What a Great Warm Weekend!

November Newsletter-2009


Dear Parents:

The first trimester is nearing the end. It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away. Again, as I mentioned at conferences, please feel free to call or stop in if you have questions concerning your child.
In science the students are just starting Microscopes. It is basically a hands-on science unit. The unit is composed of sequential phases that build upon one another. The primary objectives of the unit are:
· For students to learn how to observe.
· To learn how to record their observations, using both writing and drawing.
· To learn about the properties of magnifiers.
· To become skilled at using hand lenses.
· To become skilled at using microscopes, slides, coverslips, and droppers.
· To observe a wide variety of specimens, both living and nonliving, under magnification.
I would like each student to bring a box of crackers or chips for milk break. If each student does this once a month, we will have snacks each day for everyone. I will keep them in a box and take one box each day for snacks.

Math - Unit 3 develops the concept of place value for whole numbers and decimals. Students gain a deeper understanding of addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals and the relationship involved in these operations. Students read, interpret and pose problems for pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs. They discuss and solve change, collection, and comparison problems and continue to use algebraic notation in situation and solution equations.

Here are some important dates to remember in November:

Tuesday, Nov. 10 High School Play, "The Sound of Music"
Wednesday, Nov. 11 Veteran’s Assembly