December 6, 2017

Henrekin Headlines

Important Dates: Whats Happening in the Classroom?

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M ath: We are learning how to solve one-step word problems
Dec. 5 : Trimester 1 report using multiplication or division. Students are getting the chance to
cards posted on Skyward.
write a multiplication or division story problem to match a picture
Contact the office if you
given.
need help navigating
Skyward.
Re ad in g/ELA: W hen reading a nonfiction text, readers stop to
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Dec. 13 : Mrs. Henrekins last think: Is this an expository text or a narrative nonfiction?
day of school, unless baby Readers are discovering that biographies are considered to be
comes sooner! (Getting narrative nonfiction. We continue to tackle hard words and to
induced in the evening) figure out the main idea.
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Dec. 14 : Welcome Mrs.
Wri tin g: The information writers of room 232 have learned 3
Stark!! (Long-term sub)
ways to write an informational chapter: description, sequence,
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Dec. 18 : Music Program and comparison. Students are organizing their chapter
Practice @ 10:30am and 3
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Grade Music Program, diagrams. We are proofreading and revising as we go!!
5:30pm @ high school PAC!!!

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S oci al St udi e s: We are learning about a variety of Native
Dec. 25 Jan. 1 : No School American tribes! We began this unit by exploring the Navajo tribe.
Winter Break
We learned where they live, what their homes are like, and what
nd they do to survive. The Navajo make sand paintings as a part of
Jan. 2 : Back to School
their culture. It is said that the medicine man would create a
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Jan. 15 : No School sand painting to help heal the sick. Students got the chance to
create their own sand paintings!

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Dear 3 grade families, Navajo Sand Paintings
No baby news to report,
yet! My plan is to keep
teaching until I go to the
hospital. My due date was
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on December 2 , so we are
still anxiously awaiting our
baby girls arrival!! My
induction date is set for
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December 13 in the evening.
So my last day of school will
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be December 13 , unless I go
into labor before! J
Take care,
Mrs. Henrekin