It was nice to see everyone during conferences in November and spend some time looking at the progress your kids are making. I hope everyone had a good time celebrating Thanksgiving with their families. It is hard to believe we are approaching Christmas break!
In our classroom, students worked hard during November to learn our songs and parts for the Christmas County Spelling Bee. The program was a success and I think the students enjoyed it. We have some very talented students in our classroom and it is so much fun to see them growing and using the gifts and talents that God has given them.
With our Christmas party coming up, we will be drawing names this week for secret pals to exchange gifts with. This year we will be exchanging one gift on the day of our party. The price should be $5-$10. Please have students bring their gifts to exchange on the day of our party, December 20th.
What have we been doing?
- Reading: We finished reading the novel Mississippi Bridge and students completed a story mapping project. We then went on to look at six different accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Students analyzed the accounts and how they were similar and different depending on the author's perspective of the event. During the next couple of weeks before break, we will be working on stories in our reading curriculum.
- English/Writing: We finished our study of Adjectives and Adverbs. Now we are learning about Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases. We read the book The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups which tells us about the REAL reason we have rules such as "Eat your vegetables!"Students are currently working on writing reasons for their own top secret rules.
- Science: We completed a research project on Big Cats and Their Habitats. Each student chose a big cat to learn about and then created a Google Slide presentation to tell about their subject. We are still working on Life Science and looking at unique features of living things and their habitats.
- Health: During November we had Music instead of Health so that we could focus on learning our songs for the Christmas Musical. Now we will be going back to our unit on Digital Citizenship and will be learning safety with online contacts and friends. We are using resources found at Common Sense Education
Have a great week!
