39- Weekly Updates (December 3-9, 2019)

Dear Parents, We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements: Thousand Pines Outdoor Science School Information SIGN UP! Woodbury Permission Slip Due Thurs, Dec 12 Initial Donation of $100 due Thurs, Dec 12 Thousand Pines Registration Form Due Fri, Jan 17 Balance Due Fri, Jan 17 Secret Pal Permission Slip (Sign by Wed, Dec 11) Secret Pal Week is Dec 16-20 with special lunch on Fri, Dec 20 Science Textbook Phase 2 Parent Survey Reader’s Workshop We will shift our focus to narrative nonfiction (biographies) next week. We will visit the library again and study the ways nonfiction teaches us about characters. Writer’s Workshop The kids will finish up the powerful personal narrative they have been working on turn it in. They will start a new powerful personal narrative that will be due on Thurs, Dec 19. Math Math Answers and Help Here We will be finishing up our unit on Dividing Fractions with fractions in geometric situations. We will review this unit on Thursday and have an end of unit test on Fri, Dec 13. History We will continue the study of the ancient Israelites that started yesterday and we will work on our chicken mummies. We will have a test on the Israelites on Thurs, Dec 18. Science Information on new textbook We will finish up our study of the different body systems in anticipation of a final assessment on Wed, Dec 17. Thank you, Mr. Gray