Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Well folks, we made it!  I hope you all have a wonderful winter break!  We had a lot of fun this week, creating crafts and learning a little bit about Christmas celebrations in other parts of the world.  
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our class party.  It was a messy, but enjoyable success.  
Thank you for sharing your precious children with me!  Being their teacher is a gift every day!
When we come back in January, we will be having a quick refresher course on school and class expectations.  Among these expectations  will be uniform compliance.  Please help your student to make sure they are only wearing approved clothing at school.  If a student is going to wear a  jackets or  hoodie in the classroom, it must be uniform approved.  Please make sure that they bring a warm coat and other warm gear everyday.  It can be pretty cold outside at recess or waiting for rides at the end of the day.  We also will be much stricter about badges.  Students must have their badge every day.  We have an organizer for them to store them in at the end of the day, so there really isn’t any reason to forget them.  If a student does not have his or her badge, they will be calling parents to bring it from home, or buy a replacement.  
Have a safe and happy holiday, enjoy your time together, and encourage your children to read a book or two, just for fun!  
I’ll see you all on January 6th!


Last week of 2019!!!

Wow! I can’t believe the last school week of 2019 is here!  We have a lot of fun things planned for this week, but we still have some learning to do.  

This week in math we are learning about the coordinate plane.  We will be doing some fun Holiday themed pages to practice finding x and y coordinates.

We will be having a class party on Friday.  Please make sure you follow the link and fill in the permission form so that your child can participate.  There is also a spot on the form to sign up to bring a few party supplies.  If you are able to do so, that would be great. We have 26 students in our class. 
Christmas Party Permission Form

The students have been asking about having a gift exchange as part of our party.  In order to make sure it is enjoyable for everyone, and to give less stress to parents, we are making gifts to exchange in class.  This means your kiddos don’t need to bring anything in.  

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and thanks for everything you do!





Counting down to Christmas

Hello All!  I can’t how quickly 2019 is coming to a close.  We’ve got a lot going on the next couple of weeks.    In Math we are working on adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators.  We are getting close to having it down, but a few of us are still struggling a bit with getting all of the steps down.  The following link will send you to a video explaining how to do it.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fraction-arithmetic/arith-review-add-sub-fractions/v/subtracting-small-fractions-with-unlike-denominators

In Language Arts we are focusing on cause and effect, and finding the main idea of expositional text. A great way to practice this, would be to share news articles with your student, and discuss the  key points and main idea. Here is an outline for the week:
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We will be having a class party on the 20th.  We will be having a hot cocoa bar, and cookies.  Be watching for a permission form to be posted in the next few days.

I sent home a book order last week.  Tuesday will be the last day to order.  To order online, follow this link to scholastic.  It will take you directly to our class page. 

https://orders.scholastic.com/W8P64

Thank you all for everything you do.  Let’s hang in there for a few more weeks!