Thank You For Coming to Our School's STEAM Expo

Students and parents look over the videos we created about being safe in the classroom.

EXPO
Thank you for coming to Expo.  The students were so excited to have you there to see their work.  I hope you got a chance to visit some of the other classrooms too, every room I went to had some really intriguing work to showcase.

Thanksgiving Break
There is no school this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving.  Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Important Information About Report Cards
Report cards go home tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22nd.  They will be in a 9 x 12 yellow envelope.  The envelope needs to be signed and returned to school on Monday, November 28th.  You keep the report card.  Please do not throw out the envelope.

Welcome Back Ms. Maier
You may have noticed that we finally have Ms. Maier back in our classroom full time.  The students and I are lucky to have her.

Book Fair
A2STEAM is having a book fair, it is after Thanksgiving, beginning November 29th.  The book fair will be set up in the Media Center.  Preview days are Tuesday and Wednesday; Room K-3 students will visit the media center and create a wish list of books on Tuesday, November 29th.  Purchase days are Thursday and Friday.  On Friday, December 2nd, Room K-3 students can bring in money and purchase books.  If you would rather purchase books on your own you can do so on Thursday afternoon.  On Thursday, December 1st the media center will stay open after school until 6 PM if you want to come in to view and purchase books. All purchases help raise money for the school.

Online Book Fair Open Now
The physical book fair that starts next week has an online component that is open now!  If you want order books online it helps our school just as much as buying books in person.  Here is the link to the online book fair.

Curriculum Overview

Science - We have started our first Project Lead The Way (PLTW) module on structure and function.  Structure refers to the way something is built, including shape, size, and the way the different parts work together (for example, a chair has four legs, a seat, and a back).  Function is what something does or is intended to do (the function of a chair is to give people a place to sit).  More information to come as this module gets going.

Reading - This week we will begin reading books and stories, both fiction and non-fiction, to support our Project Lead The Way unit on structure and function.  This week students will read Jack and Beanstalk, examine the structure of a beanstalk, and see if we can make a model of a beanstalk that can hold up a golden egg.

Writing - We are writing and reflecting about our experience at Expo, what parts of our presentations we were happy about, and what aspects need more work next time.

Math - We are working with numbers up to 30.  We want all students to understand how our numeral system works and how numbers build on groups of tens.  We will also try to iron out any reversals we have when we write numbers.

Word Study - This week we are learning how to read and write simple 3 letter words.  This week we will look at the -it word family.

We now have Ms. Maier back in our classroom every day!