Weekly Update 9.25.24
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On September 25, 2024
Be on the Lookout for…
- White folders will come home FRIDAY this week and include 1st quarter interim reports.
- Would you like to be a mystery reader in our class? We would love to have parents, grandparents, or older sibling visit our class for 15-20 minutes to share a book with our class. The catch is- it’s a SECRET! Please message Mrs. Vaughan in Talking Points to set up a date and time. A common time is 11:10 (right before lunch if you wanted to stay) or 12:50 (in between recess and specials). You will give me THREE clues about yourself (2 truths and a lie) so the class can start thinking about who you are. You will choose a picture book or a chapter from a longer book to bring and share. I look forward to beginning soon!
- Last week our class held a City Council meeting for the town of VaughaNation in deciding whether our not our town would allow a waterslide park to be built on the reservoir. Please open the folder here to view the council meeting and see the final decision!
- Upcoming teacher workdays are Thur, October 3rd and Mon, October 14th. There is no school for students on those days.
- New Oakview Birthday Celebration Policy:
- Please do not send in food items for birthdays
- Students may share a small items with classmates such as a bookmark, pencil, sticker, etc.
- You are also invited to come in on your child’s birthday to read to the class. (Just message me so we can coordinate the day & time).
This week in Literacy:
We are continuing our reading about overcoming learning challenges from around the world. This week we explore My Librarian is a Camel to see a nonfiction text about actual traveling libraries that enrich lives of children around the world.
Thank you for ensuring your child reads at LEAST 10 minutes a day at home. You can write their minutes at the bottom of agendas next to the day of the week.
The movie The Wild Robot is being released this weekend. I’d love to organize an optional weekend field trip to meet up and see the movie next month (most likely a Sunday afternoon). We are 1/3 of the way through the read aloud of the book right now. We are loving getting to know Roz and her animal friends. Just a heads up in case you want to hold out or see the movie more than once! word-Wild Robot
This week in Math:
We are continuing to connect repeated addition and patterns to open our minds to multiplication and division concepts. Memorization of facts is not the goal (YET…) rather, I want to ensure students know when and WHY multiplication should be used. There are tons of great resources for this skill- please check some out here in this amazing math review resource organized by skill.
This quarter in Social Studies:
Students will learn about the structure of local, state and national government. We will create a classroom government as well and vote on a variety of real and imagined scenarios. Take time to highlight government in action when you are utilizing libraries, parks, roads, and more!
