December 4 - December 7

Learning Outcomes

English Language Arts

-Develop creative expression through the use of organizational processes, methods, and tools.

-Arrange and express ideas logically, using interesting details and transitions between                 sentences or paragraphs.

-Create written texts in a variety of forms and structures

What Did Students Do?

Students read books and information online to learn about the celebrations of Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Diwali, and Christmas.  They then organized their information into who, what, where, when, why, and how.  Students took their information and wrote a paragraph on the celebration they researched.  Within their celebrations, students looked at how light was represented.  They will now create a piece of artwork to show this light.  Be sure to take a look at the student's work at our holiday celebration.  

Here is one student's paragraph about Hanukkah

Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah all over the world. This year Hanukkah starts on December 7. Hanukkah changes every year depending and is on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. You celebrate Hanukkah to remember the festival of light and to hang out with your family. The story of Hanukkah is that there was a war and some people treated the Jewish people very badly because they didn’t like them.  A bunch of Jewish people were hiding and there was only enough oil left to burn their candles for one day but the candles burned for 8 nights. Hanukkah celebrates this miracle. You light a candle every night and watch them burn. When you light the candles you do a prayer and after the prayer you open presents. You can play the Dreidel game to get chocolate coins.

Ask your child:

-What celebration did you write about?

-How is light used within their celebration?

-What special gift were you given this week to celebrate Hanukkah?

Upcoming Events:

December 18th – 22nd Spirit Week   December 19th Winter Concert   December 20th Winter Concert   December 22nd Fun Snack    December 22nd Last day of classes before Winter Break   January 8th First day of classes after the break