Merry Christmas!!!

Dear Parents,

I hope that all the students enjoyed having Christmas Day off from Tree House! I surely did. A lot of students are unfamiliar with the origin and traditions of Christmas, so we spent some time this week learning about Christmas in a fun way. We did a Christmas word search and the kids learned some new Christmas vocabulary. We read a traditional Christmas poem called "The Night Before Christmas". Many American families read this story together the night before Christmas to get ready for Santa's arrival. The evening class got to watch "The Simpson's Christmas Special"

We continued to learn about habitats in science class. Deserts are a hot and dry habitat that get very little rainfall. To get the water their bodies need, many animals are able to get water from the food they eat. The arctic is a super cold habitat that has snow on the ground for most of the year. Plants can only grow in the summer. Some animals' fur changes color in the winter to help protect them from predators. We will review the chapter on habitats and test next week.

This weekend the students will have to do their student journals for homework. We read the story "Giving Thanks Around the World" together in class. As usual, they are to read the story to parents first, answer the questions with complete sentences in their student journals, draw and color a picture from the story, and bring them back to school on Monday.

Last week the students took mid-term tests in vocabulary and reading. I am very proud to announce that EVERY student improved their reading test scores from the first test! I still took the time to go over the tests after grading them so that the students will understand the mistakes they made on the test.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

All the best,

Teacher Andy

INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS:

(Since some students were absent and had to make up tests, the progress reports with detailed comments will go home with the students early next week. Apologies for the delay.)