WEEKLY LETTER, WK 45

Hello Again!

Welcome back, after a nice and needed Autumn Break...


Let's jump right in...

HOMEWORK

• Keeping up with the Weekly Reading Logs?

• MATH PACKET homework is having a little change: I will be giving math on Tuesdays, due the following Tuesday, mainly because I am off on Fridays, and if the kids/you have any HW questions, there needs to be time to ask...

• However... this week, MATH PACKETS will be given on WEDNESDAY, due the following WEDNESDAY! I didn't have time to go over it in class today...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We are FINALLY having the conference call with our Brazilain sister school... Monday the 14th at 14:00...

                                    -The only and earliest time we can do it is 14:00, because of the time difference. They are not in school until 14:00 our time...

-We have "Skype" installed on our school computers, which we will use for the call...

-I hope it is OK that your child stay after school a bit to take part in this GREAT opportunity

-They MAY miss regular "mellis" at school, so if need be, I will inform you as to whether or not to provide a quick snack for your child

• I have posted our NEW UNITS (LPPS) that we will be covering this and next term under the LPP page...

• We must say goodbye to Lotten, a great teacher and big help for 3E, but we have a solid replacement for her up until Christmas (and a permanent replacement afterwhich), so Reading Groups will continue

OUR CLASS

MATH:

• A "double-whammy" over the next 6 weeks: the subtraction I spoke of in an earlier post (and you can see the new LPP page) , and a unit on "volume" (see LPP page)

READING/WRITING:

• Reading Groups continue every Monday and Thursday
• Grammar Practice (we still must review common mistakes: where vs. were; there vs. their, etc), Puncuation/Capitalization went very smoothly; moving on to plural/singular with verb agreement, and verb recognition/tense
• Free Writing every Monday
• Writng Workshop: "A Scary Story": brainstorming about character, setting, description, plotline (events, beginning/middle or climax/end)... making a story outline... writing the ending FIRST... and following straight through to the end.

SCIENCE (NO):

We've begun a great hands-on science course involving an intro to basic physics and chemistry, called "Fast eller Flytande". See the LPP page.

SOCIAL STUDIES (SO):

Finishing our "Treasure Hunt", in which the kids make their own maps and find a hidden treasure!

OK, thanks for reading...

ANDY