Week of October 30th

Thank you to all of you who came to conferences either in person, by phone, or email! I really enjoy being able to touch base with each of you. This class is full of truly great students and I love getting to share that with parents!

Pajama Day:

We will be having a school-wide pajama day on Wednesday, November 1st! This is to encourage attendance this week since it's the last big push that drives a lot of our funding. :) Please make sure your student is in school unless they are truly sick. 

ELA:

This week will be a typical week in ELA. We will have our normal quizzes on Thursday as well. Please help your student count up their total minutes read this month so that they can turn in their October Reading Calendar on Wednesday. 

Math:

We are taking our Topic 3&4 test today. Students will have the opportunity to make corrections tomorrow. Their homework for today and tomorrow should be working on any skills from Topic 3 or 4 that they haven't mastered yet. We will begin Topic 5 on Wednesday and this will be on division.

I am working on making a video for parents that explains the math strategies we are using and why we use them. I am hoping to have that up by the end of this week.

Book Celebration Party:

Our book party is tomorrow from 1:30-2:30. There are still items that need to be signed up for. If you haven't had a chance, please click HERE to see the sign-up sheet and sign up to send something in if you can. 

Students are invited to dress up tomorrow as long as it is a character from the book Alice in Wonderland. These do not have to be fancy costumes, have fun finding things that you already have around the house to make it work! Costumes should be dress code appropriate and no weapons. 

VCS Food Drive:

We are doing our annual food drive to help out Vision families during the holiday season! This will be going November 6-9 and the winning classes will get a juice and popcorn party!

VCS Holiday Bazaar

Each year our school puts on a Holiday Bazaar with booths from people in the community as well as teachers and students from our school! Please check out the flyer below for more information.