Hello everybody!  Sorry this is later than normal...well, first, I guess there would need to be a "normal" for me to have been accomplishing!  Thank you all so much for everything you have been doing for the class.  There is a lot of fun stuff that I have come up with, for the class, that I am super excited about.  I am going to 

have another addition to the choices, that will be a reading center.  

The kids will be picking a smaller book from the classroom library and recording the entire book so that other students can then pick that book up and listen to another student read it aloud.  From here on out, I will be sending the weekly calendar out on the blog.  We are delving back into geometry this week, for 3rd grade math.  Social studies is carrying on with the great project that my Tuesday PM co- opers have done SO much for.  Thank you so much!!!  This week, Jeanene Prince will be coming in to teach a short lesson for Social Studies.  Science will be all about inventions this month.

-Don't forget that we have a parent meeting on the 16th...that's this Tuesday!!!!  We are supposed to be starting at 6:00.

-We have a 3/4 rock ensemble starting up too.  IF you have a child that may be interested in joining, I would love to have them...however, I have to set up some strict agreements about how I need the students to behave while they are in there.  I need the kids to know that it is a privilege to be in music class and if any other area of school falls behind then they will be taken out of the class.  For instance, if I have a student who comes into rock ensemble and hasn't finished their planner, for the week, then they will not be able to come to the meeting that week.  I am super 

excited about having the kids from 3/4 come in and play some stuff.  

We will be meeting on Friday's from 10:00-10:45.  If your student wants to come (or you want them to come) into the class, then they need to have access to the instrument that they want to play.  To pull off a performance, with the ensemble, we need to have students doing as much outside playing as is possible.  I will tell them what/ how to practice.  Tell your students that they will need to be prepared to come to ensemble on Friday with an instrument that they want to play and some music that they would like to perform (in a performance later on!!!).

Thanks all,

Alex

PLANNER for Nov. 17-Nov. 23

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My Choices	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Mon	Tues
1. Math Packet:				4th Due	3rd Due
2. Handwriting			Due
3. Weather Podcast On word from last Friday.					Due
4. TFK					Due
5. Typing					Due
6. Snack Center			Due
7. Garage Band
8. File box clean-out
9.Story Problem Center
10. Mapping activity
11. Pentominoes
12. Reading Center pick a book and read it into the computer so that someone else can follow along!
13. Social Studies project Due:11/30