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Updates Room 205

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a happy and restful Thanksgiving break.

We have three short weeks before our next holiday break. In between all the excitement that happens prior to our break, we have a lot of learning going on. Below is an update on happenings in our classroom and Georgetown Elementary.

Miscellaneous:

December 4-18: Annual Fifth Grade Candy Cane Sale. Cost $1.00 per candy cane.

December 12: Holiday Program. Click here for details.

December 13: Early Release-12:15 student dismissal

December 16-20: PTC Holiday Shop, we will shop on Monday, December 16.

December 19- Polar Express Third Grade Holiday Party from 9:00-10:30. Details coming & volunteer sign up on December 10.

December 16-20: Spirit Days

  • Monday: Green and Red Day
  • Tuesday: Holiday Hat Day
  • Wednesday: Scarf or Socks Day
  • Thursday: Pajama Day!
  • Friday: Holiday Sweater Day

Word Study: We are in our 10th week of word study. Not only have we been studying spelling features we have woven in study of prefixes and suffixes, root words, & grammar.

Writing: We are wrapping up our Persuasive Writing and will be launching our Informational Writing focusing on our personal expertise.

Math: Unit #3, Measurement, Time and Graphs

Reading: Mysteries have been so much fun to investigate and read. Our next reading unit is Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures. We will begin this unit before our holiday break and revisit it when we return before moving on to the next unit of study.

Social Studies: We are well into our unit of Geography of Michigan

 

Updates from Room 205!


Miscellaneous:

  • November 15, Early Release Friday, dismissal @ 12:15
  • November 18 & 20, Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • November 18-21, Book Fair (you are welcome to shop and purchase anytime this week) Our class will view the Book Fair on November 18 and we have scheduled a time to purchase on Wednesday, 11/20
  • November 26, Field Trip to the Grand Rapid Art Museum. Permission slips are due  TOMORROW, Monday, November 11. Field Trip Permission Slip
  • November 27- December 1, Thanksgiving Break
  • December 12, Holiday Music Program (details coming)
  • December 13, Early Release Friday, dismissal @ 12:1December 16-20, PTC                                      Holiday Store

Homework: Continue to read 100 minutes/week, and 5 minutes of MobyMax fact fluency Monday through Thursday.

Reading- We are in the middle of our second unit, Mysteries: Foundational Skills in Disguise. The kids are LOVING it! 🙂

Math-We will finish up Unit #2: Multiplication with 6, 7, and 8’s and Multiply with Multiples of 10. A test review went home last Thursday and the test will be Tuesday this week. We will begin Unit #3: Measurement, Time & Graphs this week.

Word Study: We are in our 6th week of studying words. I am excited to see the growth the kids have made in this first marking period.

Writing: We are at the beginning of our writing unit of Persuasive Writing. This week the kids will be expanding the planning of their piece of writing.

Social Studies: Geography of Michigan