Over the break....

Continue to read each night with your student, practice multiplication facts, review time and elapsed time. Relax!


When you get back from break be ready to start elapsed time, visualizing as a reading strategy, review writing a summary, finish solar system and move on to Canada (Social Studies).

ENJOY!!

OUR HOLIDAY PARTY AND OUR SURPRISE!

Lots of goodies to munch on!!!

We are all into Polar Express!! That was playing on TV!!!

OUR SURPRISE from Ms. McLaughlin!!!!!!

CRISSY the HAMSTER!!!

She's Hiding! We love her!

WE ATE AAAALLLLL OF THE FOOOODDD!!! YUM!!

On to making some crafts!

Ornaments!

CHRISTMAS CARDS!

Reading!

This week in room 401...

This week in MATH we are focusing on TIME to the hour, half hour, quarter hour and minute!
Reading: TEXT STRUCTURE: organization of an article or story such as sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast etc.
Science: Solar System: Moon and Constellations
Writing: Writing a fantasy story

Please continue to read each night with your student  and make sure homework is being completed and turned in EVERY FRIDAY.
Math sheets are sent home Monday in a little packet. Students are expected to do one sheet a night, but if they choose to do more that is OK!
Homework this week:
M: math sheet, write spelling words 3x, science project
T: math sheet, use spelling words in sentences, science project
W: math sheet, practice spelling test, science project
Spelling words: based on 3rd grade spelling bee list
camping
summer
phone
main
seven
mice
super
join
happen
cents
OFF DUTY Thursday and Friday!

Our Holiday Party is this Thursday December 16, 2010. Please feel free to come join us for snacks, music and crafts!

Parents: CONFERENCES will be coming up mid-January...please expect a call from me :-)

It's almost time for the HOLIDAYS!!!

This week was our first week with Ms. McLaughlin. We had a fun-filled week. Wednesday, we went to Old Salem for the Candle Tea. It was soo cold! We were all freezing. We got to see the bakery, the Single Sister's House Museum  and lots of cool buildings in Old Salem. It was neat to see how they made candles out of beeswax! Oh yea, we also got to taste some yummy Moravian cookies!


In Math this week we started working on temperature and measurement. In Science, we are still working on the Solar System and we hope to finish our mobiles next week. We wrote some amazing folk tales this week and read a wonderful folktale about a hare and bear.  


Next week is a busy week as we are getting closer to winter break!
We will begin telling time in math and will work on text structure in reading.


Thursday December 16, is our HOLIDAY party! We will eat yummy snacks and enjoy making crafts.


Parents, please continue to read with your child each night at home and start working on telling time! As always review of multiplication is always a BIG help!


Thanks!!