November 30

I feel like I am still on Thanksgiving break and it is not that long until Winter break!  It is hard to believe.  I hope everyone had a great time with family and friends.  The kids seemed to enjoy themselves.  I had a great break on the beach with perfect weather. 

I will send home a snack calender in Wednesday folder tomorrow.  I will cover it this week.  I forgot all about it.  That will give family's time to plan.

We had the Chorus Concert today from 1:30 to 2:30.

We will finish our Science test tomorrow.  I have been helping them with the Open Response Question.  We can still do that until January then Ms. Sharp wants them to become more independent.  It will be part of their assessments next year so I want to get them used to doing them.  I hope to send them home next week and put the ORQs in the hallways. 

We have finished our 2nd On Demand writing piece and will start our third this week.  It will be a letter to the principal.  Ms. Sharp has loved their pieces so far.  I am so proud of their hard work.

We are still working on Chapter 8:  Government in Social Studies.

We will be starting fossils in Science then move to Rocks and Soil. 

In Reading:  My class will not have a vocabulary test this week.  We have changed it to next Thurs.  With the break, some of the children didn't have their packets to study and we hadn't spent any time in class reviewing.  I showed the children a sample question and I think they feel more comfortable.  It is multiple choice.  Then the next week will be Spelling.  We will have not have any other tests until after Winter Break. 

In Math:  My class is still working on subtraction with regrouping and learning to solve word problems using bar models. 

We got all our Cafeteria Compliments so we earned a "Pop your Top" party tomorrow.  We will also eat in the room at 10:15 before going on the field trip.  We will leave for the field trip at 11:00.  We will be seeing the play Junie B. Jones Jingle Bells Batman Smells. 

Ecology Club meets on December 2.  That is the only club other than academic teams that I have listed to meet for this week. 

If you haven't sent back the coupon book and don't plan on buying one, please do so they can give it to someone who may sell more than one.  If you need more then let us know. 



Have a great week!