Monday Memo 12/7/15

Happy Monday!

Compliments

Here is a List of Positive Character Traits.  I shared this with the class and explained how this might help them with the Compliment Project.

Holiday Tradition Project

Next week, students will present their Holiday Tradition Project at the Sharing time in our Class Meeting.  Here is an example of what my daughter did for this project when she was in second grade:

Unfortunately, it's backwards because I took the picture with Photobooth, but you get the idea :)  I shared this with the children.  As you can see, it is not an elaborate presentation.  A photo or two or some other symbolic object that can be brought in is great.  Thanks for helping your child prepare for this.  Students are always very interested in the family lives of their classmates.

Bread Baking Fun!

Check out these adorable pics!

Math

Did you hear about our fraction pizzas?  They looked quite delicious, although they were made of construction paper.  The students made their own pizzas using fractions to represent the different toppings.  We will have an assessment at the end of this week about fractions and time.

Geography

We are working on concepts of geography this week with our Me on the Map books, based on the picture book by Joan Sweeney.  A major topic for discussion for us was the difference between a city and a town.  Ask your child about this!

Have a great week!

Miriam