Weekly Post for December 4th

Reminders:

·      Congrats to DESTINY for being granted our Core Value Award of CARING. Destiny has always shown kindness and thoughtful actions to her friends and teachers.  From picking up items in the room and returning them to the rightful owner to complimenting other’s fortunes. She sure is a caring and considerate classmate. 

·      December will be a month of COOPERATION meaning we work together to complete tasks.  There are many opportunities while working with buddies and as tables to show cooperative actions.  We many let others take the lead on a task or become a leader ourselves. We listen to what others have to say and contribute thoughts of our own.  I am looking for a consistent cooperative student in December!

·      REMINDER next Thursday, the 7^th is early release!

·      Please be on time to class each and every day.  I pick up the students on the playground at 8:35 and we walk in ready to learn.

·      It is that time of year for our annual canned food drive! Last year our school collected truckloads of canned, nonperishable foods and we would LOVE to see that again.  The class who collects the most cans wins a pizza party.  We have decided that each child should try to bring 2 cans of food, anything more is GREAT! We start collecting on Monday! Bring in those cans kids!

·      Next Wednesday is our monthly PTO meeting; I encourage any parents from room 8 to come! It is such a good way to get in the know of all our school events!

·      Thank you, thank you and thank you for signing up to help with holiday donations. Those small items add up but with a little help from everyone we are going to make the next two weeks pretty special as we travel the world.  Details below :]

·      I am really looking forward to the next couple of weeks!
 

Save the Dates:

·      Monday, December 1^st- Friday, December 8^th- Canned food drive

·      Wednesday, December 6^th- PTO meeting at 6:30

·      Thursday, December 7^th- Early Release

·      Wednesday, December 13^th- PTO Holiday Craft Night at 5:30

·      December 16^th- January 1^st- Winter Break

·      Friday, January 5^th- Report Cards are sent home

Next Week:

Language Arts

All about Snowflake and the discoveries of their structures. I was hoping to time it with our first snowfall but that may not be in the forecast. The study of snowflakes is still interesting and exciting!  We will be reading “Snowflake Bentley”, a fascinating story about the photography and discovery of snowflake structures.  As we read we will work on character traits and a fun winter art project!

Math

Continuing with subtraction using picture form and number sentences. I will be assessing the students on Tuesday as they make 10 and pictures to solve. 

Science

We will hold off switching until after first of the year due to tradition studies.   

Social Studies

From Africa to France to back home in the U.S.A. we will be traveling the world to learn about the traditions that take place during this time of year.  Each destination will come with  Nat Geo. Kids website exploration, a reading, a passport stamp and a craft or treat.  Thank you again for the donations, with those we are able to make each stop a fun one! 

-Ms. Reger