1st Week of December

It's December and the temperatures show it.  I cannot believe how far your kiddos have come already this year.  The Thanksgiving Unit was a great testament to their hard work and I am so proud of them.  THANK YOU to everyone who came, volunteered, cooked food, told your child great job, struggled through the project at home with their child, or told someone else about our feast.  We count on all of these things happening in order for our feast to be a success, and it definitely was this year.  Thank you again for all the work you put into helping us!

This week we are back to normal school schedules.  Here's what's on the agenda:

Advent
Mr. Fishburn put together a series of Advent lessons for us that are based on the book Voices of Christmas by Nikki Grimes.  Talk about these lessons each day with your kiddos and I think you'll be amazed at how well they share their faith.  By special request, here is the song we discussed today.

Spelling
I have put directions for spelling on the spelling page.  We will continue with the posted schedule every week until further notice.

Math
We are getting back to normal math homework (facts sheets and homework pages).  We will also be teaching and testing multiplication tables 6-10 from now until Christmas.  I will post the testing schedule on my Math page to cut down on confusion.  After Christmas we will go back and continue reviewing multiplication.

Science
We are starting our Weather unit.  This will take us all the way up to Christmas break.  A calendar with major due dates went home in their Science binders today.  We may add a few small/in class assignments, but the major dates are listed.   Our ending goal is to have the kids do a mini version of what this young man does in the video below.

Reading

This week we are reading the fun autobiography of author Helen Lester.  The skill to focus on is the Author's Purpose.  Here is the link to the lesson we did in class.  It may help to review this at home.  Or maybe just ask your kiddos to teach you PIE.  Teaching concepts to other people is the number one way to solidify it in your own mind.  

Author's Purpose Lesson

Important Dates

Thurs. 12/4 - Last day to bring in Kirk Care items

Fri. 12/5 - Uganda Choir MS - 9am  ELEM - 2 pm

Fri. 12/19 - Last Day of School before Christmas Break/Christmas party @ 2pm