Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I sent home the Polar Expressions Publishing letter and information a few weeks back. I strongly encourage students to enter on their own time. One of my students placed third last year in the short poem category. Please keep in mind the due dates – poetry deadline is November 15 and the short story deadline is November 30. Good luck!

If you are ordering school pictures, all orders and payments are due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 14.

Science Fair also begins this week. Again, all work is to be completed in class, except the actual experiment, which is to be completed 3 times during the weekend of November 25. Students can videotape themselves conducting the experiment to have with them during presentations. We will be working this every day, taking it one element at a time. Students should be prepared to begin good copies on Monday, November 27. We will be holding in class presentations on Wednesday, November 29 after our Sound workshop. Students will be judged on Thursday, November 30 and parents are welcome to view the projects from 2:30-3:15. I sent a picture of due dates on Remind and will send home the package tomorrow.

Lockdowns – Today we went over what to do if we needed to be in a lockdown situation. There was a lot of questions but hopefully no one is too concerned. I reassured them as best as I could that it was just a practice, just like we do for fire drills. We will be having lockdown practice drills throughout the year. Please let me know if there are any questions.

A note on parking - Please do not park or stop in the handicap spots, unless you have a permit. Please pass this message to anyone who may pick up your children. Those spots are reserved for our families who need them. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

Upcoming Dates & Events

Tuesday, November 14 – School picture orders due

Friday, November 17 – Picture Re-takes and Light and Sound Summative begins

Tuesday, November 28 - Bake Sale (we are not hosting)

Wednesday, November 29 – Sound Scientists in the School Workshop (9-11), Casual Day, and Bake Sale & In-class Science Fair presenations

Thursday, November 30 – Science Fair – Parents are welcome to join after the judging

Friday, December 1 – Light and Sound Summative Due

MATH:

Today we had our math test. I will mark as soon as I can and send home for you to review.

Homework:

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LANGUAGE:

Today we worked on spelling lesson #10 – words with the sound ‘f.’ We realized that the sound f can be spelled different ways such as ff, ph, and gh. We wrote the words in our agendas and then completed the corresponding activities.

Homework:

-Raz-Kids for 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson # 10

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we focused on transparent, translucent, and opaque light. From our workshop we know that transparent light is when all light shines through (window), translucent light is when some light shines through (waxed paper), and opaque light is when no light shines through (a wall). We tested some of our items in our classroom.

Homework:

-Summative begins on Friday – all work is to be completed at school

-Summative due Friday December 1

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J