Ross Rockets Newsletter - December 2025

Miss Krol’s class has been doing amazing work! We have been working on our self-awareness skills and keeping a positive mindset. In December, we will be participating in a self-awareness escape room to demonstrate our knowledge and use our new skills! Our third graders have been working on their new multiplication skills and are using their new strategies to solve word problems using multiplication. In ELA, our third graders are working on a research project based on weather phenomena. Our second-grade friends are working toward writing complete sentences and using the ideas we read in books to answer questions. In math, they’re working on different strategies for addition and subtraction. We are having a wonderful time with our new learning and using our new skills!

3rd-grade Ross Rockets continue to do awesome work with their severe weather research projects as they also strengthen their writing habits. They are developing their comprehension, utilizing text features, and strengthening vocabulary. We are working on place value, rounding to estimate, and problem-solving as we dive into our third math unit. Students are excited about exploring living things in science and learning about the Civil Rights movement in social studies. Everyone continues to do such a great job with their reading steps at home and at school. Students continue to build strong classroom communities so that learning and growing can take place every day. Thank you, families, for all of your support. 

During November, our 4th graders are continuing to research our animals and the many adaptations they have to help them survive. We will start creating our final product of a book/presentation, all about our animals, to show off our expertise! With our writing, we are focusing on the main idea of a text. Also, we are practicing finding evidence from the text to support the main idea. In math, we are beginning to work with fractions and decimals. We are looking at equivalent fractions, mixed numbers, improper fractions, and converting fractions into decimals. We continue to encourage our students to practice their multiplication facts to help them with the new math skills being taught. As we enter a busy part of the year, we encourage the students to continue to complete their reading steps, and we appreciate all of your support!

Our fifth graders are off to a strong start as we begin Unit 3 in math.  Students are working with decimals and equivalent fractions, building confidence as they apply these skills to real-world problems. In reading, we are focusing on informational text while students continue researching the ecosystems they selected earlier last month. By the end of the unit, each student will create a full research project to showcase their understanding of how their ecosystem functions.

In social studies, we are beginning our exploration of the Colonial Era, and in science, students are diving into energy and matter. We are so proud of the responsibility students have shown—especially with staying on top of their homework. Thank you, families, for your continued support and for attending conferences! Your partnership makes a big difference.