Happy December! I hope you all had a delightful Thanksgiving break as our Winter holiday is right around the corner.  The month of December is going to fly by. We have two more weeks of learning, sharing, and a bit of fun as we wrap up 2025!

Announcements - 

• 12/8 - 12/12 - Raffle tickets on sale for Donation of Funds (25 cents a ticket)
• 12/12 - Book Project Due
• 12/18 - Lower School Winter Concert 8:45 am
• 12/21-1/6 - Winter Break
• 1/7 - School resumes
• 1/19 - No School Dr. MLK Jr Day

Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• SEL with Ms. Bird - Small, Medium or Big - deciding how to deal with the importance of different situations are they small, medium or big? Also Bounce or Splat - dealing with a challenging problem, change in plans, or situation--how do you react?

• Math
• Elapsed Time
• Analog Clocks 
• Military Time - the full 24 hours
• Hours, Days, Months, and Years

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Newspaper article about Thanksgiving break.
• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater 
• Finishing up their personal narrative.
• Fundations - y as a vowel, schwa in an open syllable with a and i, open syllable exception, and soft c and g in reading.
• Cursive writing.

• Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
• Why do plants grow flowers? Pollination and plant reproduction.
  

• Homework 
• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes
• Fundations worksheets
• Math Games