Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week will be the week after Fall Break. Our theme this year is "A Drug Free Life Rocks." Each day in class we will do an activity that encourages children to choose a drug-free lifestyle writing our own drug free song! Students will also be invited to dress up for Red Ribbon Week in the following ways.
Monday: Wear red
Tuesday: Wear sunglasses
Wednesday: Wear clothing inside out
Thursday: Wear tie-dye
Friday: Wear somethiing that represents your future (e.g., a pencil tucked behind your ear if you wish to be a writer, a suit for a future businessman, a football jersey for a high school football player)
Fall Break
Please remember that Fall Break is next week. Enjoy it!
Photo Story Autobiographies
I sent a letter home today in the Wednesday folder regarding Photo Stories for the kids' autobiographies. Please send in approximately 20-26 pictures that correlate with your child's autobiography. I will have all the kids print a draft tomorrow to bring home. It is best if pictures can be put on a flash drive that your child can bring to school. If you can't use a flash drive, please put the pictures on a CD. I cannot accept hard copies or e-mailed copies of pictures for these. All pictures must be here by Wednesday, October 26 because we are going to the lab to put them on the computers so the students can create their Photo Stories during the Technology rotation that starts October 27. If you do not have any electronic copies of pictures I will allow your child to find images from the Internet that support his/her autobiography such as a UK symbol if they like UK. This is a really great project that the kids enjoy so very much and that I hope to share with you! Thank you for your help in gathering photographs for your child.
Upcoming Tests:
Social Studies Test over Chapter 4 on Friday
Multiplication Mixed Facts Quiz on Friday
Social Studies: The kids have been pretending to be archeologists diving for and examining artifacts from a sunken ship to gather information about what sparked the Age of Exploration in the late 1400's and early 1500's.
Math: We have wrapped up our unit over estimation and computation and now we are delving into geometry!
Word Study: Pluralization Rules
Reading/Science: The unit over the 5 kingdoms of living things will culminate this week with a reading comprehension over the 5 kingdoms and an open response. The kids will also have the opportunity to pretend to be a scientist who discovers a brand new organism for their trnasfer task on Thursday.
Writing: We are publishing autobiographies and beginning open genre writing this week!
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