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Upcoming Dates and Important Information:
- Tuesday, September 23 – Preschool – 1st – School Pictures
- Wednesday, September 24 – 2nd – 5th – School Pictures (Free dress. No uniform.)
- Friday, September 26
- Freedom Friday
- Parent Coffee
- Friday, October 3 – 11:30 am Early Dismissal
- Monday, October 6 – NO SCHOOL
Your children were sent home with their school picture order form. Please complete the form and send in payment with your child next week, prior to photos. They also have raffle tickets for a meat raffle that will take place during Vantoberfest! You can send the raffle tickets back to school with your child as well.
WEEKLY RECAP
Language Arts:
- We finished Out of My Mind!
- We had small group discussions to make predictions in the book and question the actions taken by characters
- We will be wrapping up our novel study with written reflections next week, and we will also watch the movie that came out last year on Disney+
Math:
- Early in the week, we practiced all of the math skills that would be on our quiz in hands-on ways
- ordering decimals with cards
- rolling decimal place value dice to practice expanded form
- moved post its around a large number line
- played Decimal War to compare decimal numbers
- Took our first math quiz on Wednesday after completing the practice quiz on Monday
- Students were able to make corrections before they received their final score, but all were sent home with their final quiz grade in their yellow folder
- Next week, we begin adding and subtracting decimals, so working on fluency facts will be the most helpful thing you can do!
Water Science:
- This week, Miss Cutlet from the Water Pollution Plant came to WCDS to test the creek water with the help of the 5th graders!
- We also enjoyed a class with a familiar special guest, Mrs. Brittney Farris, who helped kids learn to use kick nets and differentiate between various macroinvertebrates
Computer Science:
- We worked on creating and formatting a Google document.
- Students learned how to select a piece of text, change the font size and color, bold text, italicize text, and underline text.
- Students will now be required to rent our class computers, chargers, and headphones for a fee of $10 a class period if their equipment is not prepared for that day.
Drama:
- After auditioning last week, students were given their characters for the Holiday Show!
- Students were given their copy of the script and went through and highlighted their lines. They will be charged $9 if they need a replacement copy of their script anytime prior to the show.
- Enjoy some photos of their reactions to seeing the character list!
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KIDS:
- How did you feel after Melody stood up to her classmates?? Are you excited to watch the movie version of Out of My Mind?
- What did the water testing of the creek show?!
- Were you nervous at all during the first round of the math quiz, and were you able to find your mistakes and fix them the second time?
- What is the name of your character in the Holiday Show?!
