Weekly Update: October 15th-19th

Lemme

Leopards

Hi Parents,
Hooray! We finished up our Iowa Assessment testing. The students were amazing, they all worked so hard. I was so proud of their excellent behavior during this busy testing week, please share this with them! Thank you again  for bringing in snacks, water bottles, mints, napkins, and gum for our testing week. The kids really enjoyed having a snack each day!

Science: Most of our morning was dedicated to testing, but when we weren't testing we were finishing up our science unit, creating our flashlights! The kids worked diligently and had a lot of fun! Enjoy the pictures below. Reminder: Students have a science test on Monday, October 22nd. They should have brought home a green study review sheet attached with some of their notes, worksheets, and study aids to help them review for the test.

Sorry girls, I didn't realize this one was so blurry:(

Math: Students had the opportunity to practice their measuring skills this past week. Students used a tape measurer to measure objects around the room. They measured to the nearest inch, half inch, centimeter, and half centimeter. This is a great skill to reinforce at home. We also explored finding the perimeter of a polygon.

Other info:

Planners:

Beginning on Monday, October 22^nd, your child will be coming home with a planner. We feel as a team that these planners will help students become more organized and help them to gain more responsibility. Fourth grade on up are using planners so it great to help establish this routine early.

We plan on taking the last five minutes of the day to fill out our planners together. The students will simply record each day the homework they have for that night, if it is due a different day we will have them record the due date as well. If there is no homework, they will simply write, none.

It is important that I note that we are NOT asking parents to sign these each night. However, if your child has a missing assignment, they will highlight the assignment in their planner. Then, they will be expected to show you and get a parent signature so you are aware that they have incomplete work.

We are hoping that this will be a great communication tool and we are very excited to get them started!!

Parent Survey: Parent teacher conferences are coming up soon! In your child's Leopard book there should be a brief parent survey. This is an opportunity for you to share any concerns or topics you would like to discuss in preparation for our meeting together! I look forward to discussing your child's progress.