Progress reports went home on Friday.
Don't forget that our Holiday Celebration will be on Wednesday, December 23rd
in the afternoon. We will start the celebration after the students return from
recess at 12:40. If you are bringing in food or can help set up, I will be
ready to set up anytime after 12:20. I could use a few extra hands to run hot
glue guns for the crafts I have planned. Also, I am looking for some extra
newspaper to be brought in to wrap some of the items in order to ensure they
make it home in one piece. So if you have extra newspapers you haven't
recycled yet, send them in.
As you all saw in the notices on Thursday, they are starting the "Theme
Baskets" early this year. Our basket theme is "International Foods." You can
send in items at anytime. I am still looking for a basket, so if someone has a
nice basket to donate, let me know.
The social studies project is being completed piece by piece. The maps were
wonderful, and will serve as the pages of our foldable books. The trading
cards also came out great, and we will be typing the backside shortly after we
return from the holiday break. The last insert to be completed before the
holiday break will be the finding and implication booklet.
We have moved on from classification into our ecology unit. This unit will
teach the students about ecological succession, food chains and food webs, and
will culminate with a PowerPoint presentation on a biome.
Thanks so much for all your support at home!
Happy Holidays,
~Mrs. Elliott~
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Report cards went home on Friday, November 13th. Be sure to sign your child's
envelope to be returned back to me as soon as possible.
We will be choosing our explorers on Tuesday 11/17 for our explorer unit. Look
for rubrics in your child's binder.
Don't forget about the canned food drive being held through December 4th!
~Mrs. Elliott
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Hard to believe that quarter one is coming to a close, but here it is! Grades
close this Friday, November 6th. Report cards will go home on Friday, November
13th.
We have finished our cell unit and have moved into classification. Students
will be learning the classification categories, as well as how to identify
characteristic of an animal. This unit will bring us into our ecology unit in
December.
We will be beginning our explorer unit 11/16. This is our first big project
with research requirements. Each student will choose an explorer to research.
Using reference materials and the web, students will gather information about
the explorer to complete a foldable booklet. Look for rubrics in your child's
binder after November 16th.
~Mrs. Elliott
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