Information and Reminders:
We will create a Manger Scene in the month of December as we learn about Christmas stories. Each child needs to bring a big shoe box and 5 toilet paper tubes to school by Monday, December 11. We are all set with fabrics. A big thank you to Dana Moeller, Abby Allen and Melanie Lamer for donating the fabrics.
Book order for Glenys Nellist’s new books is due on Wednesday, Dec.6
Up in Lights: Harper Lubbers Dec.4-8 Matt Moeller Dec.11-15
Please finish and send your child’s package the week before your child’s special week. During your child’s special week, it is a wonderful opportunity to have lunch with your child, bring in pets, and or share special talents your family members may have been blessed with. Just inform me ahead of time what is your plan.
December Birthday Celebration:
Evie Allen Monday, Dec.11
January Birthday Celebration:
Alina Wickstra Monday, Jan.15
December 15: NO Hot Lunch or PM Busing
Gymnastic Fieldtrip: Friday, Jan. 26 10:00-11:00am We will leave school at 9:20am and come back to school around 11:30. We will need two more drivers for this field trip. This field trip ties to our science curriculum—Kindergarten in Motion.
From the immersion coordinator
As a school, we are always looking for ways to increase the perceived value that Spanish and Mandarin have in our school. If the children see that the community around them appreciates the immersion language, their language acquisition will be enhanced. At school, we do this by including multiple languages in hallway decor, on signs, during chapels, in announcements, etc. Teachers of other languages try to learn or use a new phrase with immersion students. We employ bilingual individuals in various roles outside of the immersion classrooms. As immersion parents, you might want to consider how you can increase the perceived value of your child’s immersion language. Consider visiting community events that use the language, point out the language when you see it in the community, buy books in the language (Christmas gifts!), listen to a radio station or download music in the language. Christmas is a great time to enjoy the carols in Mandarin or Spanish; you might learn new songs or find translations of traditional English carols that you can enjoy from year to year.
Curriculum
Language Arts
Reading Strategies: using the pictures to help us decode. When we encounter a new word, we check the picture to see if it gives us clues.
Writers’ Workshop:
We will start drawing our stories on papers and try to tell the story out loud by point to each picture.
Math
Identify Hexagons; more numbers 1 through 10
Science
We will try to move a object without touching the object. We will also learn about strong force is used to move a heavier object.
Bible
We will learn about Christmas stories: Zechariah’s surprise; Surprises for Mary and Joseph.
We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of December, we will learn about the fruit of patience.
Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.