Little Blue Bulletin: 12/3-12/7

Dear Parents,
Next week is another busy week! We hope to see you at the movies on Tuesday afternoon at 3:20pm and at BJ's for pizza afterwards.

Our field trip to San Jose Museum of Art is on Wed. so you will need to send a sack lunch with your child.

Check attached calendar for upcoming dates!

Sharing:
Week of 12/10: Ways your family celebrates the season
Week of 12/17: How you will spend winter break

Preparation Tips: PLEASE TRY TO COME UP WITH AN INTERESTING TOPIC SENTENCE! Brainstorm ideas first.
1. Start with your topic sentence to tell your audience what you're going to share about.
2. Add 2 or 3 sentences to describe your topic. Use transition words such as first, next, last.
3. Stand up straight, look at your audience, and speak clearly.

Something extra: Bring a picture to show your audience!

Book Bags:
Please remember to return the bag on Thursdays. If you have any questions, please contact your family room teacher.


Language Arts:

We worked on the short and long sounds of "E". Besides learning letter sounds, we are also working on how to start a sentence with an upper case letter and end with a period. We have lots of lazy writers, so check your journals and follow these rules.

Teammate of the Week:
We continued our expository writing program this week. Each student in our village will have a chance to be "Teammate of the Week". This is a great opportunity for students to share information about themselves with their family rooms. As students learn about the Teammate of the Week, they will be writing an expository paragraph using Step Up to Writing Program. We will be keeping the writing at school to create a book for each child. Not only is this a wonderful memory of our classmates, but a great writing portfolio too.


Math:
This week we went back to our math skills groups and worked on addition facts, fact families, related facts, and word problems. It is always great to practice your math facts at home each day. This will help you throughout school!



Social Studies:
We continued our study about being a good citizen. We read The Boy Who Held Back the Sea and discussed what it means to have individual responsibily, determination, and courage.


Play Practice:
Have you heard your child singing It's so hot and wondered what's going on? That's right! We have been practicing singing our songs for our upcoming play. Next week we will learn some dance steps to go with them. Practice your songs at home! This is a great way for the Little Blue Village to work as a team and become a good citizen of Portal.



Thank you,
Little Blue Teachers