Tidbits–there is so much coming up!
1 – Next Monday, December 17th is the school-wide Winter Concert at 6:30 PM. Students are asked to wear dark bottoms and a solid-color shirt. They have been practicing hard and it should be a fun night!
2 – The Feast of Ages Play will be held this Wednesday and Thursday evening at 5:30 PM. Tickets are still available!
3 – We have updated information for our next home project, which is due Friday, Janaury 18th. The students will be presenting school-wide after STEM week starting January 21st. Following is the updated information: 1st grade will research and present on any scientist of their choosing, 2nd grade will do a project using the scientific method and 3rd grade will present on either simple machines or forces of motion. The theme STRUCTURE is what your child will be studying during our third thematic unit, which can mean certain processes scientists use or explore such as the scientific method, the physical structure of matter or the structure of the universe, the structure of the classification of living things and so much more. There’s a lot to explore! We want to treat our STEM Fair as a celebration of science, so your student is not limited to just a tri-board. Listed below are ideas your child can choose from (but are not limited to) for the STEM Fair. Some ideas include, but are not limited to:
- Poster or tri-fold board
- Brochure
- Hands-on experiment with write-up
- Experiment demonstration by student (must be able to show over and over)
- Create a board game
- Create a simple machine
- Video (Example: Make their own Bill Nye)
- Performance or skit
- Diorama
- Create a book
- Create a lesson or work
Recap
We are getting farther into our curriculum areas and the children are loving what they are learning! Many of you have asked what you can do to help your child, and as always, reading is the most important! Ideally, reading with your child next to you while you trace you finger under the words and they read along at the same time is best, but any reading is helpful. For some of our more advanced readers that don’t need support in that area, we are also working on math fluency facts. Each member of our class in working to memorize addition facts by families (such as adding 1s, adding 2s, adding 3s, etc.) and practicing these at home will help them to do learn them more quickly and thoroughly.
As we get closer to the holidays, I am noticing that the added excitement is making it difficult for many members of our class to focus and follow classroom expectations. We are reviewing daily as a class what our behaviors should be, but reinforcement of practicing kindness, politeness, patience, etc. at home would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for all you do!