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Puzzle Perseverance

We started a 550 piece puzzle on Friday. We worked on the puzzle Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Everyone in the class worked on it but by bit. 

The Breakfast Club

We had an awesome morning! We went to the 4/5 grade concert. We came back to our room and played the grab bag game. And then we feasted on cinnamon rolls, fruit salad, and juice. What a great pajama day!

Pajama Day

Monday, December 21 is our class pajama day!  Wear your favorite comfy cozy pjs to school.  We will enjoy breakfast together.

Peek at the Week of December 21-23

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, December 21	B Day Art & Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Write a thank you note to your grab bag person
Tuesday, December 22	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  No written homework—an early present!
Wednesday, December 23	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Have a great break!

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Claire! 

PAJAMA BREAKFAST PARTY

Monday morning is our class holiday breakfast party at 10am.  Listed below is the food assignment:

            Faherty:  16 cinnamon rolls

            Chandler:  fruit salad

            Miranda:  juice, cups, napkins, plate, forks (for 16)

Thank you for supplying the goodies for our party!

Students can wear their pajamas to school.  Please wear regular shoes/sneakers for the bus and recess.

We will do our grab bag at this party.  Each child will come home with a gift.  Monday night’s homework will be to write a thank you letter to the person whose gift they picked. 

SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY

Wednesday, December 23 is a school spirit day.  Students are encouraged to wear any fun & festive outfits they may have.  This can be Santa hats, antler headbands, etc.  We will be attending a school wide singalong Wednesday morning.

Mystery Reader

RC was so happy to see his mom in our classroom today!

Cookie Day

Our classroom was like a bakery today. We celebrated the season by sharing some treats!

Mystery Reader

TB was happy to discover her mom was out most recent mystery reader!

Peek at the Week of December 14-18

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, December 14	C Day Gym	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, December 15	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Cookie Time Graph
Wednesday, December 16	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Make Cookies!
Thursday, December 17	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing:  Holiday Memories
Friday December 18	A Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Elizabeth! 

COOKIE EXCHANGE

Our cookie exchange will take place this Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in our classroom.  Each child should bring in 16 cookies (no nuts, please!) to be shared with classmates.  Parents are welcome to come and help assemble the cookie trays. 

Thank you in advance to the following families for their donations:

            Hegarty:  16 coffee cups with lids & napkins

            Miranda:  box of hot chocolate

            Frawley:  16 candy canes

            Choudhri:  mini-marshmallows

            DeRiso:  2 cans whipped cream

GRAB BAG

Our class grab bag will take place next Monday (12/21), but I’d like the gifts to be in this week so that I can get everything set up for a smooth Monday morning. 

UPCOMING DATES

*December 21: Class Pajama Breakfast Party

*December 23:  School Spirit Day—wear your most festive clothes/accessories

*January 4: Back to School!

Lab Workers

We will soon be finishing our Writing Like a Scientist unit. It's been fun doing and writing about our experiments. 

Peek at the Week of December 7-11

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, December 7	D Day Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, December 8	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Wreath Word Problem
Wednesday, December 9	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Pick 1 Winter Story Starter
Thursday, December 10	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  Mitten Lost & Found
Friday December 11	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Finn! 

REPORT CARDS

Please sign and return the white envelope.  The envelope gets reused during the second and third marking period.

ACADEMIC UPDATE

*Writing Workshop:  We are finishing up our lab reports for “Writing Like a Scientist”.  We will spend some time this month working on some seasonal/holiday topics.

*Reading Workshop:  We continue to read non-fiction books and share the interesting facts we learned from reading.  We will also make time for some holiday reading too!

UPCOMING DATES

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due (gifts can be sent in before this date too…they decorate our room!)

*December 17: Cookie Exchange (bring in 16 cookies)

*December 21: Class Pajama Breakfast Party

*December 23:  School Spirit Day—wear your most festive clothes/accessories

*January 4: Back to School!

November Pep Rally

Congratulations to our November Students of the Month!

Peek at the Week November 30-December 4

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 30	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, December 1	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:
Wednesday, December 2	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday, December 3	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:
Friday December 4	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Weekend!

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Peyton!

CONFERENCE WEEK

Tuesday through Friday will follow an early dismissal schedule to allow time for conferences.

PROGRESS REPORTS

Progress reports (aka report cards) were sent home last Wednesday.  Please sign and return the white envelope.  You can keep the actual report.

UPCOMING DATES

*December 1-4: Conference Days/Early Dismissal

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due (these can be sent in earlier)

*December 17: Cookie Exchange Party

*December 21: Pajama Breakfast Party

*December 23: School Spirit Day: Festive Attire (Santa hats, antler headbands, etc)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cat in the Hat

We had a great time on our trip to see "The Cat in the Hat"! Thank you to our wonderful chaperones. 

Penny Polishing

We rubbed pennies with water, lemon juice, and then salt with lemons to see what would happen.

Cranberry & Pumpkin Tasting

We celebrated the fall season with a little party. We sampled pumpkin seeds, pie, and bread. We also had cranberry juice, sauce, and craisins.  It was delicious!