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Saturday, November 21, 2015

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

Thursday, November 19, 2015

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!

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

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