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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

 

Polar Express Party

We will be having our annual Polar Express Party on Thursday, December 20 from 9:00 – 10:30am.  We need donations and volunteers to make this fun event happen.  Click on the Polar Express picture to donate items and volunteer to help with a game or craft.  Please send all donated items to school by Wednesday, December 19.  If you are volunteering to be at the party, please come at 8:30am that day to get directions for your game or craft.

 

 

What is Coming Up!-Week of 12/11

Miscellaneous-

  • Fifth-grade classes will sell candy canes to help raise money for their end of year activities. The cost for each candy cane is $1.00 and they will be delivered the same day they are ordered. Sale ends December 15th.
  • December 14, Holiday Program at Fair Haven Church. Ask your child if they are in the “happy/love winter” group for one song. If they are they should bring a hat, earmuffs, head warmer or scarves with them to the holiday program that night.  They will use them during the performance and bring them home after the program.

Our performance will be at 7:30. Click here for Holiday Program Details

  • School Wide Pajama Day on Friday, December 15.
  • Our classroom holiday party will be on Thursday, Dec. 21. from 9:15-10:30.
  • Classroom Gift Exchange-For our gift exchange, we would like each child to bring in a small treat for each child in their class. Some ideas might be a pencil, candy cane, eraser, or other small items. Please make sure the item is wrapped, if it is food. We also would like each child to bring in a box wrapped in wrapping paper. The box needs to be able to be opened without unwrapping it. So, either wrap the lid separately or choose a box with flaps that can open and close. The kids will be putting the items they brought to share in each other’s boxes. We have 26 students in our class.

Writing- Drafting our Person Expertise nonfiction writing.

Reading- Informational Reading.

Spelling- Week #15; This week’s study feature is Long A Vowel.  (a_e, ai, and ay)

Math- Unit #3- We are wrapping up our third unit by focusing on Time and Graphs. Remember have your child practice Moby Max Fact Fluency for 5 minutes Monday-Thursday!

Social Studies- The Early History of Michigan 

Polar Express Holiday Party

All aboard the 3rd grade Polar Express! Our party will be from 9:15-10:30 am on Thursday, December 21st.  If you are interested in helping run a center on the day of the party or are willing to donate items, please click on the Polar Express picture below (for the Signup link, enter your email, and click next). We will be decorating cookies and drinking hot chocolate at the party.  We are planning crafts, games, and snacks related to the Polar Express theme and will be combining all of the 3rd-grade classes.

Also for a gift exchange, we would like each child to bring in a small item for each child in their class. We have 26 students in our class this year. Some ideas are pencils, treats, erasers, or small party items from the store. We would also like each child to bring in a box wrapped in wrapping paper. The box needs to be opened without unwrapping it (so either wrap the lid separately or choose a box with flaps that can open and close). The kids will be putting the items they brought to share in each other’s boxes. The children may start bringing them in as soon as you would like to send them. Make sure your child’s box is here on Monday, December 18th.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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