What’s new this year?
A DPS-run event (no outside company fees)
A week of Fitness + Thankfulness activities that build healthy habits and gratitude
An EPIC Prize Store that students will go crazy overÂ
How to Participate
Watch for the Pledgestar donation link/QR code on Nov 7.
Share your student’s page 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/TurkeyTrotShopVolunteers 
Click here for more information: bit.ly/DPSTurkeyTrotSavetheDates
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 3: Animal Adaptations
Essential Question: How do Living Things Adapt to Change?
Text: Â "Fur, Skin, Scales, or Feathers"
Skills:
Compare/Contrast
Context Clues
Text evidence to make inferencesÂ
Main Idea/Details
Unit 2 MultiplicationÂ
Unit 2 Introduction to Multiplication
Family Letter-- Lesson 9: Using Place Value to Multiply
3 x 40 = (3 x 4) x 10
Skills to review: multiplication facts 0-10 & breaking apart a factor!
Students may be finishing up their animal reports.
Opinion Writing: Prompt--Do gray wolves still need protection?
Skills Include: topic sentence with opinion, using text evidence to support our opinion, closing sentence.
Closed syllables
Prefix pre-
Grammar: combining sentences
Parts of Speech:Â Conjunctions
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
Wednesday Nov. 5th - College Spirit Day
Mon. & Tues. Nov. 10-11 - No School - Veterans' Day
Friday, Nov. 14 - 8:30 - Recorder Performance
Wed. Nov. 19 - Turkey Trot Fun Run (Fundraiser)
Nov. 24-28 - No School ThanksgivingÂ