Next Year

Thank you for the class gift and all the other gifts I received! I hope everyone is able to take some time off to spend with family and relax a little! Safe travels and see you next year! 

Pajama Day

Silly Class Picture

Serious Class Picture

Snowflake Craft

Curriculum 

Math- We will continue to focus on multiplication and division with Module 3. We will focus on lessons  11,12,16 and 17. We will have a quiz over lessons 8-11 on Wednesday. The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will continue discussing character traits and continue to focus on story elements. The students will have a test over character traits and story elements on Friday. We will also continue informational writing with topics the students are experts on. 

Social Studies- We will continue discussing Colonial Times in South Carolina. 

Science- We will continue discussing Rocks and Minerals. The students' Pet Rock Projects are due on January 15th. 

Congrats and Rocks

Congrats to Autumn for reaching her personal goal! Who will be next? 

Igneous Rocks

The students made igneous rocks today with ice cream and Hershey's Shell chocolate. The Hershey's Shell represented the melted rock which cooled and hardened. Igneous rocks form when lava or magma cool and harden. Hopefully this hands on activity will help the class remember how igneous rocks form. 

Congrats!

Congrats to Meredith for reaching her personal goal and ringing to the bell! Who will be next? 

Congratulations!

Congrats to Isa and Ethan F. for meeting their personal goals and ringing the school bell!!!

Next Week

Friday Folders
Your child will not have a Friday folder today. I didn't have any grades ready to go home and there is nothing from the office. 

Think Tank 
If you are interested in this week's Think Tank question: A soccer team, The Tigers, have 4 girls and 8 boys. Another soccer team, The Lions, have twice as many players as the Tigers. How many players are there in all for both teams?

Congrats to Madeleine and Chloe for meeting their personal goals and ringing the school bell! Who will be next? 

Read with the Gamecocks
These logs are due on Monday. Please make sure your child has added up all the pages before they turn it in to the media center. Thanks! 

Curriculum 

Math- We will continue to focus on multiplication and division with Module 3. We will focus on lessons 8-11. The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will focusing on making text to self, text to text and text to world connections when reading. We will also continue discussing character traits and continue to focus on story elements. We will also continue informational writing with topics the students are experts on. 

Social Studies- We will continue discussing Colonial Times in South Carolina. 

Science- We will continue discussing Rocks and Minerals. 

Geologists

The class tried to get all the "minerals" out of their "rocks" yesterday during science. I kicked off our rocks and minerals unit with this hands on activity to help the students remember that rocks are made up of one or more minerals (just like cookies are made up of one or more ingredients). 

A Look Ahead

Winter Wishes
Thanks to everyone who has sent/brought in canned goods for our service learning project!! We have collected 210 items as a class so far!! The students are SUPER excited because we are close to being the top class! The top class will receive a pizza party. Monday is the last day to donate items. I have expressed to the class that Winter Wishes is all about giving and not being first, but now that we are so close I've become a little competitive. :) 

Read with the Gamecocks
Your child still has a week to complete their reading log. It is due on December 17th. Students will receive a ticket to a men's and women's basketball game in January, if they participate. 


Dictionaries
The students received their own personal dictionary from the Spring Valley Rotary Club today. They were excited about their gift. 

Curriculum 

Math- We will continue to focus on multiplication and division with Module 3. We will focus on lessons 7-10. The students will have a quiz on lessons 1-7 on Thursday.The students are using the website below in class that can help them with their subtraction, addition, multiplication and division fluency. If they have time at home they can practice as well. 

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts- We will focus on making text to self, text to text and text to world connections when reading. We will start discussing character traits and continue to focus on story elements. We will also continue informational writing. 

Social Studies- We will continue discussing Colonial Times in South Carolina. 

Science- We will start Rocks and Minerals. Thank you to everyone who donated items for our hands on science activities coming up in class!! 

USC Tall Teacher Celebration