Newsletter Updates for the Week of December 15th

*The elementary Christmas Program does NOT include Kindergartners, but we typically have a Kindergarten Program in the Spring!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Thursday, Dec. 18th—Christmas Party

-Friday, Dec. 19th—Pajama Day for Kindergartners, Sing-a-long @ 9:00, & Movie

CHRISTMAS GIFT EXCHANGE:

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 $3.50-$4.00 and send it to school wrapped and  labeled with who it is FROM.  Our party will be held Thursday, December 18th in the afternoon.

PAJAMA DAY: 

This Friday we will celebrate our last day before break in our pajamas.  Students are welcome to wear their pajamas and slippers in the classroom. We will still be going outside for recess, so please be sure to send along boots and snow pants.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK: 

On Friday the students will bring home an envelope of ‘goodies.’  In this envelope you will find the January Snack Calendar, January Book-It Calendar, special booklets that your child has made and can read, as well as a sheet explaining some fun Holiday Homework that they can do over break if they choose.

READING: 

This week we will continue to work on the Letter Cc and the sightwords go & in.  Many of our literacy stations will focus on Christmas learning activities, as we continue to work on color words, sightwords, rhyming, retelling, and handwriting. 

WRITING: 

This week we will complete several journals  related to Christmas, including drawing a map for Santa to find our houses.  Students will be bringing home their December Journals to share with you on Friday.

MATH: 

This week work on adding and subtracting within 10, using cube trains.  We will also be creating a ‘favorite color graph’ online and practice interpreting the data that we collect.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week we will be reading several stories related to Christmas, as we anticipate it’s arrival:)  The students are enjoying baking holiday treats and goodies in our classroom Bakery Shop.

*I will send blankets home on Friday to be washed over 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