Mrs. Pillar's Weekly Bulletin For the week of December 7–11 ___________________________________________ MONDAY: No School-Staff Retreat _________________________________________________________________ TUESDAY: Spanish @10:30, All School Mass @1:30 Homework: Shared Reading. Read, “The Gingerbread Man” to someone in your family. Answer the questions. Return the completed sheet to school on Wednesday. _________________________________________________________________ WEDNESDAY: Art @12:20, Phys. Ed @1:45 Homework: Complete the math worksheet. Bring this page back to school on Thursday. __________________________________________________________________ THURSDAY: Music @9:00, Spanish @9:30, Library @1:00 Homework: Ask a grown–up to give you the practice-spelling test. You don’t have to bring this back to school. _________________________________________________________________ FRIDAY: Music @12:45 Spelling test ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ This week’s main ideas: Author study: Tomie dePaola Reading: Christmas Around the World Language Arts: Phonics and grammar review Math: Chapter 3: Place Value Religion: Advent and Christmas Social Studies: Christmas Around the World Science: Animals and their Habitats, animals in winter Dear Parents, Our exciting “Christmas Around the World” unit continues next week with visits to Mexico and Germany. Have a fun, chilly weekend -Jill Pillar