It is getting very cold outside but I guess we should expect that for Vermont during this time of the year. Thank you for sending your child into school with warm jackets, boots and snow-pants. Thank you for also making sure your child has mittens and hats! We had indoor recess for the first time in a long time today, but the temperatures were in the single digits. Normally we go outside every day, so the children need the extra warm clothes.
This is our last week before our holiday break next week. We have many special festivities planned for the children here at ABS. For example, Friday, December 20th, will be a school-wide Pajama Day. Students can come to school in their PJs, but they have to wear regular shoes, so please do not send in slippers. Since the children must wear regular shoes, Pjs with the "built-in" socks can sometimes cause blisters as the shoes get a little more tight with them inside. Please keep that in mind as your child plans his/her outfit!
On Team Harmony, we will show the movie "Polar Express" in the morning. This is a tradition and the students love getting their tickets to "board the train." We would like to have a small holiday party in the afternoon in our own classroom. If you and your family can donate sweet treats, juice, cups and plates, we would greatly appreciate it. Let me know if you can help us out. I thank you for your generosity and kindness.
When we return to school on January 2nd next year, we will have a student-teacher join our classroom. Amy Winter is a student at St. Michael's College and she will be with us every day until summer to learn how to be a teacher. We are so excited to welcome her to our classroom. More news and information about her will follow soon. She will slowly take on more classroom jobs and responsibilities and even teach a small unit.
As I think ahead to the next year, I am already planning for our Spring Reading Restaurant. Reading Restaurant is an event when the students invite family-members to come and read their stories created throughout the entire school year. We set up the classroom as a restaurant and serve stories instead of food. In my class, the students also have a scrapbook, filled with special art projects and creations. I have a few projects completed that needs to be organized into plastic folders and mounted on pretty paper. If you would like to help us out with these projects, please let me know, and I can send it home with your child, or meet with you to explain what needs to be done. These projects can be taken home and they do not need to be completed until Spring. I greatly appreciate your assistance and support, making our reading restaurant a true celebration of creative energy. Thank you.
As promised below are some pictures of our studies in reading and writing. Enjoy!
We are working on character traits in reader's workshop. Here is our character trait wheel to help us think of interesting words for our characters.
Have a great week.
Best,
Maria
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