We had a great first week back! Can you believe that we are in the fourth and final nine weeks already? We are ready to rock out these final weeks in fabulous 5th grade style!
4/12 GAES Silent Auction is tonight!
4/18 Math MAPS Assessment
4/18 Papa John’s Teacher Pizza Delivery Night – Mrs. Johnson and I hope to see some of you as we make our deliveries! www.pjcheese.com/GAES
4/19 1/2 day for students dismissal at 11:00
4/22 Schools Closed Student/Staff Holiday
4/24 Social Studies Southwest Region Test
4/23 Report Cards Distributed
4/26 Field Day!
5/6 Science SOL
5/13 Reading SOL Part I
5/14 Reading SOL Part II
5/20 Math SOL Part I
5/21 Math SOL Part II
5/18 Glen Allen Flying Squirrels Spirit Night!
Glen Allen’s Silent Auction is tonight, April 12!
You definitely don’t want to miss out on Glen Allen Elementary’s fantastic Silent Auction tonight! You will be absolutely amazed at all of the wonderful items that are up for bidding. This includes sports items and memorabilia, vacation experiences, summer camps, jewelry, class created items, and many other exciting items. Of course one special item in particular is the wonderful class Jenga set that was made by the “Lyons’ Den” students with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. Not only do you have the chance to bid on items, but you’ll also be supporting our fabulous school.
Papa Johns Teacher Delivery Night 4/18
Glen Allen will be hosting a Papa John’s Pizza Teacher Delivery Night next Thursday, April 18! Click on this link for information and to make your orders: www.pjcheese.com/GAES
The pizza ordering deadline is Tuesday, April 16!
Mrs. Johnson and I would love to see some of our students on our deliveries!
Important to Note:
- 100% of the tips go directly to GAES!
- 20% of sales comes back to our school!
- Family members and friends outside of the GAES community can order as well. Delivery will not be an option, but “pick-up” certainly is!
- We will do our best! Please be flexible with your expectations for precise delivery time.
Which Glen Allen staff member will show up at your door?????
Helpful Hints for Seasonal Allergies
Does your child have seasonal allergies? The county has provided some information for our students in the attached letter. Allergy letter
What’s Happening in Reading
I was so proud of the students hard work on the Reading MAPs assessment last Thursday! They rocked it! In the coming weeks we will continue to work hard on fine tuning our comprehension strategies. These include looking back within passages, using context clues, eliminating, stop and jots, and recognition of synonyms, antonyms, roots, and affixes within words to determine word meanings. This week we will also continue to focus on cause and effect and compare and contrast relationships.
Cubs Read (Glen Allen reading incentive program): Is your child logging his/her GAR minutes on their calendar? Be sure that they pick up an April log to keep track of the minutes they are reading each day. This program is a fun way to reward the reading that your child does each day at home.
We will be working on Greek and Latin roots unit #14 (astr – star; di, bi – two; tri – three). Be sure to log on to Spelling City for extra practice with the vocabulary.
Social Studies:
We will continue with our study of the Southwest Region. This week we will focus on the significant features, as well as some additional vocabulary. Our test on the Southwest Region will be on Wednesday, April 24. Students will be provided with a study guide to complete to prepare for this test. Completion of the study guide will count toward their social studies homework grade. Continue to visit my Portaportal site for some fun games and songs to help reinforce the 50 states and capitals. This is located on the bottom of my email and the right hand side of the blog.