It was so wonderful to celebrate our Veterans on Friday! The 1st graders’ choral performance was the perfect way to highlight and thank them.
I am reaching out with exciting news! GAES has been asked to perform for the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting! This is a long-standing tradition that I’m excited to be a part of after a brief hiatus due to the pandemic. Since this is a public, holiday specific performance that takes place outside of school hours, participation is completely optional. The performance will be in the afternoon of Saturday, December 3rd (I’m still awaiting final details for a specific time). Families will be responsible for transportation to and from the event. I will be having before school rehearsals from 7:20 – 7:40 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month of November (beginning 11/8) to prepare for this performance. If your student is interested in performing, please fill out the attached Google Form so that I know how many students are participating and who to expect on Tuesday and Thursday mornings!
Friday, November 18th is the last day to donate canned food items to support the Henrico Christmas Mother & Hunton Baptist Thanksgiving Basket Can Food drive. Cubs will earn 1pt for their house for each item donated. GAES Community Service Q2.jpg.
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
I enjoyed meeting with many of you to discuss your child’s progress at parent-teacher conferences on Thursday evening. Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns.
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11/15 PTA Monogram Paint party
11/15 Social Studies Geography Vocab. Quiz
11/16 Among the HIdden Quiz Ch. 1-3
11/17 Report Cards Sent Home
11/17 Social Studies 5 Themes of Geography Quiz
11/18 Math Quiz on Fractions/Decimals
11/18 Greek & Latin Vocab. List 10 Quizzes
11/9 – 11/18 Henrico Christmas Mother Can food & Hunton Baptist Thanksgiving Baskets Food Drive
11/21 Tom/Tammy Project Due
11/21 Gifted Referral Window Closes
11/22 Social Studies Geography Test
11/23 – 11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday/Schools Closed
Math:
We will continue to work on recognizing and creating equivalent fractions. We will also convert fractions to decimals, recognize the decimal equivalents, and how to compare and order fractions and decimals.
Reading/Language Arts:
Drawing conclusions and inference skills will be the focus in reading this week. This is such an important skill with reading comprehension.
We will continue with our novel study, Among the HIdden, this week! If you’re looking for something your child will gravitate toward in reading, consider getting the next book(s) in this 7 book series once we have finished reading this captivating novel.
Our Greek and Latin Vocabulary #10 this week will include the root bio (life) and the suffixes ology/ologist (study of/person who studies) and phobia/phobe (fear/someone who fears). It’s important that students complete the daily homework and station work to prepare for the application portion of the vocabulary quiz.
Your child should be putting the final touches on their Tom/Tammy Turkey Writing Project that was sent home on November 1. The writing and creative disguises are due on Monday, November 21. I can’t wait to see the great ideas the students come up with!
Social Studies: In social studies we will continue learning about geography, focusing on the five themes and specific geography vocabulary. Two quizzes are planned for this week. One on the vocabulary terms on Tuesday, 11/15 and another on the five themes of geography on Thursday, 11/16. Please be sure your child is reviewing the notes in their notebook to prepare for these quizzes. An in-school RAFT project will be introduced this week to assist with preparation for the Geography test on Tuesday, 11/22.