Dec.06-08

Dear Parents,

This week we will be reviewing the vocabulary of the colors learned in this second quarter. Those colors are:black, brown, gray and white, and we will continue learning about the shape: "circle" we will be practicing all about this shape, drawing and identifying it.

This week we will be focusing on an author study which will be about Lois Ehlert. Lois Ehlert is an amazing author of the books like the ones we will be studying this week. Her books are great to encourage reading skills, and learn about colors , ABC and so many more great lessons. The best of it is that she writes in a very fun and friendly way to get children engaged to her stories.

Some of the stories for this week are: 

  

This week we will be discussing Christmas. We will be making Christmas Crafts and reading a lot of stories related to this holiday. If you have any Christmas stories that we could borrow from you, we would appreciate if you send them over with your child to school. We will be returning them before the holiday.

Challenge at Home is a small activity assigned to do at home during the weekend with children. It could be a short story, a game, a song. Every Monday Morning we will discuss about this little challenge. The objective is to enjoy and to reinforce their learning and comprehension. We always appreciate your involvement with your children’s learning.

For this week, our first Challenge at Home will be practice the circle shape building. On the note book you will find a worksheet that they have to bring back to school on Monday to discuss how was their experience. Hope you have lots of fun with this activity.

Santa Clause: Santa is coming on tuesday for the picture, we´re still not sure of bringing any presents for the kids, then if anything changes I will let you know.

Next week we will follow regular schedule so try to check your e-mail and blog this coming weekend to see if there is any change.