Honor Society is having a canned food drive for the Out of Egypt food pantry. Each class that exceeds 150 cans will get donuts. The food drive ends December 15th so be sure to send those cans of food in!
December 22nd will be the last day before Christmas break. We will be having a fun filled day that includes exchanging Secret Santa gifts, watching a movie and having popcorn and hot chocolate!
I haven't told the kids about Secret Santa yet but we will talk about it soon. I will have them draw names and we will brainstorm ideas of what to buy as a group. Each student is to only spend $5. Please do not spend more than this. If for any reason you cannot purchase a gift let me know. Also if your child will not be at school on the 22nd please let me know ahead of time and I will not have your child's name be drawn. I will send out more information at we get closer.
Reading: This week we practiced writing summaries. This is a very hard concept for the students because they want to put in every little detail. We will continue working on this throughout the year.
We also took a Latin/Greek test. They will be receiving new words on Monday.
Third graders will be having a spelling test on Thursday 12/8. This will be the last spelling test until after the new year.
Writing: The students are writing their own winter version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Grammar: We worked on writing complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions.
Projects: They continued working on their 51st state project.
