DECEMBER
2015
Linden Elementary
Doylestown, PA
December 2015
Miss Walker’s Classroom Newsletter
Technology
Reading
The children have been visiting the computer
lab on a weekly basis for technology
instruction. Here are the highlights on skills
that we have been building and will continue to
work on throughout the month of December:
 Exploring typing programs to develop
keyboarding skills.
 Save and print a document.
 Retrieve a document.
 Enter text with appropriate spacing and
capitalization using Microsoft Word.
This month in reading the students will focus
on making connections to text. They will use
prior knowledge to make “text-to-self”
connections and will use their connections to
make sense of the text. The children will
build vocabulary and concept knowledge.
They will use their background knowledge to
make inferences while reading. We will
continue to emphasize fluent reading through
the use of reader’s theatre. The students will
build their phonics skills by sorting their Word
Study words.
Flat Stanley
Writing
Be on the look-out for information coming home
soon regarding our Flat Stanley project. In
conjunction with our geography unit in social
studies and our letter writing unit in language arts,
the students will be creating a “Flat Stanley” and
writing a letter to someone who lives in a different
part of the country or the world. This is a very
exciting project for the children! Please let me
know if you have any questions.
During the month of December the children
will be trying their hands at writing friendly
letters. They will write letters to their
teacher and their classmates. Our class
“Post Office” will open this month. The
students will also be writing opinion pieces
using persuasive language.
Math
In math, the students will focus on three
main areas during the month of December:
1. Solve number stories
2. Read and show temperatures
3. Develop different strategies for adding
2- and 3-digit numbers
We will also focus on problem solving
strategies this month.
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Science/Social Studies

In Science, we are still working on our
unit in Sound. The students already
have…
o Become “sound detectives” who
search for, identify, and describe
sounds in their environment.
o Learned that all sounds are made
by vibrations.
Students will…
o Understand how sound travels.
o Explore pitch and volume.
o Learn the parts of the ear.
o Design a musical instrument using
recycled materials.

This Month’s Highlights
December 4: Art Goes To School
December 18:
Linden Gear Day
Reader’s Theater Performance
December 22:
Holiday Giving Party
2nd grade pajama day
December 23:
Winter Sing-A-Long
December 24-January 3:
No School
January 4:
School resumes
Reminders to Students

Continue to fill in your
reading log with the number of
minutes you read each day. Ask a
parent to sign your log each Thursday.
 Homework is a “have-to”. Please be
sure to complete your assignments
each day.
Upcoming Events
Linden Gear Day
Friday, January 8th
LHSA Bingo Night 7-8:30
 Be sure to keep your reader’s theatre
script in your light blue folder and
bring it to school every day for
rehearsals.
Information for Parents
We will be performing our reader’s
theatre play for parents on
Friday, December 18th! Parents
are welcome to come in and be
a part of the audience. 
Our next production will be on
Friday, January 15th!
Favorite Book Character Day
Friday, January 22nd
Boomerang Award!
Congratulations to Charley, the nominee of the
November Boomerang Award. Charley is being
recognized for Asset #40- Positive View Of Personal
Future. Charley is optimistic about her own future
and strives to reach her goals. Way to go!
For the month of December, we will be focusing on
Asset #22- School Engagement.