Week of 12/7-12/11

Odds and Ends

*Thank you: It was great to meet with everyone during parent teacher conferences this week! I look forward to a great winter and spring with your children!

*Thank you to Miss Millbrandt for a wonderful few months together and a fabulous job of student teaching! We had a wonderful surprise party for her on Thurs. and celebrated together as she begins her next journey.
Thank you to all of the families who made the day possible!
Thank you to Mrs. Peloso, Mrs. Williams,
Mrs. Hougaard, and Mrs. Burisek for attending the party.
Thank you to all of the families who provided good food, supplies, and games for the party.
We will miss Miss Millbrandt very much!

*Volunteers Needed: I am looking for parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles, friends who would like to come into the classroom to work with the students as we read and write. I am looking for volunteers Monday-Friday from 2:00-2:20. I would be interested in contacting a senior citizen group, church group, or any interested friends or family to work with us in the classroom. Please email me if you are interested or have any contact information for people or groups that may be interested. Thank you!

*Service Project: Listed below are all of the wonderful gifts we received for our adopted family. If you happen to be holiday shopping this weekend and can donate a gift for the family, it is greatly appreciated. All gifts are due to school by Tuesday 12/8. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Thank you to those of you who have already donated!!!!

4 year old boy:
puzzle
book
pencil
crayons
coloring books
Mr. Potato Head
electronic dog
Candyland

11 year old girl:
craft kit
lip gloss
2 bracelets
scrapbook kit
notebook
pajama bottoms
socks

Mom:
candle
bracelet

Grandma:
picture frame
bag

Dad:
pajama bottoms

Family:
Gift card to Ultra Foods
Yahtzee Game

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK :

*Mon. 12/7: Jr. Achievement Day 2

*Tues. 12/8: Science: Chap 1o Space Test
Service Project Gifts are Due

*Thurs. 12/10: Jr. Achievement Day 3
Math: Math Graded Checkpoint on Money

*Fri. 12/11: Reading: The Mysterious Giant of Barletta Vocab quiz
Spelling: List 14 test
Math: 5's and 10's multiplication timed test

*Mon. 12/14: Book Order Due

WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK

*Reading: We will begin a new strategy focus: making connections. We will use Tomie dePaola's story The Mysterious Giant of Barletta to introduce this strategy. We will explore many more of his books. A vocab. list will be sent home early in the week and the quiz will be on Friday.

*English: We will continue to work on verbs. We will also begin introducing the 6 traits of writing.

*Spelling: We will be on list 14 this week: irregular words past tense. We will have a test on Friday, 12/11.

*Science: We are finishing up our space chapter. We will play a review game on Monday. The final test will be on Tuesday. The next unit....weather!

*Social Studies: We will begin our the next unit: Chapter 3: People move from place to place.

*Math: We will continue to work on money this week, focusing on counting change (The Olsen Classroom Store will be open on Monday to work on this skills!) and adding and subtracting money. We will take a chapter checkpoint on money on Thurs. We will then begin time. We will also work on 5's and 10's times tables: both will be tested on on Friday.

Thank you for checking out my blog this week. Enjoy your long weekend!
Mrs. Olsen