Important Dates
12/18, 6:00-7:30 Celebration of Sharing 12/20 - Field Trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Student Google Accounts This week, students have been working in their Google accounts on Book Talk Presentations. They may access them from home by logging into Google Drive and using their BVSD login credentials. Full Instructions can be found here. Field Trip We will be going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Thursday, December 20. Please check your child's Thursday folder for the permission slip and send it back as soon as possible. Fall Volunteers Thank you very much to all of our fall classroom volunteers! We've so appreciated your help! After Thanksgiving break, our schedule is very erratic due to activities and curriculum, so we won't be needing classroom volunteers. Be on the lookout after winter break for spring volunteer opportunities. Please note that any art room or library volunteers are still needed in December. Force and Motion Project Based Learning Unit After Thanksgiving, we're excited to do a BRAND NEW project based learning unit on simple machines, force and motion. Students are going to have the opportunity to design and build Rube Goldberg machines. As such, we are in need of some building materials! If you have any of the following items, please send them in after break!
Homework for the week of 12/3 Math: Monday - Lesson 4-3 Tuesday - Lesson 4-4 Wednesday - Lesson 4-5 Thursday - Lesson 4-6 Reading: Students should read 30 minutes each evening from a "just right" book of choice. Important Dates
11/19-11/25 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL 12/18, 6:00-7:30 Celebration of Sharing Stone Soup Activity Don't forget to send your child with his or her Stone Soup item tomorrow for our in class activity. Please note that this activity will be a snack in the afternoon so they will still need their lunches. Fall Volunteers Thank you very much to all of our fall classroom volunteers! We've so appreciated your help! After Thanksgiving break, our schedule is very erratic due to activities and curriculum, so we won't be needing classroom volunteers. Be on the lookout after winter break for spring volunteer opportunities. Please note that any art room or library volunteers are still needed in December. Force and Motion Project Based Learning Unit After Thanksgiving, we're excited to do a BRAND NEW project based learning unit on simple machines, force and motion. Students are going to have the opportunity to design and build Rube Goldberg machines. As such, we are in need of some building materials! If you have any of the following items, please send them in after break!
Extra Class Photos Each of us has a few extra class photos. If you did not order one and would like one, please send in $11. First come, first served! Homework for the week of 11/26 No math homework due to Unit 3 assessment Students should read 30 minutes each evening from a "just right" book of choice. News from the Art Room:
The Original Works Art Room Fundraiser Ordering Deadline is November 9. You received a letter a few weeks back that contains your ordering instructions and all of the codes you will need to access your child’s artwork on the Original Works website. Your child’s artwork could be printed on a mug, a set of coasters, magnets, note cards, and more. Get great gifts for the holidays and help support the art room at the same time! Orders will be delivered to the school by 12/3/2018. If you have any questions, email me: [email protected]. Stone Soup Community Celebration Next week we will celebrate our classroom community with a Stone Soup feast. We will be reading many versions of the folktale with the feast as a culminating event of this mini-unit. Please be on the lookout for an ingredient request coming home, each child will need to bring one ingredient for our soup. Thanks for your help! Important Upcoming Dates Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL, Veteran's Day Wednesday, November 14th: STEM Fair, 6:00 pm November 19-23: NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break Homework Math Expressions Homework and Remembering Monday: NO SCHOOL Tuesday: 3-5 Wednesday: 3-6 Thursday: 3-7 Reading Students need to read a "just right" book of choice for 30 minutes each evening. |