Winter Break Homework...
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December 16, 2011 |
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Welcome to Winter Break! I hope everyone has a joyous holiday! As your children are aware, we do have a few items of homework over the next two weeks. All are simple, but essential!
* Read two AR chapter books and be ready for quizzes on Tuesday morning (1/3/12). All students already chose and wrote down their books on the back of their bright pink homework half-sheet.
* Practice cursive handwriting. Many of our current assignments will now be required in cursive, a fourth grade essential standard.
* Practice multiplication and division facts. Nearly all of January will be spent practicing double-digit multiplication and long division.
See you all in 2012!
Based on a true story, Island of the Blue Dolphins is a time-honored tale that shares the life of Karana, a young Native American girl stranded alone on an island for 18 years. We have been reading this story over the last three weeks and will come to its conclusion tomorrow. As with all great stories, we will also view the movie to compare and contrast different versions of Karana’s tale. For more information about Scott O’Dell or the story itself, please visit the following links!
Beginning on December 5th, our school will collect food items for needy families. The food will be donated to Sacred Heart Food Closet to prepare food baskets. Sacred Heart Food Closet is in most need of peanut butter, canned fruit, canned tuna, Jiffy corn muffin mix, canned soup, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, pasta noodles, canned vegetables, powdered milk, pinto or other dried beans, bags of white rice, etc. We will collect these items until Friday, December 16th. When a child brings in an item, they will be given a paper ornament to decorate and place on our giving tree at the front of the school! Thank you for all your help! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Hamman, Room 10.
Our current Friday Accelerated Reading goal is 27.5 points. Our Accelerated Math goal is 44 objectives. 19.3 AR points and 31 AM objectives are required for a passing grade. If your child is behind, time will be given during recess to attain this week's goal. 
