Dear Parents,
Welcome to December, already! I don’t know where the time goes. As we only have two weeks left before the holidays, we’ll try to get a few things finished.
Remember, our holidays are from December 17 to January 1.
In LA we will be writing a letter to Santa. The reply will come to your house. We will be reading and writing with a Christmas theme and will be reading Gingerbread Man (Girl) stories next week. We will only have one more spelling list and test next week, and none that last week of school. We will review our words from our agenda in class. Please review the reading sheets in the folder. These can be part of reading homework. Some children are not doing their homework and they are not progressing as much as those that DO home reading. Please sign the agenda when homework is done. We check this every morning. Please call if you have any questions about this.
In math we have been working hard on our addition facts to 18. Some students do not know their facts to 10 very well, so some practice over the holidays would be great on all facts to 18. We will continue with addition until the holidays,then start subtraction in January. We are working on using different strategies to add, like making 10, using doubles +1,2, etc. We do not want to use our fingers to add. Using a number line or counters is better than fingers, but memorizing the basic facts is our goal, to have quick recall when we start 2-digit addition etc.
In social we continue with Looking at Places. Booklet Part 1 will come home before the holidays, but I’m not sure if we’ll get Part 2 done.
In science we will continue with magnets. We will finish after the holidays and have a check-up on this topic then. I’ll let you know when as we get closer to finishing the unit.
In Religion we are focussing on Advent and Christmas.
In health we are working on the Four Food Groups, and will finish safety in the new year. We will also have a check-up on the Four Food Groups in the new year.
The words for our Christmas concert song are attached. Please have your child practice reading (singing) these words as part of their reading homework.
Skating starts right in January. A schedule will come home. I’ll be asking Mrs. Weinberger to line up rides for us and skate tiers. Remember, every child needs a helmet.
Some dates to remember in December:
Wednesday, December 14: mass at 10:15, with turkey dinner to follow
Thursday, December 15: Christmas Concert at 7:00. Students to be at civic center by 6:45. More info about where to meet to follow.
Tuesday, December 13 will be Miss Grobman’s last day with us. She will be coming to the concert, though. We have been very blessed to have her in our classroom and we wish her all the best in her next teaching round.
Please call if you have any questions about anything coming up.
Sincerely,
Mary Ginther
