Gator families, the holiday season is almost here, and we’re ready for all the festive fun! To make crafts and special classroom activities extra magical, we’ve put together a holiday wish list.

Any donation, big or small, helps make this season sparkle for our Gators! 💚

Amazon Holiday Activity Wish List

We love seeing our students excited about their favorite toys and fidgets — but we’ve noticed they’re starting to take over our classrooms like tiny, colorful invaders. 

Starting this week, toys and fidgets should stay at home unless a student has a fidget accommodation listed in their IEP or 504 Plan. For students who do have approved fidgets, please make sure they:

• Fit in one hand

• Can be used quietly while working

This helps us keep our classrooms focused, calm, and ready for learning. Thank you for your support! 💚🐊

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 2nd from 6:30–7:30 PM for our Glenhope Fall Gallery Walk! Come see all the amazing art our talented Gators have been working so diligently on — each piece is a masterpiece in its own right! You’ll also get to witness the incredible skills that our outstanding art teacher, Mrs. Towery, has inspired in her students.

And don’t miss the special performance by our amazing Hatchling Choir — it’s sure to fill the halls with music and joy! 🎶💚

🎅🥞 Mark your calendars! On Saturday, December 6th from 8–10 AM, join us for a holly-jolly Breakfast with Santa! Enjoy fluffy pancakes, festive crafts, and of course, pictures with the big guy in red himself. 🎨📸 Don’t let the syrupy fun pass you by—register by December 1st to save your spot on the nice list! 🎄✨

- Please remind your child to take proper care of their Chromebook: always carry it with two hands, keep it away from food, drinks, and younger siblings, and store it safely when not in use. Each night, ensure there is a designated place to charge the Chromebook and double-check that it makes it into your child’s backpack each morning. While we will reinforce that caring for the device is the student’s responsibility, your support during these first few weeks is essential.

Additionally, please send in wired earbuds or headphones that plug into your child’s Chromebook. If possible, label them with your child’s name.

Last week, readers dove into The Chocolate Touch, clarified tricky parts, peeked at literary elements, and discovered the author’s purpose—all while having a sweet time with the story! 

This week students will be learning...

Reading- This week in Reading, our readers will continue enjoying The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling! They will focus on making and confirming predictions (TEKS 3.6A, 3.6C, 3.7C, 3.7E) to think ahead about what might happen next. Students will explore figurative language (TEKS 3.3B, 3.6D, 3.6F, 3.7C, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.10D), noticing how the author’s words create vivid images and feelings. They will analyze text structure (TEKS 3.6G, 3.7C, 3.7G, 3.9D(iii), 3.10B) to understand how the story is organized, and examine point of view (TEKS 3.7C, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.10E) to see how the narrator’s perspective shapes the story. Encourage your child to share their favorite parts and predictions from the story at home! 

Grammar-This week, students will practice verbs in the past, present, and future (TEKS 3.11Dii). They will identify different verb tenses in sentences and use them correctly in their own writing to make their stories clear and accurate. 

***5's and 6's fact fluency quiz Wednesday (Changed to wednesday because of Unit 3 test on thursday) ***

***Unit 3 Multiplication and Division Test Thursday***

Last week we learned how to find the area of a composite figure and how to divide using equal groups!

This week the students will be learning...

• I can model and solve partitive and qoutative division problems using diagrams, repeated subtraction and equations. (TEKS 3.4H)

• I can show the relationship between multiplication and division through models of real-life scenarios.(TEKS 3.4H)

• I can Identify odd or even numbers, using divisibility rules.(TEKS 3.4H)

To help your child at home with these skills-

• Create word problems involving up multiplication with two digit multiplied by one digit.

• Practice their multiplication facts/ skip counting. (Students can log onto canvas for a link to our songs and online flashcards)

• Work in independent practice workbook on pages 145-152.

• Practice division story problems.

The images below are some ideas of math practice to do at home (choice board) and examples of these types of representations.

3.14A SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to gather information, including historical and current events and geographic data, about the community using a variety of resources. 

Studies Weekly Newspaper and App 

Week 13 Decision Making

3.12D Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments. The student is expected to  identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and environments, including common Texas fossils 

McGraw Hill App. 

Chapter 9 Lesson 4 Fossils