October Newsletter
It is going to be a SPOOKtacular Month!
Already One Month In!
In our October Newsletter you will find important upcoming events/dates for not only in the Badger Burrow, but for Lineville Intermediate, as well. Brief descriptions of each class and pictures are shared throughout. After viewing the information, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We are looking forward to a SPOOKtacular month!
Enjoying Our Field Trip to Thousand Islands Environmental Center
Creating a Spider Web!
A Little Rain Never Stops a Badger!
Crawfish, Anyone?
Parent Teacher Conference Dates and Sign Up Information
- Tuesday, October 18th from 4-7:30pm
- Tuesday, October 25th from 4-7:30pm
- Thursday, October 27th from 8-11:30am
This year, we will be conducting one on one conferences for ten minute increments in Mrs. Tennie's classroom. We will discuss your son or daughters current classroom performance and how they have transitioned to Lineville. Your student is more than welcome to join you. Signing up for conferences is done electronically through the program TEESO. If for some reason, you cannot login and would like additional assistance, please let us know!
Abiotic or Biotic?
Searching High and Low!
"What did you find?"
SPOOKtacular Monthly Incentive
We are looking forward to our SPOOKtacular event and I am sure our students are, too! If you have any questions or concerns, as always, please let us know.
Work Hard, Play Hard
Talk it Out
Community building
Future Engineers
Classroom Catch Up
- In Mrs. Tennie's math, we are currently in the heart of our first unit - adding and subtracting fractions. We continue to explore and manipulate fractions in different ways through active learning experiences. Starting next week, students will be responsible for completing 60 minutes of Khan Academy a week. In class students receive roughly ten minutes of Khan time daily to warm up for math, so this means students would need to complete about 20 minutes of time at home throughout the week, along with any paper assignment that comes home. Also, each month students are assigned a new fact fluency category to master. Moby Max Fact Fluency Addition is due this month on Monday, October 17th. Students are aware of this date and assignment. If at any time, you have any questions regarding math, please do not hesitate to contact me!
Science:
- In Science, we are spending our first semester exploring different types of ecosystems, human impact upon the environmental and the importance of the water cycle. Students have been actively researching and creating projects for our worlds different Biomes. Collaboratively, students are applying their knowledge from class, while gathering new information to present to their classmates about the six major biomes on Earth. Overall, I am so IMPRESSED by the hard work, creativity and dedication all students are demonstrating. I am very exciting to see their final products on Monday! If you would like to view the guidelines and rubric for this project, your child can show them to you from their Science Google Classroom account.
Language Arts:
- We have begun our writing unit in Language Arts. We are starting with a personal narrative. The students have been set up with writing partnerships and are really enjoying the writing process and conferring with their partners. I enjoy seeing and hearing their excitement with sharing their stories. We have also selected our books for our book discussion group books that we will be working on in our workshop time. Students will be going through these books for the next month - reading and then discussing with their groups.
Social Studies:
- We are just wrapping up our unit on exploration in Social Studies. The students are presenting their explorer trading card this week and we will begin our next unit on colonization soon.
Who wants to know about Leif Erikson?
Trading Card Brainstorm
Working Together
Lineville's Battle of the Books
Students will be working in teams of three or four those students in their lunch silo to read a list of age and grade level appropriate books. During their lunch hour, teams will "battle" other teams by answering various questions regarding the books.
Battles of the Books is a fun, academic-based competition that has been very popular! If you know your child would enjoy this, please help us by encouraging them to get involved and participate in Lineville's Battle of the Books!
For more information, book list and registration form, please click here. The deadline to sign up is Monday, October 31st.
Reviewing for a Quiz
Locker Rummage Sales
Erik shows Kindess
October Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, October 18th from 4-7:30pm
- Tuesday, October 25th from 4-7:30pm
- Thursday, October 27th from 8-11:30am
No School:
- Thursday, October 27th
- Friday, October 28th
Badger House Events:
- SPOOKtacular Monthly Incentive on Monday, October 31st
Lineville and HSSD Events:
- District Wide Band Concert at 7:30 on Tuesday, October 18th
- Lineville Fall Swim and Movie at 3:30pm on Saturday, October 22nd