique ways?
Texts: Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, Chris Butterworth, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page; Never Smile at a Monkey, Steve Jenkins
Math: Unit 6 Patterns
Science: Plants