November 15th-19th

 

Upcoming Dates

November 22nd-26th - Thanksgiving Break

December 10th - Early Release

December 16th - Winter Parties 2pm

December 17th - Early Release

1/2 gallon cardboard milk or juice carton needed!!

We will be making Function Machines in math the week of December 13-17. Every student will make a Function Machine, so each student will need to bring 2 items: an empty, clean, ½ gallon cardboard milk or juice carton and a flexible piece of cardboard - think like that of a cereal box. Please start sending them in with your child (labeled with his or her name) the week after Thanksgiving. We may need extra, so we would appreciate anyone who is able to send in extra materials. Click this link to learn more about Function Machines: https://www.undercoverclassroom.com/diy-number-function-box/

Snacks

We are having many students who rely on the nurse to provide snacks every day. We’ve even had kids who don’t like the snack that they’ve packed, so they want to go shopping at Nurse Crenshaw’s clinic to see their options. :) We are asking you to please make sure your child packs a healthy snack (hint hint - no candy, please) every day. When your child goes to the nurse to get snack, he or she misses direct instruction. This is a great opportunity to help your child increase his or her responsibility and take something off your plate! They will need help to get into the habit, so we suggest setting an alarm on their ipad to remind them each afternoon. Thank you for your help!

Headphones and Charged iPads

Now that we are in the swing of things we are using our iPads daily.  Please help remind your child to charge their iPad each night.  Also, we are using our headphones daily as well.  Many of the kiddos are in need of a set that they can keep at school. We have already been through quite a few sets of the earbuds. :)

Yearbook photos

If you would like to submit pictures that could potentially be used in our 2021-2022 year click on the link below to submit them!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uZRPJqc4FU5NvejT8

Scientist of the Week Schedule

Please make sure to check here to see when your child's assigned week is.  If they haven't signed up and would like to, just send Mrs. Shelby or Mrs. Naughton an email and we will get them added.

November Lunch Menu

 

Math 

Next week in math, we are back on WORD PROBLEMS! (Every child’s favorite, obvi.) But instead of focusing on addition and subtraction, we will focus on multiplication and division word problems and being able to distinguish between the two operations. We will continue to use Reflex to monitor your child’s fluent multiplication and division facts; you are welcome to have your child to work on it at home, but we do it at school everyday. Knowing the 0-10 facts is a standard that is reported on starting on the next report card (beginning of January). Mondays will be “Milestone Mondays”, where we celebrate all your child’s milestones in Reflex! Be on the lookout for Milestone certificates in your child’s backpack!

We will be making Function Machines in math the week of December 13-17. Every student will make a Function Machine, so each student will need to bring 2 items: an empty, clean, ½ gallon cardboard milk or juice carton and a flexible piece of cardboard - think like that of a cereal box. Please start sending them in with your child (labeled with his or her name) the week after Thanksgiving. We may need extra, so we would appreciate anyone who is able to send in extra materials. Click this link to learn more about Function Machines: https://www.undercoverclassroom.com/diy-number-function-box/

Science 

Next week, we will begin our unit on Earth’s Surface.  We will start with exploring Rapid Land Changes, which is always a favorite!  Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, OH MY! 

Reading/Writing 

In reading, we will overview informational and narrative nonfiction texts. We will review summarizing narrative nonfiction using story elements, and finding main ideas in informational nonfiction. In writing, we will continue working on our informational books by researching an animal, finding main ideas we want to teach about, and working through the writing process.

Social Studies 

Next week, we will continue practicing our map skills by looking at map grids and comparing maps and globes. We will show our learning by creating our own maps to wrap up the unit.

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