Thank you to those of you have provided supplies for the fort building! The list again of welcome donations includes:
- Posterboard
- Straws
- Pipe Cleaners
- Anything else your child thinks would be helpful in building a fort!!!
This week in...
Reading: Students have selected their nonfiction books and are about to become experts in their field! We will be learning how to read nonfiction to become experts and knowledgeable, and not just reading nonfiction to learn trivia.
You may have heard, I'm now a finalist for the Turkey of the Year competition!!! Please encourage your child to keep reading to earn more votes!! I'm so elated and proud of all the students for increasing their reading this month so they can earn more voting tickets!!! I've agreed to do a cartwheel in high heels in a turkey costume if elected, as well as wearing an Indian sari if elected as well! Whatever your child wants to see me do in a turkey costume, I'll do it if it means the amount of time they spend reading goes up!!!
Writing: Students will finish their "That for which I am thankful" essays this week. As I glanced over the brainstorms, some fun topics have included, "Wayde Byard and the person who invented hot chocolate." 200 points of Word Study are due on Friday. Students' Word Study Test will also be on Friday, November 20th.
Virginia Studies: Let the Jamestown fort planning begin! For American Education Week, students will build a replica of Jamestown Fort. They will be graded on their ability to work in groups. I will be grading students on the following VA SOL Language Arts standards:
4.1 b: The student will contribute to group discussions in a content area.
4.1 c: The student will seek ideas and opinions from others.
4.1 d: The student will use evidence to support opinions.
4.1 f: The student will communicate new ideas to others.
4.1 g: The student will demonstrate the ability to collaborate with diverse teams.
Students will also have their Jamestown Unit test on Friday, November 20th. Please encourage your child to use solpass.com as well as their study guide and VA Studies Notebook to prepare for this test.
Math: Please make sure your child is on Reflex Math AT LEAST twice a week!
As always, please feel free to send me photographs of your child! The class looks forward to seeing some of you on Thursday, November 20th for American Education Week!!!
(As soon as I receive the calendar of events from Mr. Thiessen, I'll send out another email with upcoming important dates and times.)
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