Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful night!

Some students are receiving after care invoices. Please pay the after school fee as soon as possible. 

A kind reminder to not park, or stop, in the handicap parking spots, unless you have a permit. We have families who do need these spots and often come to find them taken up by cars without permits. Please pass this note along to anyone who may pick up your child/children. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

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 date for the short story is November 30. Good luck!

Science Fair has begun! 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/take pictures of 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.

March Break Camp registrations have been sent home. If you are interested in registering you chid for our amazing March Break camp, please send in the completed March Break camp registration form, along with the $20 one-time non-refundable deposit. Please note that lunch is also included each day!

Upcoming Dates & Events

Friday, November 24 – Good copy of Light and Sound summative due

Saturday, November 25 & Sunday, November 26 - Complete Science Fair experiment 3 different times at home and video tape it or take pictures

Monday, November 27 - Come to school with experiment complete and results - Good copies begin

Tuesday, November 28 - Science Fair Board set up & Bake Sale (we are not hosting)

Wednesday, November 29 - Sound Scientist in the School workshop (AM)), Casual Day, and Bake Sale & In-class Science Fair presentations

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

Friday, December 1 – Light and Sound Summative presentations

MATH:

Today we did some more work on converting units of measurement. Please remember to add your units to your answer!

-       1 mm = 0.1 cm & 1 mm = 0.01 dm

-       1 cm = 10 mm (x by 10), 1 cm = 0.1 dm & 1 cm = 0.01 m

-       1 dm = 100 mm (x by 100), 1 dm = 10 cm (x by 10) & 1 dm = 0.1 m

-       1 m = 1000 mm (x by 1000), 1 m = 100 cm (x by 100) & 1 m = 10 dm (x by 10)

-       1 km = 1000 m (x by 1000)

Homework:

-Complete math pages

LANGUAGE:

Today we had our lesson #10 spelling test. We also spent some time focusing on the variable for our science fair – independent and dependent variables. Please see below links to the two videos we watched today on variables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jTMDtX4WY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVHzIDN0A8

Homework:

-Reading for 40 minutes

-Sign and return spelling test – write out wrong words 10 x

-Review variables in Science Fair duo-tang

-Bring in a list of materials and your procedure - some of you may already have this from you research

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we began to work on our Light and Sound summative. Due to timing we are asking that students draw and label a sound and light device and write a paragraph explaining how it works. Good copies are due Friday, November 24. Presentations are on Friday, December 1.

Homework:

-All summative work is to be completed at school

-Summative presentations Friday December 1

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Hocevar J