Week of November 2

 

Hello Families!

Thank you so much to the families of Tristan, Annika, Dylan, Luca and Averie for donating items for our Halloween party! While it was different than previous years, we had a great time celebrating together with snacks and a few low-key activities.

Daily Student Health Screener:

Click here for a checklist of symptoms and situations to keep a focused eye on this year. The teachers are logging daily health checks, as well. We are doubling down on health and wellness in efforts to protect our ability to meet for in-person learning. Thank you for your cooperation on this. 

Picture Re-Takes on Monday November 2:

Picture re-takes will take place on Monday November 2. Please send back your original picture packet if you are wanting to have re-takes done.

Yearbook Cover Contest:

The yearbook cover contest has started! If your child would like to submit a yearbook cover contest entry, please see the photo below. All entries are due to Mrs. Codde, in the office, by noon on Friday November 13.

Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog:

Please don't forget to take a peek at Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog each week. CLICK HERE to read it.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Sun. 11/1 - Daylight Saving Time ends (clocks turn back 1 hour)

Mon. 11/2 - Picture re-take day - please return original packets if your student is doing re-takes.

Wed. 11/4 - Late Start (school begins at 9:45am)

Fri. 11/6 - Popcorn Friday!

Wed. 11/11 - Late Start (school begins at 9:45am)

Thurs. 11/12 - 1/2 day of school (school dismisses at 12:34pm) and Virtual Scholastic Book Fair begins and will run through 11/25 - more details to come).

Fri. 11/13 - 1/2 day of school (school dismisses at 12:34pm)

Wed. 11/25 through Fri. 11/27 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break)

This week's learning:

Classroom Community: We had a lot of fun with our low-key Halloween party this year; I "thank you so much for letting us have a Halloween party" from so many students! While it certainly was different, and maybe not as exciting as in previous years, we still had fun being together and having some fun.

ELA: We are continuing on with our 2nd unit this week: determining text importance and identifying sequence of events. This week we will be focusing on the personal narrative genre while identifying the sequence of events within the text.

Click on the following image below for ideas on how to connect what we are learning in school at home:

Writing: This week we are really getting to the "meat" of our stories! We will be working on writing the problem/rising action and the climax/high drama portion of our stories. They are turning out so great and I love the creativity I'm seeing.

Math: On Monday we will be taking our Unit 1 test and will move on to Unit 2 on Tuesday. Unit 2 will focus on multiplication and geometry. I'll link the family letter and the home links for your review below; I'll also be sending home paper copies on Monday.

Math learning the week:

Monday: Unit 1 Test (Unit 2 home links will be sent home today)

Tuesday: Lesson 2-1: Square number patterns

Wednesday: Lesson 2-2: The area formula for rectangles

Thursday: Lesson 2-3: Factors and factor pairs

Friday: Review day

                                Click the images below to access the following documents:

                               Unit 2 Family Letter                                           Unit 2 Home Links

    

Homework reminder: Homework each week consists of reading 20+ minutes at home (this can be a library book, magazine, newspaper, online book, etc) and practicing multiplication and division facts 1 through 12. Mastering multiplication and division facts is vital to our learning this year.

Students will also have a math home link page to work on most days of the week. I will always include the lessons we are working on in the blog each week so that you know when to work on each home link. These home links are not going to be turned back in, but I highly recommend that students work on them each week so that they can show you what they have worked on. I don't mind if students work a bit ahead in the packet; it is also ok if you miss a night and have to come back to that particular lesson on a different day. Times are unpredictable and I completely understand that you may have prior commitments on certain days of the week.

Thank You,

Mrs. Hassenger