No School Tomorrow on Election Day

Students loved the October 31st reading party we had last Monday.  Thank you so much to our room parent for setting it up and all of the volunteer readers.

No School Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day.  There will be no school tomorrow.

STEAM Expo
We are preparing for our STEAM Expo where we will showcase what we have learned about the A2STEAM community.  On Thursday, November 17th at 5:30 PM the school will come together to share all of our learning across all of the grades.  I will post the full schedule for the night next week.

Volunteer with the PTSO
The A2STEAM Parent Teacher Organization is looking for volunteers in a lot of different areas.  Check out this document to see where you can help.

Shoeboxes
We are collecting shoeboxes for an engineering project we are planning.  If you have any please send in to our classroom.

Parent Teacher Conferences
I look forward to seeing you this week.  Here is the link to conferences I have scheduled.

Curriculum Overview
STEAM Project - Last week the students and I created photos and video clips demonstrating how to be safe and responsible in the lunchroom.  This week we are getting ready to present what we have studied and created at our STEAM Expo scheduled for Thursday, November 17th.

Reading - This week we will begin reading stories to support our Project Lead The Way unit on structure and function--more information to come.

Writing - We are practicing taking what we have learned about letter sounds and syllables and using that to sound out and write simple words.

Math - This week we will study different way to represent numbers.

Word Study - This week we will practice quickly hearing and identifying the beginning sound in words.