October 3 All Day Out & About to Portland
October 5 No School
October 8 Library Visit
October 12 No School
October 18-19 Goal Setting Conferences
Homework Due by Thursday, October 4th
1. Read for at least 20 minutes every night.
2. Complete 20 minutes of typing practice. Create your own username and password for Typing.com by going to our class page.
3. Complete at least 30 minutes of math practice (click here for DreamBox).
Upcoming Out and Abouts
This Wednesday, we will be gone all day on a trip to Metro Central Transfer Station and the Hazardous Waste Facility in Portland. For this Out & About, it is important that students dress appropriately for the weather because we will be outside most of the day. Everyone MUST wear closed toed shoes or boots for the tour of the hazardous waste facility! Students who ordered a school lunch will get a sack lunch that contains a sandwich, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable and milk.
Next week, the Plovers will participate in a LEGO engineering lab brought to FGCS by an Intel Outreach program. We will have a special guest teacher facilitate the activity and talk about supply chain (source, make, deliver, reuse).
Volunteer Opportunities
1. Out & About Chaperones - Spots available for Goodwill tour on Oct 17th (times TBD)
2. Library Chaperones - Spots available Oct 8th and 29th
Weekly Review
Classroom jobs began last week! Employees will keep their current jobs for about 8 weeks, and then they will have the opportunity to apply for a new job. I am so grateful that the students have been eager to help each other and the classroom! Employees receive a check from the payroll department every other week and later in the year they will be able to buy exciting rewards with their classroom currency (like dance parties, show-and-tell and beanie baby sleepovers). Students will need to keep track of their earnings and pay rent. They can also earn bonuses for completing extra assignments or stewardship jobs or receive fines for not taking care of classroom resources or personal belongings.
Students also created characters to work in their Main Street businesses last week. First, they designed uniforms to reflect the kind of work their character would do, and then they wrote about the skills and resources their character needs for their job. We visited Rogers Park and hosted several parent guest speakers to learn more about the different kinds of jobs within our community. This week, students will introduce their character to the class and we will discuss:
- How many different kinds of workers work in this business community?
- What are some of the responsibilities of these workers?
- In what ways are these workers alike? In what ways are these workers different?
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.