October 4, 2024

Week in Review

This week in math we continued our unit on addition and subtraction. We continued to use critical thinking to word problems and to show and articulate their thinking. 

In reading, we worked on visualizing as we read. Not only does this add to their enjoyment while reading, but it really helps them to better comprehend what they are reading. We learned how visualizing can help us infer things that the author did not explicitly state in the book. 

We are continuing to work on our narrative writing unit. This week we wrote the ending to our stories and some began writing their second story, working through the entire writing process. 

In social studies, we continued our studies of communities and citizenship. 

Our science unit on objects and materials continues through early October. We will learn about classifying objects, sorting by characteristics, weight, systems and how things can be changed by heating and cooling.

Upcoming Curriculum 

Language Arts: I can use the Depth and Complexity Icons to think deeply about my books. 

Math: I can use objects and pictorial models to solve word problems involving joining, separating, and comparing sets. 

Science: I can describe an object's properties. 

Social Studies: I can explain that a community is a group of people who live and learn in the same place. 

Conferences

Please reach out when you would like to schedule a conference! I am free most days at 1:20 for an in-person or webex conference! 

This year 5th graders are volunteering their time for community service. This information and link is for a time to play board games with 5th graders from Glenhope. One of them has a first grade sibling, so they want to share their excitement about playing games with first grade Gators. It sounds like a fun opportunity for the kids to enjoy some time together outside of school.

This is Matthew's Zevakhin mom. Matthew likes board games and participates in community hours project. He did in the past an event for local library where kids played board games, so we planned the same here. I asked 5th graders if they have kids who'd like to join and we found another Matthew from Ms. Hayes's classroom. They met, played games and decided what they offer for the first graders.

I shared this invitation to the FB group for the first graders, but I wanted to share with you if you know kids. This is a google sign up for the free board games event for just Glenhope First graders where both Matthews will play with first graders. We hope to get 4-6 kids, we don't even need more or will do another event for everyone who signs up.

I decided to share this link with you as we plan it for Oct, 13 and in case you know kids who are interested and would like to join:

Board Game Meet Up 

Arrival and Dismissal Reminder

This is a reminder that parents may not use the staff parking lot* to pick up or drop off students, or to turn around. If you want to walk to drop off or pick up your child, you must park on the street and use the appropriate crosswalk. 

*If you are looking at the school, the staff parking lot is the large lot to the left of the front doors.