12-9-16
KB News
Literacy/ Social Studies: Next
week, we will begin a new Social Studies unit about Holidays Around the
World. Here are some of the important
things we will learn about:
-What customs and traditions are and
why we celebrate
-Mexico: Las Posadas
-Germany: Christmas and St. Nicholas
Day
-Italy: Christmas
-Sweden: Saint Lucia Day
-India: Diwali
-Israel: Hanukkah
-Australia: Christmas
-United States and Canada: Kwanzaa
and Christmas
We
are looking forward to a fun unit!
Math: This week we worked on playing various games that
involved the numbers 1-20. The focus of these games were to reinforce number
recognition and number comparisons.
Sharing:
The week of Dec. 19th will be our
final week for sharing. We will devote
our scheduled sharing time to learning Jolly Phonics Tricky Words.
Important
Dates:
Dec. 21 Winter Party
Dec.
22 Big Blast and Limo Rides –
Cadet Wear
Dec.
23-Jan. 2 Winter Break
Dec.
22 End of 2nd Quarter/ 1st
Semester
Jan. 3 Beginning of 3rd
Quarter/2nd Semester