A few things of note to pass along. Thursday, Dec. 4 is an early closure day in case anyone wants to come in and talk to me, I will be here until about 3:00. Friday, Dec. 5 is a Professional Development Day. No school for kids but I will be working on Science units for after Christmas. On Thursday, Dec. 18, the school will be hosting individual Christmas performances in the gym. There will be one performance before lunch and one after. I don't know yet where in the order the grade 5/6s will be but as soon as I know, I will update this post. Report cards will be coming home on Dec. 12.
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Starting Mon., Nov. 24, to Dec. 11, The Me To We Students are challenging all classes to collect the following items for Men and Women: Tooth brushes, tooth paste, mitts, gloves, hats, socks and scarves. Gently used items are welcomed, but there should be no holes in whatever the students donate. The tooth brushes and tooth paste have to be new. All items collected will be donated and dropped off to the New Life Mission when the Me to We students go on their field trip Friday, December 12th.
A number of students have asked me if we can do Secret Santa. I have mixed feelings about this as I have had it be very very successful and also very very stressful. If you have an opinion, I'd like to hear it. Just drop me a line at [email protected] or write me a note in the agenda.
In math we just finished long division. Both groups are now moving on to Order of Operations. In science we are on to 'electricity' where we will stay until Christmas. For HACE we are talking about healthy living and maintaining emotional health. In L.A. we are plugging away with our novel and working on writing good sentences to put together into paragraphs. In the computer lab we have been working on a number of things but our two main staples are Typing Club ( a learn to type program) and Spelling City (each week the students get a new spelling list to work on). Soon I will also introduce Ten Marks (a math program). All of these are programs they can access from home and I encourage them to do so. Especially the spelling (and soon, the math). For Fine Arts we will be moving on to 'performance' as we practice for the 18th.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns please know you can always reach me at [email protected]. I am usually pretty quick to respond. Phone calls are harder as we don't have a dedicated phone.
I will update this post as I get more information........