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 |