It's THAT time of the year! VERTICAL Schedule begins! Your child is looking so forward to being a big buddy and going on Vertical Schedule. Please mark your calendars for these 3 weeks since our lunch, specials, and snack time changes!

objectives for the week:

WORDS OF THE WEEK: barter, fraction, gravity

We are still reading James and the Giant Peach. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are now deceased and the students are thrilled the villains have met their demise. We can't wait to find out what happens next! We will begin our unit on fractions in math. I have a feeling that legos will come in handy! In writing, students will be writing character essays beginning on Monday. Let's think "kindness matters"! Gravity, magnets, push and pull .... we are beginning a new unit in science. Let the "force" begin!

Dates to Remember:

Oct. 1 - Vertical Schedule Begins

Oct. 3 - Big Kahuna Delivery

Oct. 4 - Grandparents Day

Oct. 5 - Student Holiday

Oct. 8 - Student Holiday

Oct. 12 - Clubs start, College T-Shirt Day (the 5th was no school)

Oct. 18 - Class group picture (individual make - up pictures)

Oct. 21 - Horizontal Schedule begins again, RED RIBBON WEEK

News:

• Please make sure your child has headphones. Headphones were not in the school supply packs or on the list. The earbuds from last year were not liked by your child, so students wanted to bring their own this year. Thank you.
• Students are excited about Book Fair. We will do our wish list on Monday. If your student brings money throughout the week, they need to let me know so that I can send them down to go shopping.
• Background check forms for NASA need to be completed and are front and back. Also, background checks cost $1. Please attach the dollar when you return the form. Thank you!
• Let's get those volunteer hours in the first semester!!! Come to small group reading time, come to lunch duty, come to work in the 3rd grade store, or contact me for other opportunities!! I look forward to working together with you!