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Parent Tips Module 3 Topic A Help Sheet
Week of November 26-30
Happy Thanksgiving to all of the families that celebrate! I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing time off!
Spelling Words (/ar/ and /or/ patterns): conductor, harbor, cheddar, odor, avatar, elevator, collar, aviator, grammar, guitar
Content Words: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, smallest, largest
We will be starting Module 3 in Math today which is mainly about multiplication and division. It is time to start studying and reviewing multiplication facts with your child. Students learned multiplication in third grade and must have these facts memorized in order to build on that knowledge in fourth grade. A fun website to help them practice is called https://www.arcademics.com/. This website has lots of interactive games that improve the speed and accuracy of knowing multiplication facts. Students can also go onto MobyMax and go onto Fact Fluency to practice multiplication.
We will be starting Unit 3 in Social Studies about the Human Geography of the United States.
We are wrapping up our study of Energy in Science this next few weeks.
We will begin Reading Literature in our Reading workbooks today. This week we will be discussing dramas and characters’ traits.
Math Test/ Book Order Forms coming home today
Just an FYI that the Module 2 Math test has been graded and is coming home today. Most of the class did an amazing job on the test. If your child scored a 3 or 4 on the test, I already am sending home a Test Corrections paper that they have the option of doing over the Thanksgiving break.
Also, the last book order form before the Christmas break is coming home today. Orders need to be placed online or paid to me by next Friday, November 30th in order to receive the books before the holiday break. Books are always a great present for your child for the holidays! If you order online at https://clubs.scholastic.com/, just use our class code J2NPV.
Shared Snack
Thank you to the Aun family for bringing in more shared snack for the class! We appreciate all of the donations!
Headphones Needed
Our classroom is in desperate need of headphones! Many of our classroom headphones are no longer working due to bent jacks or broken parts that cannot be replaced. If you’re thinking of early holiday gifts for your child, an inexpensive pair of headphones or earbuds to keep in class would be a great gift! Several students already keep their own headphones in their desks. Keep an eye out for some good Black Friday specials:)
Shared Snack
Thank you to Charles Saad’s family for donating snack for students to share. More than half of the class has not been bringing in snack, so donations of snack for the class are definitely needed. If you can donating any snack, it would be greatly appreciated!
Final Results of Penny Wars
It took 2 days but all of the coins have been counted and the final numbers are in!!
The winning grade of our first ever Snow PTA Penny Wars is………2nd Grade!!
The final points for all grades are the following:
Preschool +3893
Kindergarten +6114
1st Grade +10,575
2nd Grade +18,930
3rd Grade +4500
4th Grade +856
5th Grade +1836
Staff -230
The winning grade has won a catered lunch provided by the PTA as well as gift certificates to Zap Zone and Benihana.
Penny Wars has helping the PTA pay for various items for the school and our students. So far this year we have paid for all of the student planners, a new projecter for in the gym for various assemblies, part of the 5th grade camp bus as well as many other things including all of the buses for field trips, 5th grade promotion ceremony and the end of the year picnic. Thank you for supporting the Snow PTA!
This has been one of our most successful fundraisers in many years! Thanks to all to participated! We will hopefully be doing a second Penny Wars in the spring for one week only! Save all of your coins for then!
Week of November 19-20
There are no spelling words this week due to the shortened week.
Reminder that tomorrow is our Math Module 2 Test on metric conversions.
Reminder that tomorrow is the last day to pay for the field trip to Legoland. If you plan on chaperoning, you must come in no later than tomorrow to fill out a background check if you don’t already have one on file. It takes up to 10 business days for a background check to get approved. Money is non-refundable after tomorrow.
There is no Reading Bag assignment over the Thanksgiving break, however I encourage students to read every day and to go onto Zearn and iReady so they don’t fall behind.
Checked Social Studies tests from Friday will be coming home today.
Reminder that tomorrow is Picture Retake Day from 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Reminder that there is no school this Wednesday-Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.