Snow days are great! I hope starting the week off this way has not thrown you off for the rest of the week. We may continue to have some indoor recess days due to the very cold weather. If it warms up enough I have sleds that I like to take out on our fabulous sledding hill. Please be sure that your child has snow pants if you approve of your child sledding. It is no fun sitting in class with soaking wet pants! An extra pair of dry socks in the backpack can also go a long way towards comfort!Math - We are finishing up Unit 3 and should be taking our final test on Tuesday of next week. Your child can work on Khan Academy practicing adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators. This will help with the work that we have been doing.
Winter Survival is coming! Our Winter Survival trip is Thursday, January 12. That seems like a ways off but it is actually the Thursday that we get back from vacation. If your child will not be able to attend this trip for any reason, please let me know as soon as possible. I will be making groups and they will be deciding on what food and items to bring on the trip. If a group member plans on bringing food and then does not show up, the rest of the group will be missing out. Here is a brief description of the trip. I will be sending home a full letter next week.
The trip is designed to give students experience in working together in small groups while using nature's resources to build a fire adequate for cooking lunch. Planning, cooperation, patience, and perseverance are rewarded with good food and pride in a task (often difficult) successfully done. After lunch, if time allows, games are played which give insight into survival behaviors used by animals.
Reading - We have been working on text structure in reading classes. All students are learning about description, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare and contrast. Your child should still be reading nightly for 30 minutes. Please be sure that your child has books to read before leaving school for the break. We have plenty to choose from!
Science Fair - Science fair forms are due Friday, December 16th. I have been going over the ideas with the students to be sure that they have an experiment that is testable, measurable, and open ended. I will continue to support the students who need this in the classroom. Students should be sure to choose an experiment that they will be able to complete in time.
