C-5 News
Mrs. Gallagher's Third Grade Classroom
This Week in C-5...
- We had SO much fun celebrating the first full week of Holiday HOOPLA!!!
- We are reading about Holidays Around the World. On Monday we read about celebrations in Germany and read about St. Nicholas Day. The students made shoes to leave outside our classroom door and found them filled the next morning!
- On Tuesday we read about Christmas in Australia and also enjoyed going to the Winter Concert.
- On Wednesday we enjoyed spending the days in our Pajamas! We started our 12 Days Countdown (the class is OBSESSED with the Pentatonix version of 12 Days of Christmas!!) Then we wrapped our desks at the end of the day!! Thank you to John's parents and Isabella's Mom for helping our class with this - the desks look AMAZING! (see pics)
- On Thursday we met with your First Grade Buddies to sing our songs with each other for our play. Each student got a line for the play - and MANY students already had them memorized by Friday!! (students do have the option of reading their line off of a piece of paper for our presentation).
- We read The Gingerbread Girl and we are learning to listen and observe "Signposts" in books. (There are 6 Signposts we are learning - that an author includes in his/her writing. Students are learning to "Notice" and "Note" these as they read to determine their importance and the author's purpose in including them!) The first Signposts we have learned are "Again and Again" and "Contrast and Contradictions". Ask your child about these!
- In math we have continued rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. We are also adding and subtracting using the standard algorithm. On Friday we took a Checkpoint and I will score those this weekend.
- We are almost to the end of our first Social Studies mini unit on People and Cultures. We will get a study guide next week and have our Quiz on Tuesday, December 20th.
- On Friday we had Candy Cane Day!! SO FUN!! Magic brought mini candy canes for the class and our 1st Grade Buddies! (Thank you also to Leah for sharing candy canes with the class!) We did a candy cane experiment comparing cold water and warm water the the affects on candy cane stripes!!! See pics!!
Holiday HOOPLA!!!
SAVE THE DATE!!!
ABC December!
You are invited to join us - if you are free! I know it is a crazy time of year!!
When: Wednesday, December 21st
9:45-10:45am
Where: Churchville Auditorium
(We would have it in our classroom if we could - but there wouldn't be enough room for 2 classes - so we are having the kids on the risers in the auditorium!)
Coming Up in C-5...
- See the Holiday HOOPLA schedule below for Spirit Days!
- Monday is Stuffed Animal Day!
- The only homework I am giving until the New Year is to study for our Social Studies QUIZ. Our Study Guide will come home on Tuesday!
- Pretzel Day - Thursday
Candy Cane Day!
C-5 ROCK Star
This week our Rock Star was Luke! Thank you to Luke and his family for the Snowman sticker activity and sketch art snowmen!!! The class loved doing these crafts!
Coming Up Next Week: Isabella
Hamster Weekend!
Here is the Hamster Happenings Sign Up link!
This weekend Chocolate is staying with Bella!
Chocolate is also available to visit with a family for the Holiday vacation!! Let me know if your family would like Chocolate for an extended stay!
Hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season!
Please email me with any questions or concerns: kgallagher@crsd.org