What a fun week! We have been reading gingerbread stories all week. Thank you to those who allowed their child to bring in an extra special gingerbread story for us to read with the class.
The John Champe PEER group visited and presented a puppet show about friendship. The Willard band visited this week and we enjoyed a holiday concert. Those eighth grade students were in my first class at Pinebrook so it was a bit emotional to see them so grown up and doing something that they enjoy.
Meantime, it's about to be my favorite week of the entire school year! The anticipation for Christmas and Winter Break is in the air! We have some fun events planned for next week to mark the holiday season, and we will be finishing up some of our academic units too. Please hang in there and read this entire message. :)
World Market:
Our World Market will be this Tuesday, December 17th at 8:30 a.m. We may not be as prepared as I hoped that we would due to our day off, but it will still be special. At the market, each first grad class will "sell" one item that represents a holiday tradition from around the world. Our class is selling German Christmas pickle ornaments. All items range in price from 50 cents to a dollar. Students have been earning paper dimes for demonstrating ready, respectful, and responsible over the past few weeks. They will use their dimes to to shop at the market. Our first grade team needs help at the market to count dimes and to look after classroom tables. If you are available and interested in volunteering, please email me. We anticipate being done by 9:15 a.m.
Holiday Travel:
If you are traveling for the holidays, and your child will be absent from school please kindly notify the school in advance. You can send a message or a note to me, which I will forward to the office. You may also submit your notification to the office directly by using the "online absence excuse," which is found on the Pinebrook homepage.
Winter Break BINGO:
I will send home a Winter Break BINGO board in next week's Thursday folder. It is not mandatory, but is a great way to keep the kiddos busy over the two week holiday. If you have any questions about the BINGO board, please email me.
Polar Express:
Just a reminder that I will be showing the Polar Express movie on Friday, December 20th. I will also be serving hot cocoa made from Swiss Miss and water. No marshmallows will be given, but I will serve a peppermint stick on the side. Please kindly return the permission form by Friday, December 20th if you give your child to participate.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Reading-We will read the holiday classic The Polar Express and review many of the reading strategies we have learned this year.
- Math-We will finish our data and graphing unit, as well as, complete some fun Polar Express themed math activities.
- Writing- We will complete some holiday traditions themed writing activities.
- Science/Social Studies- We will have our World Market on Tuesday!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! The World Market is Tuesday, we are counting down the days to break, and Friday morning we watch The Polar Express! Teaching first grade definitely makes me feel like a kid again this time of the year. Friday will end with our school-wide holiday sing along :)
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Have a great weekend! I am looking forward to seeing the Nutcracker in D.C. tomorrow (my mom used to take me every year as a little girl, and I still need to see it every year), wrapping gifts, and some Christmas cooking baking!
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