Announcements for the Week, 10/23- 10/27

Dear Room 19 Families,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Thank you to our YAA docents, Mr. Magovern and Mrs. Baum, and our helpful volunteers, for a great first lesson last Friday! The students enjoyed learning about Andy Warhol, and making their own “silkscreen” cat.
 
We have a very busy week ahead- Red Ribbon Week, Bring Your Parents to P.E., KidBlog due, math assessment, Growing Great, Kinder Pals, Maker Space and more!  Below, please find some reminders and updates for the upcoming week, as well as a brief summary of what we are working on in class.
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Information and Updates:

• MBEF- The drive has started! Please donate, and help our class earn money!
• Red Ribbon Week- Red Ribbon Week is this week, and we will be talking about making healthy choices.  Students are encouraged to wear red on Wednesday.
• Bring Your Parent to P.E This Week.- Mrs. Tower is calling all parents interested in joining-in on the P.E. fun.  Our class goes to P.E. on Monday and Thursday, from 12:40-1:30.
• YAA Cards- All students brought home their decorated cards for YAA.  If you are interested in purchasing the cards, please return them to school in the bag with the order form by November 3rd.
• Parent Teacher Goal Setting Conferences- Conferences are coming-up ( 11/6-11/9) please use this link to sign-up for a time to meet with me: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4EA4AF23ABFB6-parent 
• Tuesday Envelope- Keep an eye out for a half sheet of paper that is coming home in the white envelope on Tuesday.  Please have your child share a memory that they have for our friend and classmate, Rohan.  The Patel family is moving to Paris at the end of the month, and I am compiling a surprise memory book for Rohan.  Please return the memory page by this Friday.

Reminders for this Week: 

• Monday-
  • We have P.E.
• Tuesday-
  • We have our Mid Module 2 Assessment.
  • We have Science Lab with Mrs. Liu.
  • We have our first Growing Great lesson!
  • We will be meeting with our Kinder Pals for a special Halloween craft!
  • Our new Vice Principal, Mrs. Witzansky is coming to share a read aloud story.
• Wednesday-
  • Remember that we will meet on the upper playground at 8:10 for morning assembly. 
  • In honor of Red Ribbon Week, please wear red to school.
  • The first KidBlog is due. Please find detailed directions and helpful links on the reading tab of our class website: http://misshendersonroom19.weebly.com/reading.html
• Thursday-
  • We have music.  Remember to bring your instrument.
  • We have P.E.
• Friday-
  • Wordly Wise Lesson #4 Test.
  • We are going to Maker Space to make a “Newspaper Chair."

What We're Working on This Week:

• Reading- We are continuing to read Home of the Brave as a class, and students are working in small group book clubs.  
• Writing- We are working on narrative writing.  Students have learned different strategies for coming up with a narrative topic- people you love, places you love, and strong feelings.  Students have chosen one narrative to focus on, and are working on editing and revising it with all of the author’s craft techniques and strategies that we are learning (get inside the story, consider internal and external thoughts, use dialogue, show don’t tell, think about the purpose of the story, and more).
• Math- We are finishing the first half of Module 2, “Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations,” and our Mid Module Assessment will be on Tuesday. Remember to take a look at the resources on the “Math” page of our class website! All students have their Xtra Math usernames and passwords, this is a great resource to increase math fluency!
• Social Studies- Please check Mrs. Stelter’s website.
• Science- We are entering into our next Scope, Ecosystems.

As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. ​