Sunday, December 6, 2015

Week of 12/7/15 - 12/11/15

News of the Week
- Our Faculty Meeting has been changed to Monday, December 14th as the Board of Trustees will be visiting our school on Friday.  Therefore, Friday, Dec. 11th we will have 3:00pm dismissal.  Monday, Dec. 14th we will have early dismissal at 12pm. 

- I want to remind everyone that Friday, December 11th all children must be in full dress uniform. 

- Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass, Tuesday, Dec. 8th at 9am.  

- Thrusday, Dec. 10th children will be assessed on recognizing and writing letters Aa, Nn, Dd and Ll.  Also, identifying letter sounds /a/, /n/, /d/, and /l/.

Lessons of the Week:
-  This week we will continue our "Families and Communities" theme.  
Math: Children will identify 3D shapes.  Children will match the faces of 2D shapes to 3D shapes.  
Reading: Children will listen and respond to the story "The Shoemaker and the Elves." Children will retell the story in sequence order. Children will listen for directions to recall story details.  Children will also continue working on their family books.
ReligionChildren will continue to prepare for Jesus' birth during the Advent season. Children will work together to put together a Jesse Tree. 
Art: Children will use water colors to create their favorite Christmas tradition with their family.  
Social Studies: Children will create a Christmas Family Tree. 
Science: Children will use a magnifying glass to investigate and identify fingerprints. Children will identify and match the fingerprints of the people responsible for eating Santa's cookies. 
Music and Movement: Children will learn the songs, "Jesus is our Light, "Oh Christmas Tree," Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar."

Please review identifying the following: 
Family Home Link: 
-  Help your child name extended family members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or special family friends to include in their family trees. 
-  Uppercase and Lowercase Letters: Mm, Tt, Rr, Ss, Cc, Pp, Aa, Nn, Dd and Ll. 
-  Sight Words: I, my, the, and, see, in, a, can, go, to, little. 
-  Color Words: red, blue, yellow, purple, green. 
-  Shapes: Identify and construct 2D shapes: triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles. 
   Identify 3D shapes: cone, cylinder, sphere, cube, and rectangular prism. 

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