I can’t believe it’s already December and time for our Winter Break.
~Monday, the Cadet Band and choir will be performing at 1:15 in the gym. You are invited to attend!
~Thursday, is our last Jr. Achievement session with Mr. and Ms. Paleka. The students will be performing the commercials they have created.
~Thursday is our BOWLING FIELD TRIP. Money can be brought to use for snacks and drinks.
~Friday is our Pizza lunch and Prairieview trip to the Tivoli Theater to see Polar Express.
HERE’S WHAT WE’LL BE UP TO IN OUR CLASSROOM:
Spelling = Lesson 16 and “word of the week” Test on Thursday this week!
English = Unit 3 Verbs and we will finish this unit after the winter break.
Present and Past Tense of verbs are the lessons for this week.
Reading = SCOOPer reading……the children should have 1 book read and activity completed before our holiday break unless the book being read is a thick one!!
Also, a book and activity should be completed during the holiday break.
Book Clubs = The last book club reading assignment and group meeting is Tuesday, 12-18.
The children will be receiving grades for each of the three book club discussion sheets and a participation grade.
Social Studies = Chapter 8 Lesson 1 We will be learning about events that led up to the American Revolution. We are doing an interactive role playing activity "The King's Gold" which will demonstrate how unfair taxing was at the time....NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!
Science = Flight and Rocketry – We had a blast launching our rockets!!
After break, we will be doing a final assessment which is not a traditional test, but instead an application of the concepts learned in this unit.
Miscellaneous: We also will be doing some holiday related activities throughout the week.
Math: Chapter 5 test on Monday. Calculators will be allowed for checking long division and for doing the averaging problems.
Happy Holidays!!
Until next year….
Until next year….
MissTrefonas
