Covered Wagon, problem based learning...

Ask your child to tell you about our "Pack Your Wagon" project. Here they are measuring out their wagons for their journey west...

Updates

Friday Folders and choice cards went home today.  Please check them carefully, and remember to return them Monday 12/2.  Reading Logs are also due Monday.  There is a VERY important letter in each Friday Folder regarding their UGA scored papers. Their scores for fourth and fifth grade are listed on this letter along with the scoring rubric.  Please go over this carefully with your child.

Grades are being posted often.  If you see an NTI with a zero value, that means Not Turned In.  In most cases this is because your child failed to put their name on their paper.  My "No Name" clip is full of papers.  If your child has an NTI, please remind them to check the clip.

Gingerbread activity:  Please have your child bring one large grocery store paper bag to school with them on Monday 12/2.  We will be making large gingerbread men with them.  Some children are coming home with a green slip asking for special supply donations.  Please ask your child if they have a GREEN slip asking for a donation.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.  I am so thankful for all your support, and  I am thankful I get to spend my days with such wonderful children. Enjoy your holiday!

Holiday Heads-Up!

We'll be having a Secret Santa Stocking Stuffer the week of December 16.  To participate, your child will need to bring a stocking with their name on it no later than Friday, December 13.  In addition, the children will be assigned a day to be "Secret Santa" and we are asking that on their day each child fill the stockings of each person in our class (25) with some sort of trinket - erasers, gel pens, notepads, etc. The children will get to take their stocking full of goodies home with them on Friday, December 20.  I will send more information after Thanksgiving, but wanted to mention it early so you could begin planning!

SS Updates

Invention Flip Books are due Tuesday, December 3.

Chapter test 3 and 4 is on Thursday, December 5. 

Updates

Grammar HW: page 43
Social Studies: Lesson 1

Every student will need one large paper grocery store bag on Monday, December 2.  If you have any buttons laying around the house we would love for you to send those.  Any amount or any kind would be appreciated.  Just send them in a ziploc bag.  Thank you so much!

Having a little fun with a "close" read!

New SS group sequencing events!