Greetings Parents
of Room 10,
ON THE STORE FRONT…
The school store is about to be opened
and we need your help. The store is
generally open Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 9:10 to 9:30. Are you available to help out for about a ½
hour one of these mornings? I am looking
for one parent per day to help manage the store (and children) from
9-9:30. This includes set-up, sales and
break-down. 5Betor will be in charge of
the school store for the next month or so.
Please let me know if you can help us out. Drop me an email with your availability.
ON THE SOCIAL FRONT…
We
are looking forward to American Education Week and
your visit on Monday, November 18th.
Please stop by about 9:50am. The
children are excited to share readers’ theatre with you as they have been
polishing their performances. In
addition, you may wish to join your children for lunch/recess which begins at
11:05am.
Eat,
Shoot and Read is
Thursday night from 4-7. We are asking
our 5th grade families to send in a snack. They may be dropped off anytime during the
day to our rooms.
A – H Cookies
I – P
Brownies and Cup Cakes
Q – Z Fruit, Popcorn and Pretzels
Thank you again to
those who volunteered to work at the pizza event in the cafeteria. There is still time to order a whole pizza
pie in advance. Pizza slices and
beverages will be sold the evening of this great family event! Looking forward to seeing you all!
ON THE ACADEMIC FRONT…
We began social studies this week with
identifying vocabulary associated with geography. We did a cut & paste activity, and the
children finally had the opportunity to use the index cards they brought to
school in September. I also introduced
them to a Cardinal Direction game I developed several years ago. They seemed to enjoy the challenge, and they
are looking forward to having me share it with you when you visit on Monday.
Ms. Casucci, our Graduate Intern, has been working with the
children for guided reading as a part of our literacy stations. Author’s purpose has been her focus. The children have enjoyed working with
her. This week will be her last week
with us. In addition to guided reading,
I have been working with the children on fluency. They even had the opportunity to hone their
skills for their buddies on Thursday.
They are doing nicely.
After researching a memorable time in
history, developing three characters, coming up with at least three problems
and deciding on their story’s point of view, the children started to draft
their historical fiction pieces at the end of the week. I will be looking for volunteers to help edit
their pieces in a couple of weeks. Think
about helping out. It’s pretty
interesting to see how a student’s piece shapes up with a little bit of help.
Looking forward to your visit tomorrow! Lester B. and Class
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