Week of 8/30

 

Happy Victory Monday Everyone,

    How could it be a bad week with a Jaguar win on Sunday? We will have our virtual open house on this Thursday. It will be from 6-7 on TEAMS. Be on the look out for an email with the link to join the meeting. 

     As part of our Covid Protocols, students are not allowed to drink from the water fountains in our classrooms. Please have your child bring in a water bottle so that they can have water when they are thirsty. We are also encouraging students to take their bottles with them when we go out to recess and when we have physical education. If they empty their bottle they are allowed to refill them from any fountain in the school. 

     Please remember that it is strongly encouraged for all students to wear a mask at school and on school busses. I know that some of you have opted your child out of wearing a mask. We have had some positive cases of Covid amongst students at our school. Students get a mask break for their morning snack, at lunch, during recess, and again after recess when we are cooling off from being outside. Please consider having your child wear a mask whenever possible. 

September 1st - 30th

PTO Fall Fundraiser

9/2 Thursday

Virtual Open House 6-7

9/3 Friday

Virtual PTO Meeting 8:45

9/6 Monday

No School--Labor Day

     This week in math we will begin working on the standard addition and subtraction algorithm. This will be math more like the traditional math that many of you grew up doing in school. Most students do very well with the addition algorithm, but many struggle with subtraction when regrouping (borrowing) is needed. 

     As part of our standard students will also be tasked with finding missing digits in algorithms. When solving these problems I tell students to pretend like the answer is not there and to solve it like normal regrouping as needed. When they get to place where the missing digit is located they will be able to figure it out automatically.

For this problem the missing digit is 9. Students will have these types of problems for both addition and subtraction. 

     This week in science we will finish unit 1. Science books were finally delivered last week. Unfortunately, we are still several books short of what we need. Some students will receive a text book and some will receive a copy of unit 1. We are hoping the additional books will be here soon. 

     For homework this week students will be given a quiz for lessons 1 and 2. Students will get their copy on Monday. The quiz is not due until Friday. Students may use their books and journals to complete the work. The questions on our science quizzes and tests are more application based than information based. Students need to use the information that they have learned together to apply it to real world situations. 

Monday: Science: Complete Unit 1 Lessons 1-2 quiz

Tuesday: Science: Complete Lesson 3 Digital Lesson

           Math: Complete Lesson 13 Homework Sheet

Wednesday: Science: Complete Lesson 4 Digital Lesson

              Math: Complete Lesson 14 Homework Sheet

Thursday: Science: Complete Lesson 5 Digital Lesson

            Math: Complete Lesson 15 Homework Sheet

Have a GREAT week,

Aesha