I can’t believe that today is the first full day of December already! We are now using the phone app Shoparoo to fundraise for the building. All you do is download the app, create your account that says you are fundraising for Nowlin Elementary and start taking pictures of any store/restaurant receipts. The company gets money from the stores for giving them shopping information such as “A male in his 30’s purchased this item” and they are able to pass that funding onto us. So simply by scanning any receipt, you are earning money for the building. We were on the waiting list for this company for over a year because it is such an easy way to fundraise and most schools all want the limited number of spots. If we do not take pictures of enough receipts, they will replace our school and we go back to the waiting list. If you have a smartphone, please try to participate in this activity to help us earn money without having to sell items! Thank you in advance. We already have a few of parents using the app so thank you!
This week:
Math: Both grades are finishing up their units and will getting study guides to study for their test. The study guides should be sent home tonight and the students will have their test on Wednesday. Please go over the study guides with your students because this unit covers multiple topics and lots of application questions.
Spelling: 3rd-We are looking at the /ow/ chunk in words- glow, flow, blow, snow, know, throw, crow, willow, grow, pillow, multiplication, division, product, trade, multiplication
4th Grade- Review of previous chunks in words- compass, latitude, longitude, distributive, certain, compatible, population, money, deposit, withdrawal, millimeters, centimeters, grams, measurement, milligrams
Science- 3rd- Mrs Parana
4th-We are examining sound and light waves this week and how the transfer energy. We are going to be creating models of waves that showcase how the energy moves in a wave.
Daily 5-Both groups- We are focusing on texture features in informational writing and how to use them. Students tend to skip headings, subheadings, and captions. We are working on using these features especially because the captions often contain important information about the photographs and the headings help us locate important information faster. This will help as they get into textbooks in middle school so they do not have to read whole chapters but instead can find exactly what they are looking for using text features.
Writing-Both grades are starting to research an inventor for an informational writing piece. We will be creating headings in and a table of contents for our two text features that must be included. Your student will have their inventor today so if you want to help your student learn more about that person, feel free to spend some time reading about them.
Social Studies- We have been looking at the push and pull factors of immigration. We will not start looking at how this change in population can impact the environment and communities involved.
If you haven’t already, please take this survey to give school information on how parents feel about students biking and walking to school. It is important for future ideas and plans to know your thoughts. Just click the link and fill it out. https://www.saferoutesdata.org/surveyformparent.cfm?key=6683354
Keep an eye out for our Holiday Party Sign Up Genius. We will be getting our plans out soon for the celebration we will be having on our last day before break. If you have ideas about things you would like to see happen, please send me a Dojo message. I won’t be able to fit them all in but I always love hearing your fresh ideas. We will be having a used but “like new” book swap again this year so all students can leave with a new book to read over break. Start thinking about a book your family has finished reading that you would like to donate to someone else in exchange for a different book of your students choosing.
Have a great week!