December 1-5

In my humble opinion....one of the best Christmas movies ever. 

Merry Christmas Families,

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving break filled with family, fun, and turkey! Our Christmas Break is right around the corner, only three weeks of school until then! This upcoming week we will be taking our second official Galileo test. We have been focusing on the Science standards in class. I hope the kids feel confident. I am confident in them and their abilities. Please help your child be ready to focus for this test by getting a good nights sleep and eating a healthy breakfast. We will be reviewing Monday and taking the test Tuesday-Thursday. I am hoping we finish Pollyanna our Core Knowledge Literature book this week. If so then we can watch Pollyanna and compare the book and the movie for the last part of the day on Friday as a reward for testing. 

Galileo will be taking a lot of my class time this week because of this we will not have spelling homework or a test. I will also be testing each child's reading abilities one on one for the next few weeks. You will see the results of these tests with the next report card your child receives.

I love to incorporate academics and holiday fun at this time of year. I will need some donations to do this. If you are a soda drinker like me and frequent QT I need 24 large dome shaped lids. (The ones they use for slurpees) If you could grab a few when you go in and send them in to me that would be AWESOME. I like to use these for a writing project this time of year! THANK YOU! Here is a list of donations our class needs. If you could send them in this week by Friday that would be WONDERFUL!

Science:
THESE BOTH NEED TO BE Original BUBBLE GUM FLAVOR***
Bubble Yum- Sugar free gum 24 pieces AND Bubble Yum regular gum 24 pieces
- 2 boxes of Gobstoppers
1 pkg. Reeses, M&M's, Kit Kat

Writing:
Slurpee dome lids - 24 large

Reading:
Various candies for gingerbread house decorating ex. red-hots, m&m's, peppermints..etc
5 tubs vanilla frosting

General: Clorox Wipes

Healthy Note:
There have been some REALLY bad germs going around, we will be cloroxing the room at least twice a week to keep these germs at bay.


Reminder: The holiday market is two weeks away. Please make sure your student has their goods to sell! :)

Have a wonderful week! We will be working hard in class.

Love,

Ms. T

November 17-21

Dear Treasures,

I just want all of you to know...children and parents how thankful I am for YOU! I love being a teacher at ALA Gilbert. I truly believe it is the best school filled with the best students, parents, teachers, and staff. It is a wonderful thing to love your job. Thank you for being involved and supporting your students and ME! I know I can always count on you for help in the classroom and sending in donations. It means a lot to have parents invested in their child's education. I love coming to school each day and seeing all of my cute students happy and ready to learn. I love them so much! 

With that said...we have a lot of kids absent :( It is cold and flu season. I am doing my best to keep germs at bay sanitizing the classroom and washing hands. If your child has a fever please keep them home. It is much better for them to get rest. 

This year we are switching it up a bit in 4th grade and having a Pilgrim Pie Party! Please bring in a pie of your choice, ready to serve. (If you could cut the pie slices into it that would be SUPER helpful..then we can just serve the pie.) Any pie is perfect! We will be having our pie party with the other fourth grade classes just like the Pilgrims and Indians all brought food to share with each other on Thanksgiving. I will be sending a sign up via Volunteer Spot for plates, napkins, utensils, water bottles, parent helpers and pies! All are invited to celebrate with us. 

We're using VolunteerSpot (the leading online signup and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming activity.

Please sign up for Pilgrim Pie Party!

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps: 
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/y8xqeL
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot)
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

Spelling Words:

1. statement
2. state
3. perhaps
4. their
5. they
6. imprison
7. written
8. writ
9. arrange
10. ankle
11. appears
12. bracelet
13. brace
14. breathe
15. breath
16. calm
17. circus
18. consented
19. continued
20. continue
21. dangerous
22. debt
23. dried
24. dry
25. exhaust
26. exercise
27. explosion
28. grammar
29. Indian

FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS DUE! Friday we will be taking a walking science field trip to the park. We will be observing plant and animal life.

November 10-14

Happy Veterans Day! 

Veteran's Day is Tuesday, November 11th. Remember there is No School that day! Enjoy! 

Monday, November 10th we will be celebrating Veterans at our school. A lunch for all first responders and Veterans will be held from 12:00-2:00. Every student is welcome to attend the special lunch with the Veteran or first responder they invite. We will have a special program that day for the students and visitors. All boy scouts are invited to wear their uniforms Monday. 

Thank you to all who serve our country!

No School- Tuesday November 11th

Progress Reports will be sent home Monday, November 11th. Please sign and return the reports Wednesday. This will be a leadership grade to have the reports returned on time.

Thanksgiving Break- November 26-28

Class Thanksgiving Feast Tuesday, November 25. Look for a sign up email coming soon!

Spelling List (Short because of Tuesday no school)

1. themselves
2. self
3. calves
4. halves
5. half
6. special
7. present
8. present
9. action
10. act
11. justice
12. just
13. gentleman
14. gentle
15. enclose
16. await
17. suppose
18. wonderful
19. forward
20. backward
21. toward
22. although
23. prompt
24. attempt
25. whose
26. who

November 3-7

Hello Awesome Families,

Thank you for all of your help for the Halloween Party! It was a HIT. A big shout out to the Cobb family for planning the party and supplying much of the goods/games for the shindig. Thank you!! Everyone had so much fun.

There will not be a book report for November and December, due to the holiday breaks. I want each student to be working on their market place items instead. Most of the ideas have come in and been approved. *** If I do not have your child's permission slip for market place please help them get it finished. Thank you parents for your help and supervision of this activity. I believe it will be a great learning experience for the students.


Thank you for all of your help!

Love,  Ms. T

Important Dates:

11/5- 11:30 dismissal (Half Day)

11/7-Friday 9:45 am- Mile Run at the park
Progress Reports will be sent home

11/10-Veteran's Day Program

11/11- NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day

Spelling Words:

1. relative
2. relate
3. progress
4. progress
5. entire
6. president
7. preside
8. famous
9. fame
10. serve
11. estate
12. remember
13. either
14. effort
15. due
16. dew
17. include
18. allow
19. position
20. ledge
21. claim
22. primary
23. result
24. appoint
25. information
26. whom
27. who
28. arrest

Classroom Fun

Fractions: Fraction Kit Fun!

Halloween Party