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CLASSROOM HAPPENINGS! 11/5-11/9

Thank you for all your wonderful donations and volunteered time for our Halloween Party last week. The kids had a great time. Below is a short video showing our party.

Miscellaneous:

  • November 5 & 7- Parent Teacher Conferences.  Here is our schedule.
  • November 5- Book Fair Preview
  • November 7- Book Fair Buying Time
  • November 19- Culver’s Night
  • November 21-25-Thanksgiving Break

Math: Your child should be practicing multiplication fact practice on Mobymax for 5 minutes each night. Our second unit will conclude this week and we will review and test next week.

Writing: Drafting our Persuasive Essays

Spelling: Working on long /u/  features: oo, ew, VCe

Social Studies: Geographical Human Features

Reading: Reading Aloud Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo and focusing on Character Traits. When we are done reading the book aloud, I would like to show the movie, Because of Winn Dixie.  We read the book and we are going to do a book to movie comparison. Here is a link describing the movie. Please let me know if you do not want your child to watch this movie.

Update Week of 3/12

Miscellaneous: 

  • Book Fair all Week- We shopped yesterday and are scheduled to buy today. The book fair will also be open this evening during conferences for your convenience.
  • If your child needs to shop on Thursday, they are welcome to bring in their money and shop then too!
  • Friday will be P.J. Day for our class. We will be celebrating a long stretch of very hard, hard work!

Writing: Literary Essays

Reading:

  • Homework-Read 20 minutes five times a week
  • Homework- Study Island Assignment Due each Friday
  • Beginning Biographies this Week or Early Next

Spelling: No weekly spelling tests for the remainder of the school year. We will be focusing on spelling features with word sorts and other activities based on our class needs. Progress will be tracked by assessments done in class.

Math:

  • Homework-MobyMax is still required Monday through Thursday for 5 minutes unless your child is in the Fabulous Fact Fluency Finishers.
  • Polygons, Perimeter & Area

Social Studies: Michigan Government

Coin Wars

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The competition is on this year!  Let’s see which Michigan team has the biggest fans at Georgetown prior to their showdown in Lansing on November 2nd, the Saturday before we kick off our Book Fair.

This is the fun part, if MSU fans bring in more coins Mr. Kooiker will wear MSU colors and if U of M fans bring in more coins Mr. Bowen will wear U of M colors on Wednesday, October 30th for Spirit Day!  Which team will it be?  Help us decide with your loose change!

Along with supporting your team your loose change will help us purchase book for classroom libraries.  This helps get more kids reading and those kids reading more.

The All for Books money we collect also helps readers beyond our school and community. Scholastic Book Fairs matches monetary donations with a donation of up to one million books to the Kids In Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.

Please send in your donation prior to October 29th.  Baggies and book slips will be sent home the week of October 21st.  We’ll be weighing the coins at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, October 29th to determine the winner!

Please join us on October 30th and wear your favorite team’s apparel.  

Your act of kindness helps to bring more knowledge, imagination, and love for reading into the lives of our students.

Thank you!  Mrs. Havens, Chair of Book Fair and Georgetown Staff

Book Fair Reminders

 

Our scheduled previewing time for this Fall’s Book Fair is on Tuesday at @ 2:00. On Thursday @ 2:00 our class may go down to purchase any books they would like.
 
Reminders from the Parents Club:
 
November 6 – Pre-Order for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The Third Wheel” is due.  The price is $8.49 plus tax.  The order form was sent home in the packet last week. There are extra forms in the library, just in case any have been misplaced.
 
November 8 – “All for Books” is due.  The money is used to provide classroom books in our school and Scholastic matches the monetary donations to Kids In Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.  The information and baggie was sent home last week in the Book Fair packet.  There are extra forms in the library.  The stars will be mounted on the bulletin board across the hall from the library.  
 
The On-Line Book Fair is available October 31-November 14.  The website is http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/georgetownelementaryschool.  This is a great opportunity for parents to shop if they’re not able to stop by during conferences.  Here are some additional benefits…
 
Benefits of Online Shopping:
– Convenient access 24 hours a day from October 31-November 14
– Expanded selection for ALL ages – preschool to adult
– Send a wish list to invite family and friends to shop – Search for books by category, grade, age & price
– ALL purchases benefit our school
– FREE shipping directly to our school (orders will be sent home with your child)