Ms. Harris' Weekly Update
September 5th-9th
What's Going On This Week
- Science: This week we will begin our unit on Light. We will be looking at the properties of light and what white light is made up of. A quiz on Lessons 1 and 2 will be next Tuesday.
- Ms. Shipps' SS: This week we review Native Americans and students will take the unit test on Friday. Their Totem Pole project and rubric will also be going home tomorrow and is due next Wednesday.
- Ms. Thurston's ELA/Math: This week we will continue learning about place value: rounding. In ELA, we will continue our Personal Narrative writing and learn about strong reading habits and cause and effect
- Ms. Harris' GT ELA/Math: In math this week, we will practice rounding using a number line. In ELA, we will explore character traits and read a Jacob's Ladder story, "The Blue Heron."
Grades 4-5 Fun Run is Thursday at 1:00pm.
We are close to raising our school goal of $500 and earning a COLOR RUN on Thursday. Please continue encouraging your child to get pledges at www.funrun.com.
Schloastic Book Orders Due By Friday
You can order directly from the scholastic website at www.scholastic.com and use our class code of "GKCDN." I'll submit orders after school on Friday.
Chick-Fil-A Night Wednesday, September 14th
Enjoy dinner and raise money for our school! Come join us at the Chick-Fil-A across from Baxter Village on Wed. the 14th.
Other Information:
- We are starting MAP tests next week. Monday will be the reading MAP test and Tuesday will be the math. Students will take them with their homeroom class at 11:30. If all possible, please make sure your child is here and well rested for those days.
- Picture Day is Friday, September 16th. More information to come.
- Our fabulous room mom, Mrs. Gazjuk, will be compiling a class directory for parents in our homeroom. This is a great resource for communication among parents and students. If you would NOT like to be in the directory, please let me know as soon as possible.
- This year, FMES is using a wonderful program to share and keep students' work, called "Seesaw." It is a great way for you to stay in the loop about what your child is doing at school! Once parents are connected, they only see their child's portfolio and will receive automatic notifications when new work is posted. A flyer is coming home in Wednesday folders about how you can log on and start seeing your child's work. Please let me know if you have any questions once you see the flyer.