December 15th

Today the class had a substitute in the morning while I was at a meeting. They went to Phy. Ed and Music and then got to watch a Holiday video.

In the afternoon we worked on a winter story and watched a video on the Pilgrims.

Homework:

ILA: Finish writing your second copy of your winter story to hand in tomorrow.

Spelling: study fun list

Social Studies: Current Events due tomorrow

Other: Bring in your $3-$5 gift by Monday

December 14th

Today we worked on some winter/Christmas stories, learned about why the Pilgrims came over to North America in 1620, and got to play in the snow a bit. Just a reminder that students can't push or shove on the snowhills. If students do not have hats, mittens, coats, snowpants, and boots they will stand on the wall during recess time.

Congrats to Kyle-he won the drawing for taking home Zurka over winter break!

Homework:

Lang. Arts: finish your 1 page winter/Christmas story rough draft for tomorrow

Math: Finish homework and remembering 3.6

Spelling: study fun list

Spanish: date corrections due tomorrow!

Other: $3-$5 gift due next Monday

December 11th

Today we made Elf Glyphs in class. Then we helped out kindergarten pals make them later in the day. We also watched part of the Disney movie Pocahontas to see if there were similarities or differences between what really happened at Jamestown and the movie.

Homework:

Spanish:
Do corrections on the dates we did in class-due Tuesday.

Other:
Zurka note due Monday
$3-$5 gift due Monday the 21st

December 10th

Today we caught up on work we missed during the snowday and finished up our Deck the Halls Projects.

Deck the Halls is tonight from 6-7:30pm. You can have pizza if you bring tickets or money. If you take any photos of deck the halls, feel free to email them to me for the yearbook and my blog!

Homework:

Math-finish homework and remembering 3.2-3.4 if you are missing any.

Other:
Popcorn money
$3-$5 gift for party
Zurka note due Monday
Band tomorrow

December 8th

Today the students finished choosing between three chapter books to read in the next few. Each student chose three books and then filled out a packet of information to find out which one was just right for them. Now we will be reading the books independently and doing a project after we are done.

Homework:

Spelling: Study

Social Studies: current events-make sure to read and understand your article before coming to school. You can't just come up front and read the article word for word-you just need to summarize what it was about. Also make sure it is a topic appropriate for school!

Math: finish Hwk and rem. 3.3 if you didn't finish it.

Other:

Buy $3-$5 gift for our holiday party
Zurka note due Monday

Mini-Sub Program on NOVA in Jan.

Yesterday in class we watched a documentary about D-Day in honor of the anniversary of D-Day on Dec. 7th. I found out that NOVA will be airing a TV show on the possibility that they found the 5th Japanese mini-sub. On the documentary we watched, they were trying to find it, but never did. I added the website to my links so you can check out the synopsis of the show. This would be an interesting show for all of the military history buffs in my class. It will air on January 5th, 2010-I am not sure what time.

December 7th

This morning there was a surprise waiting for the class-St. Nick had visited our room over the weekend! The students found the wooden shoes that they made were hidden around the room with a candy cane treat in them.

Homework:

Math: do homework and remembering 3.3 due tomorrow

Other:

$3-$5 gift for gift exchange
Zurka note-for taking her over Winter Break
Wear snowpants, winter jackets, mittens, hats, and boots starting tomorrow
Deck the Halls this Thursday