Holiday Service Project Update: Our class was able to provide at least 10 gifts for each member of our adopted family, as well as, a few gifts for the family. I thank you all for making the holiday season a bit merrier for this struggling family. We also had a large box of donations for the shelter. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! ****
Weekly Reminders:
*No spelling unit this week.
*Winter concert for students on Monday at 1:15.
*Home Run Inn P.T.O. Fundraisers days on Monday and Tuesday, from noon-10:00 p.m. Click here to print out a flyer. http://www.ccsd66.org/PDF/HRI_Voucher.pdf
*Bowling field trip Tuesday afternoon.
*Southeast map test on Thursday. Students should know the location and spelling of all 12 states. Capitals will be extra credit (1/4 point per correct capital).
*Tivoli field trip on Friday.
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Plan Ahead:
*Winter Break - Weeks of December 22 and 29.
*School Resumes on Monday, January 5.
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Classroom Happenings:
Science - We are going to begin our unit on Life Science this week. Our focus will be on comparing plant and animal cells.
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Social Studies - The children will become southeast farmers. They will need to choose a crop to grow, research the crop's growing needs, and find out what products are made using these crops. Some of this research will need to be done at home.
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Accelerated Math - We will continue learning about algebra. The children will need to review the class notes each day. On Thursday, we will have an open notes checkpoint review.
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Spelling - We are taking this week off from spelling due to afternoon field trips that interfer with our Language Arts block. Enjoy!
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English - We will continue our unit on verbs. This unit will continue after winter break. After I plan for the weeks after break, I will let you know an approximate test date.
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Reading - The children did such a wonderful job on our readers' theater of A Christmas Carol. This week we will continue working on our figurative language projects. The children are exploring alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, and idioms. We may have to finish these projects after winter break.
Figurative Language Games:
