Your child is coming home with spelling words for the test we will have after Thanksgiving break on Friday, November 30. This will give them lots of extra time to practice spelling words.

Reading minutes will not be due next week because of our two day school week. Please make it a priority for your child to read 70 minutes by Friday, November 30th. In order for your child to make progress in the classroom, they need to practice reading at home as well.

We will begin a one week science unit for the first week after Thanksgiving break. We will learn about the water cycle. After that we will spend the remaining two weeks before Christmas break focusing on an economics unit.

Don't forget to send in pennies for our math collection activity. We will be donating after we have collected 1,000 pennies. We currently have only about 350.

Don't forget the WOHE 5K is tomorrow morning. Adults are $25 the day of the race and students under 18 pay an entry fee equal to their age. The race begins at 8.

In math, we are collecting 1,000 items to better understand groups of tens and hundreds. The class decided to collect pennies. If you have any extra pennies at home you'd like to send to school with your child, we would appreciate it! We will be donating the money to the Willard Children's Charitable Foundation

We will be finishing our Government unit in Social Studies next week. A study guide will come home on Thursday and we will test on Friday. Your child will need to know how a bill becomes a law, important details about the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and the three branches of government.

If your child hasn't already brought ear buds to school, please send those to school for our "Listen to Reading" stations during Daily 5.

Don't forget your child's reading minutes have increased to 70 minutes per week. Please make reading a priority at home!