Happy December! The kids are really excited as they look forward to the new month. They wrote about why they like December today so make sure and take a look at their writing and what they had to say. Remember that December is a short month. Our first day of vacation is December 21st and we return on January 14th.

Language Arts: Our strategy focus is summarizing a story and our comprehension strategy is making generalizations. Practicing these strategies while enjoying your books at home is a great idea! We will be reading Me on a Map which has to do with a little girl showing us where she lives by looking at a maps. This is a good time to take out those old maps you have and talk about where you live: USA, California, Aptos.

Our new word wall words are....could, over, so, he, girl

Social Studies: We are learning about the many different holidays that are celebrated around the world during the winter and the many different symbols that represent those holidays. We have started with Christmas and will continue with other holidays next week. Stop by the class and see how we have decorated! It looks fabulous.

Science: We are continuing to  learn about the 5 different food groups and focusing on a different one each week. We learned about picking the right snacks last week and will talk about making a good choice at breakfast in the week to come.

Homework  Log:  A new homework log will be coming home on Monday so please notice that a column for math has been added.  Now, in addition to your child reading to you, please find a way to practice math with your child whether it be on any electronic device, orally giving math problems, playing card or dice games that use adding or worksheets.