What's Happening This Week----December 10th Through December 14th

Kindergarten

Phonics----The Kindergarten students will continue their study of the sound that the letter "Ff" makes----keyword----fish.  Then, the students will learn the sound that the letter "Rr" makes----keyword----rabbit. The students will learn that the letters "Ff" and "Rr" are consonant letters.

Reading----The Kindergarten students will read phonics word lists and the phonics booklet----"Frog Ran".

Handwriting----The Kindergarten students will be printing the letters "Ff" and "Rr".

Math----The Kindergarten students will learn to "Identify and Write the Numbers 19 and 20"; "Addition Problems----adding 2, 3 and 4 to numbers".

Religion----The Kindergarten students will learn about why "We celebrate Christmas".

First Grade

Phonics----The First Grade students will learn about the "Final Syllables---"ble", "fle", "ple" and "dle".

Reading----The First Grade students will read the stories----"Tomas Rivera" and "On the Way to the Pond".  The students will also read the booklet----"One Night".

English----The First Grade students will continue their study of "Verbs".  Then, the students will learn about "Nouns and Verbs" and "Pronouns and Verbs".

Writing----The First Grade students will write a story about a "Castle" and "The First Christmas".
The students will also be writing their own spelling word sentences.

Spelling----The First Grade students will learn spelling words that contain "st".  This week's spelling words are:  nest, fast, stop, must, step and best.  The Challenge Word is:  "stick".  The Special Writing words are:  " your ", " their " and  " other ".

Math----The First Grade students will learn about "Venn Diagrams", " Counting by 2's " and  "Ordinal Numbers to 31st ".  Then, the students will begin a unit about "Money---Nickels and Pennies ".

Religion----The First Grade students will learn about why "We Celebrate Christmas".  Then, the students will learn about the "Seven Sacraments ".

Science----The students will continue their study of "Our Earth".

Crafts----The students will make crafts centered around the "Christmas" theme or the "Advent" church season.