December News from Room 25
Notes from Mrs. Rocha school by Thursday. Donations that have
been popular in the past are toys, gift cards,
It’s cold, it’s foggy, it must be winter. lotions, scarves and mittens.
There’s a chill in the air that tells us that it is
finally winter, and the holidays are fast
approaching. I know this is a very busy time
of year for most of us, and here in the
Tis The Season
classroom it will be no different. We are This time of year we stop and think
really working hard and pushing through about how thankful we are for all the gifts in
some really difficult concepts this month. our life. I wanted to take this chance to
It’s not all work though! We are also thank all of you for all your help and
doing some great hands on activities such; support. Our school has tremendous support
as researching Native Americans and from your families and we are grateful for
creating a poster about the tribes, learning all your help.
how to make and read glyphs which hits
both art and math standards, writing about
favorite holiday traditions, poetry, and we
have start our first literature book of the year
Island of the Blue Dolphin.
Thank you all so much for the
continued support of our classroom
activities and have a wonderful winter
break. Winter Party
Our class has been writing about
Upcoming Events important traditions in our families. We
18 – Winter Party in Rm 25 have been sharing favorite foods that our
18 - Class Auction families make for special occasions. As a
22- Jan 9th Winter Break fun end to this writing assignment I am
asking each student to bring a dish that is
important to their family to our winter party
Class Auction on the 18th. We are planning on having a full
Our class is having our first auction! lunch with all the trimmings before we leave
Everyone is excited about our first class for winter break. I have also sent home a
auction of the year. Students have been note with more information about the party.
earning classroom money this year and now Thanks in advance for all your help.
they have a chance to spend it. We will
auction off small prizes during our
classroom party on the 18th. If you would
like to make a donation please send it to