Happy short week and then vacation!!!  Upcoming events this week include...

 - Ask Your Child About -

• Multiplication fact practice, favorite tool to use in class
• Teach me the fifty nifty song please?

• Math
• Unit 5
• Unit 5 adding and subtracting with decimals
• Beginning double digit multiplication

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
•  Number the Stars in our historic fiction unit- 
• Weekend news
• Author study
• November gratitude challenge

• Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
•  Nifty 50 specifically the North East region (Connecticut this week)
• Animal and Human adaptations  - tree root systems

• Homework
• nightly reading 30 minute minimum
• Thursday reflections signed and returned weekly

- Announcements - 

• Remember- Thursday is a full school day.  The feast will end around 1:00 just let me know if your kiddo is leaving early with you or another family. 
• In classroom spelling bees will be held on 12/8, top two spellers will go on at the end of the month to be in the schoolwide spelling bee.
• Report card work is beginning...  End of the first trimester is next Thursday. 
• Family Gathering of Thanks for the lower school is next Thursday the 20th.  Please sign up if you can send a dish or volunteer!

 Happy short week and then vacation!!!  Upcoming events this week include...

 - Ask Your Child About -

• Multiplication fact practice, favorite tool to use in class?
•  Why do some trees have shallow root systems vs. deep systems?
• Can I quick quiz you on your spelling words?
• Who is Patricia Polacco?  How is she inspired to think up her stories?
• Teach me the fifty nifty song please?

• Math
• Unit 1-4 review
• Unit 5 adding and subtracting with decimals
• Beginning double digit multiplication

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
•  Number the Stars in our historic fiction unit- 
• New spelling words
• Weekend news
• Author study
• November gratitude challenge

• Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
•  Nifty 50 specifically the North East region (Connecticut this week)
• Animal and Human adaptations  - tree root systems

• Homework
• nightly reading 30 minute minimum
• Thursday reflections signed and returned weekly

- Announcements - 

• In classroom spelling bees will be held on 12/8, top two spellers will go on at the end of the month to be in the schoolwide spelling bee.
• Report card work is beginning...  End of the first trimester is next Thursday. 
• Family Gathering of Thanks for the lower school is next Thursday the 20th.  Please sign up if you can send a dish or volunteer!

Upcoming events this week include...

 - Ask Your Child About -

• What is rare about a frog fish?
•  Why do our stomachs growl
• May I see your new spelling list?
• What does mode mean in math?

• Math
• 4th grade mid year assessment
• Unit 4- Averages
• Identifying number patterns

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Beginning Number the Stars in our historic fiction unit
• New spelling words
• Weekend news

• Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
•    Nifty 50 specifically the North East region (Rhode Island this week)
• Animal and Human adaptations   

• Homework
• nightly reading 30 minute minimum
• Thursday reflections signed and returned weekly

- Announcements - 

• Our pumpkins were a BIG hit!  They looked great and it's all thanks to this amazing group of adults supporting kiddos and our school, many thanks!
• 12 learning days until Thanksgiving break!  If you have a student traveling please let me know so that we can say goodbye :)
• We will be writing more in our gratitude journals (great conversation starter at home)

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