Wow, it’s hard to believe the first quarter ends on Monday! Your children have worked very hard and you should all be proud of how they are developing this year. Homework will be posted shortly on our blog for the upcoming week (I’m currently having issues with the website). I am overall extremely pleased with how everyone did on our Graphing and Weather tests, it was evident that students had studied to prepare! We will begin new units in Math (Place Value) and Science (Habitats) starting Monday, so look for these notebooks to come home for review of new notes (and a quiz possibly at the end of the week). Our reading focus has been on finding the main idea in texts; please help further your child’s understanding of this by asking them about the main idea in their nightly reading. (In non-fiction, headings and titles are a BIG clue!) We are also working on our plural noun rules, which can be quite tricky. Extra support at home is a huge help as there will likely be a quiz coming on this once we wrap up irregular plural rules this week. All the notes are in your child’s Writing Journal if needed. I hope that you are enjoying this beautiful fall afternoon!

This week:

–Monday– Parent Conferences- please don’t forget your scheduled time, we have a pretty tight schedule that doesn’t allow much wiggle room!

–Tuesday– Election Day- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS- Please go out and VOTE!

–Friday– Veteran’s Day Assembly- 10am in the gym, parents are invited to join us!

In the near future:

-CoGAT testing- Nov 14-16; given to all students for gifted screening. There is nothing you need to do to prepare your child aside from a good night’s rest and a complete breakfast!

-Nov 17- Field Trip to VA Living Museum- more details forthcoming next week

-Nov 18- Dad’s Night at Bowl America, 5-8pm (fundraiser)

-Nov 22- Report Cards go home

-Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving Holiday, enjoy the extra time with your children!