- On Tuesday, December 8th, we will join the greater community to help open 1st Ward Park. We will depart from Trinity around 9:45, walk to the park and sing in celebration of the new park opening. Kindergarten students worked hard last year to plan for a new park, and now their work is coming to fruition. We look forward to this unique experience tomorrow!
- On Wednesday, December 9th we will walk to the Children's Theater to see "Ella's Big Chance." The play is at 9:30 and will be our first trip to the Children's Theater.
- Mr. Thorton will be leading us in an Hour of Code on Thursday, December 10th and to be quite honest, we aren't quite sure what this will have in store for us, but be sure to ask your children what they learn during this time.
- Our final event this week will be Friday, December 11th downstairs with Mr. Grady -- the Big Map! We'll be exploring North America and trust that Mr. Grady has a great afternoon planned.
Whew! While all of this is going on, we'll continue forward with our units across the board. In Reader's, we are focusing on non-fiction and hope that you've noticed some non-fiction interest in your children at home. During our latest trip to ImaginOn, we encouraged everyone to select one non-fiction book in addition to their other selections. We've steered students towards the non-fiction section of our library and are continuing to learn about how to read non-fiction books during mini lessons. Much of this learning will be put into active practice when we return to school in January.
Writer's Workshop continues to focus on persuasive letters, but we have shifted to a focus on the rain forest. After learning about deforestation during Storypath, students now have an understanding of the causes of deforestation. Coupled with their knowledge of rain forest gifts, we are excited to see how these letters turn out and look forward to mailing them out.
We will conclude Unit 3 of Investigations in math before Christmas break and have been talking about even and odd numbers during the past week. This week, we'll dive into place value as a way to better understand bigger numbers. "Fun Friday" has become a bit of a routine in the classroom with various math games taking place, and we hope you have heard positive reviews about these exciting afternoons!
In case you missed it, we stopped by 7th Street Market after our visit to ImaginOn and caught a glimpse of the Trinity Nutcrackers that are currently on display. We walked in just as they were being rolled out of storage and were able to help select spots for the nutcrackers. If you have not already, we encourage you to stop by the market and see the creative work of Trinity Wildcats!
We hope the Christmas and holiday spirit is finding its way into your homes -- it is certainly bursting through the doors here every morning and we couldn't be more grateful.
Enrichment updates will be posted later this week, but in the meantime, we wish you a week just as exciting as ours!
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