December 2009

Happy Holidays!

Now we begin the whirlwind month of December....Let the fun begin.

In English, we have been working on publishing a poetry book complete with illustrations. The process has been slow and tedious. Unfortunately, I do not have extra pages in case a mistake is made. We are doing our best by using white out and being a bit creative fixing mistakes. However, it is teaching the students to focus in on writing without mistakes!

In Spelling, the paragraph test still continues to be on Friday. This is harder for the students, but again it makes the students think about punctuation marks.

In Math, we are starting division. We will start off with simple division and go to division with remainders. Later in the month, we will learn how to measure angles.

In Science, we are learning about natural disasters on earth.

In Social Studies, we will learn about the Spanish in Arizona, more specifically Francisco De Coronado, the Spanish explorer.

In my Reading class we are learning about similes, metaphors, idioms and personification. Please remember, all students have a password for ticket to read and should be using this reading program at home. We do use this once a week in my class at the computer lab.


Students:
1. What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
2. How many degrees is a right angle?
3. What is a tsunami?

Important dates to remember:

December 4.............................Book Report due
December 4.............................Night of Lights
December 11............................Pajama Day
December 15............................Graham Cracker House Day (parents are welcome to join...it all begins at 10:00AM!)
December 17............................Last day of school for students 2009
January 4..............................School begins 2010.

Have a safe and joyous holiday. Thank you for all your help and support. Mrs. Wilson