Happy New Year...almost!

Hi girls!

I hope your break has been amazing! I have enjoyed my break even though I was a bit under the weather for the first week. Thank you so much for the two gift cards from all of you. Mr. Hiscock and I went to Azzurro on Friday and had a delicious dinner!

We have a very short week coming up when we return to school on Thursday! Pastor Collins from Shepherd's Way Relief Center is coming to talk to us and the fourth grade boys from St. Chris on Thursday morning at 9. The boys are walking over to join us. He will talk about his mission and prepare us for our visit there on January 9. On Friday, we will have a field trip to the movies! We leave after lunch and it will be tons of fun! You do need to wear your field trip attire on Friday since we will be off campus.

Here are some reminders for the short week ahead.

• Abby is our carpool helper next week
• Our class will be visiting Shepherd's Way Relief Center on Wednesday, January 9, for a fourth grade outreach project. This letter provides the details and a sign up for food. Thank you for your support!
• Field Trip to Bow-Tie theater on 1/4. Please remember field trip attire. 
• Scavenger Hunt

Weekly Update

We had a fun short week after the beautiful snow that winter storm Diego brought to Richmond! We spent much of our week finishing up an abstract noun project. The girls chose 4-6 abstract nouns that represent the holidays to them and they then wrote a short script using each word. They recorded themselves sharing their scripts, gathered relevant photos, and assembled everything into an Animoto movie. They did a great job and here they are!

Emily	Virginia
Tilden	Katie
Amelia	Abby
Tayloe	Claiborne
Karrington	Selah
Eleanor	Alice
Addisyn	Vivienne
Sloane	Natalie
Juliet	Riley

Next week is all about the Gifts Service. We spent time today looking over the schedule and discussing costumes. Please click here to see costume information.

Here are some reminders for the short week ahead.

• Abby is our carpool helper next week
• Presents are due Monday for our class gift exchange. Please have the presents wrapped!
• Our class will be visiting Shepherd's Way Relief Center on Wednesday, January 9, for a fourth grade outreach project. This letter provides the details and a sign up for food. Thank you for your support!
• Scavenger Hunt

Snow Day!

Girls!

I hope you have a great day off from school tomorrow. Sam, George, and I are excited about all of the snow we have in our yard. Please keep reading in All of a Kind Family...you need to be finished through chapter 9 by Friday. This is your only homework this week!

The other reminder is that your Secret Santa gift is due by Monday, December 17, for our class gift exchange.

Add to this padlet and make sure you read the directions! (Hint: Include your name!)

Weekly Update

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on our hall. The girls made some beautiful Christmas posters illustrating a favorite holiday memory or Christmas scene. I love seeing them display their creativity. Under each illustration, there are tabs where passersby may take some of what they illustrated. See what I mean in these pictures:

 

We have been busy this week finishing up a variety of projects. For the most part, the girls have finished the interview project with the girls from Mrs. Coughlan's class. They did a great job asking deeper questions of their partner and then writing a detailed paragraph about what they learned. They then made magazine covers about their partner. Here is one example:

In math, we continued to work on fractions, specifically finding equivalent fractions using multiplication and division. We will continue with this fraction unit next week and after the break. The girls are continuing to earn math-a-ments for their personal Christmas trees.

Next week, the only homework the girls will have will be to finish reading through chapter 9 in All of a Kind Family. We will read some in class and they may read at home as well. The goal is to read through chapter 9 by next Friday.

In the event of a snowstorm and no school, I will communicate with the girls through our class blog. 🤞

Reminders and Announcements

• Natalie is our carpool helper next week
• Gifts Service is December 19 - Information here
• Scavenger hunt

Fourthie Christmas Tree!