UPDATE. I forgot to mention that Friday is an early closure day...Kids are dismissed at 12:30......
Another reminder that our class (and Mrs. Trestain's) are performing a reader's theatre (with a couple of songs thrown in) on Dec. 9 between recess and lunch. Our best time guess is that we will be ready to go by 10:45 and it will only take about 15 minutes. Hopefully lots of you can grab an hour off of work (an early lunch???) and swing on by. We have lots of practices this week and for the few days next week that we can.
The students have been asking me if we can do 'Secret Santa'. What this means is we draw names, everyone who wishes to participate must bring a wrapped gift (in an effort to keep the cost down we suggest no more then $10) by the last Wednesday (December 14). The gifts are anonymous until they are opened (and even then the 'buyer' has the option to never reveal that it was them). All gift tags should be written by a parent (or by me), gifts are snuck in to me and I place them under our admittedly pitiful tree (it is about 2 feet high but the spirit is there). I will wait a few days to hear feedback from you and then let the kids know whether it is a go or not. (e-mail is at the bottom)
In Science we are going to be wrapping up Electricity by the Christmas break. There will be a test that last week and the students have been taking notes on exactly what will be on it. In Math we are doing some work with 'regrouping' having just finished our unit on beginning algebra. For L.A. we have finished our novel, the test is Monday (Nov. 28) and the kids have already done a pre-test using our 'clickers' on the SMARTboard. I sent them all home with their Moses, Me and Murder books to look over. Because we have an early start to the break (Dec. 16 is the Friday that it starts) we will be starting to do more winter/Christmas activities over the next week or two in most subject areas. Definitely a whole lot of Fine Arts time as we prepare for the performance and we'll try to put up an art project or two.
Monday, November 28 - P.E., Christmas practice 8:45 (dancers)
Tuesday, November 29 - Christmas practice 1:45 (readers)
Wednesday, November 30 - Christmas practice 8:45 (dancers)
Thursday, December 1 - P.E., Christmas practice 1:45 (readers)
Friday, December 2 - Library, Christmas practice 11:00 (dancers), early closure day
NO SCHOOL MONDAY AS IT IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
Next week our practices will be with everyone Tues, Wed, Thurs, right after recess in the gym since the stage will be set up. There is no P.E. at all next week as the gym is closed.
As always, you can reach me at [email protected]