1. Upcoming Dates: November: Tuesday 23 rd – Coffee Night with Mr. Fox Thursday 25 th /Friday 26 th – NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Break December: Friday 10 th – Early Release Day – Staff Development Monday 20 th – Trip to Park Ridge Retirement Home-For Christmas Carols! 10:05-11:15. Wednesday 22 nd – Class Holiday Party! Thursday 23 rd – Sunday January 2 nd – NO SCHOOL: Christmas Break Language Arts: We just finished our last unit on famous inventors and we are jumping to a topic that is a bit more creepy… SNAKES! We will be starting this weekly theme on November 29 th, because we have some Thanksgiving activities to do next week! So this means NO SPELLING UNTIL THE 29 th ! Please continue to have your students practice their spelling words by writing them out once a day!! Spelling Words: These words are for the week of the 29 th Gear, scare, fear, cheer, spare, hear, rear, stair, airfare, career, compare, spear, beard, area, appear, yearly, tear, lair, mere, snare, fort, dart, worn, sincere, staircase Vocabulary Words: These words are for the week of the 29 th Weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance Math: We are near the end of our unit on Place Values and Multi- digit Addition and Subtraction. It has gone very well so far! We will be taking our Unit 3 test after Thanksgiving and will be starting our next unit on Angles later that week! Please continue to work on multiplication facts at home! Social Studies: We are going to be taking a social studies break for the next couple of weeks while we focus on science. When we return to social studies we will be learning about the eastern region of the United States. Science: This week we started our Unit about Electricity and Magnetism. The kids are really enjoying this unit! This will take us to Christmas Break. Mr. Fox’s Class Friday, November 19th, 2010 Hi Families, I can’t believe that the week of Thanksgiving is upon us! It seriously feels like the school year has just started. I hope that you were able to get to the Tiki Tiki Ha Ha this week at Pinecrest. For the short time I was there, it sure looked like a lot of fun! In December, we are going to be starting Literature Circles! Literature Circles are reading groups of four to five student. All of the students in the group individually read the same book at the same pace (outside of class) and then get together to discuss it. Each member in the group will have a role to do every night they read. We will be doing Literature Circles until the end of the year, which will provide your kids with a great opportunity to read some awesome books! We are going to all be reading the book “Because of Winn- Dixie” throughout December and I will be teaching the kids about each of the Literature Circle roles as we go. They will be on there own in January and will have a new book each month. Literature Circles are a great way to learn, and we are excited to start them. I am sending a letter home tonight about a trip we are going to make to Park Ridge Retirement Home in December. We will be going over there to sing some Christmas Carols to the residents. This is one of a few times we will be going over there this year. Attached to the letter is a permission form that will cover all future walking field trips to Park Ridge. Our Star of the Week next week will be Sydney O. Thank you very much for everything you do for your kids! If you have any questions for me please don’t hesitate to e-mail or call. Have a great weekend! - Mr. Fox Thanksgiving Edition