Super News from Room C114
October 23, 2017
Tisch's Tidbits
Field Trip to Camp Jameson
Tomorrow is the big day! It is our first field trip of the year. We will be outside most of the time, so dress for the weather. It looks like the rain will move out, but it will be chilly. We will still have snack before we go and will eat inside to minimize the time spent outside at camp. Don't forget to wear tennis shoes and to pack a lunch with your name on the bag. Looking forward to a great time!!
Jog-A-Thon
Final call for last minute pledges for our annual fundraiser. Tomorrow is the last day to turn them in. Thanks for supporting Union!
Pictures
School pictures were sent home today. Such cuties!! Picture retakes will take place on November 2.
4th Grade Breakfast
This Wednesday is the Dads Club 4th grade breakfast! Please join us starting at 7:15 in the cafe for a hot breakfast. If you would like to volunteer or donate something for the breakfast, please sign up here: http://signup.com/go/wSakRUk
Spirit Day
On Friday, October 27th Union Elementary will have a PINK OUT! Students are encouraged to dress from head to toe in pink to show our support for breast awareness, education, and research. Your child’s lunch will be sprinkled with pink. For example, they will have the choice of pink milk! Also, we are asking for quarter donations to go towards the cause. Organizations are hopeful that by 2050 anyone with breast cancer will live. Help us honor those at every step of the breast cancer journey by wearing pink.
Think Pink on October 27th!!
Your Union Elementary Student Council Members
Chaucie's Place
Zionsville Community Schools are partnering again this year with Chaucie’s Place, a child advocacy organization in Hamilton County, to bring Smart Steps: A Body Safety Program for Children™ to our Kindergarten, 2, and 4th grade students. Smart Steps is a child sexual abuse prevention and education program that empowers your child to say “NO!” to any unwanted touches that make them uncomfortable from anyone.
Representatives from Chaucie's Place will be meeting with kindergarten, second and fourth grade classrooms on Monday, December 4th. Notices with opt-out information will go home after break, to be returned by Friday, December 1st. If you have specific questions, please contact School Counselor Lori Karnuta at lkarnuta@zcs.k12.in.us or visit: www.chauciesplace.org.
Parent Teacher Conferences
I really enjoyed the time we had together chatting about your child and getting to know more about them. You know them best! Thank you for taking the time to meet me with me. It truly was a joy. :) I am just so proud of each child in my classroom and the growth they have already made this year. Thank you for your partnership. We are all in this together!
Veterans Day
We value the commitments you make each day in your homes as well as in our larger community. On November 13, 2017, we look forward to celebrating and honoring our Veterans. We know there are many Union families whose lives have been personally shaped by one of the branches of our Armed Forces. It is our desire to plan experiences that are meaningful for our students while simultaneously appreciative of the brave men and women that have served or are currently serving our country. If you or a member of your family have served our country in this capacity, we would like to include you in our celebration.
Union Elementary will be honoring our community’s Veterans with an all-school convocation at 9:15 on Monday, November 13, 2017. If you would like more information or are interested in participating, please follow the directions on the Google Doc below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgqfFG5NhfliteISwOOc8tjpJmqHHZORD9tcStNaax850vIQ/viewform
For additional information, please contact Erin Kay at ekay@zcs.k12.in.us or 733-4007 x16998.
REMIND 101
This year I'm using Remind to send updates about important class information. I also send pictures of exciting events in the classroom! Thank you to those who have already signed up.
To sign up for 2017-18 notifications, please visit
https://www.remind.com/join/987dd8
You can choose whether you would like the updates to come to your email or as a message in Remind101. I will send updates and pictures of what is happening in the classroom, so I would love for each of you to be on the list!
SPECIALS SCHEDULE
8:20-9:10
Monday: Media/Wellness (25 minutes per class)
Tuesday: Media/Wellness (25 minutes per class)
Wednesday:STEM
Thursday:Art
Friday:Music
11:55-12:25 Recess
12:30-1:00 Lunch
Upcoming Events
October 24: Field Trip
October 23-27: Fire Safety Week
October 23: Board of Trustees Meeting, 6 PM at ESC
October 25: Fourth Grade Dads Club Breakfast, 7:15 AM
November 2: School Picture Reatakes
November 3: Fourth Grade Red Rohal Shirt Printing; PTO Meeting, 9:15 AM
November 7: Dads Club Meeting, 7 PM
November 13: Union Veterans Day Program, 9:30 AM; Board of Trustees Meeting, 6PM at ESC
November 13-17: Digitarium in Union STEM room
November 15: Dads Club Third Grade Breakfast, 7:15 in Cafeteria
November 16: Chaucie's Place Parent Meeting, 7:00 at ESC
November 17: PTO Movie Night
November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
What are we learning?
figurative language
Math
purple-word problems with multiplication, classifying triangles/quadrilaterals
blue-pretest unit 3/fractions
Language
punctuation
Science
conductors and insulators
Social Studies
Indiana's economy
Wordly Wise
Unit 5