Grizzly Newsletter: December 2023



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 Wednesday, December 20th. 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 Wednesday, December 20th. We will play a gift exchange game during the celebration.

· Thursday 12/21, First Day of Winter.

· Monday 12/25, Christmas Day. Merry Christmas!
· Birthdays:    Thursday 12/21, Arden’s birthday
                        Friday 12/29, Charlie’s birthday
                    Happy Birthday to Arden and Charlie!!
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

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 
Thanks,
–Ms. Guoli