Our deepest condolences, thoughts, and prayers go out to the families and children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Strawberry Secret Santas: One of the activities the students chose to do next week is known as "Secret Santa." Not all students chose to participate. Participants received their secret person today, on a blue piece of paper with details about the persons' interests and game guidelines. The basics: The 3 days of secret gift giving begin on Wednesday. The first two gifts are handmade or "token" items. The 3rd gift for Friday may be purchased and within a $5-$10 value range.
End of year Appreciation Cards due date extended to Thursday - We are encouraging the students to write about 5 a day, so they are not writing them all at the last minute. In class today we had students model appreciations, and gave examples of how they are coming up with ideas: making brainstorm lists, thinking about an activity when they were grouped with classmates etc. We will practice appreciations more next week as well.
Update:
Class Holiday Party, Friday, December 21: While we look forward to a family event later in the year, this party is for the students. Parents are not expected to attend.
Please check the Wiki for our classroom Holiday Party signups! The students will be preparing lunch and decorating cookies along with other crafts and games on Friday, 12/21. Each student is asked to contribute and item to the meal or cookie baking.
Sign ups for different items will be on the class wiki with the amounts that are needed. If there are any questions please don't hesitate to ask! **Drinks have been added to the Wiki.
Also, if you're bringing FLOUR, SUGAR, EGGS, or BUTTER, please bring to TBS no later that TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18th. We're using it to make the cookies on Thursday and want to make sure we have the ingredients on time!
Cerritoberry: We started off our morning with a lively CerritoBerry meeting continuing our word game from last week.
4th Grade Math: We are plugging away at using the long division algorithm. There are so many steps, and yes, you do them again after you subtract and bring down!
In cultural studies we reviewed the colony reading from last night and shared our answers to questions about the Intolerable Acts and the pre-revolution tensions that arose in early America. The students were then divided into five different groups and were assigned a script that exemplified one of the many conflicts colonists had with England.
Have a safe and wonderful weekend.
