Monday, December 3, 2012

December Happenings

This month, the Social Studies class will be traveling the world to learn about different holidays celebrated by different cultural regions. Students will be applying their map skills to find the country on the maps. They will be learning about the culture and holiday celebrated. Then they will have to follow directions and use their fine motor skills to make crafts to go along with the holiday. They will also be writing about the things they learned.

The Science class will be learning about all kinds of weather, how the weather can change, and how it affects us. We will be conducting experiments to understand weather better. The class will also be doing some cooking to celebrate the upcoming holidays. We will be making Lattkes to celebrate Hanukkah; baking cookies to celebrate Christmas; and making for Kwanzaaa.

The Language Arts class is working on improving sentences and writing as a whole. The students are also working on their typing skills on the computer.

The Reading class will be beginning Al Capone Does My Shirts. It is a novel that provides some great topics  and subject matter for the students.

The Math class is learning how to apply their skills to real life application. The students are so eager to learn to be good consumers.