November 26, 2017

I hope you've all enjoyed your Thanksgiving! These next few weeks are going to go so quickly, and before you know it, we will be coming up on a new year!

Just as a reminder, with this new style of newsletters, if you need to refer back to a previous week's newsletter, you can click on the "Newsletter" tab at the top and select the date of the newsletter you would like to read.

Math

In class, we continued our work with learning the relationship between multiplication and division. A few games have been introduced for students to work on their fact fluency as well. During conferences, I suggested that flash cards, iPad apps, or any multiplication game would be beneficial for your child to learn their facts. Some activities we play in class that can also be played at home are: Kaboom, Multiplication War, and good old flash cards. Each item just mentioned is linked to directions if you are interested in playing the game at home as well! When it comes to the flash cards, I like the triangle kind the best because students can practice multiplication or division with those. This upcoming Friday, we will be taking our chapter 4-5 test.

Just as a practice, below are some SBAC style test questions. Feel free to work through them with your child!

ELA

We have been writing and making connections in our learning logs about our current science topics: Biomes, Animal Adaptations, and Weather. Some topics we've written about are: What is a biome? and What is an adaptation of the Elf Owl?

Odds and Ends

• 2018-19 Lottery: Starting on December 1st, lottery applications will be available at the front office or by going to www.joinwestlake.com. Our enrollment period for the 2018-19 Lottery is December 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018. Please share this information with friends and family who are interested in attending Westlake Charter School.
• Movie Night/Santa at the Park: Please join us Friday, December 8th for a fun and cozy movie night in our brand new gym. Games will begin at 5:30pm and Despicable Me 3 will begin promptly at 5:45pm. Water and popcorn will be provided by WAVE. Immediately following the movie, we will head over to Valley Oak Park to greet Santa and his friends from the Sacramento Fire and Police Departments. Click HERE for We need a few volunteers to make this night fun for everyone. Please click HERE to sign up to volunteer for a shift. We look forward to seeing you there!
• Parents go to school night: Parents go to School Night is on Wednesday, January 31st and we would like your input. Would you mind filling out this survey to let us know what sessions you would like to see during the event? Thank you
• After School LIVE: The first session of LIVE, Westlake's after-school club program, was a huge success! Our next session will run from January 22–March 9. Please Click here to sign-up to lead a club and provide our Explorers with joyful learning experiences! The volunteer information flier has more information about what it means to lead a club. If you have any questions, please email Allison Chavez at live@westlakecharter.com.
• Six Flags Reading Logs: Thank you everyone for sending the Six Flags Read to Succeed logs home with your k-6 students! Attached is a letter to parents about the program that you can post by your door for parents to reference. You can also send out this letter to your parents electronically with the attachment. A Reading Log is also attached, just in case you need to make additional copies. Reading for the logs should be reading that is above and beyond assigned reading. Or, if you don’t give homework on the weekends or holidays, for example, any reading done then could count. Email Holly Hein (h.hein@sbcglobal.net) with questions. Remind students to FULLY FILL OUT THE INFO ON THE LOGS!! All logs due on February 23, 2018.