MONDAY DECEMBER 6th

This class is wonderful to work with! Today, we guessed Kaleigh as our STAR Student and celebrated her birthday.
Tomorrow, we will listen to her tell us all about herself and share a poster of pictures her Mom is busy working on!
She gets to be our Star Helper all week. As do our table helpers. Then next week we will change it all up and 5 new people will be our helpers. We had a great class discussion about how fair Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. Clapper always try to be. And how if a week is only 4 days long, we will made sure that star student gets and extra day on the really short 2 or 3 day weeks. If your child expresses frustration waiting for a turn, encourage them to be patient because when it's their turn they will get 5 days too. Thursday I will send the list out for the whole year. As well as the sheet you and your child can fill out a week or two before their special week.

Last week's Reader/Writer Notebook pages went home today. We left many of the pages undone. This does not mean your child was not completing their work. It means that the Jack and the Beanstalk unit was the 6th one of the unit and the authors put in lots of writing exercises we just don't have time for. One of the best pages that would be fun to do with your child was putting two stories in 1,2,3 order. (Chronological order, I should say for adults) Anyway if the children want to do that page and bring it back, they can get a sticker for doing Extra Credit!

We are in B week and our story will be about a Baby Panda who was born at the San Diego Zoo. It describes how she changes during her first year of her life. Our amazing words are " bamboo, curious, explore, healthy, measure and weigh.

It's a regular week for Show and Tell. Children can bring any item that starts with a 'b' even one of their favorite BOOKS!

Remember that tomorrow is our Holiday Luncheon and you are welcome to join your child for chunky turkey,gravy, and all the trimmings including a holiday cookie. Just bring the correct change for your lunch ($3.00) so the line can move as quickly as possible.

Have a nice evening!
Carol Clapper