Religion -  This week, we will be reading books about the Advent an Christmas season.  We will paint a Christmas tree, and discuss the God's gifts of joy, love, hope, faith, and kindess.  We will be talking about how we can share God's gifts with others. 

ELA - The letter of the week is R.  This week we will identify words that start and end with R.  We will create a list of words that start with R.  We will complete the phonics pages for letter R.  We will practice proper handwriting for upper and lower case R.  We will continue with journal writing activities.  We will also be reviewing sight words.  We will be using sight words to complete sentences. 

Math -  This week we will continue with chapter 5.  We will be comparing and ordering the numbers 1-10.  We will continue to learning how to use tally marks to count and track data.  

Letter of the Week Art Projects:

• Paint Rudolph
• Create a Rooster
• Paint a tree
• Create ornaments
• Paint a racoon 

Social Studies/Science -  This week, we will be learning about the Christmas story.  We will be talking about family traditions and how different families celebrate in different ways. 

Each week we will focus on a specific letter in the alphabet. During these weeks we will learn about words that begin with the specific letters as well as how to print the letter and the sounds each letter makes. Activities will incorporate the letter of the week. Some of these activities include...

• Letter Copy Books- Students will cut out pictures that begin with the specific letter of the week and glue them onto  pages of their very own letter copybook. Students will also label these pictures, creating an alphabet glossary!
• Sharing Bags- Each week we study a specific letter, students will be able to bring in a Letter Sharing Bag. Students will choose an object that begins with the same letter as the letter of the week to place in their bags. Students will also write three clues about the object they have placed in their Sharing Bag. At the end of the week, students will have a chance to share these bags and "mystery objects" with classmates.

UNIT 1: (m, t) I, am, the, little, a, to

UNIT 2: (a, s, p, c,i) have, is, we, my, like, he, for

UNIT 3: (n, b, r, d, k, f, o) me, with, she, see, look, they, you, of

UNIT 4: (h, l, consonant blends, g, e) are, that, do, one, two, three, four, five, here, go, from

UNIT 5: (j, w, x, u, v, z, y, qu) yellow, blue, green, what, said, was, where, come

UNIT 6: (a, e,i, o, u, review)