Short Week!!!

Here's what's going in this nice little week:

Book Reviews
We are doing another book review that will be assigned on Wednesday.  This time everyone will be doing the same book, "Thanksgiving on Thursday" (a Magic Treehouse book by Mary Pope Osborne).  We are just finishing up reading it in class this week, but it may be good to go check a copy of it out from the public library.  The format will be exactly the same as last time:
1st Paragraph- A summary of the book that hooks readers but does not give away the ending
2nd Paragraph - Your opinion of the book and who you would recommend the book to.
(Each paragraph needs 1 main idea sentence and at least 3 supporting details.)
These will be due on Monday 11/17

Multiplication Tests
We have tested through our 4's so far.  Here is the basic plan for how the rest of the tests will go.

• Every child will need to complete each set of multiplication tables in 40 seconds or less.  
• We will give them 3 chances to test on each set.
• The highest grade out of the 3 sets will be taken and recorded in MyKoob once they have all been completed.  (I am keeping paper records and sending home the tests immediately so they know what to work on at home.)
• If they receive a 100% on the 1st attempt they will not need to retake the test. 

Our goal is that we have all the students complete their times tables through 5's by Thanksgiving.  

If your child needs to retake a test on 0-5 we will give them a chance to retake those next week.  

Thanksgiving Feast

We are sending out invitations today.  Please be sure to RSVP on the paper invitation by Thursday Nov. 20th.  We also still have some spots to fill in on the sign up sheet for bringing in food items and helpers for the pie making day.  Here's the schedule of events: 

• Thursday Nov. 20 - RSVP's are due
• Friday Nov. 21 - Any Pie donations will need to be brought in by this day so that Mr. Fishburn and I can go shopping before Monday.  $6.00/pie (We still need quite a few)  
• Monday Nov. 24 - Pie making will begin at 1:00 pm and go until the end of the day.  We will need at least 10 parents to help with this.  
• Tuesday Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Feast 
• The meal will begin at 11:30 am. If you are bringing food plan on arriving around 11:15 am
• Presentations will begin after the meal has finished and we will be having an open house to look at the projects in the classrooms until 2:00 pm.  

Thank You!!!

We understand this month creates a lot of extra involvement for you as parents and we are very appreciative of that.  We would not be able to do this with the kids without your help.  Thank you very much!