Updates for the week!

Calendar Items:
Thanksgiving Break...November 25-27
Swimming...December 3 in pm
Kids Food Basket items...bring in by December 4
4th Grade Flea Market...December 11
Holiday Party & All-school Concert...December 17 in pm
Holiday Break...begins on December 20, return on January 4th


Book reports are in and looking fantastic. They are so proud of their work.  Thank you for your support at home!

We will be diving into the mystery genre for our first literature circle groupings--and reading aloud the Newbery award winning mystery When You Reach Me.  Expect that your child will have assigned reading most nights that will be recorded in their reading workshop folder.  Since each group will have a different schedule to follow, this will not be on the google calendar.  Which leads into my next segment...

GOOGLE CLASSROOM!

It is fun to dive into new technology that actually enhances your ability to teach and learn and doesn't cause headaches :). Google Classroom is a "hub" of sorts for all google drive apps. When your 5th grader submits a google doc/google slide/google anything, they turn it in to "Miller's Scientists" or "Mrs. Griffith's Social Studies" classrooms--which automatically shares it with their teacher(s). The nice thing? You have access to this as well. Their username/password is the same one they've had for logging into their Chromebooks. You can check out their assignments and their work.  Please have them show you! HOMEWORK NOTE: They will have a google doc to log in their assigned reading schedules for their lit circle books. This will be the place to check for reading homework instead of the google calendar.  

KIDS FOOD BASKET NEWS!   

 Student Leadership Team Updates                                     

Our Student Leadership Team has organized a school-wide service learning project. Together as a school, we are creating Supper Packs for Kid’s Food Basket. These packs are passed out to area schools to ensure that every child goes home to a nutritious dinner. In Addition to the Supper Pack, a fresh fruit, vegetable and protein source are included in each Sack Supper. We are asking each child to donate one of the following items:  individual fruit cups, juice boxes (100% juice, please), small boxes of raisins, granola bars, or  plastic bags. I may follow up with further requests depending on the number of bags we are able to fill and the remaining items.  There will be a designated spot in our classroom to collect these items, so feel free to send them in anytime. Our last collection day will be Friday, December 4. We will be making our packets that Friday morning.  Thank you for your support!

     If your last name begins with…

o   A through B- Quart size plastic Ziploc bags

o   C through H – Small raisin boxes

o   K through M – 100% juice juice boxes  (7 oz. or less)

o   P through S- Individual fruit cup

o  
T through W- Granola bars