Newsletter

Hi, December 13, 2015

We had a very fun, busy week! Most of the students completed the Hour of Code challenge Friday. If they didn't finish, they were very close! We even did a little bit of coding with our 1st grade reading buddies. Encourage your child to go to Code.org and sign in through his/her Google account to continue to explore more coding activities. They had fun with Minecraft, Frozen, Star Wars, Infinity Disney, and Flappy Birds. Google email=s######@student.roundrockisd.org password=birthdate

Pen Pal Visit on Tuesday-Our pen pal visit was amazing. The kids did a great job interviewing them about their holiday memories and played lots of games together. It is so nice to see the seniors and their fourth graders enjoying time together. Our next visit will be in February.

Ridgeview Music Assembly-On Friday, the 4th and 5th graders enjoyed a performance by the Ridgeview Band, Orchestra, and Choir. They also learned more about the opportunity to choose one of these classes for an elective in middle school.

20 Book Reading Challenge-Many of the students are making progress on their 20 Book Reading Challenge and on their Monthly Challenge. Tomorrow we will read a Bluebonnet book together as we learn about biographies or literary nonfiction. The class will have an opportunity to fill out a google form about the book and if the form is completed and meets expectations by Tuesday, December 15, then they will get an invitation to the celebration on Wednesday. Be sure that your child is reading EVERYDAY for at least 20 minutes. They need to continue to read at least that much time everyday over the holiday break as well.

Literacy Night-Thank you to all the students for working so hard on their projects for Literacy Night. We learned about China and chose our own projects to show what we learned. Thank you also to everyone who was able to attend and enjoy the projects and activities from around the world. Thanks also for those who were able to donate fortune cookies. They were a huge hit!

Volunteering with Service Club-Members of the Service Club met at the Round Rock Serving Center on Saturday morning. We picked up trash around the grounds and organized books on the book case. Thank you so much to the families that came and helped. We will meet for Service Club on Tuesday, January 5 since we don't have school on Monday. We will talk more about the Walk to Read Event and Libraries of Love. More information to come.

Reading-We will continue to read some biographies this week and learn about the characteristics of Literary Nonfiction.

Writing-We will continue to revise, elaborate, and organize our expository writing pieces. We will also begin using a color coded system to edit our work.

Social Studies-We will talk a little more about the tribes in Texas and then begin learning about explorers.

There will be no spelling or vocabulary words this week. There is also no homework packet this week. Be sure to read and practice math facts daily.

Holiday party is on Thursday, December 17 at 1:00 in our classroom. Thank you to all the people who have signed up already on Sign up Genius. We appreciate your help. We also need about five people to monitor a game or activity during the party. Go to this link to sign up to help or donate needed items.


www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0A4BA8AD292-holiday

Dates to Remember:
Monday, December 14-Wear FCE shirt. Writing Club after school from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, December 15-Monthly Reading Challenge Google form is due
Wednesday, December 16-Special Lunch for students who met the Monthly Reading Challenge
Thursday, December 17-Turn in Reading Logs, Holiday Party at 1:00.
Fri, December 18-Mon, January 4, 2016-Happy Holidays. READ EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
January 5, 2016-Happy New Year and Welcome Back to School. Service Club Meeting 2:45-3:45

Have a great evening.

Sincerely,
Pam