Dear
Parents,
We are at the end of another good week of
learning. We are coming close to ending
three units of study so it will be a race to the finish line in the following
weeks. Tests next week will include math
and Ancient Greece (Math Wed./Greece Fri.).
The following week we will conclude our Animal unit (A). Portfolios and study guides will be coming
home next week. As always, I don’t
expect hours of study but do hope that some review over the course of two
evenings takes place. Additionally, we
will wrap up a chapter in Health and start a new and exciting one on healthy
food choices. This will tie nicely will
our holiday healthy lunch celebration that will take place the week before
winter break. Information on that
project and event will also be coming home soon.
In language arts, we are just about to
conclude our early year units on building a writer’s community and learning the
basic strategies for becoming a stronger reader. As such, we will start a more structured
writer’s workshop in our classroom and students will soon be formulating
response letters that demonstrate the strategies they are using in their
personal reading. This is a big shift in
our language arts instruction and it will take place over the course of the
next several weeks. For those of you
who offered to assist in the classroom with editing, look to hear from me in
January about opportunities to help.
On
Friday December 21st we will be have the London Brass Rubbing Centre
come to demonstrate the art of Brass Rubbing to the children on This is a long
standing Tuckahoe tradition for the third grade and we will need extra hands to
help the children with the rubbings. The
program will begin at 9:30 with a 30-minute explanation of the art of brass
rubbing and who would have had a rubbing made for them. From 10-12:00 pm all the children will have
an opportunity to make their rubbing as well as complete several other craft
projects. If you can lend a hand for all
or part of this special project, please let me know. Thank you for considering volunteering
during this busy time of the year.
With the basketball season in full swing,
several of the kids have asked me if I can come to their games. I would enjoy the opportunity to fit some of
these in, but will need schedules to coordinate the dates. If you would be kind enough to forward me
your child’s schedule, I would appreciate it.
Below are a couple of important dates to
put on your calendars;
Monday
December 10th- 4th Grade Winter Concert- 7pm
Wednesday December 12th- 5th
Grade Winter Concert- 7pm
Wednesday December
19th-Healthy Food Lunch/Early Release
Friday December 21st-London Brass Rubbings-
9:30-12pm
Monday December 24th- Friday December 28th-
Winter Break
Thursday January 3, 2013-
School Reopens
Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms.
Coffman
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