This week we've been learning about the different holidays in December and how people celebrate Christmas around the world. Thank you to all the parents who sent in supplies for our craft for the Creekside craft fair and to Korin, Kirsten, and Cynthia who helped us make the ornaments. Come check them out this coming Thursday!
We need one more driver in order to get us all to Truckee on Tuesday to visit the long term health care facility at Tahoe Forest where we plan to make some art with the seniors there. Please check your child's folder for ALL the paperwork needed (sorry!) There are 2 forms for the center and 1 permission slip for the school. If you didn't get your child's folder, please stop in Monday morning to sign everything. Let's make this happen so we can spread some holiday cheer!
Reminders:
Independent Study for Friday, Dec. 6th- if you are not including all work in your child's folder, please write me a note about what he/she did. Thanks!
We need one more driver in order to get us all to Truckee on Tuesday to visit the long term health care facility at Tahoe Forest where we plan to make some art with the seniors there. Please check your child's folder for ALL the paperwork needed (sorry!) There are 2 forms for the center and 1 permission slip for the school. If you didn't get your child's folder, please stop in Monday morning to sign everything. Let's make this happen so we can spread some holiday cheer!
Reminders:
- Dec. 10 9:30-11:30 Trip to Tahoe Forest to visit seniors and do art together
- Dec 12- Creekside craft fair (great holiday shopping opportunity!)
- December 19th Holidays around the world 1:30-2:15 at school
- December 23-Jan 5 winter break
Independent Study for Friday, Dec. 6th- if you are not including all work in your child's folder, please write me a note about what he/she did. Thanks!
- Read to your child
- Play outside
- Play a card or board game.
- Practice putting on all your snow clothes by yourself and have someone time you. Take them all off and try again to see if you can beat your time.
- Make a holiday card for someone being sure to use "Dear____, write a message and then sign with from or love and your name. Make a poster for the door of your room with a message for your family.
- Find flat and solid shapes and name them. Tell someone how you know what they are - describe. Build them with playdough or clay. Draw a picture with shapes and count how many of each you used.
- Practice heart words (words we learn "by heart" also known as "sight words" because students should know them by sight w/o needing to sound out). a, the, love, see, my, like, can, by, to, and, my, is, cat, dog, we, house, yes, no, be, is, go, it, have, end, by, because, this, from
- Read the poems in your poetry binders
- Read the words on the sheet in your folder
- Practice writing letters: m,t,d,a.o,c,g,i,n,h,f,v,s,z,p,e, l,r,u and numbers 1-10
- Tell someone about the work in your folder
- Make a book using the color or heart words
- Lots of ideas for I.S. on the website