10/1 Upcoming events

Upcoming events and other information.....
Wednesday, October 15th we will have our annual square dance in the cafeteria.  Usually Mrs. Heintzleman sends out invites asking of parents would like to come and dance with their child or if they would just like to come and watch. (It's a hoot!)  Kids (and parents) are welcome to dress up in western garb for the dance.

Thursday October 16th we will be going to the OEC in the afternoon.  We decided to do the OEC trip in the afternoon only this year due to the large size of the group.  Lunch will be eaten earlier that day and we will depart around 12:30 and return before the busses roll.  Please watch the weather.  Unless it is pouring, we'll be going.

  This also means that if your child is allergic to bees, wasps etc, I will need to have their epi pen with me for them just in case.  I pick up all meds from the office before we leave. We had quite an issue with bees last year during our fall visit... but it was also almost 80 degrees so I'm sure that played a major roll in their activity. Hopefully by going later this year the temp will be down and the bees less active!

Halloween this year will be celebrated on Thursday the 30th as we have records day on the 31st.  This is also the day that they kids will have their big Midwest Region Test in Social Studies.  They should already have, or should be getting these maps to study soon.

Social Studies students will also be starting a research project on Native Americans this month.  Mrs. Buell will assign a tribe/cultural group to each student and they will be spending time in class and in flex lessons with Mrs. Negri learning how to do research and how to use and cite primary and secondary sources.  Their final paper will be turned in for a writing grade as well as a social studies grade.  More info on that should be coming to you shortly.

 A.R... I'm still looking at better options for this.... but for now I'm only going to insist that they meet their 100% goal on October 30th.  Whether or not they hit 25%, 50% or 75% isn't too much of an issue with me.. but those benchmarks are a good measure of how close they are getting to their final goal. For instance by now they should have at least half of their points. Considering that we've read 5 books in class together  (all A.R.) and that most of their goals are set between 12 and 15 points, this is more than an achievable goal.

I also encourage kids to read non A.R.  books.  They can fill out a sheet in the back of my room for either fiction or non fiction and upon reviewing the sheet I will take the amount of points I think the book is worth off of their goal.  There are just so many book that are fantastic but that are not on A.R.

That's all for now!
Have a great night!