Dear Parents,
Winter has come, and thanks for that snow day! The children have been very excited
this week between the countdown to Christmas, the arrival of some earlier
Solstice holidays (Hanukkah and St. Lucia Day), and of course that lovely white
ground cover that precipitated from the sky. Our older students are working towards their daily goals
while our younger students are exploring more popular classroom works and
really taking the time to utilize them.
Monday: At morning circle we reviewed our class plan for the
next two weeks, reminding the children about our singing goals for Community
Meeting next Tuesday, our project goals for next week and the Solstice
Celebration plans. We practiced
our Continent song (without help from teachers) and the kids set off for work
cycle. Popular works included Clock
books, Stamp Game, Dreidel game, and Ornaments works.
Tuesday: A
beautiful Snow Day! I know I
personally stayed home, cooked a bunch of foods and then went sledding with my
Kids. I hope everyone got to enjoy
some aspect of the winter weather.
Happy first night of Hanukkah to those that celebrate!
Wednesday:
Happy St. Lucia Day and also happy second night of Hanukkah to those
that celebrate. We talked about
these two celebrations across the world and then reviewed the countdown to the
solstices. We read The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story by Eric
Kimmel. At Music Class with Mr.
Wolfe, we got into the holiday spirit and with the beautiful snow on the ground
we spent a good amount of time reviewing how to independently dress for the
weather. Other popular works of
the day include the Bank Game, Ornament making, Stamp Game, Tracing books, 100
Board, pouring seeds works, and candy cane works
Thursday: Happy
third night of Hanukkah. At circle
today we continued our cultural lessons on Solstice celebrations. We read The Runaway Latke, by
Leslie Kimmel. Because of
Tuesday’s snow day, we had make up Spanish Class with Sra. Rosa. Much of today’s work focused on
preparing for Community meeting either by practicing the songs or creating push
pin maps or working on our special projects.
Friday: Happy
fourth night of Hanukkah. We read Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by
Eric Kimmel (The kids really enjoyed the goblins part). We reviewed the countdown to the
Solstice and that there is only two school days left to Community meeting. Again much of today’s work focused on
the Community meeting works or the special Solstice projects. Other popular works include
watercoloring painting, metal insets, Stamp Game, and Skip Counting.
Have a safe weekend!
Please remember our important dates:
Tuesday- Community Meeting
Wednesday- (snow date for the solstice party- look to email
if the weather look questionable)
Thursday- Solstice Party (Pajama Day!)
Friday – Holiday break begins- No school till Jan 2nd.
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