It is hard to believe we are only 2 weeks away from winter break! There will be no school from December 19th until January 3rd. School resumes January 4th.
Spirit Week – we will be having a Spirit Week December 14-18. This will include Dress Like Your Favorite Character, Green and Red/Holiday Sweater, Hat Day, Crazy Hair Day and Pajama Day.
Virtual Assembly – We will have a Virtual Assembly with Bicycle Tricks Virtual Assembly about Resilience on Wednesday, December 14th
Pajama Donation – each year we do a Pajama drive for the needy with our Girl Scout troop. We will have a drive through donation on Friday, December 18th.
Holiday Gifts– The teachers have holiday presents for their students. There will be a drive through holiday gifts pick up on Friday 12/18 in the afternoon. (more details to come)
December Photo Challenge – Check out our December Photo challenge. Help your student add pictures of the suggested things and activities. We have some cute photos already there to see. It is in the This Week’s Work folder.
Curriculum and Tests this week –
Language Arts – we are studying the Government for People. Students are writing an informational essay about a topic of their choice in Government. We will have a Unit 3 Week 2 test on Friday. There will be a study guide on Thursday.
Math – We are in Unit 3 Multiplication and Division, please make sure they are practicing the multiplication math facts everyday. These should be memorized in 3rd grade. We will have the Unit 3 Mid-Module Assessment on Friday. There will be a practice test on Thursday, this gives them 10 changes and the answers, please make sure they understand the answers so they are ready for the test Friday.
Science – Supplies needed – We are studying plants right now. This week we will be doing an experiment with pollination of a flower. You should have picked up a packet of supplies needed for this experiment from school. If you have not picked up the supplies yet, please call the school to make sure the box of supplies is still outside. We will do the experiment of Tuesday. Student will also need a small amount of two powders that are different colors but not white (for example cinnamon and ground coffee). See supply list in the packet for other supplies needed. We will have a quiz on pollination on Thursday.
Social studies – we have started studying the History of Michigan. We will be talking about Native Americans this week. This subject is completely asynchronous, so please remind your student to do their social studies every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon.
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