Grandparent's Day was so much fun! It was great to meet so many new faces. We hope your guests enjoyed themselves. Important Dates RFA COFFEE TUESDAY NOV. 29 View the webinar, "Girls' Friendships & Drama: How to Support Your Daughter" and then enjoy the discussion afterwards WINTER PROGRAM, THURSDAY DECEMBER 1 at 7:00p.m. Students need to be in their classrooms at 6:30. HOUR OF CODE: Family Celebration will be December 9, 3:30-5:00PM. Be sure to put this on your calendar. It is always a wonderful event. LA We will be working on final drafts of the microstories. The focus will be on creating an engaging opening. Literary essays are also underway. Each student has chosen a theme from one of the books they read. They have written a thesis statement and are working on finding examples from the book to support their thesis. Much of realistic fiction focuses on the emotion of the characters. In art they have been working on paintings to show their favorite scene, using color to evoke emotion. Look for an invitation to see our show opening! Verbs will be the focus of study from now until the Winter Break. Math Everyone took the multiplication unit test on Friday. They will make corrections tomorrow and then we will be working on long division until Winter Break. Science Last week we studied the soil samples we took from our garden area outside. The type of soil was identified and a list of what composes soil was made during two separate investigations. This week we will focus on the essential nutrients found in soil and how they play a role in plant and human growth and health.
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Special Dates We will be attending Opera in the Neighborhood on Tuesday, form 9:00 to 11:00 am. There is no payment needed. We will return to school for lunch. Nov 18 and 19 Upper School will be performing Guys and Dolls at 7:00PM. There is no charge for tickets and the show is open to all ages! Tuesday, November 22 is our annual Grandparent's Day Celebration! The morning will begin at 8:45 with a special musical performance and continue with a special event in our classroom. The entire event should be over by 11am. I HIGHLY encourage a Grandparent or special guest to attend in lieu of parents. This special guest can be a parent's friend, babysitter, cousin, aunt/uncle, etc. Please let me know if you do NOT have anyone who will be able to attend. 8:30 a.m. Check-in & refreshments - Front foyer 8:45 a.m. Welcome from Headmaster Clark Daggett - Multipurpose Room 9:00 a.m. Music program - Multipurpose Room 10:00 a.m. Guests visit classrooms or tour the school 11:00 a.m. Departure - morning concludes LA We had a few binge reading sessions and finished Eight Keys. Along the way the students created lists of their favorites scenes for a special project in art. We talked about how artists use color to evoke emotion. They identified the feelings in the scene and the colors they will use in their project. they also answered questions from the text. We are working on finding the answers in the text and noting the page number. The students identified several of the 7 Habits that are utilized in the book, as well as focusing on the Core Value of empathy. We also identified textual evidence that supports the themes of family and friendship. Math Please continue working on basic facts at home. Many of you shared how you do that at conferences. Thank you for supporting what we do in the classroom. They are essential to the topics we studying in 4th and 5th grade math. We are moving forward with learning about multiplication. |