Dear Kinder Bears Families, Season’s greetings! We hope everyone had a joyful Thanksgiving holiday!

Important events in December:

• Our school’s traditional Winter Program will NOT be held in December this year due to 
  the pandemic. However, Kinder Bears class will have a Christmas celebration on
  Wednesday, December 23rd. 
• Secret Santa Gift Exchange: We will have a gift exchange during the Christmas
  celebration. In order for your student to participate in the gift exchange, they must 
  bring in a wrapped gift valued at $5 or less before or on Wednesday, December 23rd. 
    We will play a gift exchange game during the celebration. 

December Focus:

Language Arts:
· Sight Words Level B
· Vowels and Consonants

• Short and Long Vowel Sounds
• Consonant Sounds
• Consonant Blends and Digraphs
  · Count syllables in words
  · Read Aloud:    The Little Red Hen

                          A Charlie Brown Christmas
                          Then and Now for Reading Street
                          Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Mathematics:
· Compose and Decompose Numbers 11 to 19
· Addition and Subtraction (2-digit addition/subtraction with/without regrouping)
· Place Value, and MORE

Science & Technology:
· Life Science: Animals / Trees

• Robotics: Fan-bot and Mart-bot
  
  Social Studies:
  · Life Long Ago and Today 

— Ms. Guoli and Mr. James