Weekly Update

One more week till our break!! Hope you are staying warm with the cold weather!!

Info to Know

• Yule Forest field trip is rescheduled for this week, Wednesday, December 16. Please be sure to check the weather to dress appropriately. Also, be sure to pack a lunch in all disposable containers.
• Winter Music concert: Monday @ 9 am--the girls may wear holiday sweaters or dresses with closed toed, flat shoes; short reception (10-15 minutes) will follow in the classroom
• Friday will be our Polar Express Day! Please see the flyer in your little darling's clear folder for further info. If you have the Polar Express video, please let us know.
• Puppetry Arts field trip permission and money MUST be turned in by the due date, Wednesday, December 16 in order for tickets to be purchased.
• Chinese book checkout is only on Wednesdays. Only one book may be checked out at a time.
• The Middle School Butterfly Club is sponsoring a toiletry drive. If you have items to donate, please send in by Friday.

Academic Update

This past week we learned about Kwanzaa and Byram! We made kinaras, mekakas, zawadi, and painted pictures of mazao. We were so thankful to Mrs. Tanyildiz for coming and teaching us about Byram. Through our learning we are really starting to notice similarities in many celebrations!! We continue to learn about letters and sounds and sight words. Also in math we used attribute blocks for sorting, practiced more word problems, and started our party planning.

Next week we will conclude our IB unit. We will learn about Christmas, read How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Polar Express, complete our unit assessment, and make gingerbread men. We will also continue to plan and then execute our party.

Classroom News

• Thanks to Mrs. Tanyildiz for being a guest speaker in the classroom to teach us about the Turkish celebration of Byram! Thanks also for the special treats!
• Thanks to the Caldas family for arranging for our Hanukkah speaker! Ms. Abby was awesome and we all loved our dreidels.
• If you would like a winter break packet, in addition to the homework calendar, please let me know.
• Please check the writeboard for needed items for making gingerbread cookies and our holiday party on Friday.

Weekly Update

News to Know

• Yule Forest Field Trip, Tuesday, December 8--please be sure you pack your little darling a lunch in all disposable containers; also dress in layers appropriate for the weather!!
• Noon dismissal, Thursday, December 10
• Book Fair, December 7 -11, Media Center
• Winter Concert, Monday, December 14 @ 9 am Multi-Purpose Room--followed by short reception in the classroom -- see note below
• Ms. Post would like for the girls to be recognized for all of their hard work in preparing for the concert. I will be hosting the parents in the classroom for a short reception following the concert. If you would like to donate reception items, please let me know.
• IB Parent Night, Wednesday, December 15, time TBA---more info to come

Academic Update

• This past week we continued our IB unit, Cultural Celebrations! This week we studied the celebration of Hanukkah. We learned the symbols of the celebration, how to look at a menorah to see what night was being celebrated, how to make and eat latkes, the meaning behind the celebration, and how to dance the traditional dance, the hora. It was a fun-filled week of learning.
• Next week: Kwanzaa, Byram
• Sight word testing will be on Monday....we didn't have a chance on Friday...

Classroom News

• Thanks to Willow's dad for making our beautiful, new Poetry Box to store all of our large poems!!
• Thanks to all who have been donating your items and time to our celebrations!! They wouldn't be possible without everyone's help!!
• If you placed a book order online with Scholastic and you would like your books to be a surprise, please let me know and we will make arrangements!