First Tee Field Trip

Our class had a blast on our trip to the First Tee Field Trip!!  They were so well behaved and worked hard on their golf skills as well as life skills! :)

Field Trip

We will be heading to the First Tee Program in Charlotte on Tuesday, November 19th.  We plan on leaving by 8:30 and returning around 2:30.

If you did not sign up for a school lunch, please make sure your child has his/her packed lunch that morning.

**The golfing rotations will be outside, so please make sure your child is dressed appropriately! The weather forecast for Tuesday is party cloudy and 57 degrees.

November Information

Report Cards:

Report Cards went home yesterday.  Please make sure you look over the report card, sign the envelope, and return the envelope to school.  You may keep the copy of the report card.  Let me know if you have questions or concerns.

Field Trip:

We will be attending a field trip on Tuesday, November 19th to the First Tee National School Program in Charlotte.  The permission form should be in your child's Communication Folder this afternoon.  Please make sure you read the permission form carefully.  There are 3 boxes at the bottom of the form:

1. I give my child permission to attend.

2. My child will bring a lunch from home.

3. My child will need a school provided lunch.

Please make sure you check the box giving permission to attend the trip AND check a box indicating how they will get lunch.

Reading:

AR Goal Dates:

November 18th:  25%

December 6th: 50%

January 3rd: 75%

January 22nd: 100%

Thanksgiving Break:  November 27th-29th

Report Cards & Christmas Pictures

Report Cards:

Report cards will NOT go home until November 12th.  The system is holding report cards until last year's testing scores are released.

Christmas Pictures:

Tomorrow will be Christmas Picture Day.  If you plan for your child to have his/her picture made please send in money/form tomorrow.

Weekly Update- November 4-8

Parent/Teacher Conferences:

Thank you so much to ALL our parents for meeting with me about your child's progress.  I really enjoyed sitting down with each of you and talking about the great things your child is doing each day.

Instructional Consultation:

As the Instructional Consultation Facilitator there are times I will be out to attend trainings.  I will be out tomorrow (Nov. 4th) for the first half of the day.  Our class has the chance to earn 10 marbles for excellent behavior while I'm gone.  If they earn 50 marbles they earn a party!

50 Marbles:

Our class has already earned 50 marbles for their excellent behavior (as a class) since the beginning of the year.  I dumped about 25 marbles in the jar for their amazing behavior during our PD 360 video.

We have not decided on a party, yet.  If you are interested in donating items for our party (popsicles, pizza, doughnuts, etc.) please let me know! :)

Reading:

This week we will be studying Folktales.  Please talk with your child about this genre and by the end of the week he/she should be able to explain the moral/lesson of a Folktale!

It is a new nine weeks!  Please look for the new graph in your child's AR folder so you are aware of their new goal.  I plan to meet with each child this week so they can set a new goal.

Math:

This week in math we are completing a mini unit on geometry.  These concepts will spiral and we will get more in depth with geometry as the year continues.

Science:

This nine weeks we will be studying weather.  Please start talking with your child about the patterns you notice in weather as well as the different types of precipitation and the tools used to measure the precipitation.

Upcoming Events:

November 4-8th:  Penny Wars- Help raise money for 5th grade students to attend the trip to Camp Kanuga!  Send in pennies!  We want to win the war! :)

November 7th: Report Cards go Home

November 11th: Veteran's Day - No School

November 27-29th: Thanksgiving - No School

Character Trait of the Month

Congratulations to Zoey for being chosen for this month's Character Trait of the Month (honesty)!!

Here is a post written by a student in our class: