Dear Parents,
Here it is, December! I hope that you all had a restful and fun
Thanksgiving break!
LANGUAGE ARTS: In writer’s workshop we will have our
celebration of our How To Books the last day before break. So be ready to come to room 30 at 8:30 on Friday,
December 15 to see what we have produced this time! We have a school wide assembly at 8:00 and we
will have our celebration immediately following this assembly.
MATH: Our new unit
is understanding shapes and fractions. We have our weekly math groups where we
cover a variety of math concepts as we rotate through six different groups.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: We
will be starting on our science kit on Plants and Animals. As an introduction we went to Natural Bridges
today to see the Monarch Butterflies and to learn about their migration and
their habitats. We will focus on plants
this next couple of weeks and then put together some cool terrariums when we
return from winter break. You will again
see your child’s science notebook come home once we complete this unit.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are working on a unit on Cultural
Celebrations and we will talk about what traditions and celebrations our
families participate in as well as how things were in the past.
HOLIDAY PARTY: My class will get to make and decorate
Gingerbread (Graham Cracker) houses this year.
Should be fun!!
STUDENT
TEACHER: Miss Zeigler’s last official
day in our classroom will be Friday, December 15. She moves onto a new school and new classroom
in January to continue her student teaching.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time with her and will miss her when she is
gone. I will especially miss having a
second adult in the classroom three days a week! J
UPCOMING
EVENTS: February 16, a Friday, we will
have a first grade Chinese New Year Celebration. In the GLC we will have all the first graders
rotate through a variety of centers and in the afternoon we will have a dragon
parade. We will need parent volunteers
that morning from 8:30-11:30. Mark your
calendar and we hope you can help that morning!
SPECIAL
DATES:
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December 18-January 2: Winter Break
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January 15: MLK day/no school
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January 26: Learning Day for teachers, no school for students
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Jan. 30: 100th Day of School
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Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day
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Feb. 15: Pete the Cat 10:00 at the Flint Center
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Feb. 16: Chinese New Year Centers in the GLC
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Feb. 19-23: Winter break
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March 16: Green Luncheon in Room 30 (St. Patrick’s Day celebration)
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April 23: Hiller Aviation Museum
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April 16-20: Spring break
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May 18: No school
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May 25: First Grade Performance in the GLC at 1:00
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May 28: Memorial Day/no school
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June 4: End of the Year party/first grade picnic
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June 7: Last Day of School: dismissal at 11:50
Thanks for your support,
Kathleen
