Newsletter December 5 - 9

Hi parents! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Thank you so much for all your help with Friday's tea party! The students learned a lot and tried some new things. This has been such a great unit. I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing my love for Shakespeare with the students. They have been so enthusiastic this unit.

News to Know

• Luke Weathersby is this week's snack helper. Lola will be next week's helper.
• Family tree projects are due on Tuesday. Please refer to the assignment sheet for instructions.
• Students will need a mirror for Wednesday's center activity.
• We will begin our Secret Santa project on Monday, December 12. Remember, presents are not to be expensive: candy or small toys are perfect.

Language Arts

We will finish reading The Shakespeare Stealer this week and take a test on Friday. We will continue discussing verbs and have a grammar test on Friday. We will also continue working on our object descriptions.

Math

We will finish the Topic 7 test on Monday (the students are almost finished). We will then begin Topic 8: Division. This topic focuses on using multiplication / division fact families to figure out answers to division problems. This is a short topic and we will try to wrap it up before Christmas break.

Conceptual

We will finish the Shakespeare unit this week. We will present our family trees on Tuesday. We will discuss the mystery over Shakespeare's identity, Queen Elizabeth, and the use of sound effects during performances. We will have the Hamlet performance on Thursday and A Midsummer Night's Dream on Friday.

Science

We will continue our experiments with weathering and erosion.