Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we focused on summarizing a story. We learned that summarizing means to tell the story in your own words. We used the following questions to help us:

Somebody: Who is the main character?
Wanted: What did the character want?
But: What was the problem?
So: How did the character solve the problem?
Then: What happened at the end?

Writing: We finished our last fiction story! Next week we will write a Christmas themed story.

Math: This week we started our chapter on Place Value. We learned how to identify the ones, tens, and hundreds. We also learned how to write a number in extended form.

Bible: In Bible we finished our lessons on prayer and put together our hand prayer books. We also started practicing for our play about the Christmas story!

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: preacher, reach, lunch, church, chosen, child, what, while, which, where, when, watch, match, pitcher, something, write

2. Bible Memory Verse: She is going to have a son. You must give him the name Jesus. That's because he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

3. Friday will be an early dismissal day. School will end at 12:30pm. We will also be having our class Christmas Party on that day. During our party we will be having a small gift exchange. We are asking that all the boys bring one boy present and all the girls bring one girl present of no more than 300 yen. We will then have a drawing for the presents. If you have any questions, please let me know or send an email to our class moms.

Upcoming Dates:
12/16 - Last Day of School before Break - 12:30 dismissal
12/17-1/3 - Christmas Break
1/4 - School Resumes
1/9 - Kite Day
1/16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
1/19 - Character Parade
1/20 - Teacher Work Day - No School