Grizzly Newsletter: December 2022

Dear Grizzly Bears Families, 
Season’s greetings! We hope everyone had a joyful Thanksgiving holiday!! 
Important events in December:

· Secret Santa Gift Exchange: In honor of Christmas Day on December 25th, we will  
  be celebrating this holiday and have a gift exchange on Thursday, December 22nd.
  In order for your student to participate in the gift exchange, they must bring in a 
  wrapped gift valued at $5 or less before or on Thursday December 22nd. We will play 
  a gift exchange game during the celebration. 

· Sunday 12/11, Samuel’s Birthday. Happy Birthday to Samuel!

· Friday 12/16, Roman’s Birthday. Happy Birthday to Roman!

· Saturday 12/17, Theo’s Birthday. Happy Birthday to Theo!!

· Wednesday 12/21, First Day of Winter. Happy Winter!

· Monday 12/26, The Day After Christmas. School Closed!


December Focus:

Language Arts: 
· Sight Words Level A
· Vowels and Consonants
· Short and Long Vowel Sounds
· Consonant Blends and Digraphs
· Read Aloud:  The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
                        A Charlie Brown Christmas by Various DVD
                        Then and Now for Reading Street (YouTube)
                        Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault and Bill Martin

Mathematics: 
· Addition and Subtraction 
· Place Value and MORE

Science & Technology: 
· Life Science: Animals/Trees
· Robotics: Crab-bot and Alarm-bot

Social Studies:  
· Life Long Ago and Today –Ms. Guoli and Mr. James