Winter Weather Reminder:
The cold, wintery weather is finally upon us! Thank you for sending your child prepared to safely enjoy the winter weather during morning and afternoon recesses. As a reminder, labeling your child's winter gear is incredibly helpful. Thank you for your help with this!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.
Towels for Music:
Mrs. Richards is having students do some drumming in class on buckets. In order to make the drumming a bit quieter, she is hoping that students can bring in a towel to leave at school for drumming. Thank you!
Lego Night:
Lego Night is happening this year - from home! There is a build challenge, coloring sheets, word searches, crossword puzzles, and build sheets to create mini mosaics.
We are challenging our student family to build something that represents one of their favorite things about Brown School. Take a photo and share it using the "Build Challenge" link on our site below to be entered to win one of 5 Lego sets. If you don't have your own Legos, no problem. We would love to see your builds using any materials on hand!
Calling All Bear Cubs!
Young Five & Kindergarten Registration (pandemic style) is coming on February 25th! Visit sjschools.org to register for this drive-thru event at SJHS. Current Y5 & ECDD students do not need to attend.
Please spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors who have a child that will be five years of age by September 1, 2021. We can't wait to welcome our new little bears!
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:
Tues. 2/16 - 1/2 Day of School (Dismiss at 12:34pm)
Wed. 2/17 - Late Start - school begins at 9:45am
Thurs. 2/18 - Virtual LEGO Night (see above for details)
Wed. 2/24 - Late Start - school begins at 9:45am
Thurs. 2/25 - Y5/Kindergarten Round-Up Event - register to attend at sjschools.org
Wed. 3/3 - Late Start - school begins at 9:45am
Fri. 3/5 - 1/2 Day of School (Dismiss at 12:34pm) and Popcorn Friday!
Wed. 3/10 - Late Start - school begins at 9:45am
Mon. 3/15 - No School
Wed. 3/17 - Late Start - school begins at 9:45am
Fri. 3/19 - 1/2 Day of School (Dismiss at 12:34pm)
This week's learning:
Positivity Project (P2): This coming week we will be focusing on the character strength of "humility" - You do not seek the spotlight. You let your actions speak for themselves.
ELA: This week, we will be continuing to focus on evaluating the author's purpose and summarizing information. We will:
-identify clues that reveal the author's purpose.
-summarize and synthesize to
understand a text.
Looking to help your child connect what they are learning in school at home? Click on the image below and check out the activities:
Writing: This week we are starting to wrap up our persuasive writing. We will use the next 2 weeks to revise and edit our writing for our author's celebration during the first weeks of March.
Math: This week is our last week of our multi-digit multiplication unit; we will complete the last 3 lessons this week and will review throughout this week and into early next week. Our math test will be mid-week next week.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: 1/2 Day - No lesson
Wednesday: Continuing Lesson 4-7: I can convert between grams and kilograms.
Thursday: Lesson 4-4: I can convert liters to milliliters.
Friday: Lesson 4-5: I can use multiplication and division to solve a multistep word problem.
Looking to extend your child's learning in math at home?
I highly recommend having them work on Khan Academy (we use this in class)! Students have access to the assignments that I've put onto Khan Academy for them (they use these during our math workshop time) and they can also work on their "course mastery." Khan Academy will continue to work them through 4th grade concepts and beyond (for those students who are ready to begin learning skills beyond the elementary level) and provides video explanations to help them work through the content. They also have courses to practice reading and language arts, computer programing (Pixar in a Box has historically been very popular with students in my classroom!), growth mindset, careers and much more!
Science: This week your child will be learning about the brain’s role in receiving information from the senses, processing that information, and then controlling the body's muscles to enable movement. We will play a game in which we test our reflexes. The fact that our reflexes always have a slight delay will help your child to see that there are real pathways (nerves) on which messages from the brain have to travel.
One thing you can do to support your child’s curiosity is to play a round of the “reflex” game together at home. All you need is a ruler or cooking spoon—ask your child to explain the rules of the game to you (we will be performing our in-class experiment at the end of the week so you may want to do these activities next weekend). Ask your child about the “dollar bill” challenge too! As you play these games, there's an opportunity for a great discussion about how the brain requires time to send a message to your fingers.
Social Studies: This week we will be learning about the United States in spatial terms. Big ideas from this lesson are:
- Special purpose maps show characteristics of an area such as elevation, climate, and population density.
- Elevation is the how high a place is above sea level.
- Climate is weather over a long period of time.
- The climate of an area is influenced by many factors including how close the area is to a large body of water, how far it is from the equator, and the elevation of the area.
- Population density is the number of people living in a certain area.
- Elevation, climate, and population density vary a great deal in the United States.
Homework: 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.
Photo Gallery!
Check out some photos of our learning this week:
Mrs. Hassenger
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