Year: 2021

October 11-15, 2021

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Don’t forget, Monday, October 11th is a student holiday!

Smile, picture day is Thursday, Oct. 14!  Picture information/envelopes were sent home on Friday, 10/8.   Please return envelopes on Thursday with payment information.  This is the picture that will be used for the Glen Allen Elementary yearbook.

We will have a garden lesson on Friday!

Our 1st Glen Allen House Spirit day was awesome!  Don’t forget EVERY Wednesday is House Spirit Day.  Show your house colors and connect with other house members throughout the school! 

Valiant – House Tharros

Optimistic – House Omuhle        

Innovative – House Aerie     

Compassionate – House Kokoro         

Evolving – House Kinyonga  

 

Here is the link to the County Gifted Programs website.  Gifted Programs Parent FAQs

Regency Square Mile Run is scheduled for October 31st!  To participate in this competition, students enter their school name when registering for the race (link available at www.livered.org/regency-mile).

IMPORTANT DATES

10/11 – Student Holiday/Staff Development 

10/14 – Math  Order of Operations Quiz

10/14 – Smile, it’s Picture Day! (return envelope with payment information)

10/15 – Word Trek Lesson 4 Vocabulary & Spelling Quizzes 

10/15 – States of Matter Checkup

 

MATH

We will continue practicing order of operations this week.  The test for this unit is scheduled for Thursday, October 14th.  Next we will be rounding decimals.  Please encourage your student to practice their multiplication facts.  It is super important for them to be able to retrieve products quickly when working problems with multiple steps.  Thanks for your help with this!

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

We are close to finishing Because of Mr. Terupt.  The students will be discussing the changes each of the main characters experienced through the story this week.  We will continue reading Running Out of Time.  Things are really starting to happen in this book, and it is getting exciting!  The students will learn to recognize internal and external conflicts along with conflicts that such as man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. world, and man vs. nature.

The students will begin working on writing a five paragraph essay using the Bing, Bang, and Bongo method.  Step by step, we will work on introductions, detail paragraphs, and conclusions.  We will also practice using I and me correctly as well as continue editing sentences for CUPS.

The students are receiving their Work Trek list each week on Friday.  Some students may benefit from at least reading the words and definitions once a day.  Please have a conversation with your student regarding reading directions carefully on these quizzes.  I mention this each week and point out specific areas as well.  Please also encourage them to take the time they need to prepare for both quizzes.  They are using Quizlet in school to give them practice with the definitions.  I know that all of the students can be successful with Word Trek!  I have seen it happen every year!  🙂

 

SCIENCE

We will continue with our Matter unit this week.  The students will explore the phases of matter and the effects that temperature has on them.  We will look at the parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons.  There will be a Matter Check-up on Friday, October 15th.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We will finish up Henrico County with Henrico’s economy.  Next is map skills and the five themes of geography.