Cultural Arts Tree Lighting Event/HCMS Music Field Trip:
It was so wonderful seeing some of our talented 5th graders at the Cultural Arts Tree Lighting event on Saturday. Murphy enjoyed meeting some students too! Great job to to the students and Mr. Elston for all their hard work and for helping to put everyone in the holiday spirit!
More fun with music will take place on Thursday, Dec. 14, on the field trip to Hungary Creek Middle School! Students will have the opportunity to hear the HCMS students’ band and chorus perform.
Join in the fun for our December Spirit Days:
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of great students): If you would like to become a Watch D.O.G, please sign up here.
GAES Night at VCU Basketball – December 17, 4pm: Kick off winter break at the Siegel Center. If you love basketball or love to cheer on the Rams, join your fellow GAES cubs for the game. We have a block of discounted tickets ($20 each – normally $25) and GAES PTA gets $10 back from each ticket sold. Our cubs will get to high five the players as they run onto the court for tip off. Click here to buy tickets.
Pizza with a Purpose – GAES Spirit Night is tonight – December 5th 11am-10pm: Need to do some holiday shopping? Grab dinner while you’re out tomorrow, Monday, December 5th at California Pizza Kitchen, mention Glen Allen Elementary when you order and support GAES PTA. Not fighting the crowds? GAES gets 20% of online orders from 11am-10pm too when you enter BACK20% at checkout. Glen Allen Elementary 12.5.pdf
Winter Wonderland Secret Shoppe: December 13th, 14th and 15th
Your children will be safe shopping at the school in the morning before school starts Additionally, the whole process is also very convenient for you and the kids. Cubs will have PTA helpers to help them select gifts for the folks on their list.We also want to make sure all our cubs can participate and we have financial assistance available. Please fill out this form if you are interested in learning more.
12/5 PTA Spirit Night: California Pizza Kitchen 11AM – 10:00PM
12/5 Winter Growth Assessment for Reading
12/7 Winter Growth Assessment for Math
12/8 Science Energy Quiz
12/9 Greek & Latin Vocab. Quizzes
12/14 Science Energy Test
12/14 HCMS Band and Choir Field Trip
12/14 Fall Make Up Picture Day 108662 Glen Allen Elementary School FALL2 394420 Run 1.pdf
12/16 Winter Break party 12:45 – 1:45
12/19 Winter Break Begins the back of the purple folder as part of the daily homework. A quiz is scheduled for this Thursday, 12/8 and a test is scheduled for Thursday, 12/14.
Math: Fractions will continue to be our focus this week. Students will have a makeup quiz on converting and ordering fractions and decimals from least to greatest and/or greatest to least on Tuesday, 12/6. Mastery of multiplication facts is fundamental to success with this unit. Please continue to practice multiplication facts with your child if they do not have automaticity with facts up to 12.
Reading/Language Arts:
This week we will be introduced to three organizational patterns/text structures: description, cause and effect and compare and contrast. Understanding these organizational patterns assists with the understanding of nonfiction text.
Our Greek & Latin 14 will focus on the root astr (star) and the prefixes di, bi (two) and tri (three).
Science: We will continue to look at energy in transformations and transfers in science this week. Please be sure that your child is reviewing the Energy study guide in the back of the purple folder as part of the daily homework. A quiz is scheduled for this Thursday, 12/8 and a test is scheduled for Thursday, 12/14.