Week of Nov. 2nd

Thanksgiving Unit: 
For the next 3 weeks both 3rd classes will be combining Reading/Writing/Grammar with Social Studies.  This is a unit developed around the First Thanksgiving that will encompass all of the following skills:
Reading to find information
Doing research
Asking deeper questions
Organizing information
Writing and creating to show information learned
Learning about history
Comparing and contrasting things of the past with current day
Presenting
Working in groups
Citing from texts
Comparing fact vs. fiction
Writing a book review
Discussing how God fits into the first Thanksgiving
AND several other things.

Your child is receiving a calendar of events and due dates from now until Thanksgiving break. This should be kept in their Social Studies Binder.   All assignments will be started in class, but the essay and book review will require work time at home.  I have no problem with you checking over your child's work, but please let them work on their own as much as possible.  This should be a showcase of what they know and are capable of.  I will be conferencing with them each before the due date as well.

The majority of this unit will be worked on at school with t  

Important Dates: 

• Monday November 16th - Daniel Boone Home Field Trip (Leave school at 8:30 and return at 2:30) Please dress in warm clothes and be ready for outside weather.  Please also bring a lunch and good walking shoes, possibly ready for rain and mud.  

• Wednesday November 17th - PIE DAY We will be making pumpkin pies from 1-3pm with the kids.  Kelly Ritter and Robyn Soetart will be organizing volunteers to help with this.  We will need about 4-5 parents to help this day.  

• Thursday November 19th - FEAST DAY  in the Webster Gardens Fellowship Hall 11:00 - 1:00 pm(please note this date has changed to the 19th NOT the 20th).  You will be receiving an invitation soon and we ask that you would RSVP with the names of your family members that will be attending.  This is a day that we will be eating and watching your kiddos present their projects.  Please plan to join us!!