This week the children will learn about the long sound of /o/ and /u/ with the silent e.  The children will read a story titled "The Last Train".  They will learn about things that happened in the past and things of the present.  They will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.  The children will write several stories in which they use a graphic organizer.  They will rewrite stories telling details of things that happened at the beginning, middle, and at the end of the story.  The children will also read the story "The Polar Express".
      The children will continue to work on learning math facts and word problems.  They will be learning about estimation and interpreting information from a graph.
     The children will continue to learn about different ways people celebrate the holiday during  this time of year.  They will learn how people celebrate Christmas in Mexico and the holidays of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
        The children will be reading holiday books in the classroom.  They will not be allowed to check books out of the library.  The library will be close this week due to the book fair.  Your child may bring money in and purchase books from the book fair any day this week.
       The children will be practicing for the Christmas play.  The first grade play will be on December 16th.  All children should wear pajamas to the play.  More information will be sent home later this week.
        The children are excited that they will be allowed to wear jeans and a Christmas shirt or school shirt all of this week.  The elementary school brought in over 1600 cans of foods.