December Curriculum Overview

Readers Workshop
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We are continuing to use

comprehension strategies to help us
understand the books that we hear
and read.
During guided reading, we are
working on reading good-fit books
with accuracy and fluency. We are
also working on thinking about our
reading by asking:
- Does it look right?
- Does it sound right?
- Does it make sense?

Writers Workshop
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We are adding and subtracting by

combining and separating sets of
objects and recording the results.
We are learning to find the number
that is 1 more and 1 fewer than a
number.
We are learning to use strategies for
addition and subtraction:
- Using our fingers
- Use manipulatives
- Drawing a picture
- Using a number line

Inquiry

We are continuing to build stamina so

that we can write with focus for
longer periods of time.
We are telling more detailed small
moment stories by telling multiple
events that happened across more
than 1 page.
We are working on including
characters, settings, events, and
feelings in our writing.

Word Work
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Math

How do animals and people in Alberta

survive during the winter?
- We are learning about seasonal
changes that take place in Alberta as
winter begins.
- We are learning about weather and
how we can stay warm and safe when
it is cold outside.
- We are learning about animals that
hibernate, migrate, or use special
adaptations to help them survive in
the cold.

Religion

We are using word families and our

knowledge of the alphabet to read
and write simple CVC words.
We are stretching out words by
saying them slowly and listening for
all of the sounds.
We are learning sight words to help
us read and write fluently:
love mom
dad come jump where away find
here funny help run

We are learning that Advent is a time

of anticipation, hope, and renewal.
We are learning about symbols: the
Advent wreath, priests vestments,
and the Jesse Tree.
We are learning about Bible stories
of Advent: the Annunciation, the
Visitation, the Nativity, and the story
of the Three Wise Men.
We are learning that Christmas is a
time of joyful celebration!

Art
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We are using art materials to depict

familiar shapes and living things.
We are exploring ways to use value
(light and dark) in art.