Monica Ros School

We welcome the children back from a week of giving thanks to begin a look at warm holiday traditions. We will be reading many versions of a beloved holiday tale, The Gingerbread Man. As we read the story we’ll be baking, graphing, comparing, enacting and incorporating the science of our taste and smell into this curriculum. We will culminate the festivities at our annual Holiday Program on December 15^th at 11:00 am. The kids have been practicing the songs, in anticipation of the performance. The Kindergarten will be performing in 3 languages this year; English, Spanish, and Sign Language.

Language Arts: In addition to all the “merry –making” we will forge ahead with reading and writing. We will be reading seasonal literature, including Caldecott Medal Winner, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. We will also read The Legend of the Poinsettia, a Mexican legend retold by Tommie de Paola. The warmth, tradition and magic of these stories are fitting for this season.

Math: We will continue working on our numeral formation and counting. We will be making a class number line using decorated Christmas trees to reinforce the skill of counting by 1’s and 10’s. We will be baking number cookies, a fun and tasty way to practice our numbers. The kids will enjoy making their very own “Monster Squeeze” game and “Spin a Number” game, both of which work on number recognition.

Notes and Reminders:

A big thanks goes to Sara_Moses and Connie_Cline for helping with our Thanksgiving Feast.

A special thanks to Tami_Winbury for sharing their family Indian heritage, Sue_Gilbreth for sharing their recent Pilgrim trip and Joy_Golbere for sharing African drums with our class. We are looking forward to making holiday ornaments with Dana_White later this month.

Our class will be raising money for a school wide Adopt-a-Family project. We will be collecting money for an Ojai family. Details to follow.

Caroling on the Ojai Trolley - December 4th

Holiday Program will be Friday, December 15^th @11:00 a.m. (no day care following performance)

Library books due Wednesday, November 29t^h. We will be checking out new books in January. (Special thanks to Sara_Moses and Dana_White for helping with Library)

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We would like to extend warm wishes to each of your families. We are very pleased and proud of each of our students. They truly bring joy to our days and delight to our hearts. We wish the best of the holidays to you all.

Alice and Rychelle

This entry was posted on Monday, November 27th, 2006 at 12:16 am and is in the Kindergarten.