Starting today, your child will be bringing home a daily planner.
During each school day, each child is responsible for writing in the planner assignments that are due, school reminders and upcoming events.
Every evening, each family is responsible for initialing the planner at the bottom.
The planner will go home daily with the school folder. Both the folder and the planner need to be brought back to school each day.
This is a great way to learn organizational skills and to keep informed of your child’s school lessons.
Thank you for your help and please contact me if you have any question.
Mrs. C
In Writing, the class is currently working on an assignment about their three favorite fall activities. Upon completion, a copy of this assignment will be sent home.
In Reading, each student is working on reading materials assigned in their grade level homerooms. 4th graders are reading Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, some 5th graders are reading Hatchet while another class is reading Something Upstairs. We also have a classroom book called Three Good Deeds.
In Science, 5th grade students are learning about Energy and 4th graders are learning about Watery earth.
In Social Studies, 5th graders are beginning research on their Native American Tribes. Their posters will be done here at school. The 5th grade PowWow is on Nov 7th. 4th graders will begin lessons on Immigration. Their Immigration Day is October 31st.
Other classroom activities include….
starting our day with Jump Start (led by our school occupational therapist, Mrs. Camire). Students are working on getting their body and mind ready for the school day. Some of these exercises can be done later in the day if a child finds he/she needs a pick up or a slow down.
Daily Oral Language lessons to practice grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling skills.
And DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) Time.
I have sent home an updated schedule for each child. If needed, this may be changed a bit over the school year. You may want to tape it into your child’s planner.
Dates to remember:
Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 are Early Release Days. This will give staff here an opportunity to get trained in SmartBoard use, math and special education services.
No school October 13th
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Mrs. C