Ms. Peek’s Palace Weekly
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What we are learning this week …
Reading:
Math:
This week we will work
Students are
on refining and extending our
continuing to work on
skip counting skills (2s, 5s,
writing about their
and 10s) by thinking about
reading by answering
how many eyes, toes, and
standards-based queshands different amounts of
tions in reading repeople have. Ex: How many
sponse journals. I will
eyes do 10 people have?
be conferring with
We’ll discern patterns along
readers and working
the way, too! Menus will rewith students on readview counting mixed coins,
ing goals which I’ve
adding within 20, telling
discerned form their
time, and place value.
reading of instructional
level (not independent) Science:
texts.
We are continuing to
Writing:
Students are
busily crafting
“gripping stories.”
These are fictional
stories in which a
character has a big
want or problem.
This week we will
focus on strategies
for planning and
adding dialogue to
our stories.
Picture of the Week
Lisle is our most
Vocab Words:

Stunned–
shocked or
surprised
Genius– smart
or talented
 Chaos–
confusion

recent student of the
week!
learn about balance, force,
and motion this week. We
are having lots of fun!!

Notorius-well
known
(especially for
something bad)
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Children’s
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12/7
12/11
12/17
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Holiday Program
Reminder:
We have a vocab
review quiz this
Friday.
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12/18
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12/18
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12/19