Hello Families,
We are in the thick of Holiday excitement and energy. We continue to learn and try to do our best to mix in some fun or “down” time along the way!

This week we:
*Finished up our Unit 2 in ELA on the Middle Ages-We took our end of unit assessment yesterday and today, along with their spelling tests.
*Reviewed and tested Topic 4 in math (some classes are almost done with the unit and will text next week)
*Started a new unit in science all about plant and animal adaptations -Ask your students about frog fish, sloths, and roots and branches
*Enjoyed an extra recess with Mrs. Fowler for a clean cafeteria
*Filled out a form for a new choice for Trimester 2- Ask your student about the different activities offered and which one they liked best
*Enjoyed the Teacher Spelling Bee. Ms. Kiely won!

Looking ahead:
*Festive/Holiday/Winter wear encouraged all next week-Santa hats and any other headbands are fine, but should they become a distraction I will ask the student to take it off and put it in their locker.
*Wednesday 12/18-Teacher VS Student Volleyball game during CHOICE-sneakers needed
*Thursday 12/19-Book Swap in the morning–Class Holiday Party at 1:00 (New Time!)–School Wide Sing Along at 1:45
*Friday Crafts in the morning, Movie in the afternoon-Pack a special snack for your kiddo to enjoy during the Movie

Wanted:
*It is cold outside and 30 minutes is a long time to be outside without a hat, gloves/mittens or a jacket. Please make sure your kiddo comes to school with them or has extras to keep in their locker

TALENT SHOW INFORMATION BELOW:

Hello Families,
What a wacky week we have had with the schedule, the holiday energy and fun things mixed in.

This week we:
*continued to read and learn about life in the Middle Ages. We read about a battle, which had the class all excited and interested!
*learned about the subject and predicate of a sentence
*began working with double digits in our multiplication-using area models and partial products to help us solve
*enjoyed some new fuzzy trade in coupons-ask your kiddo which ones they have earned and used so far this year
*wrapped up our first science unit on the human body
*started the next science unit on plant and animal adaptations
*had our first delayed opening and learned that there is no snack or breakfast in the schedule

Looking ahead:
*A new list of spelling words went home today-there are 15. The test is Friday, December 13
*Due to the 2 hour delay the Teacher Spelling Bee was moved to Thursday, December 12
*Next week is the spelling bee qualifying tests for the students during WING time – our class is on Tuesday, December 10. This is completely optional, but a really cool experience.
*Winter Book Swap (optional) Thursday, December 19. Wrapped books due Wednesday, December 18
*Mark your calendars for our class Winter celebration on Thursday, December 19 at 2pm. All families are invited in to enjoy some crafts, games and snacks.

Happy Weekend!

Hello Families,
Thank you SO much for the beautiful flowers and generous gift card, the beautiful Stanley tumbler in my favorite color (purple!) I appreciate your generosity and thank you all for your support so far this school year. I hope you have a lovely long weekend surrounded by people who make you smile and laugh!

Looking ahead:
-Early Release on Wed 12/4
-Student Council Movie party form due Wed 12/4
-10 spelling words test on Fri 12/6
-We will resume our math flexible groups and being Topic 4 which continues multiplication concepts

Hello Families,
We had a full week this past week. It is wild to think that next week is Thanksgiving!

This week we:
*continue to read about life in the middle ages as well as work on parts of speech and grammar
*learned about line plots-how to read them and answer questions and how to create them
*enjoyed the book fair
*enjoyed our first field trip to the Little Red Schoolhouse and earned fuzzies for such amazing behavior
*had fun in science learning about how the body systems work together to bend our fingers (ask them about the chicken foot…) as well as how the eye works(ask them about the cow eye dissection video)
*are working on cleaning up after ourselves. It takes teamwork to keep our shared space clean.

Looking ahead:
*Spelling–a 10 word list came home today (and is attached to this message) with most of our readers. The first page has the word list along with some tips on how to study at home, the backside has the definitions and there is a practice page to do at home. Our spelling test will be on Friday, Dec 6.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Hello Families,
I hope you are doing well this week. We have been busy learning all kinds of new things and having fun in the process!

This week we:
*continued to read and learn about the middle ages-lords vs serfs, castles and how to become a knight, nouns and adjectives and writing an informational paragraph
*wrapped up Topic 3 in math class-learning about partial products, the area model, distributive property and other methods to multiply larger numbers
*presented our Abenaki posters to the class-everyone did awesome! We then finished up Chapter 3 in social studies
*enjoyed a guidance lesson that focused on what conflict is and how to resolve times of conflict
*kicked off science-Human Body as a Machine

Looking ahead:
*Book fair at school-Our class goes on Tuesday, Nov 19-send in $ in a baggie labeled with your child’s name and grade OR set up their E-wallet
*Field Trip to the Little Red School House in Nashua on Thursday-We will be back for lunch, so nothing changes with planning lunch that day. Though, I do recommend providing an easy to eat on the bus snack from home. I haven’t looked at the weather yet, but it is usually chilly in the schoolhouse, so layers will be helpful
*Due to the field trip and one class and one teacher missing each day, we are not doing our flexible group math. Instead we will be learning about line plots within our homerooms
*I have noticed an increase in the amount of candy coming into school.  I just want to put that on your radar

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!