Learning in a Winter Wonderland!

Learning in a Winter Wonderland!

This is our last week before our two week Christmas Break.  The students have been hard at work during indoor recess time to decorate our room.  It looks awesome!  But, never the less, we still have things that we need to learn.  

This week in Math, we will continue working with division.  This is difficult for some students, but practice makes perfect.  This week, will include division, with a zero in the quotient.  This can be a challenge for some students.  I always remind them to be patient.  After practice, the idea will come.  We will have a test on Thursday, but there will not be a review day.  We wanted to test before the break, so we will try to review as much as we can in class.  I will suggest some problems for the students who seem to struggle with the concept.  

In Social Studies, students will review again today, and test on Tuesday.  Instead of starting a new unit with only three days, we will use that time for extra Math practice, and catch up on poetry.

In English Language Arts, students will continue with their poetry work.  There are some real poets in here!  We will work on a Haiku, 5W's, and an Acrostic Alliteration.  These should all be fun!  On Thursday, students will share their poetry with one another, and their favorite poem to the class.  I will also ask them to take their books home one evening to share with you.  You will need to be a critic for them.  I would love to display these in the hall, so please be sure that they come back!

In Reading, we will finish with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever on Tuesday.  We will discuss the theme of the story and quiz over the book.  On Wednesday, we will watch the movie and do a book to movie comparison.  These are always fun!  On Thursday's PJ day, we will compare A Christmas Carol to the Jim Carey version of the movie, while we enjoy Hot Chocolate.  What a fun way to compare two very different things!  

In Spelling, we will test on Wednesday.

As a reminder, we will visit our Holiday Shopping Mart on Tuesday during Library time.  

This week, to get us into the Holiday spirit, students will have the following dress up days to participate in: Tuesday: Christmas Shirts or Sweaters with VISIBLE Holiday Socks

Wednesday: Red and White Attire (Candy Cane Day)

Thursday: PJ Day!  (We will get hot chocolate in the afternoon)

Friday: Wear Red and Green

On Thursday, students will receive their gifts from me, and I will open any gifts that I may receive. (Friday is pretty busy, and I want to make sure to give special attention to anything I may receive.)

 

On Friday, we will have our Character Assembly from 8:30- 9:30, our parties from 9:30- 10:30, and we will dismiss at noon for our Holiday Break, returning January 6.   

 

I want to wish everyone a very merry Christmas with family and friends.  I love this magical time of year!  Thank you for the opportunity to work with your child!