Dear Parents and Students,

 

We have started unit 5 in both math groups, and in Mrs. Drake’s class this deals with expressing big numbers using exponents, computation, and estimation. We are going to try to finish unit 5 before we break for the holidays, so that we can start a new unit when we return in January.

 

We have been focusing on learning about all kinds of poetry; both in writing and reading, and now we will begin to write our own poetry. We plan to have a poetry “tea” to celebrate our writings at the end of December. Look for a flyer announcing an exact date and time to come in about a week.

 

We will be moving back into the study of the regions of the U.S. now that we have finished our study of rocks and minerals. We will look at the Midwest this month and complete that section by the end of December as well. 

 

There is so much going on this month, that I am not asking the students to prepare a book report, but they should still be reading every night for 20 minutes. They may read whatever they would like, but it should be a chapter book, please.

 

Here are the important dates for this month. I wish you all a very happy holiday season, and a happy new year as well!

 

Sincerely,

Marlene Drake

 

December 3^rd – Late Start at 11:03

December 8^th – Book Fair Starts

December 10^th – Book Fair Night 6 – 8:00 p.m.

December 19^th – No School, Teacher In-service Day

January 5^th – School resumes