Friday, December 9, 2011

Weekly Update

December 14th
Christmas Lunch 12:15-12:50

December 15th
Winter Musical 6:00p.m.

December 16th
Snack Break

December 20th
Holiday Party 1:45p.m.

     SCIENCE FAIR
Thank you to all the students for all their hard work with the science fair. Congratulations to Holden Cornett, Jackson Emerson, and Ethan Jenkins for placing in the science fair. Everyone did a great!
WINTER MUSICAL
The winter musical is Thursday, December 15th at 6:00p.m.  Students need to be at school at 5:45. The students are asked to wear winter clothing such as mittens, scarves, coats, and hats.
HOLIDAY PARTY
Our Holiday party will be Tuesday, December 20th at 1:45p.m. Boys will need to bring boy gifts and girls will bring girl gifts. Please spend $5.00 on the gift.
Spelling Words
    1. pennies          11. prettily
    2.  cozily             12. happiest
    3.  lazier             13. emptier
    4.  replied          14. sorriest
    5.  worried          15. families
    6.  marries          16. merrier
    7.  carries           17. dizziest
    8.  easily            18. funnier
    9.  silliest  19. jumpier
    10. cries             20. varied

     Subject Areas
Reading:  students have until December 20th to meet their AR goal.   Congratulations to the following students who have already made their goal; Holden, Ethan J, Kirsten, Hannah, Sarah, Sophie, Chaney, Brooklyn, Noah, and Kendall.
Math: Students will be coming home with the Chapter 3 Test today over Multiplication and Division.  While some of the scores were very good, there were still several students that did not score as well.  As we have stated at the beginning of the year, this new math program is much more challenging than what the students are used to doing.  Instead of just computing problems for a math test, students are now being asked higher level thinking questions in which they have to apply what they have learned.  Many of the problems on the test require several steps before getting the "final" answer.  If a mistake is made in any of the previous steps, the final answer will not be correct.  We spent several days working on the test, discussing the test, and correcting missed questions on the test.  Please take time to look at the test and discuss it with your child.  Take time to practice and review the missed concepts.  We will continue to practice them as well.
A shorter study guide for December vocabulary words was sent home in Friday folders today.  We will have an assessment over the December words (many of which are review words) next Thursday, Dec. 15th.  Students will also be asked to identify the 3-dimensional shapes that we have been studying this month.  Thank you, in advance, for helping your child study!

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