Hi Everyone,

With winter break on the horizon I want to keep you posted on the upcoming events we have.  Students have been working hard to to earn their next green thought day celebration.  We decided that as a class we would like to combine this celebration with a winter celebration.  With that in mind, we will be focused more on a celebration of each other, our learning, and community rather than placing an emphasis on the holidays.  If you would like to contribute snacks to this celebration please shoot me an email: Cguggemos@wwsu.org.  We would love a combination of healthy and fun sweet treat this year, keeping in mind that the gluten free students in the classroom should be included as well.

Reading

Last week we began our non-fiction unit.  Students have continued to look for sign-posts in their reading, but relating to non-fiction this time.  Eventually students will be assigned an author to study, looking at their craft, writing styles, and which sign-posts they use.  

Writing

Students have begun drafting their realistic fiction pieces.  Our plan is to have a complete first draft completed by Holiday Break.  We have spent weeks getting to know our main characters, creating problems and solutions, brainstorming setting, and creating internal and external characteristics for our protagonists.  Stay tuned to Seesaw for more of their work in writing.

Theme:  

Our geography unit is well underway.  Students have spent time researching political and physical maps, physiographic regions, and counties.  Our next project will begin looking at important Vermont landforms, where students will have a plethora of choices to show me what they have learned in the unit thus far!

iMove:  

iMove cross-country skiing is coming up soon.  The permission slip coming home is to sign your child up for one of the choices (skiing, snowshoeing etc).  The blanket permission slip signed at the beginning of the school year allows your child to participate in school field trips so we just need an activity choice this year!  Students without slips returned will be placed in groups based on availability.  

Important Dates:

Winter Celebration: 12/21

Winter Break 12/22-1/1

iMove permission slips due back: 12/15

Have a great weekend,

Mr. G