Week of December 9th - December 13th

Another week has flown by us. We have 2 weeks left before we are on our winter break. The kids have been working hard and I want them to finish December strong. We worked in small math groups on using tape diagrams and will be working on main idea and details. This week, we have Diamond Del. This is our in-house field trip on mining and stones. It goes with our unit on rocks. I am also looking for 2 parent volunteers if possible from 1:45-2:15. This will be to help Diamond Del with the sales. If you are able to help, please send me an email. Students are allowed to bring a few dollars to purchase items at the end of the presentation. 

This week, Mr. Williams, our principal came in and taught a class on the & Mindsets and AVID. Within the last 2 weeks, he has done this with every 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade class in the building. He really enjoyed and was enthusiastic when presenting. He was probably having flashbacks to when he had his own class.

We are, also, working on our 1st service learning project. It is with the organization, Sistercare. Items we are collecting are school supplies, board games, wash cloths, bath towel, and paper towels. You are welcome to send in any of these items at anytime before the holiday break. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Mr. Williams 

In our reading story, Dear Juno, we read about persimmon. Ava just happened to bring some to lunch and made a great connection!

Reading

Continue main idea/details, character trait, theme, inferences

"Dear Juno" test on Thursday, December 12th

Math

Lessons 12-14 (rounding)

Quiz on Friday, December 13th

Begin Topic C

Topic D Newsletter

Science

Diamond Del-Tuesday, December 10th

Soil and rocks

Social Studies

Explorer Box-It is in their social studies notebook
Explorers test - Wednesday, December 11th

Begin colonization

GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

If you're looking for something to put you in the holiday spirit, come an watch the 2 Claras. I shared this with some of my students and they wanted me to share it with you. We were comparing it to The Nutcracker and this is where my daughter dances. The ticket link is: 2 Claras Ticket Link.

Week of Dec. 2nd - Dec. 6th

Welcome Back

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break!!  We are back to finish up the next three weeks and then we will be on break again. I like to play holiday music and work on different activities associated with the holidays. Please send me an email if this may cause problems for your little hero, so that I can find other activities to do.

Reading

Dear Juno story
Theme
Connections
Main Idea
Context Clues

Test on the story Dear Juno on Friday, June 6th
Dear Juno Activities
Dear Juno Quizlet

Math

Module 2, Lessons 9-13

Quiz on lessons 9-11 on Thursday, December 5th
Module 2, Topic C, lessons 12-14 Newsletter

For Social Studies and Science Study help, please refer to the previous blogs.

Science 

Water Habitats

Begin unit on soil

Social Studies 

Explorers
Explorers Box-it

Test on Tuesday, December 10th