Hello Parents and Students –
I hope you had a great weekend. I was so happy to see snow. It helps me to complete my holiday experience. Anyways, back to the important stuff. Parents need to fill out our Winter Party permission slip and there is another permission on that one, that covers a book we are going to read and analyze together. The lesson’s objective is on other perspectives. We will also compare and contrast the theme of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” with the theme of “Anne of Green Gables”. Where the book brings up a lot in the christian belief; I wanted to inform and get parent permission.
Also, we as a class, decided to do a “Secret Santa” exchange on Dec. 15. Today (Monday 12/4) we will draw a name from the class and are in charge of getting that person a gift for no more than $3. This will hopefully bring in the holiday spirit and go along with looking at others’ perspectives too.
What we are learning:
Math – Finishing up on metric and standard conversions – starting fractions adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and simplifying. FUN FUN FUN!!!! This will be going into next week and a couple weeks in January.
( Quite a few students struggled with the decimal test. I will be working with them during small groups and also using Front Row. I may assign a few practice problems in the next few days to some students) All students should have showed their parents the test. So if you did not see it, please, check with them.
Reading- Continuing theme and main idea. In spelling we are focusing on open syllables and in vocabulary we are working on the skill of using context clues to find out the meaning of a word. In grammar we will focus on verb tenses.
Writing – We are focusing on paragraphs. Topic sentences, at least 3 details with evidence or support behind them, and conclusions. The project I am looking at is our practice book report. The students are required to turn a read aloud book “Wait till Helen Comes” into a condense version with pictures. It also works on the skill in reading (sequence of events). Real Book Reports will be due January 31. I am sending the rubric home today of the criteria set for grading.
Science – Earth surface compared to Mars surface this will help them with their future project “Mission to Mars”.
Social Studies – A few extra things to work on with all this, is learning about different cultures and traditions from other countries.
*Important Dates:
December 15 – last day of the year. Ha… funny to say it that way.
(We will have a sing along, pajama party, while watching Polar Express) Students may bring 1 cuddly item to snuggle with during the movie. Also our Secret Santa exchange will take place on that day too. Please remember (no edible items are permitted)
December 18 – January 2 (NO SCHOOL)
