December 22

Last Week of 2020

2020 was a year to remember that is for sure.  I am thankful that as a class, we ended 2020 on a high note.  The kids enjoyed making their Christmas gifts for you.  I know some of them couldn’t wait to have you open the presents and some of the kids were going to wait until Christmas. Either way I hope you enjoy their creativity.

Also, they were so excited about the card games!  This is one of my favorite gifts to give them.  My family has always played cards and board games when we get together.  It’s a great bonding time and creates so many memories. It also teaches something new that’s not an electronic.  I hope they came home and showed the family how to play and that you will continue to do these games together.

I want to thank you for the overwhelming generosity of your gifts and kind words.  They all have meant so much to me.  I am so thankful that I have your child in my class.  Our class has overcome many obstacles this year and they continue to impress me how they handle these varying situations.  They are resilient and strong already as 3rd graders.

If you are looking for a craft to do over the break, this is a loom video on how to make a glitter jar.

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Enjoy this time together!

Here are a few pictures from our week:

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December 13

The last school week of 2020

Georgetown has HOLIDAY SPIRIT! 

Monday, December 14:  Cozy Holiday Socks and/or slippers

Tuesday, December 15:  Holiday Headgear: Holiday hats, headbands, hair and/or scarves

Wednesday, December 16:  Holiday Sweater Day -Ugly or Cute

Thursday, December 17: Polar Express Party – Pajama Day- Holiday themed if you have them!  (Just for our class)

Friday, December 18: Holiday Spirit Day- wear your red and green and white!

The school themed PJ Day is Friday but since we are having our party on Thursday, we flip-flopped.  We have to wear our pajama’s for the Polar Express! 🙂

Reading Logs

November reading logs are due no later than Monday, December 14 to get a free reading ticket. A January reading log will be sent home on January 4.

Polar Express Party

Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to send in treats for our party.  Please send them to school by Wednesday, even though our party is on Thursday.  Also, we are doing a gift exchange this year so that each child can give 19 gifts to their classmates.  These gifts can be candy, a card they made at home, stickers, erasers, anything you’d like big or small. Please send a gift bag for them to be collected in anytime before December 18.

Scholastic News

This week I sent home a Scholastic News and another one will be coming home next week.  Unfortunately we will not have time to read these in class right now.  I encourage the students to read these and then they can go to Scholastic News through clever.com to watch videos and learn more about this information.  Right now in both reading and writing we are learning about informational texts.  Scholastic News provides great, true information that is relatable and relevant to 3rd grade learning.

Math Test

We’ve done some reviewing this week from Unit 2 that we had to stop just before Thanksgiving break.  Today we started the review sheet and we will finish it on Monday.  Tuesday will be the math test.  Please set some time aside during this busy time of year to look over the math review with your child.

This is all I can think of for now.  I’m sure I forgot something and will need to update you again.

 

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December 9

Modified Polar Express Party

It feels so good to be back in school!  There were many happy children in the room today.  I wanted to resend a post that I posted just before we were shut down.  I still would really like to hold a party with small gifts for the kids since so much has been taken away from them already this year.  This is what I’d like to do for our modified Polar Express Christmas Party.

The party will be held in our classroom on Thursday, December 17. We will play games, decorate a sugar cookie, and of course, drink hot chocolate.  We haven’t done a gift exchange in years, but thought this year would be fun to add this to our party.  I would like each student to bring in 19 small items to give to their friends.  These can be Dollar Store finds like pencils, stickers, play dough, candy, etc.  To hold these gifts, each child needs to bring in one bag.  This can be like a gift bag that you would use for a gift and put tissue paper in.  These are a little more sturdy than a brown paper bag.  I have extras at home if you don’t have one.

We are in need of just four items for the party.  Click on the link to Sign Up

Please have all party items sent to school by Wednesday, December 16.

Thank you so much for your help and participation in this.  I think it will be fun for the students!

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December 8

Tomorrow!

We did it! We made it through remote online learning! I am so thankful for all of you parents, grandparents, babysitters, and students who worked together to make online learning happen.  We had great participation and I am so proud of each of the students for showing grit and working so hard through their work.

I am very excited to see students back in class tomorrow.  Here is a reminder of what was sent home and what needs to come back to school tomorrow:

  • math book
  • writing notebook
  • grammar notebook
  • bag of markers and supplies
  • log in badge for Clever
  • art folder
  • recorder (if you brought one home)
  • lightbulb
  • mask (or two in backpacks)

I hope everyone gets a good night’s rest tonight and I will see everyone when the doors open at 8:35 tomorrow.

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