Peregrine Press
January 4-8
Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Out and About (Chemistry Experiment)
Wednesday: Art and PE
Thursday: Music
Friday: Fitness Friday/Running Club
I hope that everyone had a restful and fun winter vacation. That one day of snow was pretty exciting! I am sorry for not writing this last night. I got a little out of the routine and remembered to write the newsletter once I had already gotten in to bed. Needless to say I figured you all wouldn't be too upset if you got this a day late.
This coming week and month we will be trying to get back to our usual schedule. The new unit we will be starting is on chemical and physical changes. This will be a three week, very hands on unit that I am sure will please at least MOST of the class. We will also be starting some essay writing to practice writing in the different genres. This is in part preparation for the 4th graders State Writing Test in February, but also just a necessary component of school. All students will write, write, write! The essay writing will take about 1 month and each week students will be choosing a different writing prompt to respond to. This will all happen in class so don't worry about homework unless I speak to you directly. (I may address 4th grade families separately if I feel the need for extra support from home in preparation for the test.) In the coming weeks I will also be conducting some reading assessments for students that had specific fluency goals. I will be working on report cards the final weeks of January so it is important that I get a few specific assessments completed.
We will also be participating in a Geography Bee. This is not required of students, but it is pretty fun. The top two students from each class will compete in front of the whole school in a few weeks. The winner of that will take a written test to hopefully pass and go on to the state level of the competition.
**Just a reminder that homework comes home on Monday and is returned on Friday unless otherwise specified (for example if it came from the different math teacher it may be due the next day). Remember that ALL students are to complete at least the log that shares what kinds of things they did during the week.
**Please don't send your children with lots of candy. I am fine with a cookie or fruit snacks after they finish their lunch, but if students try and sneak candy from Christmas in before lunch I will have to ban candy from the classroom.
**Please email me if you ever have any questions or concerns.
**As I continue in my pregnancy it is becoming more and more real that I will not be here for much longer which makes me very sad. (Although I can't be happier about becoming a mom!) Many of these students feel like my kids because I have known so many of them for so long now! I am trying to get everything in order for when I leave but please excuse me if I forget something every now and then. My plan is to work through the first week of March, but you never know when the baby will decide to come!
No School Monday January 18th for Martin Luther King Day
No School Friday January 29th for Report Card Prep
January 4-8
Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Out and About (Chemistry Experiment)
Wednesday: Art and PE
Thursday: Music
Friday: Fitness Friday/Running Club
I hope that everyone had a restful and fun winter vacation. That one day of snow was pretty exciting! I am sorry for not writing this last night. I got a little out of the routine and remembered to write the newsletter once I had already gotten in to bed. Needless to say I figured you all wouldn't be too upset if you got this a day late.
This coming week and month we will be trying to get back to our usual schedule. The new unit we will be starting is on chemical and physical changes. This will be a three week, very hands on unit that I am sure will please at least MOST of the class. We will also be starting some essay writing to practice writing in the different genres. This is in part preparation for the 4th graders State Writing Test in February, but also just a necessary component of school. All students will write, write, write! The essay writing will take about 1 month and each week students will be choosing a different writing prompt to respond to. This will all happen in class so don't worry about homework unless I speak to you directly. (I may address 4th grade families separately if I feel the need for extra support from home in preparation for the test.) In the coming weeks I will also be conducting some reading assessments for students that had specific fluency goals. I will be working on report cards the final weeks of January so it is important that I get a few specific assessments completed.
We will also be participating in a Geography Bee. This is not required of students, but it is pretty fun. The top two students from each class will compete in front of the whole school in a few weeks. The winner of that will take a written test to hopefully pass and go on to the state level of the competition.
**Just a reminder that homework comes home on Monday and is returned on Friday unless otherwise specified (for example if it came from the different math teacher it may be due the next day). Remember that ALL students are to complete at least the log that shares what kinds of things they did during the week.
**Please don't send your children with lots of candy. I am fine with a cookie or fruit snacks after they finish their lunch, but if students try and sneak candy from Christmas in before lunch I will have to ban candy from the classroom.
**Please email me if you ever have any questions or concerns.
**As I continue in my pregnancy it is becoming more and more real that I will not be here for much longer which makes me very sad. (Although I can't be happier about becoming a mom!) Many of these students feel like my kids because I have known so many of them for so long now! I am trying to get everything in order for when I leave but please excuse me if I forget something every now and then. My plan is to work through the first week of March, but you never know when the baby will decide to come!
No School Monday January 18th for Martin Luther King Day
No School Friday January 29th for Report Card Prep
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