Week of December 8th-12th

Dec. 10th-11th: Pop-up bookfair 

Dec. 12th- Spirit Wear Day

Dec. 15th-Twas the Night Before Christmas
(wear Pj’s)
Dec. 16th- Grinch Day! Wear Grinch clothing or
green!
Dec. 17th- Holidays Around the World
Dec. 18th- Dress of Choice Day & Holiday Party
Dec.19th-Jan. 4th- Winter Break, Merry
Christmas

Knowledge/Skills (Reading and Writing): Skills Unit 3

Tricky Words: should, would, could, down, and because.

Spelling Words: This week is a review week of unit 3 and we will be having a unit test at the end of this week. We will review spelling concepts: oo, ou, and ow. There will be no spelling test on these words!

1. moon
2. zoom
3. smooth
4. couch
5. cook
6. hook
7. sound
8. here

Students will also listen to and distinguish words with /oo/ and /ue/ vowel sounds in oral word pairs.
Students will read and write one-syllable words spelled with the vowel digraph /oo/> ‘oo.’

Since religion is a shaping force in the story of civilization, Core Knowledge introduces children in the early grades to major world religions.  The focus is on geography, major symbols, and figures.  The purpose is not to explore matters of theology, but to introduce basic vocabulary for understanding many events in history.  The goal is to familiarize not proselytize.  To the question "Which one is true?" our response will be "People of different faiths believe different things to be true.  The best people to talk to about this are your parents."

• Judaism-Belief in one God, Story of the Exodus (Moses), Israel, Chanukah, Star of David, Torah, synagogue
• Christianity-grew out of Judaism, Jesus, the meaning of "messiah", Christmas, Easter, the symbol of the cross
• Islam-Originated in Arabia, spread worldwide, followers are Muslims, Allah, Muhammad, Makkah, Qur'an, mosque, the symbol of crescent and star

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