*Bible - We practiced out Christmas Passage many times and talked about the first Christmas.
*Writing - We talked about perspective for writing this week. Then, each child made either an inanimate object or an animal for our Christmas bulletin board and wrote about Jesus' birth from that item's perspective. We also learned about picture books and the children began writing picture books, too!
*Reading - We continued our unit about camouflage for reading, and we talked a lot about Author's Purpose this week. We discussed how to choose a "Just Right" book, too!
*Math - We focused on Geometry concepts this week! We talked about symmetry and made "SymmeTREES!"
*Social Studies - For the month of December, we're focusing on the ways that Christmas is celebrated around the world. This week, we learned about how Christmas is celebrated in France and Holland and wrote about what we learned. To help them remember, we made Yule log cakes out of Twinkies for France, and we drew gingerbread houses and glued candy onto them for Holland. We also got a visit from "Sinter Klaas," Holland's Santa!
*Science - We continued to learn about animals and their habitats during reading group by focusing on manatees and dugongs. We compared and contrasted these animals and talked about how they're endangered and what we can do to help!
*Language Arts - We learned the difference between helping verbs and linking verbs this week, and we began learning a verb song!
Here are a few reminders:
*On THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, we will be going over to the church to see a High School performance. We will leave school at 1:00 and arrive back by 2:30.
*On FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH (Next Friday) we will be learning about Christmas in Mexico. Children may come to school dressed to look like Mary or Joseph that day. (...Nothing fancy...keep it simple...they can wrap up in sheets...) Children may bring dolls to pretend they're Baby Jesus if they want to!
*On our last week before Christmas break, hot lunch will ONLY BE OFFERED ON MONDAY, 12/13, AND THE ONLY OPTION WILL BE PIZZA! There will be no hot lunch offered the rest of that week because High School will be taking their exams.
*Our Christmas Concert at Northside Baptist Church will be on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, so be sure to put this date on your calendar!
*We will talke about Christmas in America on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, and we will celebrate by having a Polar Express Party! Children may come to school in their pajamas that day!
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH will be a half day! It will also be our class Christmas Party! Remember to send in a wrapped ornament for your child to open during our party and a note telling him/her why you picked that ornament and how your child is special to you! There is a note in this week's Friday Folder letting you know what else you need to send in!
At church last weekend, Pastor Kroll was talking to us about the miracle of Christ's birth. It is SOOOOO INCREDIBLY AMAZING to me that prophets told about this miracle hundreds and hundreds of years before it happened! Isaiah 7:13-14 tells us about Jesus' mom; Isaiah 9:6-7 tells us about Jesus' heritage and character; and Micah 5: 2 tells us that He would be born in Bethlehem. Then, hundreds of years after the prophets talked about these things, they happened! I just marel at the wonder of it all!
Enjoy your weekend!
In Christ's Name,
Jen Corsino
Next week's Star Student will be JASON.
SECRET WORD: ANGEL
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