Christmas

We are nearing the end of our month of Christmas activities and projects. There are a lot of fun decorations for our room that are all set to go up for our concerts next week. You might have been hearing some of the songs we will be singing as we have been practicing pretty hard on them. They are getting excited for the big day!

Thank you for working on building your child's independence for zipping their coats. We have almost our whole class in the "zipper club" now. I know it is a lot easier sometimes to pull their inside out snow pant legs the right way, fix their stuck sleeves, or to hold their jacket for them while they stick their arms in but these self help skills are ones they will use for many years to come. We have been trying to build those problem solving skills in our room and hopefully you are seeing some of that carry over at home.  

Cookies and Christmas Trees

This week we talked all about different kinds of cookies, read a few gingerbread stories, and even had the chance to decorate and enjoy a cookie in celebration of filling our big shield in the lunch room. We also have our class Christmas tree up in our classroom now and have begun starting to work on our holiday gifts and decorations. We are also hard at work learning our songs for the Christmas program. There was also a focus on the letter Cc and the number 4.

We are starting to display the trees that you are creating as a family project. Please send them back as you complete them so I can add them to our board. We are also filling up our zipper club board very quickly. I am so proud of these kids for their hard work on gaining independence with getting ready for recess and the end of the day.

Reminders:
--Please send back the bottom portion of the Christmas program invite to indicate whether your child will be going home following the concert or remaining at school for the day. This will not be an academic instructional day as most students do go home following the program.
--The December Families Being Involved event is on Dec. 8th at 2:00 in the Stetsonville Elementary gym for those families that signed up for cookie decorating.
--No school Friday, Dec. 22nd through Monday, Jan. 1st. School resumes Tuesday, Jan. 2nd.