What's New this Week

The holidays are approaching-and that's very clear in our classroom! The students have been hard at work to learn about all the holidays in December. They love to learn about what people do to celebrate all over the world!

In Reader's Workshop, we are beginning to look closely at stories. We will be discussing the element of character this week. To help us, we will be reading stories about a famous character-The Gingerbread man! We will be comparing the character in different versions of the story, and even meet The Gingerbread Girl!

We will continue to work on the Bonus Letter Rule in FUNdations. Remember that a word gets a bonus letter if....it has 1 syllable & it ends in f, l, or s!

There will be no homework next week. Don't forget your child's book for the book swap at our holiday party! :o)

Enjoy the holidays with your families and have a *fantastic* winter break! See you in 2011! :o)