During Fundations we are learning about the BOSSY R! We know that when a vowel is followed by a R, the R changes the sound of the vowel. Check out this video!

We LOVE WOS! Friday, January 22nd is School Spirit Day at WOS! Make sure you wear red and white to show how proud you are of our school!

We have been working hard on addition and subtraction to twelve. It would be benefical for the children to play some games on the computer to help make these facts become more automatic.Have fun!

http://www.abcya.com/addition.htm

Making 10-http://www.abcya.com/drop_sum.htm

Math Memory-http://www.math-play.com/one-digit-addition-game/one-digit-addition-game.html

Soccer Math-http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-one-digit-numbers/adding-one-digit-numbers.html

How Many Under the Shell (+/-)-http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=198Alien Addition-http://hoodamath.com/games/alienaddition.php

Are You a Math Magician?

Adding with Pictures

Assembly Read Aloud: It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr

• Same, Same, but Different by Carol McCloud and David Messing
• Unique Monique by Maria Rousaki and Polina Papanikolaou
• The Land of Many Colors by Rita Pocock and Klamath County
• Chamelia by Ethan Long
• The Big Orange Spot by D. Manus Pinkwater and Daniel Manus Pinkwater
• Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr
• Big Al by Andrew Clements
• There’s a Skunk in My Bunk by Joseph McCann
• The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

READ:

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater

The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Unique Monique by Maria Rousaki

ACTIVITIES:

My Favorite Things: Using the attached sheet, ask the students to draw and/or label their favorite game, food, book and animal. Have them sign their name on the back of the sheet. When finished, collect the sheets and sit the class in a circle with all the pictures. Can they guess whose is whose?

Getting to Know You Bingo: Find someone who… (i.e likes the beach, has a sister, etc.)

When I Grow Up: Students sit or stand in a circle. Choose a student to go first. The first student says, “When I grow up, I want to be a chef.” The next student does a brief pantomime of something the person with the job student 1 said would do. Then they say “When I grow up I want to be a…”. Continue around the circle

December is the perfect month for families to consider helping others in need. For the fourteenth year, William O. Schaefer family’s are given the opportunity to share food with the home bound and elderly residents of South Orangetown by making <strong>Covered Cupboards</strong> for the Meals on Wheels Program.

<strong>Covered Cupboards </strong>are simply made by filling shoe boxes with nutritious foods. Do not wrap paper around the lid and box or glue 3-D decorations to lids. Please just loosely tape the lid to the box. Drawings on the lids or covers is welcomed! These <strong>Covered Cupboards </strong>are delivered to seniors for use when inclement weather prohibits delivery of a hot meal.

Please drop off your <strong>Covered Cupboards</strong> at William O. Schaefer (WOS), 140 Lester Drive, Tappan, New York. The Executive Director of Meals on Wheels, Jim Burton, will pick up the <strong>Covered Cupboards</strong> at WOS on Wednesday, December 23rd.

Thank you in advance for giving so generously to the seniors in our community during this winter season.

Please refer to <a href=”https://blogs.socsd.org/woslmc/files/2015/11/Covered-Cupboard-Food-List-1bu7g87.pdf” target=”_blank”>Covered Cupboard Food List </a>to find out all the details, including the suggested food list. Questions can be forwarded to mchaudoir@socsd.org.

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Responsibility is being accountable for your own actions.

Assembly Read Aloud: What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick

Additional Suggested Titles:

I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer	The Way I Act by Steve Metzger	Lucy Goosey Takes Responsibility by Katherine Ciriello Clark
The Worst Day of my Life Ever! by Julia Cook and Kelsey De Weerd	But It’s Not My Fault by Julia Cook	I Tell the Truth! by David Parker

Pigsty by Mark Teague

An amiable fantasy on a common theme. When Wendell’s mother takes a look at his messy room, throws up her hands in resignation, and tells him he can live in a pigsty if he wants to, he is delighted. What only he knows is that two pigs have found his room so agreeable that they have moved in. He enjoys playing with them, even though he has to give them his bed and they hog his pillows and blankets. But even Wendell has his limit, and when they chew his baseball cards, he reaches it. His mother hands her son a broom, and in a flash of inspiration he organizes the porkers into a cleaning crew.

The Paperboy by Dave Pilky

Early one cold morning a boy and his dog rise to deliver newspapers. In almost reverential silence they eat breakfast, prepare the newspapers, then step out into the chill, leaving sleeping parents and sister inside.

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin

Ruthie loves little things–the smaller, the better. When she finds a teeny tiny toy on the school playground, she can hardly believe her luck. There’s just one problem: it belongs to somebody else! Ruthie insists the toy is hers, but deep down, she knows better. How could one little toy turn into such a great big problem?

The Emperors Egg by Martin Jenkins

Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything to eat? That’s just what the male Emperor penguin does. While his mate is off swimming and catching loads of fish, he stands around in the freezing cold with an egg on his feet for two whole months, keeping it warm and waiting for it to hatch.

Activities:

We have been talking in class about the many things we are thankful for. There are so many things to be thankful for.  I am thankful for my family, my friends, being healthy and my amazing job.  I am very lucky to teach these terrific children each day.  I love seeing all of their smiling faces and watching them grow as learners.  What are you thankful for?

The children have been identifying shapes and their attributes. This week we learned that although all triangles have three sides, the sides do not have to be the same length. We also learned that triangles have three vertices. Vertices is another word for points or corners.
Click on the picture below and enjoy the game!

During Social Studies, we are learning about the First Thanksgiving and FACTS about the Mayflower.

Click the link below

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/tour.htm