Week in Review: December 1-5

This week seemed a bit choppy, with an early release day on Wednesday and district math and reading benchmarks on Thursday and Friday. However, we did enjoy a visit to the library and seeing our kindergarten buddies on early release day. On Tuesday, we had a special presentation about the country of Greece from Tina's mom and grandmother. The kids enjoyed learning about her country, and getting a chance to learn one of their traditional dances.

In math, we started the week with a quick review of place value, and then began exploring division. We will have a test next week over multiplication and division, before moving into fractions before the winter break.

In science, we wrapped up our study of natural resources and began talking about mixtures. Ask your child about our birdseed experiment!

In language arts, we spent the early part of the week learning test-taking strategies to prepare for the benchmark. But on Thursday and Friday, our regular science and language arts time was taken up by the benchmark tests.

I wanted to remind you about Family Fitness Night this upcoming Tuesday December 9 from 6:30pm-8pm in the cafeteria. Our coaches have worked hard to organize a fun evening for all that will promote fitness and healthy choices. There will be a mini boot camp going on from the folks at LA Fitness, as well as an obstacle course set up by Camp Gladiator. Round Rock Food Services and HEB are providing healthy food samples. There will also be multiple activity stations set up for families to participate in. I will be out on Tuesday for my last day of TAG training, and Mrs. Satori will be substituting, but I do plan to attend the Fitness Night.  I hope to see you all there!