Money, Money, Money, Money……..MONEY!!
Practicing our interview skills with partners this week in writing!
Thank you to Mr. Chaconas for being our Mystery Reader today! We enjoyed hearing Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus (a true story!) by Chris Pehal and Rock Star Santa by Gayle C. Krause. What a great mix of the TRUE meaning of Christmas – family and giving, as well as HAVING FUN this holiday season!
SANTA FACE PUZZLE CHALLENGE: Your child created a Santa face using the following triangles below. The only rule is that the smaller triangles must stay WITHIN the larger triangle (there is no cutting or folding). You may add eyes, a mouth, and color your hat once you figured out where the pieces fit. 
We ended up with some pretty interesting Santa faces! I sent home a blank sheet with triangles for families to try at home! Your child knows the correct answer! Good luck!
What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:
Academics
ELA: Class Novel: Miss Holly is too Jolly by Dan Gutman and Horrible Harry and the Holidaze by Suzy Kline; dissecting vocabulary, -or , -ist, -er suffixes and spelling patterns
Writing: Non-fiction stories, interviewing
Math: money and time
Social Studies: Maps
Students of the week:
Kolton and Amelie
Thanks for being conscientious and prepared this week!
Important Dates:
- 12/15: Breakfast with Santa
- 12/18: wrapped book due for book exchange
- 12/19: items due for class breakfast
- 12/19: Polar Express Day! Wear your school appropriate pajamas to school! No slippers!
- 12/21: Class breakfast party – 9:15 – 10:00 – (Let me know if you can volunteer to help cook or serve!), class book exchange immediately following
- 12/21: 2nd quarter ends; early release
- 12/24-1/4: Winter Break
Reminders:
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Please start humming the Twelve Days of Christmas…Now read this! 🙂
On the last week before break my teacher gave to me… permission to dress festive all week!
Monday: Holiday Jewelry
Tuesday: Holiday Socks
Wednesday: PAJAMA DAY FOR POLAR EXPRESS!
Thursday: Holiday Headwear
Friday: National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, so we should join in, right?
Old Town Trolley Tours has partnered with INK! (Investing in Kids), a non-profit supporting St. Johns County public schools for the first annual Holiday Tree Contest! Students and teachers from each school decorated their designated trees at Old Town Trolley Headquarters in St. Augustine with their favorite themes. R.B. Hunt decorated their tree as a lighthouse. Voting can be done daily on any and all devices beginning December 4th through 10:00 a.m. on December 20th.
The winning school will be announced on December 20th at 12pm.The school’s tree with the most votes will win $1,000 so please vote for the R. B. Hunt tree daily! The link to vote is below:
trolleytours.com/holidaytreecampaign
- *Math homework will only be sent home Monday – Wednesday next week. No reading log will go home… I will expect students to continue reading daily throughout break! ;)*
