THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for all of the wonderful presents.  

You are all too generous and spoil me!!

  I hope that you have a restful, relaxing, and safe holiday season as you enjoy time with family and friends. 

See you next year--Monday, Jan. 7th!!! 

CA Mission Project

This week we started learning about the missions of California!!  Students selected a mission to research and will dive in next week to becoming an "expert" on that mission.  Once research is done [both online & from books], your child will create a Google Slides presentation to share with the class.  This is an individual project and will be primarily done at school.  I have given the class specific instructions and have also shown them several examples so that they see exactly what is expected.  Great learning is happening--both through the research of an important time in California's history, and the tech skills being developed to create an awesome presentation!!  Can't wait...!!!

If your child wishes to build a model of a mission--be my guest!!--but it is not required!  I will have more specific guidelines for building a mission in the next week.  Don't go out and buy a kit just yet...

Book Exchange

Before we leave for break, we will have a book exchange.  If your child wants to participate, s/he needs to bring in a wrapped, unmarked book.  The book should be good for both boys & girls--and appropriate for our reading levels.  Every student that brings in a book will get a different book in exchange through a fun ["White Elephant" type] game!! 

SPIRIT WEEK!!

Let's show our school spirit next week!

*Monday: Hat Day

*Tuesday: Holiday Spirit

*Wednesday: Ugly Sweater

*Thursday: Pajama/Comfy Clothes Day

FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL

COLOMA

Coloma money is due FRIDAY!!  

We will need to make a second payment before we leave on break.  If you haven't done so already, please send in your second payment [either $75 or the remaining $150] and the permission slip by December 14th.  Thanks!!

Thanks!!

Thank you for all of the books that were purchased for the classroom from the Book Fair.  We LOVE getting new books!!  

Hour of Code

We coded this week!!  The kids loved it!!  Khan Academy, Scratch, Tynker and Hopscotch are FREE web-based sites for kids to explore and learn.    I put several links up on Google Classroom so that kids can code on their own.  

21st Century kids code--that's US!!

Book Exchange

Before we leave for break, we will have a book exchange.  If your child wants to participate, s/he needs to bring in a wrapped, unmarked book.  The book should be good for both boys & girls--and appropriate for our reading levels.  Every student that brings in a book will get a different book in exchange through a fun ["White Elephant" type] game!! 

Book Exchange!!

Before we leave for break, we will have a book exchange.  If your child wants to participate, s/he needs to bring in a wrapped, unmarked book.  The book should be good for both boys & girls--and appropriate for our reading levels.  Every student that brings in a book will get a different book in exchange through a fun ["White Elephant" type] game!! 

CODS!!

Another Coloma payment is due!!  We will need to make a second payment before we leave on break.  If you haven't done so already, please send in your second payment [either $75 or the remaining balance of $150] and the permission slip by December 14th.  Thanks!!

Toys for Tots

Student Council will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots from December 3-13. Drop off toys before school at either unloading zone. If your child is in the 4th or 5th grade, be sure they get their name on the clipboard if they're interested in playing Air Force dodgeball on Thursday, 12/13 from 2:20-3:20.

Annual Mundy Holiday Fair

Grade Weights

A great question came up in class after we reviewed our own grades in Illuminate. "How come if I have more As than Bs, do I only have a B?" The answer lies in the weighting of grades. A quick activity done as classwork may earn a 10/A+ but only be worth 5 points in the grade book. An end of Unit Math test that covers 3 weeks of material and earns an A+ is worth 100 points. An A on the Unit Test is worth much more than an A on classwork. You can't take a simple average of the grades listed on the grade sheet because different tasks have different weights.

Mundy Book Fair

Mundy’s Book Fair is coming up right after the Thanksgiving break (Nov 26 to Dec 1). This year, we have a new item - Gift Certificates that may be purchased for Mundy teachers. The Gift Certificates are great to give as a gift during the holiday season, even as an early Christmas gift. Mundy teachers will then use the Gift Certificate during the book fair. You can also gift them to your friends.  

There will be gift certificates to purchase in advance of the book fair if you would like to give a teacher a gift certificate for the book fair. They will also be available for purchase during the fair. For parents wanting to purchase gift certificates - please email Sharmistha @sharmisthap1@yahoo.com for more information and payment details.