The end of the first nine weeks is Monday, November 4th. Conferences will be held on Monday, November 4th from 2:30-6:10.
Monday, October 28th is a half-day for a student
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From Mrs. Sitter, our school counselor:
Red Ribbon Spirit Week is October 28th– November 1st
Respect Yourself. Respect Others. We will be celebrating Red Ribbon Spirit Week by having the following spirit days next week:
Monday ~ Wear RED to show that, at Glen Allen Elementary, we respect ourselves and others.
Tuesday ~ Wear a bandana to show that Glen Allen Cubs “band together” against bullying!
Wednesday ~ MIX-IT-UP DAY!!!! Wear “mix”-matched socks for Mix-It-Up Day when we mix it up at lunch to get to know new friends.
Thursday ~ Wear your sunglasses to show that when we make healthy choices our futures will be so bright, we’ll have to wear shades!
From Mrs. Pruden:
Please join us to recognize and honor Glen Allen Community Veterans on Monday, November 11th at 8:30AM. All families and school patrons are invited. Veterans are encouraged to wear their uniforms to the Program. Each veteran will be introduced along with the student(s) or member(s) of the staff who invited him/her. The Veterans Day Program and 1st grade musical performance will take place in our auditorium and will be video-streamed in to all of our classrooms.
Please complete the google doc below ON/BEFORE November 4th to be included in the program.
https://forms.gle/R5W3mVaEgpiqsb8G8
We have some fun fall themed activities planned for this coming week. Please note that school policy does not allow costumes, candy, or other goodies to be brought to school. We hope you and your child will enjoy whatever holiday festivities you choose to partake in as a family at home.
MATH
We will celebrate the season with fun holiday math review on Thursday. The students will continue practicing decimal computation. There will be a test on the decimal computation on Wednesday, October 30th. Your student has notes in their math notebook to help prepare for this test. Next, we will start to review equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, finding common multiples and lowest common denominators to get ready for our next unit. Weekly Math (goldenrod logic puzzle) is due on Wednesday, October 30th. As a reminder, this is an in-class assignment. If your student is completing it at home on Tuesday evening, they have not used their time well in class. The students also need to be asking me questions on how to complete the puzzle. If your student is not getting an A on this assignment regularly they need to be talking to me. We talked about this as a group on Friday. This assignment is supposed to be challenging but at the same time one that they are successful with. Thanks so much for your support!
LANGUAGE ARTS
The students will choose one of their county scored 4-squares and write a 5 paragraph essay from it this week. We will be working on elaborating details as well as writing interest grabbing hooks. The students will have 15 word each week on their Word Trek spelling test. I will randomly pick five review words each week. We will not have Word Trek this week due to Halloween and the book report. In reading, the students will explore the different types of characters developed in fictional writing such as dynamic, static, round, and flat. We will also begin to work with inferential and literal questions and continue working with character traits and elements of plot. In language, homophones, Halloween puns, and journal writing is the focus. Mystery book reports are due on Wednesday, October 31st.
SCIENCE
Last week the students started their first Inquiry Based Lesson (IBL). In groups of three they were given the parameters of a cause and effect relationship regarding our upcoming ocean unit and were tasked with coming up with a question and then researching in order to find an answer with evidence that supports it. The students jumped in immediately with their small groups and are absolutely loving it! Later in the week they will present their question and answer using whatever means they choose to exhibit their understanding. We will also explore the ocean floor, waves, tides, and currents. There will be a quiz on this information on Thursday, November 7th. The students will have notes in their notebooks to prepare for this quiz.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The students learned the mechanics of using lines of latitude and longitude last week. This week will practice finding using them to pinpoint locations on Earth. We will also start discussing the five themes of geography and the five regions of the United States. There will be a quiz on the five themes and five regions on Wednesday, November 5th. The students will have notes in their Social Studies notebook to help them prepare for this quiz. There will be a quiz on the geography vocabulary on Tuesday, October 29th. The students have terms and definitions in their social studies notebooks.
IMPORTANT DATES
10/28 – Student half day
10/29 – Geography Terms Quiz
10/29 – Henricopolis Conservation Visits 5th Grade!
10/30 – Decimal Computation Test
10/31 – Mystery Book Report due
11/1 – Family Life class
11/4 – Family/Teacher Conference
11/5 – Student Holiday