The Week of December 17th through 21st, 2018

Spelling: We will do some spelling activities with common winter and Christmas words in class.  No test to study for this week. 

Reading/ELA:

• Working on Possessive Nouns 
• Fun Christmas Riddles and Games
• Reading Passage and writing activity.
• We will finish our novel,  Mouse and the Motorcycle and enjoy watching the movie on Wednesday.  

Math:

• This week we will be continuing Topic 4:  Using Multiplication to Divide.
• Monday: 4-7  Practice Multiplication and Division Facts.
• Wednesday:  4-8  Solve Multiplication and Division Equations.
• Christmas Math activities and games.
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• What is the coldest place on Earth? 

Social Studies: 

• Christmas Traditions 

Character Education Focus:  

• Our December Character focus is on Responsibility. 

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Dec. 17th:  Lesson 4-7 Practice Multiplication and Division Facts.
• Wednesday, December 19th:  Lesson 4-8  Solve Multiplication and Division Equations

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
•  November Reading Calendars were due on December 3rd.  Please send in signed calendars as soon as possible.
• December Reading Calendars will be due January 8th, 2019.

Snow Day Information:

• In the event that school is closed for snow days exceeding 2 days, students will need to complete 4 hours to count the day as a school day.  I am sending home a snow day packet with work outlined for the four hours that would need to be separated from the packet and returned to school once school resumes.  I will send an electronic copy as well as a paper copy and will email parents to let them know when those days of school work would need to be completed.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  If we have only 1 or 2 snow days, no work from the packet would be required.  I will always email when work would be needed.  

Dates to remember:

• November Reading Calendars are due now.
• Class Christmas Party is on Thursday, December 20th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
• Christmas Vacation is December 22nd through January 7th, 2019.