How to Participate
Share your Pledgestar link with family and friends during Nov 7–19.
Encourage your student to join our Fitness + Thankfulness challenges throughout the week.
Celebrate on Turkey Trot Race Day (Nov 19) — cheer, volunteer, and show your Suns spirit!
Volunteers Needed (must be cleared through office)
If you’d like to help with the Prize Store, please sign up here: https://bit.ly/TurkeyTrotShopVolunteersÂ
Click here for more information: bit.ly/DPSTurkeyTrotSavetheDates
Choose one (or more!) of the gratitude activities to do together next week:
Gratitude Notes: Write a thank-you note to someone who made your week better.
Kindness Countdown: Do one small act of kindness each day.
Gratitude Walk: Take a short walk and name things you’re grateful for as you go.
Family Highs & Lows: Share your “high” and “low” of the day at dinner—and one thing you appreciated.
Thankful Jar: Each night, add a slip of paper with something you’re thankful for.
Come up with your own!Â
Please send In healthy snacks for the morning recess and a water bottle that doesn't leak. Â
Use iSchoolRide app for car pickup! Info was sent In ParentSquare. This helps a LOT at dismissal!
Check backpacks often - Remember to return DPS Library books weekly and bring your Recorders on Music days.
Our school will be trying a new way to report absences. Instead of calling in each time, you can now use a Google Form to report your child’s absence.
Please bookmark this link for future use: Click Here
Email: dps.attendance@smusd.org
Benchmark Unit 4: Comparing Points of View
Essential Question: What makes people view the same experience in different ways?
Text:Â "Cinderella's Very Bad Day" and "Cinderella, Too Much For Words"
Skills:
Non-literal language
Compare and contrast
Key details and summarizeÂ
Unit 2 MultiplicationÂ
Unit 2 Introduction to Multiplication
Family Letter -- Lesson 11: Understanding how multiplication and division are connected
Skills to review: multiplication facts 0-10 & breaking apart a factor!
Opinion Writing: Prompt-- Was Cinderella treated fairly?
Skills Include: topic sentence with opinion, using text evidence to support our opinion, closing sentence.
Possessives
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Students are allowed to possess cell phones and other electronic devices such as watches, iPads, Nooks, Kindles, and other tablets on campus. All electronic devices must be turned off during the school day unless specific permission is granted by a teacher or administration. Students may not record, video, or take a picture of another student or staff without prior written consent. All electronic devices may only be used for educational purposes under the direct supervision of a teacher or administration. Electronic devices can be used before and after school to call and text messages only. Otherwise, devices MUST be kept in backpacks during the instructional day. Students will have access to their backpacks in case of an emergency. Students may not use their personal devices to call or message home during the day. All students who need to call home must use school phones with permission from the teacher or staff during school hours. Consequences for not following our school policy: Items may be retained in the Assistant Principal's’ office for pickup at the end of the student’s school day. At teacher or administrator request, a parent/guardian may be required to pick up the student’s electronic device. The school will not be responsible for loss or theft of electronic devices. Please read the district’s electronic responsible use policy on our school’s website for further information. Electronic devices are not permitted on field trips.
November
Wed. Nov. 19 - Turkey Trot Fun Run (Fundraiser)
Nov. 24-28 - No School ThanksgivingÂ
Winter Storybook Fair - 12/01-12/05
Students can shop before and after school and during most lunches and recesses. Families can shop during the school day and at the Winter Storybook Theater event on Thursday 12/4, 5-7:30PM.Â
December 4th - Winter Storybook Theater 5:00-7:30
December 19th -Â Early Release