It's hard to believe that it is already December. The second grading period is almost over...and we are almost 1/2 way through the school year. We've learned so much already, but we have a long way to go and a lot more to learn this year.
This blog is to update you on some important dates in December. Feel free to email me at sharon.golden@cobbk12.org if you have any questions about the calendar.
Thursday, December 1st - Progress reports will go home for any students who currently have grades of C or below. If your child does not bring home a progress report, they have A's and B's 1/2 way through the grading period. Thursday evening is also our next PTA meeting and the reception for all the students who won Reflections awards. I am looking forward to seeing you there.
Friday, Dec. 2nd - The Giving Tree ends today. If your child chose a star, please make sure they bring in their wrapped gift by Friday.
Speaking of giving - Did you know that the GM Student Council is holding a canned food drive for MUST Ministries? Our class has not brought in any canned/boxed items yet. We'd love to line the hall in front of our room and help those in need this Christmas season.
Wednesday, December 7th - I will get to celebrate with Sam T. and her family as she accepts the Silver Pen Award for winning the Kiwanis Club Writing Contest. Our class is very proud of her!
Thursday, December 8th - We will have our December Guidance lesson with Mrs. Miller and it is International Night. I hope you join us as we do activities that help all of us learn about our diverse world.
December 13 - 15 - It is important that all students are present on these 3 days. We will be taking Cobb County Checkpoint tests, utilizing our IRespond system. This is just a checkpoint test, which will check for understanding of all of the concepts/skills we've learned so far this year.
December 20th - We are looking forward to cheering on Lochan M. at the GM Spelling Bee.
Thursday, December 22 - Last day of school before the break! and our holiday party. We will have a breakfast party at 8:30 that morning, as well as our book exchange. If you would like your child to take part in the book exchange, please send in a wrapped book marked girl or boy (depending on the sex of your child.) Books should be $5 or less. Do not put your child's name on the tag. The students always enjoy getting a new book for the holidays.
Over the next few weeks, we will be finishing our units on division and geometry. We will also finish our unit on simple machines / force / motion / Newton's Laws. We will try to start our unit on the 13 colonies, but I can't promise that will happen.
We started a new writing project today and are enjoying it a lot. We will test on Wordly Wise 7 next Friday and then wait to start a new unit after the break. Spelling lists / homophone lists for the next 4 weeks were sent home on Monday. Spelling activities will need to be done at home each week. We will continue to test on the words each Friday. The lists are frequently misspelled words from our classes writing, so hopefully this will help with the errors they seem to constantly have.
We will be doing much more than this, but at least you have an idea of what will be covered in the next few weeks.
Have a wonderful December!
Mrs. G
