There are many things happening this week! Please note the following:
Upcoming:
September 27 -Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
27- Coupon Book Sales end
28- Picture Day
28- Enrichment begins
28- Dine out with the Hawks- Chipotle!
29- Box Top collection
URGENT NEED! We need a room parent for Mrs. Maestri's class! If you could help fill this vital role, we would greatly appreciate it! We also need a Hoe Down basket coordinator for that class. Please contact Mrs. Maestri as soon as possible if you are able to help.
If you have not returned your field trip form and money, please do so by the end of this week if possible. Please make sure to communicate with your child's teacher if you want to chaperone.
Science- We have started our next Life Science unit- Interdependence and the Flow of Energy through ecosystems. Students will be taking notes this week.
Social Studies - Explorer Test Tuesday for Mrs. Derry's class. Please check with your child's teacher for exact dates of testing in other classes. We will begin Module 3: Settling the Colonies to the 1700s. Overview: students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among Americal Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Students understand the political, religious, social and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era.
Reading- Little House in the Big Woods chapters 9-13
Writing- This week we will begin our opinion writing focus.
Math- Maestri and Fortson have started Module 3- Multiplication meanings and understandings. Students will continue with area and perimeter this week and then move into multiplication by powers of ten. Please check the agenda nightly for homework assignments. You can locate resources on the math page of the blog.
***Students need to practice multiplication facts each night!! It has been a few months since most students have thought about the facts that they memorized in third grade.***
Please remember that the end of the nine weeks is rapidly approaching. All redo and missing assignments need to be turned in before the end of the nine weeks.
