Friday, November 1, 2019

First Week of November

Report Cards
Your child's report card is coming home today. Please keep the papers in the envelope, but sign and return the envelope. Students who made the A or A/B Honor Roll will be recognized on the morning show on Thursday, November 7th.  

Superhero Day
Students and teachers wore superhero shirts on Thursday to celebrate our school earning Palmetto Gold this year and last and an Excellent Report Card Rating. We also celebrated raising over $50,000 during Boosterthon. Mr. Williams did a great job of singing karaoke at lunch for the students!



Soil Observations
We started our first investigation with Soil. Students observed soil types and recorded their observations. First, they amazed me with how much they enjoyed our mealworms/beetles and now with soil! 





Curriculum

Math- We will focus on Module 2, Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure. This module will focus on rounding, time, word problems, addition, subtraction and more. The students will have a quiz over lessons 1-5 (Time) on Wednesday. Please encourage your child to continue to practice their multiplication facts. Students can practice their fluency (addition, subtraction, multiplication division) on the following website.  https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Language Arts-  We will wrap up our discussion of theme with a test on Friday. We will also continue writing persuasive speeches. 

Social Studies- We will wrap up our unit on Native Americans with a test on Thursday.  We will focus on the Catawba, Cherokee and Yemassee. We will also continue reading the book The Native by Ben Bache. 

ScienceWe will focus on Soil. We will observe different types of soil and focus on what it is made of. We will also discuss physical weathering. 

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