First Grade News Ms. Dillard’s Class Cary Woods Elementary December 10-19, 2018 Dates to Remember 12/17- Holiday Book Swap 12/17- Cary Connect 12/18- Winter Program Dillard: 11:00 pm (Please wear holiday attire, preferably blue and white) 12/19- PJ day/movie 12/20- Winter Holidays Begin 01/07- Student’s return What We’re Learning Math- Review for end-of-quarter check list Reading- Compare and contrast characters in Christmas stories Phonics- -ink, -ank, -onk, -unk Grammar- Conjunctions Writing- Friendly Letters Character/Social Skills- Mindfulness SIGHT WORDS: says, done, very, our Book Swap Don’t forget to send in a gently used or new book (no more than $5) by Friday, Dec. 14 if you want your child to participate. Please remember to wrap the book before sending it in. Winter Program DVD’s A form went home last Friday about purchasing a DVD of our Winter Program. Monies from the DVD purchases will be used to make our music program even better than it already is (if that’s possible)  Please consider buying one! I promise it will be worth it! PJ Day/Movie On Wednesday, Dec. 19th, dress your child in their cute PJ’s for school! We will watch the movie, The Grinch. Classroom Needs/ Wishes Thank you to all those who signed up to bring in items/goodies for our Holiday activities. Y’all are the BEST! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope this holiday season brings you peace, relaxation and joyful times with your friends and family!