I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weekend.
4th grade dance performance: Thursday Nov. 14th at 7:00 p.m. at Subud Center
-Due to the power outage the 6th grade performance was moved to 11/14, that said, the 6th grade performs at 5:00 and we perform at 7:00.
It will be a busy night and the Subud Center has limited parking. We encourage parents to carpool to the event as much as possible. Drop off time for students is 6:40.
We will need volunteers:
** 1 yellow-vested parking monitor for before our show scheduled to start when the performers are scheduled to arrive (6:40)
** 1 yellow-vested tree monitor for before and after our show--there is an irresistible tree that we cannot let the kids climb on.
** 1 shoe monitor for being sure no shoes enter the performance room and for handing out booties to people who do not want to remove their shoes
** 4-6 volunteers for putting sound equipment, chairs and very heavy benches back exactly where they came from after our show
** 2 volunteers to load the mats and black wooden boxes into Molly's truck and help unload them at school with Molly right after we close up the Subud Center that night -- these could be 2 of the 4-6 chair helpers.
***We need volunteers. Please click here to sign up! Thank you in advance.
**Upcoming Conference Information:
Conferences are Nov. 12th, 13th, 14th: Thank you for signing up for a conference with your child. My goal with conferences is to keep it positive and shine the light on all the wonderful things about your child, of which there are many! Then, if need be, we will look at areas that need improvement and steps to take to do so. Every child should be able to leave this conference with their head held high feeling good about themselves and knowing more about their learning style and how to work with their unique gifts and challenges.
Early Dismissal Conference Week Nov. 12th-15th: Due to parent/teacher/student conferences, students are dismissed from school at 12:30 T-F.
Report Cards: will be given out at your conference and gone over with parents and their child.
ELA: we will be starting a new read aloud book: Lovina's Song. Lucy Calkin's upcoming informational unit is on the horizon. 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. Active listening is practiced daily.
Mindfulness: best practices in mindfulness are being incorporated into our classroom.
Harmony: best practices school-wide curriculum for building a strong social-emotional community within our classrooms--incorporated most mornings.
AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program. Students should keep 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/or 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 14.5 points for each 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 average this is going to mean your child is reading anywhere from 10+ books a Trimester (depending on length and difficulty). 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: addition and subtraction, 1-digit multiplication and continued practice with division continue.
*We will finish our 2nd POM (problem of the month); various MARS tasks
**Keep Practicing: students were expected to have their times tables memorized by the end of October. If your child has not recited these to you and returned the checklist, please get these in. In order for your child to be successful with the math in the 4th grade, it is important to have these skills down. Please have some fun with these and have your child rehearse daily so that they can test on these math facts. As your child tests on each one, please check off and sign the checklist sheet and return it to our classroom. Thank you.
Science: stream tables
Social Studies: wrap up of Gold Rush and on to California statehood.
Writing, Spelling, Vocabulary and Grammar: book review on kit Carson will begin, shades of meaning vocabulary, capitalization, quotation marks, citing evidence within texts.
Upcoming Announcements/Events:
Nov. 11--Veteran's Day, no school
Nov. 12-14--report cards and Parent/Teacher/Child Conferences
Nov. 13--board meeting 6:00-9:00
Nov. 22--Turkey Trot 8:30-12:30
Nov. 27-29--Thanksgiving break
Thank you for supporting me and the growth of your child in every way.
Warmly,
Heather
