Happy Holidays!

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday and are looking forward to the next week at home with your families. Here are a few pictures of the class together over the last few days of 2013!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Winter!

This is just a friendly reminder to make sure your student has their snow pants and snow boots for Tuesday. If they do not have the appropriate clothing, they won't be able to play in the snow or on the structure during recess times.

Please also remember to send in hats, gloves, scarves, winter jackets, etc. with names in each item so that your student stays warm and safe while playing outside.

It's already the middle of December?!

How is it that the month is half over and we only have one more week before vacation? Here's what we've been up to over the past two weeks.

Language Arts

We've had two new words introduced since we last caught up - my and of. The of cards will be sent home the week of 12/16. Please remember to continue practicing all of our sight words at home with your student.

I will be sending home more paper books for your student to keep at home and continue to practice reading to themselves and to someone at home. Look for these books by Wednesday.

We've learned 24 letters so far! Over the past two weeks we've learned Vv, Ww, Xx and Yy! This coming week, we'll be focusing on our last two letters, Qq and Zz. We're almost there!

Math

During math this week, we focused on the concept of "more" and "1 more." We are using these terms to help the students learn about number relationships.

Social Studies

 We've been learning about holiday lights from around the world. Last week we learned about Hanukkah's eight nights of lights. This week we learned about Kwanzaa and the seven principals of Kwanzaa.

We've also been learning our holiday songs for next week's upcoming Winter Concert!

Important Reminders

*The Winter Concert is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18th at 9:15 am. The classroom Holiday Party will immediately follow.
*Each child will participate in the Holiday Book Swap. Please send in a wrapped book with your student's name on it. The book should cost no more than $4.00 that be suitable for either gender. We will pick numbers from a hat to find out who we will swap books with.
*I will be updating the classroom share calendar and the volunteer schedule this week. If your schedule has changed since September, please let me know so that I may make the proper adjustments.
*Please remember to send your child to school with both snow boots AND snow pants. If they do not have both items, they will not be able to play in the snow or on the playground structure.