December 10th - 14th

Dear families,

We are having so much fun learning with our elf friend, Cody! He travels to another country each night and gathers information about that country, as well as a holiday tradition that is celebrated during this time of year. There is a huge amount of excitement each day when we find our elf (who is waiting somewhere in our room) and open the package of information that he has brought for us to learn about!

Reading Workshop:

In Reading Workshop we will be exploring holiday traditions from around the world.  This unit will correlate with our Social Studies unit on Culture.  We will learn about holidays in other countries as we travel around the world with our elf.

Writer’s Workshop:

During Writer’s Workshop we will be writing facts about the holidays that we research.  We will record our learning in our Elf Around the World book.  We hope to gain an understanding of different traditions and cultural celebrations.

 Math:

In math we will continue our unit on Patterns.  The students will create and extend patterns with pictures, numbers and concrete objects.  The students will learn about even and odd numbers and how they are a pattern.  They will also identify rules of patterns.  For example a shape pattern that is square, circle, square, circle is an ABAB pattern. 

 Social Studies:

We will continue our unit on cultural celebrations this week with The Elf on the Shelf: Holidays around the World.  Our very own Elf has been busy traveling to different countries and reporting back to us what he learns about cultures and holiday traditions in many different countries around the world.  We have been keeping track of his travels on the map and in our Elf file book.  Where will he go next?

Reminders:

Thursday, December 13^th  Family Art Night

Wednesday, December 19^th  Winter Parties

December 21^st- January 7^th (Students return on the 7^th)

Thank You:

Carrie Wright - working on classroom projects at home

Jennifer and Santrupta - homework packets and setup

Santrupta -Tuesday Folders

Samaneh -Thursday classroom helper and reading with children

Mr. Horsey - Friday reading with children