Weekly Update 10/16-20

Just a few quick updates for this week:

Please send in your child’s form and money ($22) for Old Salem by Wednesday 10/18. If you plan to chaperone please note that on the form and make sure you have completed an OCS background check this school year.

This Wednesday, 10/18, is early release day. We will dismiss at 11:35. Please make sure your child knows their transportation plans if they are different than normal.

Each year in February you complete a form to let OCS know that you plan for your child to continue at HES or plan for them to attend school elsewhere. This year that process will take place in NOVEMBER. Be on the look out for the info in your child’s yellow folder. The form will list their districted school just so you know where they would attend if you choose to opt out of having them return to HES next year. You have to complete this process for each child you have attending our school.

We will visit the NC Symphony on Thursday 10/26. Please send a bag lunch for your child that day, we will likely return to school after our usual lunch time. If your child needs another permission slip please let me know.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions!

Welcome to the 2nd 9 weeks! I hope everyone had a wonderful break!

A quick overview of the next few weeks:

Math- We will be studying multiplicative comparison problem solving, multiples, factors, prime and composite numbers, and patterns. Please continue to help your child practice their multiplication facts until they become automatic.

Reading/SS- Most of our focus this quarter will be on nonfiction. We will be integrating much of our SS NC history curriculum into this unit and will read about different Native American groups in NC and the colonization of NC.

Science/Writing- We will integrate our Science unit focusing on animals and their adaptations with nonfiction opinion essay writing.

Homework will continue to be 20 minutes of independent reading and finishing any classwork that could/should have been finished during the school day.

Important Dates:

October 18 Early Release

                       26 Symphony Trip (note in yellow folder, free for all students)

November 10 No School- Veteran’s Day

22-24   Thanksgiving Break

December 6 Early Release

                      14 Last Day of the 2nd 9 weeks  **this is a Thursday**

Weekly Update September 8, 2017

Hopefully this class blog will be a quick and easy way to keep you updated about what’s going on in our class and at HES. Please read below for important info and check out the previous post for pictures from our Science Fun for Everyone Day in August.

Believe it or not we just have 1 more week of school  before our first 9 weeks is over!

Thank you so much for those of you who have already been by to meet with me and talk about your child’s progress this quarter. I look forward to meeting with the rest of you next week!

Below is a copy of an insert that you received/will receive with your child’s report card with some ideas for things to do over break to keep your child in the swing of things with reading and math:

This 9 weeks we have worked to build good habits in both math and reading. In Social Studies we focused on the features and location of the 3 regions of NC. In Science we learned about forces, specifically electricity and magnetism. Next quarter we will spend much of our time in Reading and Writing nonfiction. This means we will be focusing on things like main idea, cause and effect, etc. We will integrate our Science unit ( animals and their adaptations) with both nonfiction Reading and informational writing.

Please keep reading independent “just right”  books and practicing multiplication facts over fall break!

Some great websites we use in class for math practice/games:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/math-for-kids/

A few important date to keep in mind for the 2nd 9 weeks:

October   9- first day of the 2nd quarter

     18- early release

November  10- no school, Veteran’s Day

       22-24  No school- Thanksgiving Break

December  6- early release

                14- last day for students (**note that this is a Thursday**)

Welcome to our class blog!

Here are a few pictures from our day with the scientists from Science Fun for Everyone last week. We had a GREAT day!

A few important updates/reminders:


Our spring book fair is next week. Our class will attend Wednesday morning if you would like to send money with your child. If you prefer that they only purchase books (not posters, pencils, etc let me know :)

Hopefully your child is working on the reading challenge we sent home before break. The 4th grade teachers are working on a pretty awesome reward for those students who rise to the challenge! If you have questions or need info about the reading challenge don't hesitate to ask!

Homework reminders:
- read for 20 minutes each night Mon-Thur and record it on the reading log (these are collected and returned each Friday)
-write for 10 minutes on a topic of your choice in your writer's notebook
-complete 30 minutes per week on www.tenmarks.com for now this can be ANY work (classwork, personal work, amplifiers, do-overs, etc) 

dates to remember:

May 24-25 EOG's
May 30      No School- Memorial Day
June 3        Last day of School

Science Day Fun!!!

As always, Science Fun For Everyone
made for a GREAT day! 

SO much fun learning about electricity! 

Onto "Moon in Motion"

 

learning about gravity while showing some Panther Pride!

Did you know we ALL have acid breath?!?

Holding 5 lbs of fat for 30 seconds was 

a LOT harder than they thought!

Reminders:

-next Wednesday 2/10 is an early dismissal day, we will get out at 11:35

- students should be completing their reading log each night Mon-Thurs, I take them up on Fridays and return them each Monday

-next Friday 2/12 we will visit the North Carolina Museum of Science and History in Raleigh, the cost is $7 and students need to bring a bag labeled lunch

**We could use some D size batteries for our Electricity unit starting next week.**

Have a great weekend and GO PANTHERS! :)

Important Dates & Reminders

February is the month for field trips! 

This Friday, 2/5 will be our last in-school science day. If you haven't already paid, the cost is $24.

Next Wednesday, February 10th is an early release day. We will dismiss at 11:35.

Next Friday, 2/12, is our trip to the NC Museum of History and NC Museum of Science in downtown Raleigh. The cost for this trip is $7.00 and all students will need a bagged lunch. We will leave at 8:00 and return a little before dismissal.Be on the look out for the permission slip one day this week, if you are interested in meeting us there let me know :)

On Thursday, February 18th we will be going to the NC Symphony in Raleigh. This trip is free for all students. Students will need to bring a bagged lunch- we will eat at school but may not be back in time for our regular lunch slot.

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If you have questions about the 2016-17 HES enrollment letter that went home last Friday, please call the office, 919-732-6137.

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Thank you for helping your child remember to complete their reading log each night. I'm seeing a little better continuity in "sticking with" a book until it's finished, rather than bouncing from book to book.

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It is not a requirement, but if students would like to make valentines they can. We will pass them out on on Monday, February 15th during our writing time. If your child would like to make cards, please make sure they do one for each member of the class. I'll have paper copies of a class list for them to take home.