Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Welcome December!

Just a quick reminder that our field trip to see the Vermont Symphony Orchestra is tomorrow. We leave at 10:30 and will return at 1:00. The cafeteria will be closed at that time and children need to bring lunches from home!
We've just begun a new writing unit about "small moments." The lessons are designed to help kids "slow down" their writing and include many rich details about one event. Now that they're able to write for extended periods of time and use spaces and approximate spelling, the writing content can become more complex. We read a book called A Chair For My Mother which has an example of a small moment. Ask your child to tell you about the book (the family has a house fire and needs to save money to buy a chair) and small moments!

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