Hello there.
Tomorrow is Holiday day. I will be giving the kiddos their gifts from me. Yay! All of our academics will revolve around the theme of Christmas, including the spelling test for this week. The only thing that won't be Christmas themed will be the states and capitals test. REMEMBER: the test will check for mastery on the location AND the matching of the states with their capitals.
I am not sure about you child, but I am loving math lately. I can't believe how much they are learning at this level. Today, kids were able to make a pretty complex picture using coordinate plane graphing in the positive quadrant. However, some finished that one and were faced with the challenge of graphing in all 4 quadrants (positive and negative). Wow! That is a 6th grade skill!!! And, they are doing it! Yay! We also used rulers today to measure in centimeters and millimeters and write them as decimal numbers. Is it me, or do I just not ever remember learning this stuff in the 4th grade. Wowzers!!!!! The most amazing thing is that they are getting it! :0)
Friday, is an Arrowhead spirit day. It is also Polar Express Day. Since we will be wearing our pjs on Friday, how about we wear the red and green tomorrow. Kids donate a dollar to the school for the spirit day. So, we would love to show our spirit a day early in here. Kids should wear as much red and green tomorrow as possible and bring in a $1 donation to a good cause if they feel they can. Awesome!
Homework tonight is to finish up any unfinished work from today, study for states and capitals and spelling tests, and complete the Christmas Tree multiplication review. Some kids have extra challenge homework too.
I will leave you with an amazing would you rather paragraph written by McLean "Taco" in class yesterday. The topic was would you rather stay home and have a lot of presents or go to Disneyland but have no presents?
I would rather go to Disneyland and get no presents than stay home and get presents. The first reason is, Christmas isn't about presents. It's about family and BELIEVING in something that is bigger than you and that you can't see. Then, I would rather it because I would have fun on California Screamin! To come to conclusion, I would do it because it is just more fun.
I couldn't have put it better myself McLean. Well done!
Have a great, great night!
Ms. Erickson
