Holiday Reports and Shoe In Economics

Language Arts and Social Studies Updates!

LANGUAGE ARTS
Thank you for helping your child brainstorm a winter family tradition this last week.  


On Monday, students will take their prewrite and turn it into a paragraph or two to inform and entertain classmates about their holiday tradition.  I will send the paragraph home on Monday.  Students will NOT have spelling homework next week.  Instead, they should spend Monday and Tuesday nights preparing their oral presentations.  I have attached the rubric I will use to assess their presentation for your reference at home. 


Due to the number of students presenting, and limited class time, students have signed up to either present on Wednesday, December 14 or Thursday, December 15.
Ford's Class Holiday Report Sign Up 2011
Skrivanek's Class Holiday Report Sign Up 2011


Reports are a fun time for us to learn more about one another and give kids a chance to shine and be the "expert" in our class.  I will record the presentations on the FLIP video camera.  If you would like a copy of your child's presentation, please send a labeled memory stick with your child on the day of his or her presentation.  I will do my best to get you the memory stick and presentation by Friday, December 16. 


SOCIAL STUDIES
We enjoyed ECON and ME videos learn more about economic concepts and vocabulary.  See if you third grader and do part of the GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT ECON rap.  This week, students will be put into teams and will create a SHOE business.  They will design a shoe and then produce the shoe in an assembly line.  Teams will then create an advertisement in hopes to get consumers interested in their product.  This hands-on activity will be our culminating project for economics!