Happy Holiday's! This week we begin our study on Christmas! More information about this below, along with some cute picture from our Kwanzaa feast, and info about everything happening this week in class. Here's the scoop...
Math: We will wrap up three addend addition and move into making tens when one addend is 7, 8, or 9. This constitutes borrowing some from the other addend to make the 7, 8, or 9 a ten - which is easier to work with. I love this math unit, and every year the kids make some neat connections when they begin exploring adding in this manner. Neat stuff!
Language Arts: Our next story in Hartcourt will be "Did You See Chip?" The kids love this because it is written in a play format, and we read it in class as such. It also has a fun pattern to the story. In Daily 5 we will work on the reading strategies of use the beginning and ending sounds and skip the word and come back.
Social Studies: This week we will begin our unit on Christmas. We will focus on who celebrates Christmas, why, and how. Friday will be our big Christmas Craft Morning! This will be the day our students make their parent gifts, and decorate their gingerbread houses! If you signed up for any supplies, please send them in by Friday morning!! We still need graham crackers and frosting to make our gingerbread houses. If you are a girl, please send in a box of graham crackers! If you are a boy please send in a can of white frosting! If you have already sent in your donation - THANK YOU! THANK YOU to everyone who has signed up and sent in their supplies/donations so far!! These three weeks could not happen without your help and they truly are so educational and just plain fun and exciting!
Extra Scoop:
- Canned Food Drive is in full swing! We are collecting for the rest of this week, when they will be picked up on Friday during our annual canned food parade. The class who collects the most can wins a pizza party. Our total so far is...zero! Woomp Woomp. I'm not aiming for the pizza party, but it would be nice if the kids had a can or two each to add to the cart during the parade! Come on families! Let's bring in those cans for those in need!
- Thursday is extra special early release for report card prep. 12:25 is our release time, please plan accordingly.
- Wednesday, December 13th is the PTO holiday craft night. Students can wear their holiday pajamas, make some crafts, drink cocoa and eat cookies. I hear they will also have a chance to take their picture with Elsa! A free night of holiday family fun!
Cherry on Top:
Here are some fun picture of our Kwanzaa feast on Friday! The students learned so much about this holiday, and it was fun to wrap the week with our own "harvest" celebration. A few of them even decided to "cheers" each other. So adorable!
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