Happy Holidays!

Thank you to all the parents yesterday for making the last day of school a special celebration! The students loved making, selling, and buying goods at the Christmas Market and were so excited to perform AND receive a gift from Santa! Thank you again for all you do for our students and school. 

News:

We just got word that Preschool will have 2 new students starting in January! I would usually prepare the students for this, but as we are on break, if you could let your child know to please be extra welcoming and a good model showing our routines to the students, that would be very helpful. 

Library Books and Oxford Reading Tree Books:

Please read and reread as much as you like over the break. We will have library the first day back: Thursday, Janauary 9th so please bring the books to return then.  

What can we do to help us remember our learning over the holiday?

Over the Winter Break, please continue to talk about healthy habits, choices and consequences. 

Also, please have your child create a journal about their winter break. The only requirements are:

1. they do their best to write words using their knowledge of letters and sounds, and
2. there are pictures (photographs or hand-drawn).

It is most helpful if they do this a little at a time rather than all at once at the end so maybe writing a page every other or every two days. We will share these journals when we return in January so please have them read them to you a day or so before coming to school to be sure they remember what they wrote.

Other ways to practice writing: A letter to Santa! Thank you notes for gifts!

Finally, (of course) READ READ READ! They were given a short book for independent reading (Santa's Workshop) yesterday. Being read to, reading with you, and independently reading are all the best things they can do!

Thank you again and always and wishing you and yours a very Happy Holiday!