December 2- Field Trip to the Paramount to watch the play Annie
December 10- Christmas Program 1pm & 7pm
December 19- Early Release
December 22-31 No School- Christmas Vacation
January 1-2 No School- Christmas Vacation
January 5- Classes Resume
Our field trip is tomorrow. Please have your child wear a blue HT tshirt or polo. We will be eating lunch when we return to school around approximately 1:15. We realize that this is a late lunch. The students will be served a hearty and filling breakfast at school on Tuesday. We encourage your child to eat breakfast at school so that it will hold them over until lunch time. We will also be bringing some snacks along for the bus ride.
Essential Question: How can people help out their community?
Spelling/Phonics: long a- a, ai, ay, ea, ei, eigh, ey
Genre: narrative nonfiction
High Frequency Words: about, around, good, idea, often, part, second, two, world
Grammar: action verbs
Daily homework is to read 15-20 minutes
December reading calendar goal: 235 minutes. Please add up minutes read, sign, & return November reading calendars for a prize!
AR (Accelerated Reader) - 2nd quarter goal is individualized. The last day to take tests for 2nd quarter will be Thursday, January 15.
MATH
Unit 4: Place Value and Measurement
Lesson 4-6: Using Base-10 Blocks to Show a Number
Lesson 4-7: Playing Target
Lesson 4-8: How Big is a Foot?
**Homelinks are a review from the concept/skills taught in school that day. They should only take your child less than 15 minutes to complete. Your child is expected to complete the homelink for that evening and return to school the next day.
RELIGION
Happy Advent! We gathered today as a school family around our large advent wreath to discuss the first week of advent. We are working together to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord through prayer, giving, and kind deeds. We will also be partnering up with Mrs. Becker's kindergarten class to complete an activity called "The Nativity and Me." We will meet weekly and read scripture and create a nativity scene.
The Nativity & Me week 1: Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem
SACRAMENTS
First Communion Planning Meeting- Wednesday, February 25 at 6:00pm in St. Joseph's Church in Pierz
First Communion- Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:00pm in St. Joseph's Church in Pierz
SCIENCE
Animal Adventures Unit
Essential Question- Why do frogs say ribbit?
This lesson is a case study in biodiversity using the frogs of North America. In the activity, Who's Calling?, students learn to identify frogs by their unique calls and investigate which of two locations has a greater variety of frogs. After listening to recordings of frog calls, students create words that will remind them of the sounds, and then use those words to identify frog sounds in different environments.
SOCIAL STUDIES with Ms. Stangl
Unit 2 - The World Around Us
Lesson 3 - Seasons and Climate
Why are seasons and climate different in different regions?