Weekly Update 2.28.23
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On February 27, 2023
Be on the lookout…
- Please check Tuesday folders today for work samples and review as needed with your child.
- 3rd quarter Interim reports will come home in agendas on Friday this week.
- There is a teacher workday Tuesday, March 7th. Please plan accordingly!
- Please check icecream sundae sheets in agendas every Tues and Thurs to see how your child is doing on their timed multiplication quizzes.
- Reminder that our field trip is coming up on March 17, 2023 to the Durham Life and Science Museum. Thank you for getting all forms and payments in! And thank you to our chaperones!
- Our Oakview Elementary Fun Run fundraiser will kick off in just 2 weeks on 03/16/2023. Our goal is to raise $70,000 for the 2nd phase of our outdoor classrooms and our PTA working budget and to strengthen our school community.
- Key dates to remember: REGISTRATION OPENS – 03/02/2023 Register on MYBOOSTER.COM Oakview Elementary Fun Run Kick Off – 03/16/2023 Event Day – 03/24/2023
This week in Literacy:
Students will have a new reading incentive TOMORROW in their agendas. Please be on the lookout for:
1) Reading passport- Students have until March 30th to “Read Across America”. Each 20 minutes of reading equals a new state stamped by me in class on their passport. If they reach the goal of 1000 minutes by the deadline, they will be invited to an afterschool Luau to celebrate their reading stamina! All YOU have to do parents is acknowledge the reading titles and minutes each night at the bottom of agendas. Students are of course encouraged to read over weekends too:) This is meant to be fun; please be sure your child isn’t stressing and staying up until midnight reading!
Thank you for supporting your child as we push them to be voracious readers with improved reading stamina! word-HawaiiOrBust
All month we will explore Black History Month where I will introduce our children to a new person or two each day who represents people of color who have made significant contributions to our world. I hope this may create some great conversations at home! Some of the resources we will use are digital books that can be accessed between 7am-3pm. Feel free to use at home as able. BHM art gallery and BHM book library
Our class is reading Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone this month. If your child has their own copy of this story or wants to get one, they are welcome to bring them in!
In Module 3 we will focus on reading classic chapter books. As a class will will dive deep into Peter Pan by JM Barrie and use this text to explore text dependent questions, character traits, point of view, theme, and more! Please check for any classics you can get your hands on to share at home. A list of some great classics can be found here.
This week in Math:
Students are continuing a lengthy, but exciting Fractions unit. Lots of vocab is important in understanding this concept. Here is a parent guide for helping you and your student understand our main learning outcomes
Current vocab: numerator, denominator, unit fraction, partition, number line, visual model
Timed multiplication quizzes are in full swing!! Your child has an icecream sundae sheet in their agenda to keep track of their successes with these 90 second timed quizzes. There are 16 questions on each quiz and students pass with a 15/16 or better. If they do NOT pass, there will be a makeup opportunity each Friday during arrival. All quizzes will come home the day they are taken and will be located inside the plastic X sundae page. Please do what you can to help prepare your child for these fun and important assessments! QUIZZES WILL BE EVERY Tuesday and Thursday. Your child chooses which fact to quiz themselves on until they complete all!
This week in Social Studies: The 5 Themes of Geography
3.G.1.1 Explain how the absolute and relative location of places impacts the development of communities 3.G.1.2 Explain how climate and physical characteristics affect the ways in which people live in a place or region. 3.G.1.3 Explain how movement of goods, people, and ideas is impacted by the geography of a place or region.
