October 13 Make Up PE 1:15 - 2:15
October 14 No School
October 17 Library Visit - Chaperones Needed
October 17 Scholastic Orders Due by 5:00pm (more info below)
October 19 All Day O&A - Chaperones Needed
October 21 No School
October 24 All School Meeting and Spirit Day - Favorite Character
Homework Due by Thursday, October 13th
1. Read for at least 20 minutes every night.
2. Complete at least 30 minutes of math practice.
3. Complete at least 20 minutes of typing practice on Typing.com (remember, you can log in with your FGCS Google account!)
4. Optional: Bring in a real or foam pumpkin for our upcoming Pumpkin Book Project
Upcoming Out and Abouts - Chaperones Needed
This Wednesday, the Plovers will walk to Goodwill for a tour to learn about how businesses can play a role in sustaining renewable and non-renewable resources.
On Wednesday, October 19th, we're meeting with the Tualatin Riverkeepers to learn about how litter impacts our local waterway. We'll work together to clean up trash and analyze our findings to think about how we could solve the problem. For this Out & About, it is important that students dress appropriately for the weather because we will be outside most of the day. Students who ordered a school lunch will get a sack lunch that contains a sandwich, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable and milk.
Pumpkin Book Project
In October, Level 2 students will be writing essays about some of their favorite book characters! Each student will select a special book to write about and then they will learn how to develop opinions about these stories during reading and writing workshop. Another fun aspect of this project is that they will be able to represent their beloved character on a pumpkin! We will be designing and decorating the pumpkins in the classroom and in Art. Parents are invited to see our pumpkin display during student-led conferences! After the presentation, pumpkins will be sent home with students.
Pumpkin donations: If you are able to donate a pumpkin (or more than one pumpkin!), please drop it off in the classroom or send it with your student any time this week - October 10-13. We would appreciate small or medium-sized pumpkins or squashes that the students can carry on their own. Because we are turning the pumpkins into a variety of our favorite characters (Frog and Toad or Tacky the Penguin, perhaps!), weird-shaped pumpkins and squashes are welcomed. We also had a lot of success with foam pumpkins from the Dollar Tree and other craft stores last year!
Scholastic Reading Clubs
Class Code: L79X9
Order Due Date: 10/17/16 by 5:00pm
Later this week, I will send home the first Scholastic Reading Club flyers! You can also view this month's selections and submit your order online at https://orders.scholastic.com/L79X9. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE books for our class! The due date is coming up quickly so that any Halloween books you order will arrive before the 31st. I will also do a November and December order.
Remember, you help our class earn FREE Books and supplies with every order! Thank you for supporting your child’s reading both at home and in the classroom! PS: Please let me know if your order includes a gift for your child, and I will contact you when it arrives!
First Time Ordering Online?
- Go to scholastic.com/readingclub
- Enter our one-time Class Activation Code: L79X9
- Shop and submit your child's book order.
- Your books will be delivered directly to the classroom.
Weekly Review
Last week, the Plovers participated in a LEGO engineering lab brought to FGCS by an Intel outreach program. Students got hands-on with supply chain concepts: Source - Make - Deliver - Reuse & Recycle. The Plovers learned about how businesses use a Bill of Materials (BOM) as a recipe: it tells how many of each part is needed to make something. They applied math skills to complete a Bill of Materials for the production of a LEGO car. Using those materials, they got to design and build their own car. Later, students worked in groups to tackle two production challenges! They sourced materials, assembled cars based on their prototype design, ran quality checks and delivered the product to a customer! At the end of the challenge, students worked together to recycle parts.
Communication
Please contact me with any questions or concerns. Parents and students can e-mail me at [email protected]. You can also leave a voice message on the class phone or set up a time to meet with me before/after school.