I've really enjoyed the chance to sit down with parents this week and talk about your awesome children. Conference week is almost over and I can say that I've really enjoyed it!
There is a lot going on in the next few weeks...so here is a quick overview.
Scholastic orders are due by Saturday at midnight. Please let me know if that will be a problem. If you plan to send in an order form and check, please do so Friday. If you do not see this until after your child has left for school on Friday, please email me the books you would like to order. Don't forget to let me know if you are purchasing books as presents and you want me to contact you when the order comes in.
Monday is Halloween. We will not be having a special celebration in class, but our skeleton book reports (on a mystery book) are due that day. Once trick or treat is over, if you have candy that will not be eaten, please think about donating it to our class. We use treats a lot as incentives and leftover Halloween candy makes the students extremely happy. Monday is also our first fire safety class. A fireman will be visiting our classroom for the first lesson.
We will visit the Fire Safety Village on Tuesday 11/7. There is no cost for this trip. If you have not returned the permission slip, please do so ASAP. Your child will not be allowed to attend the off campus field trip without a permission slip.
Next Wednesday (November 2nd) we will have a test on double digit multiplication. After the test, we will move on to long division!
Next Monday and Wednesday, we will spend time in the media center doing research on explorers. All research will be completed at school. We are doing file folder research reports and students will complete and turn them in by Friday.
Next week we will also be writing a personal narrative about our favorite holiday memory. I'm looking forward to some great writing!
We will finish up explorers soon and begin our science unit on simple machines/force & motion. We have a High Touch/High Tech coming up soon on simple machines. We will be creating powerpoint presentations about simple machines in the computer lab and performing a lot of experiments and doing some really fun activities in the classroom when we begin force & motion. I'm looking forward to a great learning unit.
Don't forget that students are out of school on Tuesday 11/8. I will be here...meetings, meetings, and more meetings...but your child will have the day off.
Look for Science Fair information to come home before Thanksgiving break.
The book fair will be held in the media center the week of 11/14. This is a great time to purchase books for Christmas presents as well as for use at home.
Our grandparents and special friends luncheon will be on Wednesday 11/16. If you know that your child will not have a grandparent, parent, sibling, or special friend to eat with that day, please let me know so that we can arrange for them to sit with a friend. I don't want anyone to feel left out! You can email me at sharon.golden@cobbk12.org with information about that day.
I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that is most of what we will be doing for the next few weeks. Enjoy your halloween and don't eat too much candy!
Mrs. G
