November Pep Rally

Congratulations to our November Students of the Month!

Peek at the Week November 30-December 4

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 30	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, December 1	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:
Wednesday, December 2	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday, December 3	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:
Friday December 4	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Weekend!

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Peyton!

CONFERENCE WEEK

Tuesday through Friday will follow an early dismissal schedule to allow time for conferences.

PROGRESS REPORTS

Progress reports (aka report cards) were sent home last Wednesday.  Please sign and return the white envelope.  You can keep the actual report.

UPCOMING DATES

*December 1-4: Conference Days/Early Dismissal

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due (these can be sent in earlier)

*December 17: Cookie Exchange Party

*December 21: Pajama Breakfast Party

*December 23: School Spirit Day: Festive Attire (Santa hats, antler headbands, etc)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cat in the Hat

We had a great time on our trip to see "The Cat in the Hat"! Thank you to our wonderful chaperones. 

Penny Polishing

We rubbed pennies with water, lemon juice, and then salt with lemons to see what would happen.

Cranberry & Pumpkin Tasting

We celebrated the fall season with a little party. We sampled pumpkin seeds, pie, and bread. We also had cranberry juice, sauce, and craisins.  It was delicious!

Peek at the Week of November 23-27

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 23	B Day Art & Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, November 24	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  Granny’s Pies
Wednesday, November 25	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Journal Letter

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Rodrigo!

FIELD TRIP

Our field trip to see “The Cat in the Hat” at the Quick Center at Fairfield University is this Monday, November 23.  This is just a reminder that we will not be going to the cafeteria for lunch.  ALL students must bring a lunch which we will eat in our classroom before the show!  Thank you in advance to Mrs. Pages and Mrs. Kim for being our chaperones.

PROGRESS REPORTS (aka REPORT CARDS)

Progress reports will be send home with your child on Wednesday, November 25^th.  The papers inside are for you to keep.  Please sign and return the envelope.

CONFERENCES

Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled the week we return from Thanksgiving.  Your date/time is written on the progress report envelope. 

UPCOMING DATES

*November 24:  School Spirit Day “Homecoming”.  Wear your favorite school shirt.  This can be college, high school, or even Ox Ridge!

*November 26-27: No School

*December 1-4: Conference Days/Early Dismissal

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due

*December 17: Cookie Exchange

*December 21: Pajama Breakfast Party

Mystery Meal

We names today's science experiment "Mystery Meal" because we had to use 4/5 of our senses to figure out what was on the plates. Scientists use their senses when they observe. So we did the same thing!

Dancing Raisins

We did our first science experiment. It's called "The Dancing Raisins". This is for Writing Workshop. In this unit we are writing like scientists. 

Peek at the Week of November 16-20

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 16	C Day Gym	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, November 17	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  Farmer’s Market (addition)
Wednesday, November 18	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Hey, Scarecrow!
Thursday, November 19	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  Something to Crow About (addition)
Friday November 20	A Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Chase!

FIELD TRIP

Our field trip to see “The Cat in the Hat” at the Quick Center at Fairfield University will be NEXT Monday, November 23.  This is just a reminder that we will not be going to the cafeteria for lunch.  ALL students must bring a lunch which we will eat in our classroom before the show!  Thank you in advance to Mrs. Pages and Mrs. Kim for being our chaperones.

PUMPKIN & CRANBERRY TASTING PARTY
This Friday, November 20 we will celebrate the autumn season with a cranberry and pumpkin tasting party at 2:30.  Thank you to the following families for sponsoring this event:

            Thomson:  roasted pumpkin seeds

            Ochman:  pumpkin bread (cut into 16 bite size pieces)

            Brown:  pumpkin pie (cut into 16 bite size pieces)

            Giordano:  dried cranberries aka Craisins

            Wood:  Cranberry Juice

            Du:  cranberry sauce

Pages: cups, spoons, plates, napkins for 16

UPCOMING DATES

*November 23: Quick Center Field Trip

*November 25:  School Spirit Day “Homecoming”.  Wear your favorite school shirt.  This can be college, high school, or even Ox Ridge gear!

*November 26-27: No School

*December 1-4: Conference Days/Early Dismissal

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due

*December 17: Cookie Exchange

*December 21: Pajama Breakfast Party

Mystery Reader

JF was so happy when he found out his mom was today's mystery reader!

Sight Words

Practice makes perfect! 

High Tech High Touch

We enjoyed doing some experiments with the scientist from High Tech High Touch. 

The program was called "Force of Motion".  We learned some new science words: friction, inertia, gravity, attract, and repel. 

Thank you to the PTO Enrichment Fund for providing this learning opportunity! 

Mystery Reader

JD was so happy and surprised when his mom came to school to be our mystery reader!

Veterans Day

Our class was lucky to have Mr. Kim visit our class today. Mr. Kim is a lawyer now, but before that he was an Army Ranger. He showed us his army jacket and patches. He also showed us his dog tags. 

School Spirit Day

Save these dates for our school wide spirit days!  

Date	Event
Tuesday, November 24	Homecoming Day (wear a college shirt)
Wednesday, December 23	Festive Dress Day (wear festive gear/colors…Santa hats, antler headbands, etc.)
Friday, February 5th	Superbowl (wear favorite sports gear)
Friday, February 12th	Valentine’s Day (wear Cupid colors of red, pink, purple)
Wednesday, March 2nd	Read Across America Day (dress as a storybook character)
Friday, April 22	Earth Day...Be Green!  (dress in green and blue…like a globe!)
Friday, May 6th	Derby Day (wear a hat or make a hat)
Tuesday, June 14th	Flag Day (wear red, white, and blue)

Peek at Next Week!

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 9	D Day Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, November 10	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Autumn Delight (addition)
Wednesday, November 11	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday, November 12	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  Gobblin’ Good (subtraction)
Friday November 13	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

This week’s captain is Cole!

UPCOMING HOLIDAYS

Please read the attached two-sided letter for dates and details.  This is a letter you’ll want to keep for future reference.

ACADEMIC UPDATE

This is the last week of many of our units of study!

*Math Workshop:  We will be finishing up our second unit on geometry.  I will have some assessments to share with you at our conferences in three weeks. 

*Writing Workshop:  We are finishing our All About nonfiction chapter books this week.  They are turning out great!  This will be our second published writing piece.

*Reading Workshop:  We are finishing up our unit on “Word Detectives”.  This week we will be practicing how to retell the main events of our books in order.

*Science: A scientist from High Tech High Touch will be coming to do some experiments about the Force of Motion.  This program will be Wednesday.  It will be a great introduction to our next writing unit which will be on “Writing Like a Scientist”. 

UPCOMING DATES

*November 23: Quick Center Field Trip

*November 25:  School Spirit Day “Homecoming”.  Wear your favorite school shirt.  This can be college, high school, or even Ox Ridge gear!

*November 26-27: No School

*December 1-4: Conference Days/Early Dismissal

*December 14: Grab Bag Gift due (see attached letter)

*December 17: Cookie Exchange (see attached letter)

*December 21: Pajama Day (see attached letter)