Weekly Update 10/6

 Today we enjoyed the Blessing of the Animals on the green! 

Check out some pictures in our "October" class photo folder!

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This week's quote-of-the-week was "People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them FEEL."  We observed our friends all week for demonstrations of this quality in how they made others feel.  Our class nominated Alexandra!

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Reminder:

I have set up a sign-up for fall conferences!  

I tried to incorporate other days and times to help with scheduling.  

Please reach out if none of the offered days/times work for you.  

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Curriculum Updates    

Reading: We will soon wrap up our reading of James and the Giant Peach. We have learned about and created various jobs to use for discussion of the book.  Small group chats gave the girls opportunities to share their thinking about the book's message and big themes.  Today we  enjoyed PEACH SMOOTHIES while we worked!

Math: While we will continue to spiral review the geometry concepts, we began our unit on big numbers.  We had a fun partner activity where we created large numbers and then used place value pieces to deduct and get as close to zero as possible.  After our first round, we talked about strategy and tried again. Look for a photo of the fun in the "October" photo file!

Language Arts:  The girls absolutely love our "quick write" time where they write about anything they choose.  Many of them love to share their creative stories. We also completed a "Spelling and Me" lesson where students choose a picture and insert a picture of themselves into the image.  This picture is then used to spark a story using 5 or more of their spelling words.  Check out what they created!  

Social Studies: The government unit continues, and we are digging deeper into the three branches of government.  We will continue a Pixton comic to show what we know once the unit is complete. 

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Important Date and Information:

• Carpool helper next week: Katelyn Nguyen
• "Special Week" Student next week:
• Check SeeSaw for updates from Specials teachers
• No school Monday, October 9 - Fall Break
• Thursday, October 12 - BBQ Bash 6:30-8:30
• Our class-led chapel will be Friday, October 13 in the LSAR at 8:15.
• Check our our photo link!
• One-Pager sheet of links and information