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Spelling: We practiced using adjectives to describe by making “candy canes for sale” signs.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students performed their reader’s theatre plays today to practice reading with good fluency, voice and expression.

Writing: Students worked on publishing their piece of fiction, due into portfolios by Friday, December 19.

Math: None today due to a concert by the Neithercut Honors Choir.

Science: We made new magnet minibooks and brainstormed things we knew and thought we knew about magnets.

Social Studies: We made new Michigan’s Land and Water minibooks, started reading, and started an alphabet soup organizer.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 6
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 4
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 31): 0
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 3

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Friday, December 19. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• Donations for sponsored family: Thanks for helping this family have a wonderful Christmas!
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: None due to the fiesta

Spelling: None today due to library.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students read plays today to practice reading with good fluency, voice and expression, not-like-ro-bots. This involved making their voices sometimes faster, sometimes slower, sometimes louder, sometimes softer, higher or lower. The plays will be performed tomorrow. Homework is to practice their lines.

Writing: We talked about describing what characters look like to help the reader to better picture the story. Students should be editing or publishing by now. A piece of fiction is due into portfolios by this Friday, December 19.

Math: We reviewed prime numbers and fact families today.

Science: None today due to library.

Social Studies: Today was a test over government.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 31): 14
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Friday, December 19. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending. We still need a volunteer for some seasoned shredded chicken! Add your name by clicking here.
• Donations for sponsored family: Thanks for helping this family have a wonderful Christmas!
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: None due to the fiesta

Spelling: We learned that the –dge (ledge, pledge, lodge) spelling pattern usually follows short vowels, and the –ge (page, huge, stage) pattern usually follows long vowels.

Cursive: Cursive pp. 54-56 are available and due Friday.

Reading: None today due to wrapping gifts for the seven-year old boy we are sponsoring. Thanks for your generosity! We were able to wrap a full tub of presents to deliver on Thursday.

Writing: Today was a work day for students, and they should be editing by now. A piece of fiction is due into portfolios by this Friday, December 19.

Math: None today due to art.

Science: There was a science test today over light, color and shadows.

Social Studies: We reviewed for the test tomorrow over government.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 1
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week (goal: 10): 3
• Hours with no yellow magnets (record: 31): 4
• Days with no orange magnets (record: 39): 2

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet.

Notes:

• Our Mexican Fiesta party is Friday, December 19. Family members are needed to help with food preparations, set up, cleanup, and with the piñata. We also need help with food donations. Click here to see our volunteer list and add your name to the bottom if you are attending.
• Donations for sponsored family: Thanks for helping this family have a wonderful Christmas!
• View grades, assignments, attendance and even the report card at SnapGrades.
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• This week’s juice volunteers: None due to the fiesta

Due to the excessive amount of late work being produced this marking period, late work will now be accepted at 50% credit. For example, if a student earns 16 out of 20 points on a late assignment, the grade will be recorded as an 8 out of 20. Exceptions may be made for isolated cases of late work; however, this will be enforced for students who repeatedly produce late work, and especially in cases in which we have already discussed answers in class.

View the Homework Policy and the Grading Policies for more information.