Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!  Your donations to the food bank and the family in need was amazing!  (Well over $550 total!!!!) Your generosity is what this time is all about!  When presented with all this, I got a little teary due to the true meaning of the holidays.  I want you all to know how appreciative I am of all that you do!

Thank you for the Barnes and Noble gift card as well as the Amesbury Sports park gift card.  I can't wait to make more memories with Sean and Lizzie!

Thank you for all the extra treats too.  I'm seriously overwhelmed and my heart is full!  No wonder you have such amazing kids!

I hope you all have a restful, relaxing and energizing week with your families making lots of memories!  See you in 2018!

Love,

Shannon

Week 14

Happy Weekend to All!

Another week in the books and I'm really impressed with how much we got done!  Here's a glimpse into our week!  These kids deserve a vacation soon.... oh, wait....  :)

Before I forget!!!!  Early Release next Wednesday, the 13th!  12:50 Dismissal.

Math:

• Interpret remainders in problem solving with division
• Double digit divisors
• Reviewed and took an assessment
• Played math games with 5L
• Decimal division is next week!

Literacy

• Chose a high interest and engaging research topic
• Took notes on subtopics and details
• Flashdrafted with our notes
• Went back to the drawing board with some research
• Peer edited our writing with a partner

Word Work

• Returned to homophones
• Worked in pairs to define and use each homephone
• Played games

Read Aloud

• UGLY by Robert Hoge is our new read aloud
• PLEASE, ask your child about it (memoir-true story)

Science

• 5D visited Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Pinsonnault for Science this week
• Make sure to ask them about traveling
• I missed them and was pretty sure they grew an inch when they were gone each day

Have you heard about HOLIDAY DESK WARS????  

Haha, it's been a great week to pull some teamwork together.  Each table group earns points for doing the right thing and working as a team.  The team with the highest points will earn a little free time at the end of each week.  We will be having a full on table decoration competition judged by some SMS teachers and staff during the final week before vacation!

Party Time!

We will celebrate with a holiday brunch on Thursday, December 21st from 10-11.  More details will be coming in future details.  All are welcome.  I sent home a note about the holiday food drive as well as a family in need we can help.  See the attached link. Letter

The Gingerbread Boys!

The Santa Claus People

The Christmas Tree Santas

The Ornaments

The Elf-Reys

Enjoy your weekend!!

Shannon

Lucky Week 13!

Hello everyone!

Wow, December is here and these students are changing and growing each and every day.  I cannot begin to tell you the amount of work and motivation I'm seeing from every single student!  Here are some of the things we did this week...

Math:

• Worked hard on learning divisibility rules
• Demonstrated these rules in SeeSaw
• Began whole number division
• Divided to decorate some UGLY sweaters!

Literacy:

• Read A LOT of non-fiction texts in 5D
• Talked about how to keep EYES and MINDS in the book
• Took notes using a format called "Topic, Sub Topic, Details"
• Started learning about Informational Text Structures
• Sorted text structures for better understanding

Read Aloud

• We are finished with Scar Island

Science

• We began our MATTER unit with 5L early this week
• Chemical/Physical change in 5D
• Students will be traveling to the other four classrooms for two days each to learn about matter
• Students will be responsible for taking notes and observations over these two weeks
• This unit will culminate with a project

Early Release on Wednesday, December 13th. Dismissal at 12:50

Holiday Party!!!

Our party will take place on Thursday, December 21st from 1:30-2:30.  We will host 

a holiday book swap (wrap a book you've already read).  Details for food and other 

information will come later.  All are invited!

Winter Break begins Friday, 12/22 at 3 pm!

Science Matter Sort

Science Groups Experiment with Physical/Chemical Changes

Informational Text Structures!