Week of December 5

Important Dates:
Thursday, December 8 - 3-5 grades Christmas Program (see last week's blog for details)
Friday, December 9 Lower School read for 2012 seconds
Monday, December 5 - Tuesday, December 13 - Lower School Shoebox Drive (see below for details)
Friday, December 16 - Ice skating, movie, Christmas party

Homework:
Monday: Spelling words 3 times, Spelling worksheet, Read
Tuesday: Guide words, Read
Wednesday: Spelling sentences, Read
Thursday: Study for spelling, Read
Friday: Enjoy time with family & friends

Class news:

Reading - We are reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The story is filled with the wonderful Herdman family that provides wonderful characters and a lot of laughs. 

Math - the next couple of weeks we will focus on the concept of multiplication by playing games.  At the same time we will focus on word problems and all the different ways to solve them.

Science - We have finished the moon phases section of our Space unit and are having fun with the constellations. We will begin studying the planets this week. We will not have the final test for this unit until after the holidays.

Social Studies - every third grader has received their Christmas Crisscross paper.  This was explained in last week's blog.  Each third grader will complete at least three Christmas activities with a wide variety of choices.  All students will complete the middle square which is researching another country's Christmas customs.  We want most of the work to be completed at school but some minor things like research on the Internet, or gathering supplies can be completed at home.  We are NOT expecting everything to be done at home. They are welcome to bring their supplies and work on projects here as well. We can supply large white paper for posters as well as construction paper.


Other News:

• On December 13,14,15  third graders will be participating in a Secret Santa activity in our classrooms. Please have your child bring 3 small gifts, one for each day for this special activity.  The TOTAL cost of all three gifts should not exceed more than $5.00.Names will be drawn this week and will be kept a secret until the final day on Thursday, December 15.  Girls will draw from girls’ names and boys will draw from boys’ names.

• Shoebox Christmas - Please see the page on the blog about the Lower School service project.  Ms. Beilharz's class is to bring a bar of soap, and Mrs. Barber's class is to bring travel size mouthwash or travel size tissue. 
• Don't forget family Christmas ornament for the Christmas tree on the second floor.  If you need more details,please look at last week's blog.

• We can't wait to see all the musical performances during chapel the next two weeks.  If your child hasn't signed up yet,please encourage them to sign up with Mrs. Watt.  Remember - we would love to see you at chapel when your child is performing or anytime.  For more details, please see last week's blog. 

Spelling Words: 


1. could
2. laugh
3. real
4.clothes
5. Wednesday
6. chocolate
7. upon
8. every
9.before
10.cousin
11. dinosaur
12. special
13. being
14. caterpillar


Challenge Words:


1. scissors
2. barbecue
3. somersault
4. cupboard


Super Challenge Words:


1. celestial
2. Galileo
3. asteroid
4. misconception
5. resource