From the Desk of Mrs. Larned...
October 27th, 2023
Upcoming Dates to Remember
October
- Tuesday, October 31st: Halloween Party (2:30- 3:25 pm)
November
- Wednesday, November 1st: 1/2 Day: Parent-Teacher Conferences 12:30-5:00pm)
- Thursday, November 2nd: Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00-6:30pm)
- Wednesday, November 22nd- Friday, November 24th: Thanksgiving Break
December
- Tuesday, December 12th: 4th Grade Field Trip to Lansing
- Tuesday, December 12th: Woodview Music Concert/Family Night
- Monday, December 25th- Friday, January 5th: Christmas/Winter Break
Book Fair
This coming week (October 31st- November 3rd), our school will be holding its first Book Fair of the school year. Our class will head down to the library to preview all of the books and other items for sale on Tuesday morning (October 31st). Then, if students would like to bring money to purchase some books, they will be able to return to the book fair on Thursday morning (November 2nd).
Parent-Teacher Conferences
This coming Wednesday, November 1st (from 12:30- 5:00pm) and Thursday, November 2nd (from 4:00- 6:30 pm), Woodview will be hosting it's first round of parent-teacher conferences! I am excited to see that many of you have already signed up to come in and chat with me. If you haven't had the chance to sign up for a spot quite yet, there are still quite a few times available. Please check out the detailed list of available slots at the link below. See you next week! 🙂
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA728A3F9C16-45459572-parent
Kids Have Rights Program: Parent/Caregiver Survey
A few weeks ago, the Kids Have Rights (KHR) program was taught in our classroom. Over the past few weeks, our class has also completed mini-lessons and worksheets to help reinforce the knowledge they gained from the KHR program regarding body safety. The program values and welcomes feedback from parents and caregivers to ensure students learn this important information. Hearing feedback from families helps to continually fine-tune the program to ensure that all children learn about body safety in a comfortable environment and encourage the conversation to continue at home. If you could please take a moment to click on the link below to complete the KHR Parent/Caregiver survey, it would be greatly appreciated!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ4aXm7zlA7OijIk5FzeQwchBNw7OOwaxUjMYR_eXcx-jCuA/viewform
Field Trip to Lansing
On Tuesday, December 12th our class is heading to the state capitol and Michigan History Museum in Lansing! If you would be interested in attending our trip as a chaperone, please reach out to me and I can get you further details and information.
Math
Language Arts
Recently in our Language Arts lessons, we have been continuing to strengthen our predicting, inferring, summarizing, and overall reading comprehension skills during both whole group and small-group activities.
In the area of writing, each of the students are working to draft, edit, and publish a compare-and-contrast essay that details the similarities and differences of two animals/creatures of their choice.
Science/ Social Studies
We recently kicked off our first Social Studies unit of the school year that pertains to all things government! Recently, students were asked to imagine a classroom, community, and world without any rules and laws. We imagined what it would look like/sound like, as well as brainstormed what types of issues we think might arise if everyone was able to whatever they wanted. From there, we began learning about the Constitution and have been working together to dissect the meaning of each of the sections of the Preamble to the Constitution. Our upcoming field trip to Lansing will also allow us the opportunity to learn all about the daily operations of our local government in our home state of Michigan!