December Greetings Parents and Students,
I hope that everyone is ready for a very exciting week. We only have 12 more school days until Christmas Break, can you believe it? While this can be a very exciting and festive time for the students please encourage them to work hard and try their best to focus. There is a lot of information to cover in those twelve days and while I will do my best to plan in an exciting way it is imperative that your student be "in it to win it" or else they may miss out on a fun activity in class. Like I tell the students, we can only have as much fun as you let me give you.
Speaking of fun...The Harvey's Heroes started out today by watching a short YouTube video on The Honey Badger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W05VFxtVetI). As part of our NonFiction unit I prepared a listening guide for the video with some challenging questions. Please feel free to follow the link and watch the video but beware, the original version is not very kid friendly so please only watch the one in the link). This can lead to some great dinner discussion of you wish. The rest of this week we will continue to learn about other mammals in our reading as well as continue writing "How To's." Monday we will write about how we get ready for school (we didn't quite get to that last week). Tuesday we will write a recipe for Holiday Cookies, Wednesday we will write a how to for decorating a Christmas Tree/getting ready for Hannukah/Kwanza, and Thursday we will write a how to for building a gingerbread house. On Friday...well, that'll be a surprise. Also, on Friday we have our walking Field Trip to Ligon. We should be back by 1:40 pm but if you plan on checking your student our before 2pm then please let me know ahead of time so that I can plan accordingly.
In Math, your students are continuing to create pictures with 100's, 10's, and 1's to solve math problems. This is an important skill as it allows them to concretely picture the concept of regrouping. When helping at home please keep in mind that squares are 100, lines (I) are now 10, and circles (0) are ones. Have your child ring the numbers that they need in order to regroup and encourge them to create the new picture immediately. I have seen several students that forgot to count the regrouped pictures causing them to miss the problem. Please encourage your child to always double check their work and to make sure that their answers seem correct.
Are you ready for some great news??? Well, the Heroes have so far collected 55 food items for our December Backpack buddies. So far, the lead contenders for the Imax Movie & Lunch are: Ellia, Joanna, Liam, Kenly, and Amy. Let's keep those food items coming in. Remember that it doesn't have to be a canned item. It could also be any food that children could easily make such as instant mac and cheese, ramen noodles, granola bars, etc. As long as the food is nonperishable that is the most important thing that matters. Other good news is that the 2nd Grade Spelling Bee Winner is none other than our very own Noah Anderson.
Important News
*Unit 4 Fundations Assessment will be on December 7th
*Our walking field-trip to Ligon is this Friday. Please be sure to send your student to school on time and that if you are checking them out early I know. Friday's can be hectic and I have a feeling that this Friday could be very hectic.
*On Sunday there is The Second Annual Transit Concert to benefit The Hunter Holiday Gift Program. This is an all-ages show, so bring the kids! It's at The Oxford - 319 Fayetteville St, Raleigh
at 7pm. Dinner w/ a percentage proceeds going towards our Holiday Gift Program will begin at 5:30, so folks can come early if they wish, eat, and then enjoy the show or just come at 7 for food and/or music.
Website: http://www.transitvocalband.com/ Admission: No admission charge. Donations of money & gifts from our needs are listed on the Hunter School Website are welcome and encouraged.
Have a terrific week and if you need anything please email or send in a note!
Sincerely,
Mr. H
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