It's December

Welcome to the holiday season. We have many interesting events planned to learn about the holidays. We are finishing learning about the Native Americans that lived in our area by researching a topic the children want to learn about and writing a research report. We will be learning about the different holidays celebrated in December and end it with a holiday activity day like we did for NH Day. 

In math, we are learning about patterns. The children are learning different ways to label a pattern and they are looking at shapes, repeating patterns, and number patterns that have different rules to add or subtract by. That can prove to be a bit challenging.

In reading, we are continuing to read a story together. The children have been doing comprehension questions on Canvas. These activities help them navigate their way around Canvas so that when they have a remote day, they know what to do. We have been exploring many different concepts such as the author's purpose, character traits, inferring hidden meanings, comparing and contrasting characters, vocabulary, and many other skills. 

                                                                   

The school is holding a canned food drive through next week. If you are able to donate any nonperishable food items to our drive, the community will benefit greatly. There is also a challenge to see what class can bring in the most items. 

As you know, Covid has changed the way we are doing things in school. We are wearing masks full-time for now. Popcorn has been postponed until cases decline. We are staying in our cohorts for recess and lunch and we are not working with partners and doing centers in the classroom the way we usually do. I know this is unfortunate but I appreciate the resilience the kids have and their flexibility. We will let you know when some of these changes can be relaxed.

Report cards will be going out soon. Grades close on Friday and report cards will be sent home on the 17th. For more info about grading, you can look at the grading section on the pages on the left-hand side.