The Weber Weekly

Happy December!  I cannot believe the semester will be over in just two short weeks.  Seriously, where does the time go?!  We have so much to squeeze in before winter break, so we're going to be busy, busy in the weeks ahead.

This week in math the children learned mental strategies for double digit subtraction.  Some of the strategies include subtracting tens and finding parts of 100 to subtract mentally.  We're going to continue working on double digit addition and subtraction until winter break.

We started a big genre unit in our language arts block.  The children are learning the elements of several different genres including fairy tales, folktales, tall tales, fantasy, poetry, and prose.  We will be learning the characteristics of these genres and then reading and classifying books that fit into these categories.

We are still working on our matter unit in science.  We focused specifically on the water cycle this week.  Next week we will be reviewing the whole unit and taking our outcome assessment.  I want to thank all of you again who donated items for all of our experiments.  These kids had a blast with the hands-on projects and learned so much new information in the process. 

Holiday Gift Shop is December 9th - 13th.  Today we are going to preview and next Wednesday our class will be shopping.  Our Family Night will be December 11th from 4-7:30 p.m.  We are using a company this year, so everything is different prices.  We will have a bigger variety of items.  The PTO is looking for volunteers to help with this all next week. The volunteering opportunities include helping the kids with their purchases during the day, setting up, helping shoppers during Family Night, and taking the shop down.  If you are interested in helping, please contact Tina Gieseke @ giesekevxxmm@att.net.  We need a lot of volunteers to make this a success for our children. 

We are taking our winter Discovery Assessments next week.  The children will be assessed in the areas of math and language arts.  As always, please make sure your child gets a good night's rest and has a healthy breakfast in the morning.  Comfy clothes are also ideal for these assessments.

Our next PTO meeting will be Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00pm in the Media Center.  Please bring a dish to pass for a small holiday celebration.  Come join us to find out about our upcoming events. Our PTO meetings are open to everyone and are a great way to meet other school families and learn about important school and PTO information.