Week Ending October 26


                                          

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, October 26 
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 

We are excited about Halloween this Wednesday. 
            •Students are welcomed to wear costumes to school.  Our school-wide parade starts at 8:50.  The second classrooms will come together for an whole-grade Halloween celebration from 10:15 – 11:00 that has been organized by families.  THANK YOU so much for the time and thought put into this.

If you haven’t yet signed up for a Family/Teacher conference, here is the link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA4AF28A20-familyteacher

•REVISION INQUIRY: We would really love to have you come in and share your experience.  More info here

•Please consider checking out these ways to help our school community:  Car Line/Lunch Line Volunteer Sign Up

Please visit our blog here:  http://focusedandrelaxed.blogspot.com
What We Did:
Reading
• We met our long term reading and writing partner and shared personal reading goals with that person.  Each person made an explicit promise to support his/her partner towards that goal. 

•We all have Just Right books in our book boxes.  Students can borrow books from our classroom whenever they need to.  Please let me know if you would like help compiling a list of just right books.  I can share that with you at our upcoming conference.
Writing
•We chose one piece to publish. 

•We practiced two different beginnings of that story that will grab the reader’s attention. 
Math
•We took an end-of-module assessment and the kids showed what they knew expertly.

•Friday’s Math Review highlighted a commitment on the part of the students to practice being Focused and Relaxed…their scores proved that.
Science/Social Studies
•We completed the second Mystery Science activity.  This hands-on activity answered the mystery Why is there sand at the beach?
Other stuff
•We critiqued the designs of the fairy garden pathways and voted our favorite along the three criteria we identified. 

•With the guidance of Max’s mom, students mapped out the chosen design in the garden and made improvements to the design.

•We accessed our GAFE accounts to see a slide show of different types of fairy gardens.

What’s Coming Up:

•This week, we will focus on end punctuation of sentences in the small moment story we are publishin.

•We will continue our Earth Science unit on landforms by answering the mystery What makes a canyon?.

•We will start a new math module focused on place value.
  (We got a delayed start because we spent more time reviewing content before the last test.)

•We will work with our partners to support each other’s growth as readers.

•We will decide on materials for our garden path.

•We will have fun on Halloween.

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CONGRATULATIONS
These students scored as well or better on the
Weekly Math Review
(made up of mixed computation problems) as compared with the previous week.
WOW!  What a difference a week makes!!!
              •Abby        •Alice        •Anastasia           •Connor         •Eito          •Ella         •Harper          •Kaela             •Mia            •Nico         •Noah        •Oliver            •Tatum             •Tommy            •Victoria
These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS
last week.
Abby (X2)        Connor (X2)              Eito(X2)      Ella(X2)                  Harper(X2)                 Jackson (X2)                   Kaela (X2)                     Noah (X2)        Oliver (X2)      Tatum (X2)                    Tommy (X2)              Victoria(X2)              William (X2)  
Nico         
[ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
           
ALL homework, including Homework Plus, should be returned inside the yellow homework folder and should be completed in PENCIL.

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED








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