Happy December and Happy Advent!
Before we get into the recap of the last couple of weeks, here are some important dates to remember:
December 8 – Ho Ho Holiday Breakfast 7:30am-2pm
December 9 – Chipotle D4D 4-8pm in Countryside
December 10 – Christmas Program 7pm
December 11-13 – Holiday Shop. Please send money with your child on the day we attend. There is also an opportunity to come after school to shop if you prefer that. An email will be sent when our shop date is confirmed.
December 20 – 2pm dismissal, Merry Christmas!
January 8 – back to school
Now here’s a peak into what we’ve been up to:
Science: We just started our Unit 2 Test! We are wrapping up learning all about matter–what it is, how can we identify its properties, what are the changes that matter can experience? This Unit will help us understand our science content moving forward. Our next Unit is all about PLANTS! My favorite thing! We will experiment growing plants in different conditions and learning all about how they make their own food and all that fun planty goodness.
English: We have been working on long-a and long-e spelling words this past week. Next week, we will work on understanding the meaning, synonyms, and antonyms of words with the y as the vowel! The kids play a spelling game called Sparkle every chance they get, so I can’t wait to keep playing that.
Reading: Today, we were introduced to a new comic strip planning project. This is intended to improve our summarization skills and to have a little fun. The comic strip should be on their independent reading book and is seperate from the book report. The book report is due on the 16th and the comic strip is due on the 20th. We have also worked on understanding and using the correct tenses and forms of verbs!
Social Studies: We started off the month learning about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, which was so intriguing. We debated on what happened to the missing colonists. Who knows, maybe one day one of the kids will solve the mystery! Then, we learned about the real Pocahontas, discussed why her depiction is different from the Disney movie version, and why it’s important to know the real story. We have now started to learn about the 13 colonies through a gallery walk. The students had many great observations and questions, I can’t wait to learn more with them!
Religion: We are building up our knowledge of Confirmation. Even though it is still a few years away, the kids are already thinking about who they would choose as their sponsors. It’s never too early to start discussing this with your child!
Buddy Time: On Friday, December 6, we helped our buddies with a Christmas craft! We LOVE our buddies! This class continues to be wonderful role models for our buddies during Mass. They are so patient and kind with the little ones.