Announcements:
Boxcar Holiday Party: Next Wednesday, December 21 we will celebrate the end of the semester with a fun Boxcar themed party! Please sign up here if you'd like to donate anything to our celebration.
Boxcar Project: The Boxcar Project is due Monday! Students are coming home with their books today, as well as a brainstorm list we made in class in their planners! Below are some idea's to gently guide your students towards if they are struggling, as well as some pictures from previous years projects.
Items inside the boxcar:
Beds made of pine needles
Table
Table cloth
Broom
Cup (pink for Benny)
Forks
Shelf
Dog
Outside the boxcar (can still be included in the project for points towards the 5 items)
Stump
River
Clothes line
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Here are some cute snaps of our learning last week:
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Working on memorizing their stanza from The Night Before Christmas
  
P.E. is the BEST!
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Here is a look at next week:
Language Arts: This week in language arts students will write a letter to a secret student! Your child will come home with a letter on Friday to work on over the weekend, they will be exchanging letters with their secret student on December 21! We will also continue to diagram and label parts of speech in sentences, and master our editing skills by finding mistakes in sentences. Students will practice reading a story with inflection and expression this week too!
Math: We will work hard in math this week to master our 3's times table. We will also dive into division facts and talk about fact families! A car trip is a great time to give your child a math problem (5x2) and ask them not only for the answer but for the fact family it belongs with (2x5, 10÷5, 10÷2)!
History: Students will experience the birth of Democracy in the heart of Ancient Greece, Athens! They will also learn the connection between the goddess Athena and the great city. Ask your scholar to explain the premise of the Trojan War as well as compare the lifestyles of ancient Greeks to our own!
Science: It is our last week learning about insects before we move on to our next unit: simple machines! We will meet an entomologist who will teach us about how insects can be friends or foes. On Monday a study guide will be sent home with your scholar. Please read and review it all week so they are ready for their test on Thursday. We will also be reviewing in class! Happy studying!
