Dear Parents,
I would like to begin this week
with a big thank you to the parents who accompanied us today to the National
Building Museum. From the hum of
excited voices as we left, through the morning of instruction and building
everyone seemed to enjoy the day.
The city we built was both fun and functional. Who knows, maybe the next generation of city planners will
include one of our students!
As you may know from your
child’s assignment notebook, we wrapped up our first unit in Social Studies on
Tuesday. We are in the middle of
our first unit in Math, and I would expect to test this out in the next two
weeks. I also plan to introduce
the Scientific Method in Science next week. In Language Arts we have been working in our Word Study
Groups, and discussing how to identify important information in non-fiction
text. All in all we are getting
into full swing.
I would again like to remind
everyone to take a few minutes each evening to go over the assignments your
child has for the evening. They
should be able to complete these assignments with little assistance from you,
but a bit of help from you to go over the pacing of the work will help. I will say for the most part
assignments are coming back on time and well done.
The
leaves are beginning to change outside out window and the temperature is
fluctuating with early signs of change.
This signals me to take a moment out to remind everyone that the
children do need to be dressed appropriately for the weather each day. The children do go outside each day for
recess and we want them to be warm enough to enjoy their time on the
playground.
Below you will find a list of
some of the upcoming events at school.
Please mark the dates on your calendars.
Mon.
10/14- Columbus Day- No School for students
Tues.
10/22- Mini-Walk for the Homeless
Fri.
10/25- Harvest Fest- 7:00pm
Thurs.
10/31- Halloween Parade- 2:00pm
Mon.
11/4- Outdoor Lab Field Trip
Tues.
11/5- Election Day- No School for Students
As always, if you have any questions,
please let me know.
Sincerely,
Mrs.
DiNardo
