This
week: In Literacy, we read a
nonfiction piece called “Words Add Up to Success.” This is a true story about an inner city
school teacher, Jaime Escalante, who motivated his students to do great
things. His story was turned into a
movie, Stand and Deliver. We
focused on distinguishing between fact and opinion. In math we continued to focus on
division. I am happy to say that
everyone seems to be catching on! In
Social Studies, we learned about quilt codes and how they helped slaves along
the Underground Railroad. Each student
was able to make a quilt square the will be part of a class paper quilt. Look for pictures coming soon to our class
blog!
Next
Week: We will not have a
literacy story. Instead we will be doing
a mini-unit on Christmas around the World.
Students will be learning about different countries’ Christmas customs
and traditions. In math, we will be
taking our Unit 2 test. While this means
we will be moving on to equivalent fractions after the break, we won’t be
abandoning multiplication and division.
On Friday we will have our holiday breakfast and book exchange. On Friday afternoon we will watch The
Polar Express and have cookies and hot chocolate.
Important
Dates Coming Up:
December 18: Book order
due…please make checks payable to Scholastic Book Club or myself
December 20: Holiday
Party
December 23-January 1:
Christmas Break
Don’t
Forget: to practice
multiplication facts, read 20 minutes, and complete homework!
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