Winter Holiday Presentations

Wednesday was a very busy day in Room 10!  We frantically finished presents and cards in anticipation of snow (thankfully!).  The snow itself provided a fun distraction!

Sprinkled throughout our busy day were some wonderful presentations about various winter holidays from around the world!  We learned about:

• Ganna, from Ethopia
• Dutch Christmas
• St. Nicholas Day, from Germany
• Oshogatsu, from Japan
• Saint Lucy's Day/Saint Lucia's Day from Scandanavia and Italy
• Hanukkah (two separate presentations)

These presentations were well researched, well organized and well presented!  The audience listened very respectfully, asked great questions and gave kind compliments.  Ask your first grader to tell you about some of these interesting traditions!

December

Greetings Room 10 Families,

The craziness of December is upon us!  With all the over-stimulation of music, lights and more outside of school, my intention is to keep our school routines as consistent as possible.  (Although we will inject a little fun into the next week or two here and there.)

Yesterday you might have seen two homework packets come home.  The first packet is the regular homework packet.  The second is an optional winter holiday research project and presentation.  If your child chooses to do this project, they can opt out of the other homework packet (with the exception of spelling words and the nightly reading log).  I would also love to know if your child will do the optional project so I can set aside enough time for presentations next week.

If you have any questions about homework or anything else, please be sure to let me know!

Cheers!