December 2 - 6

Hello!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.  I am truly thankful for your kids as they brighten my day with their smiles, comments, and hugs.  They are definitely 22 of my many blessings that I am incredibly thankful to have with me every day.  :)   It sure was a beautiful, long holiday weekend! Now it is time to re-focus and get some serious work done before the next holiday! We have a lot of learning planned for the next 3 weeks.

I apologize for not publishing my blog for the last week and a half in November. When I logged in today, I noticed it was still in the draft status and not published. I am very sorry! Hopefully THIS week's blog will be useful to you as last week's was not since it wasn't visible!

Upcoming reminders:
We will have a CLASS spelling bee on Thursday, December 5.  A practice list is being sent home today in Monday Folders. 
Thurs., Dec. 19th--End of the 2nd Quarter
Class Winter Party-- begins at 3:00
Fri., Dec. 20th- Mon., Jan. 6th-- NO SCHOOL--Winter Break
Tues., Jan. 7th-- School resumes

This week:
Math- Our math focus this week will be on learning division facts.  Please practice ALL facts at home.  The kids are having to retest their addition and subtraction facts for the report card this quarter.  Next quarter we will need to time multiplication facts as well. 

Reading- We are continuing our novel, Totally Disgusting, by  Bill Wallace. This is a fun story about a dog and a cat.  The kids have been enjoying it!

Social Studies- The students will be introduced to Economics. They will learn about needs, wants, goods, services, scarcity and distribution.

Spelling and Vocabulary- There will be a new list in your child's Monday folder tonight. The list will be words related to Economics. The final test will be on Dec. 13.  The kids can hop on over to spelling city to practice their words here:  http://www.spellingcity.com/kmargheim/
They can practice the meanings here:  http://www.classtools.net/mob/quiz_11/Economics_VocabSpelling_Test_on_Dec13_stQpO.htm

Writing- We are going to begin brainstorming ways we have been "good" this year and will use this list to persuade Santa to put us on his good list and take us off of his naughty list.  We will also do some sensory writing with the Christmas holiday. 

Have a super week!