Hello Everyone,

It's time to sign up for fall conferences. Please use the link below to sign up for a day and time slot that will work for you, your partner and your child. In the intermediate school, children attend their conferences as well. Thank you in advance.

4/5 Conference Sign Up Link


**Field Trip to Sea cliff State Beach--this Friday, Nov. 2 from 9:45 - 12:20! Please submit the form to chaperone/drive by clicking here or let us know be returning the form. Permission forms are due. There is no fee for this trip. Drivers/chaperones arrive at the school at 9:00 so that we can organize carpools.

ELA: We have finished our Gold Rush novel By the Great Horn Spoon and most children have taken their AR quizzes which will enhance goal points. We will begin our next novel The Birchbark House this week. In addition, we continue to honor our VIP each week and listen to presentations by students.

SC Symphony: daily musical compositions are introduced and enjoyed every morning.

Harmony: best practices school-wide curriculum for building a strong social-emotional community within our classroom.

AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program.  Students are reading appropriate AR books found through the AR book find link and then quizzing on them within 24 hours of finishing their book.  It is critical to support your child in book selection (most books are in our school and classroom libraries) and to remind them to read, read, read whenever the opportunity arises--in the car, while waiting for an appt., to and from school, before bed time, on a Sunday in your jammies, etc.  These books should travel to and from the classroom in a daily fashion for classroom DEAR (drop everything and read) sessions as well as nightly reading homework and beyond.  Students have a goal of 14 points for this first trimester.  Each book has a certain amount of points it is worth.  This information is listed with reading level and appropriateness (grade school, middle school, high school, for example).  Points per book range from 3 to 5, generally, with longer books being worth more points.  On an average this is going to mean your child is reading anywhere from 3-5 books by November 1. That said, help your child select books that are on their reading level, and have high interest for them.  This will allow them to accomplish reading books from start to finish successfully.
    
Math: 4th graders just tested on 1-digit multiplication and will begin division this week. 5th graders just tested on mental math strategies and will begin word problems using bar models.

In addition, students were expected to have their times tables memorized by October 26th (2's through 12's).  These are goals that were set in early September.  In order for your child to be successful with the math in this grade level, it is important to have these skills down. multiplication music
**Please be sure to finish testing your child on these and return the packet and checklist with your signature to our classroom as soon as possible. Thank you for your support. 

Science: fossils.

Social Studies: Native Americans

Writing and Grammar: We are reviewing complex sentences. We have begun planning our Native American narrative essays. We will also write a book review of our Read Aloud text, Kit Carson.

Upcoming Announcements
Oct. 31--Halloween parade 8:45
Nov. 1--staff development day, no school
Nov. 2-- Sea Cliff State Beach field trip--9:00-12:00
Nov. 12--Veteran's Day, no school
Nov. 13--report cards
Nov. 9--board meeting
Nov. 13 - 16 and 19--parent teacher conferences 
Nov. 16--Turkey Trot
Nov. 21-23--Thanksgiving break

Thank you in advance for supporting me and the growth of your child in every way.

Warmly,

Mrs. Young