Nov
Week 14
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Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and some enjoyable time off!
We had a nice past week with our little reset right before the Thanksgiving break. We enjoyed some group cooperative games/activities together, went over expectations again, and worked on our work cycle. It was nice to have that right before break. We still continued with cultural lessons in the afternoon to keep those lessons going. We introduced some silent reading time and 3 activities to do at afternoon circle, and the day’s circle challenge. Each day there will be a note on the morning board that states what the day’s circle challenge will be. This past week we had challenges such as sit by boy/girl, shirt color, and if you could choose questions. It helped mix our circle seating and put a little fun into the day. Also, we introduced having an afternoon circle leader who will choose between a song, book, or game to do before we begin the afternoon part of our day. They all really enjoyed that!
Book Reports were due Friday and we got through 6 of them on Friday. We will do more projects when the kids get back from Music and PE on Monday afternoon and finish up with everyone’s this week.
Blue Reading Folder– Reminder to have those kiddos who take home a reading folder to have their homework in by tomorrow so I can hand out new hw sheets. On Mondays when I give them their new hw sheets I leave them to be picked up on our black table outside our classroom. If your child forgets to pick his or hers up or was absent, the folder will be right there.
December Holiday Feast!- Our classroom does a Holiday luncheon every year. This year our luncheon will be December 14th. It will begin at 12pm. Parents and siblings welcome to come! A sign up sheet for food to be brought will go out this week. We’ll have each grade make something for the feast. 1st graders will make a soup, 2nd graders will make a bread, and 3rd graders will make a dessert. If you would like to help out with cooking, we will be making these dishes the 13th and 14th. 1st and 3rd graders will get theres ready on the 13th and 2nd graders will make theres the morning of the 14th.
International Festival is December’s Home Project!- Every year, our school celebrates different cultures and facts about other countries and continents in the month of December. On December 20th will be the lower elementary date. Upper elementary goes first on the morning of December 19th. They start at 9am and go until 11am. Some junior high will also present that day. December 20th in the afternoon will our time to present. We usually begin around 12:30 and go until 2:30, but I’ll make sure those times are confirmed for this year. Projects will be on either the continents of Australia or Antarctica.
Expectations for Lower Elementary International Festival
- Choose to present a point of interest from the continent of either Australia/Oceania or Antarctica
- Have a visual presentation (trifold board, diorama, puppet show, etc.) Get creative!
- Must have topic’s name displayed and be easy to see
- Must have flag displayed
- Must have a map displayed and geographical area highlighted that topic lives or comes from. (examples: If the topic is koalas, then the map will display where in Australia koala’s live. If researching Tasmania, then Tasmania will be highlighted on the map.) We are wanting students to know where they are talking about.
- Have at least 10 facts displayed about their interest and know them in case questions are asked.
- Be able to give an oral presentation about their project.
- Food is allowed, but not required for project.
- Project is DUE December 20th. Families welcome to come and see!
*Please let me know if your child needs support in getting their project completed (email me). We can have your child work on it in class.
Up next for snack: Jaxston
Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
Cheers!
Ms. K