The children enjoyed our Hunt for the Gingerbread Man.  He took us on a tour of the campus, leading us with a variety of clues.  He ended up needing to take a nap after the long chase, and that is where we found the yummy gingersnaps for our treat.  Be sure to ask your child about this fun adventure.

 

 

Mark Your Calendar:

Friday, December 13th> Quick Check; HW Packet Due

Weeks of December 9th – 20th> Review Week: Report Card Assessments in reading and math, ESGI sight word and Listening Comprehension assessments being done during these weeks.  Please be sure that if your child is not sick they are present at school for these assessments.

Friday, December 20th>  Half-Day  12:00 Dismissal;Christmas Party: start time at 10:30 (look for Sign-up Genius to go out after Thanksgiving for ways to donate and volunteer); End of 2nd Quarter

Christmas Break begins Saturday, December 21.  Return to school TUESDAY, January 7.

 

 

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Merry Christmas

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; ASSESSING WRITING ALPHABET LETTERS (UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE) AND NAME

Word Study:   short /u/ word families

Writing:  characters continued and setting; narrative and opinion writing

Sight Words: this   from   came   but

Math Block:  simple addition and subtraction; sorting, classifying, comparing; 3-D shapes identify and count with pennies; identify time to the hour; counting to 100 by 1; ASSESSING WRITING NUMBERS 1-50+ and sorting

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Christmas

Religion:   Nativity; Immaculate Conception

Enrichment   

THE FRIENDLY BEASTS; Christmas Crafts

Mad Scientist: Can you make a rock tower?

Foodie Fun Day: 

To Work On At Home:

writing their name

correct letter and number formation (top to bottom, left to right)>Many are still struggling with this.

cutting with scissors

taking on and off their belt

Mark Your Calendar:

December 2nd> HW packet going home >>Due December 13th, a 2 week time period for completion.  Start working on words over Thanksgiving Break>>the words are getting more challenging.

Week of December 1> Santa’s Shop (We will be shopping on Tuesday, December 3rd ONLY. We ask that you limit your shopping list to immediate family only since our time is so limited and they will be shopping with their guardian angels) A sheet with gift tags will be going home for you to fill out. Please look for it and return on Monday.

Friday, December 6th> Quick Check

Week of December 13th> Quick Check and Homework Folder DUE

Week of December 16th>Review Week: Report Card, ESGI sight word and Listening Comprehension assessments being done this week.  Please be sure that if your child is not sick they are present at school for these assessments.

Friday, December 20th> Half-Day  12:00 Dismissal;Christmas Party: start time at 10:30 (look for Sign-up Genius to go out after Thanksgiving for ways to donate and volunteer); End of 2nd Quarter:  We will attend an All-School Mass at 8:15

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Gingerbread Man

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Verbs in the Past Tense; Writing a Complete Sentence; ASSESSING WRITING ALPHABET LETTERS (UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE) AND NAME

Word Study:   short /o/ word families

Writing:  characters continued and setting; narrative writing and opinion writing

Sight Words: how    many     where     find

Math Block:  order numbers 0-10; identify days of the week and sequence of events that happen during the week; identify and count with pennies; identify time to the hour; ASSESSING WRITING NUMBERS 1-50+

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Christmas; Gingerbread Man;

Religion:   Nativity; Immaculate Conception

Enrichment

   THE FRIENDLY BEASTS will be a 2 week project.

New Provocation Station Question: What do you notice about rocks?

Mad Scientist:

Foodie Fun Day: Gingerbread Man Hunt

To Work On At Home:

writing their name

correct letter and number formation (top to bottom, left to right)>Many are still struggling with this.

cutting with scissors

taking on and off their belt