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Calendar of Events
October 6th: Fall Sun School begins
October 7th: Picture Day
October 8th: Walk-n-Roll to School
October 10th: No School
4th/5th Grade Newsletter
Dear Families,
Picture Day will be this Tuesday, October 7 at 10:30 a.m. Approximately three weeks after picture day, you should get an email with the option to order pictures. There will also be retakes scheduled if you need them.
Here's the sign up for fall conferences. If you'd like to meet before then, please just send me an email!
Fifth grade parents: if you are considering options other than Ockley Green for middle school, the lottery window for focus option schools will be open from November 12 - December 12. This deadline comes up fast! You can visit enrollment and transfer to learn more.
Thanks for entrusting your child to me,
Trevor
Snack at School
Good news! We are back to getting our "Healthy Snack" program two days a week, which means that we will have fresh fruit or vegetable options to offer kids. That still leaves three days with no snack provided.
You are welcome to send your child to school with a healthy snack. Great snack options include: fruits or veggies, animal crackers, pretzels, granola bars or trail mix. Please label snack containers with your student’s name. Students may eat their snack during morning recess.
If you are able to donate any healthy snacks for the whole class, these donations are always GREATLY appreciated! Thanks to those who've sent something in.
This Week's Spotlight Student:
In an effort to build community and learn more about each other, each week one student will be randomly selected to be our "Spotlight Student."
The spotlight student will bring home and fill out a special worksheet about themselves. This student is also welcome to bring in 2 favorite items from home that represent their identity/culture (please avoid technology or other expensive objects).
At Morning Circle on Wednesday, our Spotlight Student will:
Share their worksheet
Share their special items and tell why they are meaningful
Be interviewed by their classmates
Be complimented by their classmates
Library Book Return
Mr. Parker's Class: Tuesday at 9 a.m.
4th grade: Unit 1: Whole Numbers: Place Value, Comparison, Addition, and Subtraction
5th grade: Unit 1: Whole Number Operations and Applications: Volume, Multiplication, and Division
Wit & Wisdom Unit 1: The Birchbark House
TBA
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries where European mariners explored the world by sea, driven by desires for wealth, trade routes, and new lands. This era, marked by explorers like Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama, led to the discovery of the Americas, the establishment of global trade networks, the expansion of empires, and a new understanding of world geography, though from the perspective of non-Europeans, it was an era of invasion and colonization.
TBA
4th/5th Grade Photo Album
Don't see any pictures of your student here? If you would like to see occasional pictures of your student in the Photo Album, take this quick survey and let me know!