LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
RELIGION – We finished our Advent tri-fold folder and Waiting for Advent packet. We celebrated the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12.
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Purity – keeping your soul free of sin.
SAINT OF THE MONTH: St. Dominic Savio
MATH –We took the Cumulative Review for Chapters 5 and 6 on Tuesday and Wednesday. We began Chapter 7, Numbers to 20 on Friday.
LANGUAGE ARTS – In Unit 5, Lesson 2 we isolated sounds in words and generated words that contain o, spelled o and o_e, and u spelled u and u_e. Our Read Aloud stories this week were Places in Our Community by Nicole DeSalle and Sam’s Map by Miguel Novarro. Reading skills that we worked on included: author’s purpose, and fact and opinion. We learned that the days of the week and months of the year begin with a capital letter. We also learned that commas go between some words and numbers in a sentence. We read decodable books 66-69 and they went home. I hope they continue to read them to you at home!
SOCIAL STUDIES: Postcards from all around the United States are coming in. Thank you so much for helping us with this fun project! Our Gingerbread people are traveling far!
OTHER NEWS and NOTES
POLAR EXPRESS DAY is this Friday, December 21st. This exciting half-day will include your special little elf coming to school dressed in their favorite holiday jammies. (Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and MODEST PJs.) We have lots of special activities planned! We’ll top off the morning watching Christmas movies with our first grade and kindergarten friends while enjoying hot cocoa and candy canes! Please note school will end at 12:00 noon with INDOOR dismissal.
DECEMBER BIRTHDAY WISHES TO: Audrey, Veronica, Eleanor
Merry Christmas to you and your family! May the blessings of the Lord remain with you today and forever!
