We had a blast during International Day this week! We spent our morning meeting sharing our heritages, describing special traditions, and sampling delicious foods from various cultures. It was a wonderful way to learn about our differences and celebrate what makes us each unique. Thank you so much to Samantha, Roselyn, and Niroj for bringing in some delicious treats for us all to enjoy! Afterwards, we gathered to see and participate in dances from around the world. Be sure to check out photos from our day!
An additional thank you to all families who donated food to the teachers lounge for International Day as well! We are very appreciative of all that was brought in and certainly felt VERY spoiled!
More excitement is in store for us in the upcoming week as we prepare for our first field trip to the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach, spirit week, and our Reading benchmark test.
THIS WEEK IN…
Reading– We revisited studying Main Idea this week and learned how to apply it to non fiction text. 
We used a strategy called Shrink a Text to write one to two sentences about each section of text in our StoryWorks articles. When finding the main idea in non fiction texts, ask your child What is the main idea of your text? What details in the book support the main idea? What would make another good title for this article? What is the text about? What are some of the key details in the text? How did you decide that these details are important?
We reviewed the meaning of synonyms (same) and antonyms (opposite). We applied our knowledge of synonyms and antonyms to our vocabulary words in whole group and small group reading.
Writing– We went to the library this week to begin our research writing prompt. We will be taking the information gathered from our trip to write an informational passage on an animal of our choice from the ocean ecosystem.
We also started thinking about writing to entertain this week. We read a story titled “Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street” to help us understand how we can take a simple story and turn it into an exciting, entertaining story. The characters in the story remind us that when we are writing we should add details, ask “what if”, and add a little spice by stretching the truth. Be on the look out for our own spin on this story as we put together “Nothing Ever Happens at Trevvett”! When writing, ask your child How does an author write to entertain? What senses do you use to describe characters? What are the elements of a story? How can you make a story more exciting?
Social Studies– This week had us looking at Civil War battles that occured in Henrico County. We learned about battles that occured at Seven Pines and Yellow Tavern and how the South surrendered Richmond at the city capitol. When reviewing, ask your child How did some events prior to and during the Civil War affect Henrico county?
Math & Science– Visit Miss Capano’s blog to read what students did in math and science this week!
A GLANCE AT NEXT WEEK:
- MATH: Benchmark Review
- SCIENCE: Weather Review
- READING: Main Idea with Nonfiction text, Locating Information in text, Skimming text for general information, Homophones
- NEXT WEEK’S VOCAB: Homophones- right/write, our/hour, there/they’re/their, your/you’re, brake/break, aloud/allowed, here/hear
- WRITING: Editing for Run Ons, Fragments, Contractions, and Double Negatives
- S.S.: Henrico History- agriculture
UPCOMING EVENTS NEXT WEEK:
- Fall Spirit Week
- Oct 30: Sports Team Day- Wear you favorite spots hat, jersey, t-shirt, etc.
- Oct 31: Fall Pajama Day- Wear your favorite pajamas with fall colors or designs
- Nov 1: Backwards Day- Wear your clothes or hat backwards
- Nov 2: Class Choice Day- Each class can decide on a fun spirit activity for the day
- Nov 3: School Spirit Day- Wear your Trevvett Spirit wear
- Oct 31: Mix It Up Day at lunch is a time where over one million students across the country and world celebrate diversity. It helps create learning environments where students sit with someone at lunch that they usually don’t sit with. This helps students to get to know other students and see how much they have in common.
- Nov 2: Virginia Aquarium Field Trip
- Nov 3: Reading Benchmark test & Science Quiz SOL 5.6 cards
NEWS AND REMINDERS:
- Virginia Aquarium Field Trip: Our field trip to the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach is this Thursday, November 2nd. We will tour the aquarium and participate in a group “Out in the Ocean” challenge just for our school! This hands-on program will review all oceanography SOLs. Please arrive to school at 7:00 am. Charter buses will depart at 7:15 am and return around 5:00 pm (dependent upon traffic). Parents are responsible for on time drop off and pick up. Students cannot ride the school bus to school or home.
- Benchmarks: Benchmarks will begin starting next week. We will have one benchmark each week in the following subjects: Reading, Math, and Science. Our first benchmark is in Reading.
- Conferences: Conferences are quickly approaching! This year conferences will be held all day/evening on November 7th. We are aiming to have 100% attendance, so be sure to head to over to our digital sign up and select a time to meet with Miss Capano and I! If the times available do not work for you, please contact me to set up a different date.
- Veteran’s Day Celebration: On November 10th, we will be attending a Veteran’s Day assembly in the morning to honor our veterans. We are excited to have a special guest speaker, Ms. Brown’s father!