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News From Room 207Week of September 19, 2011
Important Dates
To Remember
9/22 ThursdaySchool Picture Day
9/27 TuesdayCurriculum Night6:30pm
10/10 MondayNo SchoolColumbus Day
1 1/1 TuesdayNo SchoolParent Conferences
1 1/11 ThursdayNo SchoolVeterans Day
1 1/23-25Thanksgiving Break
12/24-1/1December Break
News and AnnouncementsA wonderful time was had by all of us that
participated withharvesting eggplants at the Community Farm on
Saturday. Ahuge thank you to Mrs. Tolosczko for organizing such
ameaningful event for all of us. We plan on going back as afourth
grade group in the spring to help plant. We hope youwill consider
joining us.
Thank you to everyone who ordered books on-line. We earned9 new
books for our classroom library as well as 5,000 bonuspoints to
purchase books with. Keep reading!!!
Literature Circles begin this week. During our language
artsblock, your child will be introduced to their literature circle
bookand assigned the required reading and think cards for theweek.
The books and think cards should come home everynight and then
return to school the next day. Your childrenwill have time during
the day to work on their reading but themajority of the work should
be completed at home as part ofnightly homework. For your child to
participate in ourliterature circle discussions in a meaningful
way, he/she needsto be prepared each week.
I am looking forward to seeing many of you on September 27,2011
for Curriculum Night at 6:300pm. We will meet in ourclassroom first
(room 207) for 40 minutes. After that, Mr.Mabie will invite you
down to the cafeteria for a brief talk.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions
orconcerns. The best way to contact me is by using my schoole-mail
address at [email protected]. You shouldalso feel free
to send in a note to school.
I am looking forward to a wonderful year!
Warmly,Sandra Travers
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News From Room 207Week of September 19, 2011
Quote of the Week
We all have dreams. But in orderto make dreams come into
reality,
it takes an awful lot ofdetermination, dedication, self-
discipline, and effort".
~ Jesse Owens, American trackand field athlete and Olympic
gold
medal winner
SpecialsMonday-MusicTuesday-PEWednesday-ArtThursday-HealthFriday-Chorus
Media Dates 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8,11/22, 12/6, 12/20,
1/3, 1/17, 1/31, 2/14, 2/28,
3/13, 4/3, 4/24, 5/8, 5/22Snack/Recess daily at ~10:45amLunch
12:05-12:40pm
September Birthdays
September16th Sasha
EnglishLanguage Arts (ELA)Our walls were a smashing success.Our
focus this week will be on thestrategies we can use to monitorour
understanding as we read fictionand nonfiction text. Additionally,
we
will review parts of speech. In writing, wewill be writing
friendly letters.
MathWe will continue with Unit 1. Be sure tohave your child
explore the math links forunit 1 at the following
site:http://sqworl.com/89t258
Read AloudAlthough outwardly Mark appears to be aspoiled rich
kid that just doesnt care, weare getting to know why Mark is
theperson he is. It will be interesting to see
what happens as the children head outinto the woods for their
week long fieldtrip at the State Park. Mr. Maxwellcontinues to try
and reach out to Markwith no success at all.
Social StudiesThere are many different types/toolsof maps -
globes, flat maps, puzzles,atlases. This week we will explore
themand hopefully work with map scales. Wewill focus on map scales
and directionality
this week. Last week the childrenwatched two videos you might
want tocheck out with them:Longitude and
latitude:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0c1idtn3e8How to Read a
Map:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QlJ
n_iMeAg
ScienceThis last week, we learned about theScientific Method and
explored theproperties of rocks. We will continue thisweek as we
dissect our mock rocks todetermine their ingredients. If your
childhas time, feel free to explore thefollowing
website.http://www.learner.org/interactives/ro
ckcycle/types.html
