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Week in review: 
* Scholastic Book Order Sent Home Due November 28; Class Activation Code for Online orders = GY3NG
Your may order online or you may send a check (no cash please) with the order slip to school and I will mail it.  If you would like to have your book purchases be a secret for Christmas, just let me know and I will notify you when the order arrives.  
Scholastic Book Clubs Link (or visit our own class homepage)

* Three Branches of Government (legislative (makes laws), executive (carries out laws, and judicial (ensures that laws are fair))
*New Math Game Called "Go Collecting" similar to "Go Fish"
*Writing Thanksgiving Recipes
*Reading About the First Thanksgiving
*Spelling Words Using OI and OY
*Locating, Adding and Subtracting Numbers on a 1,000 Chart
*Writing holiday letters to military men and women for Christmas


Next Week is a Short One, Only Two Days! 
* Government social studies test on Tuesday
* NO new spelling words
* NO new weekly at-home reading


Christmas Food Drive will begin after Thanksgiving.  We will be collecting cans and boxes of nonperishable food, hygiene products such as soap, toothpaste, etc., cleaning supplies and new toys/games.  More information from the office will come home about this.  I'm just giving you a head's up so that if you plan on making a donation it won't sneak up on you.   

We have opened up our class Kidblog account so that you can leave comments to your child.  Your child's password is "tiger" plus their four digit lunch pin.  All comments are sent to me for approval before they are added to the blog.http://kidblog.org/MrsHillenburg2012-2013/

Students wrote in their Friday letters today.  The letters are addressed to someone in their family.  If you get a chance to write back to them in the purple notebook, I'm sure they would LOVE it!