Today was Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day. Moebius Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that is present at birth and affects the 6th and 7th cranial nerves. Our classmate, Olivia, talked to the 3rd grade today about her life story. She was joined by her mother and cheering section of family. Olivia was a natural as she spoke to us about her beginning hurdles and then triumphs with this syndrome. We love you Olivia and are your biggest fans!

This is a video I have shown my class this week from SchoolTube, which is similar to YouTube. I love this website because it provides educational videos to students in a safe manner. The children really love this song because it is helping them to remember the important details on the head and tail side of coins, and most importantly…the video is kid-friendly! Now the children can play it as much as they want to at home!

Here’s an overview of what we’ll be working on this six weeks:

*Multiplication and Division Fact Families

*Identifying and Counting Money

*Rounding and Estimating

*Measurement

*Please remember that all concepts are spiraled throughout the year, meaning we will continue to review all concepts that have been previously taught.

Reading Skills

*Sequencing

*Infer/Predict

*Prefixes and Suffixes

*Drawing Conclusions

Grammar

*Verb Tenses

*Commas in a Series

Progress reports and graded work will be sent home Wednesday, January 25.  The 4th six weeks ends on Friday, February 17.  Report cards and graded work will be sent home on Thursday, February 23.

We had a great time at our Christmas Party. A special thank you goes out to our class room mothers who helped organize the party- Mrs. Celia Bower, Mrs. Misty Nall and Mrs. Shelly Smith. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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As we are all getting ready for our Christmas vacation, there are a few important events that need to be remembered-

• Cookie dough arrives Thursday, December 8.
• Wrapped Christmas puzzles are due Wednesday, December 14.
• Individual Christmas party supplies (listed on flyer that went home) due Thursday, December 15.
• Christmas party at the White Oak Community Center Friday, December 16 from 8:30-10:30.
• 11:30 dismissal December 15-16.

Our class has begun learning about rounding numbers this week. Just like with subtraction, we are using a fun rhyme to guide us through the steps of successfully rounding numbers. Be sure to visit  O’Malley’s Podcasts to download and print out the rhyme at home. You can also print out a handy rounding chart. Try to see if your child can teach YOU what each step involves. You’ll be very impressed!

Our vocabulary words for the story “Roberto Clemente“ are : pronounced, stands, fans, score, league, slammed, polish, and style. Be sure to have your child impress you by giving the definition for each one!

Congratulations to Audrey who was one of several winners of the Gregg County Coloring Contest that promoted prevention of forest fires. Remember what Smokey the Bear says- “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.”

Please note that we will be having an early dismissal on Tuesday, November 22 at 11:30. There will be no school the rest of that week in honor of Thanksgiving. We will be accepting canned goods and nonperishable items for the food pantry until Tuesday. Thank you to all who have already donated and for those who plan on doing so. What a wonderful way to show our students that it is in giving that we also receive.

Our class is learning about pictographs, line graphs, and bar graphs. Please help us construct our own graphs by taking our polls. Thanks for helping us in the learning process!