WEBSTER NEWS – 2ND /3RD GRADE
RIVERGATE ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY
December 5, 2008
Dear Parents,
This has been a productive week of school. Our class shared their Thanksgiving vacation stories, and we continued working on our Science Unit about Insects. We will soon be starting a new Social Studies Unit on Egypt. This is a very exciting, interesting Unit with a lot of hands-on activities and crafts.
Next week we will be focusing on the LIFESKILL of Patience. We will be learning the importance of waiting calmly for someone or something, without getting upset or being mean.
Homeworkthis week will be a new Spelling list, memory verse and a fluency reading sheet. Please help your child to prepare for their reading by listening to them practicing the passage each evening. Students need to be able to read each word without hesitation, in order to be fluent. Students will be individually reading the prepared passage to me on Wednesday, December 10, for a grade in fluency.The memory verse for next week is Leviticus 26:12,“I will walk with you and be your God. And you will be my people.” Please also continue to also help your child to practice their times tables each week.
Our class has already begun to celebrate Christmas at school. We started to decorate our Christmas tree and our classroom. We will be having a Christmas party at school on Friday, December 19.We will also be doing a “Secret Santa” gift exchange at the party. This week we drew names for the “Secret Santa.” This is gift exchange idea where each student in the class will need to buy a giftfor the person whose name they drew. The gift must be worth no more than $5. The gift needs to be wrapped and bought to class to go under our class Christmas tree, on December 19. I have asked the students not to buy candy for a gift but to rather buy simple things like pencils, crayons, toy cars, soft animal etc. or items from the Dollar Store. Next week, we will continue to make decorations and cards, listen to Christmas music while we work, and read stories about Christmas. If you have any books or family-type Christmas videos or DVD’s that would be appropriate for our class, please feel free to send them with your student, so we can share them with the rest of the class.
The finalized Winter Adventures schedule and permission form will be sent out next week. Grades 2-4 will be doing their Winter Adventures together this year. We have unfortunately had to cancel the tubing Adventure due to the high cost of this activity. The replacement Adventure will however also be a lot of fun.
Thank you for your continued support. I hope you have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Ms. Sharilyn Webster