Hello Families!
Fall is in the air and Halloween is just around the corner! Our students continue to work extremely hard to learn our target concepts and are picking up and practicing strong study skills they have learned in the classroom! Thank you for your continued support at home.
Here are the targets / concepts we are tirelessly working to master:
Literacy
Our students are quite invested in our classroom read called The Road to Freedom. It is narrated from the point of view of a young girl who is traveling on the Underground Railroad with her mother in hopes of making it North to freedom. The kids are highly engaged with the text and we are continuing to have many valuable discussions related to topics raised within the story.
Writing
We are using The Road to Freedom as a springboard for various writing samples. Our students are practicing how to write short-constructed responses based prompts from the story. We are also in the planning phase of our opinion essays which are based on topics/issues related to slavery from the book.
Math
Our students are currently working through division using a four-digit dividend and and a two-digit divisor. We emphasized the partial quotients, area model, and long-division algorithms to solve these problems. Students were given a common formative assessment (CFA) in order to monitor their progress. Next Monday, our students will move on to our next concept, which is adding and subtracting decimals.
Social Studies
Our discussions continue to revolve around how indentured servitude affected the growth of the early American colonies.
Science
We are continuing to learn more about various ecosystems. We are exploring what makes an ecosystem healthy or unhealthy, how ecosystems change, and how humans change ecosystems.
Reminders
**Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
**Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.
HALLOWEEN PARADE AND CLASSROOM PARTY INFORMATION
Please be sure to read the Principal's Message for school guidelines around appropriate costume attire for our Halloween festivities. If you are unsure about whether or not something in your child's costume is appropriate, please contact me. Also included in Mrs. Gluck's blog are the guidelines around students going home for lunch on Halloween. If you plan on bringing your child home for a costume change, please be sure to review the procedures.
Parade:
Our Parade Route begins at 1:20PM outside of our southeast doors (near our gymnasium and the buffalo) and the students will continue north on the sidewalk and then head west past the district office around the building, past the playground and end back at the Buffalo. Please keep your fingers crossed that we have great weather! In case of inclement weather, we will have an indoor parade for teachers and students only.
Classroom Parties:
*THANK YOU in advance to all of the volunteers who are sending items and/or helping at the parties! *Parties will begin at approximately 2:00pm and end at 2:45pm.
*Only PTO approved parent party volunteers may attend classroom parties. No siblings are able to attend.
*If you are a volunteer, it is recommended that you have your driver's license scanned into our security system prior to party day so that your badge can be ready for you upon arrival. *All party treats must come from the Approved Snack List and brought in to be checked by the nurse. These need to be at school by 9:00am on October 31st. They can be brought in prior to that and will be kept safely in the office.
*Only PTO approved parent party volunteers may attend classroom parties. No siblings are able to attend.
*If you are a volunteer, it is recommended that you have your driver's license scanned into our security system prior to party day so that your badge can be ready for you upon arrival. *All party treats must come from the Approved Snack List and brought in to be checked by the nurse. These need to be at school by 9:00am on October 31st. They can be brought in prior to that and will be kept safely in the office.
Can students go home for lunch to get into costumes?
Students are able to be picked up to go home, it will be during their own grade level lunch period. See below for details:
*Students will meet their parent/grandparent/family member in the foyer of the school.
*Please write a note stating that students will be going home for lunch. Students will give their “going home for lunch” note to the staff members who are supervising pick-up.
*Students need to return to school by the end of their lunch/recess period. 5th Grade lunch and recess runs from 12:00pm - 12:40pm.
*Please write a note stating that students will be going home for lunch. Students will give their “going home for lunch” note to the staff members who are supervising pick-up.
*Students need to return to school by the end of their lunch/recess period. 5th Grade lunch and recess runs from 12:00pm - 12:40pm.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Have a fantastic weekend!
Enzie Pangilinan
