DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thursday, Dec. 20th—Christmas Party @ 12:30
-Fri., Dec. 21st—Pajama Party, Sing-a-long, & Library
-Wednesday, January 2nd—School Resumes
CHRISTMAS PARTY:
For our class Christmas party we are planning to have a gift exchange. We are asking that girls bring a gift for a girl and boys bring a gift for a boy. Please select a gift that is between $3.00-$3.50, and send it to school wrapped and labeled with who it is FROM. If this presents a financial burden for your family, please be sure to contact me in confidence and we will work it out. Our party will be held Thursday, December 20th beginning at 12:30. Parent volunteers, please plan to arrive by 12:15, or you are welcome to come early and have lunch with your child @ 11:40. Our Christmas tree is up and ready, so you may send in the gifts for the gift exchange anytime on or before Thursday. :)
PAJAMA DAY:
This Friday we will celebrate our last day before break in our Pajamas. Students are welcome to wear their PJ’s and slippers in the classroom. We will be having our annual Sing-a-long with Mr. Smith in the elementary lunchroom @ 9:10, as well as a movie, and a visit to the library in the afternoon. The students are very excited! We will still be going outside for recess, so please be sure to send boots and snow pants for recess!
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week the students will take a short assessment from our Science Unit on the 5 Senses. They have really enjoyed exploring with their senses—the smelly jars, feely boxes, sound games, and taste tests have all been a hit! They are also enjoying role-playing in the Bakery Shop during free choice time. This week we will read several stories in anticipation of Christmas!
READING:
Our focus text for this week is Listen Buddy which we will use to practice making predictions, drawing conclusions, and describing character traits. Our focus letter for the week is Hh, and we will introduce the sight word me. We will continue to work on rhyming, stretching out words as we read and write, and reading and writing our sight words. When we get back from break it will be time to begin assessing the students’ growth for report cards.
WRITING:
This week we will use both the book and the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas to discuss Word Choice, Voice, and Ideas. The students will complete a couple of journals related to Christmas to wrap up their December Journals. They will also be drawing a map to their house for Santa:) This week we will celebrate our growth as writers—we will be reading our I Can pattern books to the Jr. Kindergartners before bringing them home to share for the holidays.
MATH:
This week we will be working on our ‘tricky teens.’ We will practice building them using base 10 blocks. We will also finish up our December Calendars and bring them home to share.
JUST A FEW REMINDERS:
**We will visit the library this Friday. Please be sure to return your child’s library book on or before Friday so that they can check out a new book over break. We had a 100% return last time!
**The December Snack Calendar goes through the first week in January. I will send home a complete January Snack Calendar after break.
**Keep reading and filling out your Book-It Calendars. I will be awarding December Certificates after break.
Thank you for sharing your children with me each day; what a true blessing they are! I wish your family a very Merry Christmas filled with joy, hope, love, and laughter!
Sherry Brinks
