- Wednesday, December 13 : DECORATE THE ROOM! We will make decorations and decorate our lockers to get us in the holiday spirit!
- Thursday, December 14: PAJAMA DAY! Wear your pajamas (school and recess appropriate) or comfy cozy clothes, and read The Polar Express while drinking hot cocoa.
- Friday, December 15: RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER DAY! We will play reindeer games and make magic reindeer food!
- Monday, December 18th: CHRISTMAS STORIES Feed and read with Christmas books and flashlights. Bring your own small favorite snack to enjoy during our read and feed.
- Tuesday, December 19: GRINCH DA!Y Wear green today and we will enjoy popcorn while we listen to the classic Dr. Seuss book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Wednesday, December 20: GINGERBREAD MAN DAY! We will have read several different versions of The Gingerbread Man and will make our own gingerbread man cookies decorated with sweet treats.
- Thursday, December 21: FROSTY THE SNOWMAN DAY! Wear blue and/or white and we will make snowflake snowmen and sing Frosty the Snowman and many other songs in school sing-a-long!
HOMEWORK
- Your child will be bringing 2-3 "just right" books home on each Friday during the month of December.
- Please listen to your child read aloud and spend time talking about the story.
- Fiction
- Does something in this book remind you of something in your life?
- What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?
- Did the character change during the story? Why?
- Nonfiction
- What are you learning about in the book?
- Find evidence in the text about what you are learning.
- What connections can you make between the words and the pictures?
- Fiction
- Books should be returned promptly on Monday morning.