Looking Ahead:

• Thursday, December 19: Free Dress Down Day. Students are welcome to wear comfy pajamas today!
• Thursday, December 19: Discovery Gateway comes to Quest Kindergarten classes
• Friday, December 20: Class Winter Party  (Winter Party Volunteer Sign Up) and Free Dress Down Day. Students are welcome to wear an “ugly” sweater today!
• December 23-January 5: Winter Break- No School

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Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: “Ask and Answer Questions” and “Topic and Details” . We read two informational texts and a tale from Puerto Rico (“Little Juan and the Cooking Pot”) to go along with our theme “What do people use to do their job?”

New High Frequency Word: “you”

Phonics:blend and isolate sounds in CVC words. New sound/spelling: Oo

Vocabulary: equipment, uniform, utensils, expect, remained

Math: Lesson 17 “Count Within 100″ (by 1’s and 10’s)

Science: Human Bumper Bowling. Students made a model bumper bowling alley and worked together to knock down pins using force to change the balls direction.