Week of December 15-19

And our Leader of the Week is…

 Kahelu

 Kahelu was chosen as our leader of the week for his awesome attitude and his constant perseverance!  He has been particularly positive, upbeat, and extremely hard working this whole week!  He also regularly uses the habit of putting first things first to complete assignments both in and out of class!

Good afternoon, parents!  We have a fun and festive week ahead full of both learning and holiday activities!  Please read below to see what’s coming up!

 

Festive Sweater/Shirt Day

The staff will be having a festive sweater day on Tuesday to celebrate the season.  If your child has a fun holiday shirt he/she would like to wear, please encourage them to join in the fun on Tuesday.

 

PJ Day

Next Thursday will be our school-wide pajama day!  Send your child to school in his/her most comfortable pair of pajamas!

 Holiday Party

Our class holiday party will take place on Friday from 9:00am-10:00am!  Please be sure to send your child with a special snack and drink to enjoy during the party.  Feel free to come along yourself and join in the fun!  Parents are welcome!

 

Husky Helping House

Thank you so much for your many donations!  Our child is going to have a wonderful Christmas!

 Sing-a-Long

Every year we have a special sing-a-long for students and staff.  Please send your child to school with a pair of sunglasses and a scarf. These are props we will be using for our 5^th grade performance of “Feliz Navidad.”  I will try to get some good pictures to share on our blog!

 

Our Learning Plan for the Week:

Math:  During math next week, we will be doing a holiday shopping spree!  Each child will get a pretend budget of $150 and they will each choose a Secret Santa to buy a pretend gift and create a card for.  The cards will be given at our holiday party.

 

Social Studies:  We will begin learning about the tensions leading up to the Revolutionary War and the kids will have the opportunity to experience some of them as I become “king” during social studies next week.

 

Word Study:  We will wrap our our study of plural nouns and focus on verb tense.

Reading:  We will finish our literature circle books and discussions.

Writing:  Our goal is publish our feature articles by Thursday and hopefully to share them with a couple of 3^rd grade classes so they too can learn about important Renaissance thinkers.

Week of December 8-12

Our newest Leader of the Week is…

Peyton!!!

Peyton was selected at the leader of the week for several reasons.  He has been working so hard in his literature circle group to “begin with the end in mind” so he could finish all of his responsibilities on time.  During a free moment during class, you can find Peyton reading diligently.  He also has a great sense of humor!  He helps the class to synergize by bringing everyone together through laughter.  Way to go, Peyton!!

I am so proud of your kids!!!  They have been doing a wonderful job with their literature circle books in class and literally everyone seems excited about what they're reading!  Win!  Watching my students get excited about what they read is such a pleasure! :o)

Upcoming Tests

Social studies test over Colonial Williamsburg on Friday, 12/12 (Students may begin taking the tutorial Wednesday night.)

Math test over division of whole numbers & decimals on Friday, 12/12  (A study guide will come home Wednesday evening.)

Lit Circles & Edmodo

Unfortunately, some of the kiddos have told me about some difficulties with Edmodo deleting their reflections.  I have a solution to this that I think will help a lot.  Please have your child write his/her reflection in Microsoft Word (or using the notepad on a tablet) and then copy the response into Edmodo to turn it in.  This way their work will be saved and if Edmodo won't let them submit for some reason, they can just print and turn it in to me.  I hope this helps. 

Husky Helping House

Please remember that all donations to the Husky Helping House are due no later than Thursday, December 9th.

Book Fair

Our book fair shopping day will be this coming Wednesday, December 10.  I apologize for any confusion as I had initially sent out the wrong date.

Donuts with Santa

I hope to see many of you at Donuts with Santa tomorrow!  It will take place from 9am-noon.

Here's what we're learning this week:

Habit 3:  Put first things first!

Math:  We'll finish up our unit on division of whole numbers & decimals and we will learn what to do with remainders in real life situations.

Social Studies:  What was life like in colonial Williamsburg?

Reading:  Literature circles will continue and we will also learn how to compare and contrast story elements.

Writing:  We will begin drafting feature articles about Renaissance people which we'll be sharing with 3rd grade the following week.

Word Study:  We will continue to practice the pluralization rules.

Like mike

Below you will see us painting pictures upside down to see what it was like painting like Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel

Week of December 1-5

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I want you to know how very grateful I am that I get to work with your sweet kiddos every day!  They truly light up my days and they are the reason I love my job so much!  Many thanks to you parents, as well, for your support as well in helping them to succeed!

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Book Fair
It's book fair time again!  If your child would like to purchase anything from the book fair, we will be shopping on Wednesday morning.


Donuts with Santa
Our annual Donuts with Santa event is this Saturday from 9am-noon!  Bring your family to enjoy donuts, crafts, a visit with Santa, and even a little shopping at the book fair!
 
Husky Helping House
Many thanks to those who've signed up to purchase items for our Husky Helping House child!  If you were assigned a Husky Helping House item, please be sure to send it to school no later than December 9th!


Food Drive
Our Harmony food drive is still going on!  If you have any non-perishable items you'd like to send in, please do so by this Friday.  Thank you!
 
Here's what we're learning next week:
Habit 2:  Begin with the end in mind.
Math: In math, we will continue learning about division including dividing with 2-digit divisors and dividing decimals!
Science: This week we will begin a new science unit on water and weather.  We'll be learning about Earth's water supply, the make up of the atmosphere, convection currents, and the affects of air pressure and air masses.
Word Study: This week's focus will be on the pluralization rules.
Reading:  During reading this week, we'll begin literature circles.  Each child has been assigned a Battle of the Books novel to read for their literature circle.  They are welcome to read this at home as well as at school, but they need to bring the book to school every day.
Writing:  Over the last couple of weeks, we've been immersed in a study of Renaissance thinkers.  This week, your child will select a Renaissance person and begin gathering research on this person for a feature article.