This Friday will be our Big Event Celebration. Students will be celebrating SOARing behavior with some fun and exciting activities. Students have been working hard on earning 10 SOAR bucks so that they may attend the Big Event.
We have finally earned our 50th marble for showing great expectations at school. We will be welcoming our new hermit crab to our classroom on Monday. We will vote on a name for the hermit crab and do some research on how hermit crabs live.
Last week we had a lot of fun with our fall activities. We started by writing a persuasive letter to a tree. Our goal was to convince the tree to keep his leaves. So if you see several trees with their leaves this year, you will know that our class had something to do with it. We also had fun writing the recipe for making applesauce, using transitional words. After we wrote the recipe, we made the applesauce together, and we licked the crockpot clean. Not one drop of applesauce left. Originally we were going to make apple butter. However, we learned that it takes more hours than what we have in one day to make. So we decided to make the applesauce.
We also had a great time participating in our force and motion activities on Friday of last week. We used marshmallow shooters to learn about force and gravity. We used incline planes to learn how gravity and friction works. We also pulled cars with magnets to learn about the different types of force.
This coming week we will continue learning about force and motion by designing and creating a rollercoaster. On the 13th students may bring in small toys with wheels to celebrate "Wheels Day".
We will also be working on writing a persuasive paper about which animal makes the best pet by using facts and opinions. Students spent time last week writing their opinions about their animals and looking up facts about their animal on their devices. This week they will take their opinions and facts and put them within a persuasive paper.
In math this week we will be working on addition and subtraction fluency. The first quarter goal for fluency is 70% accuracy within a 5 minute time limit. Our goal is to be at 85% or higher by 4th quarter. We will also continue working with measuring and greater than/less than.
Don't forget that Friday is a half day. Students will be dismissed at 12:40. Please make sure you have transportation arrangements made for your child.
Important Dates:
10-12 Principal's Advisory Committee (open to anyone who wants to attend) 2:30-3:30 p.m.
10-13 Wheels Day (force and motion celebration--students may bring a small toy on wheels)
10-14 Big Event (end of quarter PBIS celebration--schedule to be announced)
10-14 End 1st Quarter-1/2 Day of School--12:40 Dismissal
10-14 to 10-20 Book Fair
10-18 Picture Retakes
10-24 to 10-27 Parent Teacher Conferences
10-25 SOARing Assembly for Self-Control
10-27 Fall Parties (schedule to be announced)
10-28 No School
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