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October Pre-K Newsletter
Mrs. Longo, Mrs. Kelly &
Ms. Mondesi
Birthdays and Other Important Dates
Rosh Hashanah (No School)- October 3rd & 4th
Indigenous Peoples’ Day (No School)- October 14th
Samantha P- October 17th
Caley V- October 22nd
Ms. B- October 24th
Fall Festival- October 24th
Hispanic Heritage Performance- October 25th
Fall/Halloween Classroom Party- October 31st
What We Are Learning…
Your children are continuing to learn our routines in the classroom. Your children will begin to learn about trees. We will be observing and comparing trees to learn about what lives in them, what they are made from, and who cares for them. We hope that this study helps children explore and appreciate nature. If you are able to go on a ”tree walk”, you may collect a small bag of tree parts such as leaves, bark, acorn, twigs, etc.
Reminders
- Please be sure to send a healthy snack and a reusable bottle of water each day.
- Blankets will be sent home for cleaning. Please be sure your child returns with a clean blanket the following week.
- 5th Grade NEWS
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We had an exciting Month!
In ELA, we learned about different inventors. We learned about Thomas Edison and Henry Ford and discovered how their inventions made our lives easier. We also learned about how one 14-year-old brought windmills to bring electricity to his community in Africa. We ended the week reading about a woman who helped to create the “Quickie” which is a wheelchair made for athletes. We will take our end of module assessment before October 16.
We are also conducting research about inventors and inventions, so we can write our own expository essay to teach our classmates about other inventions that improved our lives. Be sure to ask your child to tell you about all of the interesting inventions!
The reading skills we practiced were identifying author’s purpose, explaining the text structure of cause and effect, determining the central idea, and answering questions about a text using text evidence. We also are practicing to be good readers by monitoring what we’re reading and clarifying our understanding. If we don’t understand a text, we will be sure to reread and stop and jot the most important parts of different sections. By stopping to think after every few sentences or paragraphs, we can check to see if we understand what we read.
As good readers, we also must be sure to use context clues to determine the meanings of words we have trouble with.
In Math, we completed Topic 1 and Topic 2 which were about Place value in decimals up to thousandths. We learned how to read, write, compare, order, and round decimal numbers. Number sense is super important and now we have a greater sense of it.
We also learned how to add and subtract decimal numbers. We practiced estimation and aligning our numbers by place value to be sure we are calculating with accuracy. Next, we begin topic 3 which will focus on multiplying multi-digit numbers. Study those facts up to 12.
Helpful Links: khanacademy.org mathgames.com
Art
We started Art!!! We will be having an art instructor come in for the next three months. So far, we learned how to draw our homes using shapes and various line techniques. Next, we paint!!
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Science News
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Grades 2,3,4,5
September 2024
Mrs. Fanning
Grade 2- Students are learning about plant and animal relationships. We are studying how plants grow and what conditions are needed. These plants then affect animal life.
Grade 3- Students are learning about Inheritance and Traits. We are exploring animal traits and variations within families and groups. Students are creating models to demonstrate knowledge.
Grade 4- Vision and Light- Students are learning all about 5 senses to explore how an animal uses its senses to survive. We tested our senses with mystery boxes and models of food sources in the wild.
Grade 5- Modeling Matter- Students are exploring what matter is, what a substance is and how to create a mixture. They are learning about food scientists and how they make sure our food is safe as well as how they create food sources. We are now exploring “what is matter”. We are learning about the smallest parts of matter - atoms and molecules!