Dear Families,
Upcoming Dates:
Tuesday, October 31st Halloween Parade at 9:20 a.m.
PM Color Run/Cider and Donuts
(Please remember--no masks or weapons allowed for dressing up, and remember to bring a change of clothes to wear after the parade--students should also have a white t-shirt for the color run here at school. I think only 15 children brought them in last week).
Friday, November 3rd End of the First Marking Period
Tuesday, November 7th Election Day-NO SCHOOL
Thursday, November 9th Donuts for Dad & Fall Book Fair Begins
Tuesday, November 14th Half Day of School/Parent/Teacher Conferences-- a sign up genius will be sent home via email next week!
Wednesday, November 15th Picture Re-take Day
Here are some highlights from our learning last week:
Wow, a crazy week with the water situation, but a great opportunity for all of us to realize how lucky we are to have potable water whenever we want it. It was such a coincidence as we were talking about it last week when we were discussing other communities and their problems. Hopefully we will be back to normal next week! Continue to send water bottles with your child.
Reading- Last week we worked on building our stamina for reading and shopping for new books if needed. Many students were ready to look for books at a higher level to keep in their book baggies and practice their reading strategies. When they read with me they read mostly from our leveled book library so I can quickly assess their needs, but they are always welcome to read from our book corner and find books that they will also enjoy. We also learned how to log on to Epic and took time to enjoy reading on the Ipads.
Writing – We have almost completed our personal narrative writing unit. The students are in various places of completing stories and soon they will be choosing a story to publish as his/her final piece. We'll take next week to complete the writing process for Personal Narrative and then we will move on to blogging!
Math – We took our Unit 2 math test on Thursday. Your child's test scores will be coming home next week. We also took the Unit 1 and 2 test and will take the pretest for Unit 3 next week, as well. As a reminder, we will be sending home the at home review for unit 3 very soon, as well. Please keep this in a safe spot so you can review throughout the unit.
Social Studies- Be sure to send your Flat Stanley out to family or friends as soon as possible so that we can receive all letters back BY DECEMBER 1st (all directions for this activity were sent home). This activity aligns with our focus on learning about our community and comparing Novi to other communities. We'll be hanging our Flat Stanley responses on our map in the project area and are excited to see where our Flat Stanleys have traveled! We did have a successful launch on Friday, with no interference from trees!
Coat Donations— If you have any winter gear for Flint schools and you would like to donate, we are still accepting donations all month! Thank you so very much for helping the children in Flint with your gently used winter gear!
