Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: Continue to practice Advent parts
Spelling:
all: hall, ball, call, stall, wall, mall, overall, rainfall, fallen, baseball
Grammar/Phonics: Linking Verbs
Reading: We will be reading a whole class novel: The True Gift
Math: We will have a test on Wednesday, and then will do centers reviewing various concepts we've learned on Thursday and Friday
Social Studies: We will finish up our factories unit that began this week, and begin a study on Christmas traditions around the world
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Important News and Information:
-We will have our Advent service next Wednesday at 10 am and at 7pm in the church sanctuary. For the evening service, please have your child meet in the church basement at 6:45. Regular school dress in the morning, and either school dress or church clothes for the evening service.
-We are collecting small plastic canisters with lids on them for our Christmas party service project. We are also collecting new or gently used gloves/mittens for Sparrow's Nest. Please send these in with your child anytime between now and Dec. 22nd
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| We did a STEM activity: Can you clean up polluted water? |
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| cleaning up the polluted water |
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| The kids discovered, it was nearly impossible to clean the polluted water |
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| We learned how important it is to make sure we don't pollute |
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| Mrs. Helmkamp taught our class computer coding |
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| We played a matching game to practice our irregular past tense verbs |
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| We are beginning a study on factories. We did an experiment where we produced a snack mix. Some kids had to do all of the steps by themselves, other kids worked together in an assembly line. We learned that assembly lines are much more efficient! |
