As Thanksgiving approaches, I have much to be
thankful for. The incredible students
that are so eager to share their learning, the support of parents for all of
our adventures, a team that meets every day and puts the kids first, and a
school where we feel like a family.
Thank you for everything that you do for me and for us.
Special Notes –
* We finally have another
challenge today, the spaghetti and marshmallow tower challenge. Teams were selected by me and I will take
pictures throughout.
* The students are creating mitten
holiday cards to send around the world.
We have 29 cards we have to make and send to other classrooms before
December 7th.
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We have our flipstick Olympics coming up on Monday. I cannot wait to see which teams succeed.
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Conferences continue next week, please remember to bring your child with
you.
* I encourage students to bring in
their swimming gear before on Monday since their first time is Tuesday. They will be gone from WM from 9:30 to 11 AM.
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The book fair is next week; students may bring money and shop during
lunch.
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Congratulations to our quiz bowl competitors: Rose, Alex, Zach and
Syd. They will compete on the 20th.
* Thea thinks Santa is coming
every day and is waiting eagerly for the snow to come since that means her
birthday is next. With the recent snow
fall we have had one disappointed little girl when the next day is not her
birthday (she is a New Year’s Eve baby).
* I have some dates for you to put on your calendars: Swimming is November 19th, 21st, 25th,
and December 2nd and 4th, No school (Happy Thanksgiving) November 27th,
28th, and 29th, Winter Tea Wednesday, December
4th at 11:35 AM, and winter break is from December 21st through
January 1st.
Math – We are working our
way through unit 4 with the test now on Tuesday, November 26th. This unit is all about division and those
math facts are important. The next unit
is my favorite topic; fractions!
Social Studies – The students have been busy in the explorer
simulation. Several students have died
in the simulation from dysentery and typhoid.
We have also found a great way to get background knowledge by weaving
social studies into our reading time, since we are studying non-fiction
texts. This way we can reserve our
actual social studies time for hands-on explorations.
Writing – Writing has been focused
on taking our facts and making them into blurbs this week as we get one step
closer to our completed nonfiction picture books. I love seeing how much thought the students
are putting into their audience and whether a 1st grader will really
like their book or not.
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