Meet Your Teacher at the Movies!!

Hello kids and parents!  I was going to send a flyer home before break inviting the kids to meet me at Tinseltown to see the new "Yogi Bear" movie.  Unfortunately, due to all the snow and ice, I was unable to do that. 

If your child would like to meet me at the movies, Mrs. Thornton and I (...and Mr. Whitley and Corbin) will be at Tinseltown on Tuesday, December 21st at 4:30.  We will be seeing the 5:05 showing of "Yogi Bear."  Students from both of our classes are invited to join us, but they must have an adult chaperone to stay with them and to provide their movie ticket and snacks.  The chaperone can be a big brother/sister who can drive or your child can come with a friend as long as an adult is responsible for them and stays with them the whole time.  I know this is late notice, but if you think you can come I hope to see you there!  Please RSVP to me by e-mailing me at jennifer.whitley@oldham.kyschools.us no later than Monday afternoon, so I can know who to expect.  If I don't see you, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

*Movies over Winter Break sometimes sell out which is why we picked a late afternoon show and why we plan to meet 35 minutes before it starts.  Even so, you might consider getting your tickets online or early if you happen to be in the Springhurst area.  Looking forward to our movie date!

*This is not an official field trip and your child is not required to attend.  It is simply meant to be a fun outing.  :o)

Week of December 13-17

Happy Holidays!  It's going to be a fun last week before Winter Break!  Please read the following important notes about some things that may be confusing this week.

 

Important Notes:

We are having a used book exchange at our holiday party on Friday.  If your child would like to participate, he/she needs to bring in a wrapped used book to give to another student.  I'd also like the kids to write a few sentences to place inside the cover telling why they chose this particular book for the exchange.

 

Please send in a scarf and a pair of sunglasses for your child to wear to our Holiday Sing-a-Long tomorrow afternoon.  We will be singing "Feliz Navidad" as a class and we do a dance to it that requires a scarf and a pair of sunglasses.

 

We are also doing a Math Shopping Spree in class where the kids select a Secret Santa to shop for.  This is all pretend...no real money will be spent.  The kids are simply shopping in catalogs and cutting out what they would buy to paste onto a collage and a holiday card for their Secret Santa.

Here is what's coming up in class this week...

Upcoming Tests:

• Facts Tests
• Social Studies Test over chapter 10 (Tensions Leading to the Revolutionary War) on Friday

Math:  How do I calculate tax, percent, and total cost when completing the math shopping spree?

Reading:  How do I effectively complete a reading open response?

Social Studies:  What tensions lead to the Revolutionary War?

Writing:  How do writers narrate as a purpose for on-demand writing?

Week of December 6-10

Welcome to a new week!  I am looking forward to returning to school now that my family and I are finally feeling better!  I hope everyone enjoyed the field trips and I'm sorry I missed them.  Please remember, if you signed up for Girls' Night Out at the Harmony Harvest we are rescheduling for this Friday, December 10th.  Please plan to stay after school with me that day until 4:00pm for pizza, nails, and other fun girl stuff!

Reminders:

If you signed up to buy an item for our Husky-Helping House child, please send that item in by Monday, December 13 so the kids can wrap the gifts to be sent off later next week.  :o)

Here is what's coming up in class this week...

Upcoming Tests:

• Facts Tests
• Social Studies Test over Williamsburg on Wednesday
• Math Test over Fractions, Decimals and Percents on Thursday
• Word Study Quiz over prefixes un, mis, and im on Friday

Math:  How do I convert fractions and decimals to percents?  How do I read bar graphs and circle graphs to understand data?

We will be wrapping up our current math unit this week.  As always, the kids may take home one of the purple math books I have if needed, but the math notebook should also have everything they need to help complete assignments.

Reading:  What are literary devices and how they used in reading?

This week we will begin to examine literary devices and how they are used to make reading more interesting.

Social Studies:  What was life like in colonial Williamsburg?

Our test over colonial Williamsburg will be Wednesday, followed by a new social studies unit over the growing tensions between Britain and the colonies.  During this unit the students will have the opportunity to explore life as a colonist in the years prior to the Revolutionary War, so that they may understand why the colonists finally decided to declare their independence.

Word Study:  Why do we use the prefixes un, mis, and im?

Writing:  How do writers narrate as a purpose for on-demand writing?

This week the kids will have the opportunity to send their completed narrative articles to Kentuckiana Kids newspaper for a possibility of publication.  We will also begin learning how to respond to on-demand prompts that ask writers to narrate as a purpose.