December Update

Dear Grade One Families,

The holidays are just around the corners, which means that there will be a lot of things happening in and out of the classroom.

In ELA, we will focus on the long vowels and consonant-vowel-consonant pattern for phonics. This month, we will be doing a Christmas Reader's Theater where students get to practice and read aloud their lines for the plays, giving them an opportunity to build reading fluency and improve their communication skills. Not only do the students have the opportunity to practice specific phonics skills, they also get to make character headbands, necklaces or puppets. I am so thrilled for this activity!

In Religion, we will be looking at learning about Advent as the season in which we get ready to celebrate Jesus Christ's birth at Christmas. To make it more meaningful for the first graders, we are making a Christmas Lapbook. These lapbooks are mini books of foldables about the same topic that are organized and kept together in a file folder. We have started putting in a few pieces into the lapbooks and I can't wait for their finished project. As well, we will doing an activity called "Christmas Kindness Challenge." What happens is, our class has prepared a crib for baby Jesus where each week students draw a name and will have to do an act of kindness to that person without telling them. For each act of kindness done, they put in a "straw" into the crib so that on the last day of school we will have a soft and comfortable bed for baby Jesus to lie on. Isn't that exciting?

This would be all for now and stay tuned for more updates.

I wish you and your family a wonderful and blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year!


Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Talaroc


Upcoming Events:

December 4 -  N.U.T. Day (Purple Day)

December 7 -  Report Cards Go Home

December 11 - N.U.T. Day (Purple Day)

December 12 - Early Dismissal at 2:25 PM

December 13 - Operation Radio Santa (Wear something Christmas)

December 18 - N.U.T. Day (Pink Day) 

December 19 - Christmas Concert

December 20 - N.U.T Day (Christmas Socks Day)

December 21 - N.U.T Day (Green or Red Day)

December 22 - N.U.T Day (Purple Day), 

              Early Dismissal at 2:25 PM

December 25-January 5 - CHRISTMAS BREAK

January 8 -  School Re-Opens

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