THOMPSON TRIBUNE
Eli Pinney Elementary, Room 120
December 7- December 11, 2015
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Important Dates to
Remember for
Next Week
*Baby Thompson #3
will be here on
Tuesday, December
15th :)
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*Holiday Party will be
on Friday, 12/18 from
10:15-11:00am in our
classroom !
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Academics
Reading Workshop- The Nutcracker (ETA Hoffman), discussing
similarities and differences between various versions of The
Nutcracker Pete The Cat Saves Christmas, The Night Before (The
Night Before) Christmas, The Polar Express, Night Tree, The Great
Joy, sharing a response about connections we have with the story,
The Gingerbread Man (McClintock), Gingerbread Baby (Jan Brett),
Rock Star Santa, field trip to The Ohio Theater to see Balletmet’s
The Nutcracker
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Writing Workshop – 12 Days of Christmas (Jan Brett), 12 Dogs of
December, 12 Days of Christmas in Florida, 12 Days of Christmas
(Robert Sabuda), what is an opinion?, stating an opinion about
which “12 Days” book is your favorite, giving reasons to support
your thinking, writing an opinion about your favorite version of
The Nutcracker
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Word Study - “est” and “ell”, “If I can spell…”, picture sort,
making words, assessment will be on Thursday, December 10th
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Math - Grandfather Tang, what are tangrams, how can we move 2D shapes? (slide, flip, turn), making holiday tangram pictures,
reviewing 2-D shapes, fill the same shape in 3 different ways
Related Arts Schedule
(4 Day Rotation)
A - Day: – P.E. (Ms. Hathaway) B - Day: – Art (Mr. Blair)
C – Day – Library (Mrs. Riley)
D - Day - Music (Mrs. Casto)
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Social Studies - rehearsing for and presenting our show about
how we are all unique and special, wrapping party for Welcome
Warehouse
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Featuring Room 120…………………………”exploring with tangrams”