Weeks of 12/14/09 - 1/4/10

This week, we will be attempting to wrap up as many units as we can. For English, students will be tested on Unit 3 - (verbs) on Tuesday. Students' Native Americans projects turned out to be fantastic! They are displayed in the hallway outside of our room. Please feel free to come by and check them out. Students will also have a math test over Chapter 3 - (Addition and Subtraction of larger numbers) on Thursday. Don't forget about the field trip to the Nutcracker on Horseback on Wednesday. Students will need to bring a healthy snack that can be easily eaten on a bus. They may also bring carrots and apples to feed to the horses. On Friday, we will have a classroom Christmas party. Feel free to bring food or drinks for the class. Since students have finished Charlotte's Web, we will watch the movie on Friday as well.

When we get back from break, students will complete one last Charlotte's Web assignment. This will be an in-school assignment that will incorporate the use of computers. In social studies, students will begin a new unit on the many cultures within our country. For math, we will begin a very short review unit on measurement. We will continue to learn about weather and the water cycle in science. Adjectives and Adverbs are the next topics of concern in English.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Weeks of 11/30/09 and 12/7/09

Parents/Guardians:

We have a busy stretch before Christmas break! We have started celebrating the season of Advent. We will have a prayer service each week to light the four candles on the wreath. This week, students will finish their Native Americans project for Social Studies. The projects will be due by Tuesday, December 8th. If students need more time after Friday, they are welcome to take their projects home over the weekend and get together to finish it. Students will get to present their projects to the class and share their expertise on their culture areas. We will hopefully wrap up Charlotte's Web before break. Be on the lookout for a project handout in the next few weeks.

We will be busy practicing for the Christmas concert this week. The concert is this Sunday, December 6th at 4:00 p.m. Following the concert, there will be a potluck dinner in Schwinn Hall. Those students who attend the concert will have a free dress down on the following Monday. I hope to see everyone there. Progress reports will be sent home this Friday, December 4th. Please sign and return them as soon as possible. Don't forget that we have a field trip on Wednesday, December 16th. If your child has not returned the permission slip or money, please make sure they do so by the end of this week.