Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi,

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to go on a trip over the Thanksgiving break to Honduras with a group of friends. One of my friends has a non-profit organization called Friends of Los Ninos which helps to support an orphanage and some homeless villages.

Our FCE Service Club made friendship bracelets for the children and our class wrote letters for the children in English and Spanish.

While we were there our group was able to give food (rice, beans, and lard which will feed the family for a week) to 26 families in the village at Mt. Olives. We also gave clothing, holiday presents, and a trip to the movies to the children at Copprome Children's Home. We played games, helped with homework, danced, blew bubbles, drew pictures, and wrote letters.

Another group from Tennessee also helps support the orphanage and made some videos on youtube. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6bc3IK4oI&feature=autoplay&list=ULgNjBSNjIBIU&playnext=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8DfzN5bik

Thank you to the FCE Service Club for helping make friendship bracelets. The children loved them. They also enjoyed the pictures and the papers with drawings and words in English and Spanish. Trying to pronounce the words in English was challenging for them but they loved it.

Thank you to our 4th grade class for writing bi-lingual letters for the kids. They loved seeing your photos and your beautiful artwork and worked hard to try to read the letters in English. Many of the children wrote back to us in Spanish.

Our class and the FCE Service Club will continue to look for ways to help the children in Honduras and let them know that Tejas really does mean friend.

This week we will be working on:

Reading-reading non-fiction and historical fiction and making inferences, discovering themes, and writing summaries

Writing-writing personal narratives as well as essays

Math-division and fractions using manipulatives and imbedded in problem solving situations

Science-Electricity, insulators, conductors

Social Studies-Stephen F. Austin and Empresarios

Be sure to attend Passport to Adventure:Literacy Night on Thursday, November 29 from 5-7pm at our school. (See note sent home Monday and attached flyer)

Don't forget that math homework is due the next day. Students should be reading and recording on their book log daily. On Friday the following assignments are due:
3 reading responses and 1 writing entry. On Friday, we will have tests on our word sorts and the conventions sentences. Science test on Electricy, Insulators, and Conductors will be on Monday, December 3.


Photo Retakes are on Wednesday, November 28.

Writing Club will meet on Thursday, November 29 from 2:45-3:45 in the library.


The FCE Service Club will volunteer at the Round Rock Serving Center on Saturday, December 1 from 9-10 am. All are welcome!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew