Upcoming Week 10/28-11/1

We have a full week, of both learning and fun stuff, coming up. Read on for more details. :)

Important Dates:

• Thursday - Harvest Party - 12-1:30. Please click here to sign up to contribute something for our party. Huge thanks to Kristianna and Kelly for organizing everything!

Curriculum Coming Up:

Reading

• Sequence of Events
• What is a Verb?
• Words with the VCV pattern
• More short and long vowels

Writing

• Publishing Stone Fox writing
• Descriptive Monster Writing

Math

• Multiply and Divide with 2 and Build Fluency with 2s
• Multiply and Divide with 10 and Build Fluency with 10s
• Multiply and Divide with 9 and Build Fluency with 9

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Bullying Prevention

Science

• Engineering Design Challenge - Pumpkin Bandits

Hope you all stay warm and dry this weekend. I can't believe this is the last week of October! I've had the best time with your kids so far this year and I want time to slow down so I can enjoy every minute with them! Have a great one!

Upcoming Week 10/21-10/25

Whew! I'm glad we made it through that weird week of all those early release days! It was actually kind of nice to have a change in the routine, and we got to do something different during reading. Be sure to ask your kids about the book Stone Fox. We read the entire thing this week, and we had some incredibly good discussions about very important topics throughout. It was so great. Of course, the week was capped off with our annual Walkathon and Bite of Eastgate on Friday night. Thank you for all your support with these two events. Here's a look into the week ahead.

Important Dates:

• Tuesday - Mrs. Pelto and Ms. Colon in to observe our class.
• Wednesday - Unity Day - Wear orange!

Curriculum Coming Up:

Reading - back to Journeys!

• Cause and Effect
• Plural nouns with -s and -es
• Long i spelled i, ie, igh
• Long i spellings

Writing

• Writing about Stone Fox

Math

• Multiply with 5 (practice 5s at home!)
• Multiplication as Equal Groups
• Multiplication and Arrays
• The Meaning of Division

Science

• Engineering Design Challenge
• Building a Levee to Stop a Flood

That's the big stuff for this week. Stay tuned for more information about our fall costume party on the 31st. And as always, Go Hawks!

Upcoming Week 10/14-10/18

This week will be an interesting one, with Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday being half days and two annual Eastgate traditions on Friday. The Walkathon and the Bite of Eastgate begin at 5:30 on Friday evening. We'll be finishing up our weekly tasks (spelling test, etc.) on Monday and then we'll do some whole class literacy activities together for the remainder of the week. There is no new spelling this week. Conferences also begin this week. I'm so excited to have time with each of you and I'm looking forward to our conversations. Read on for more information on what's to come.

Important Dates:

• Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - early release at 1:20
• Thursday - PTA meeting
• Friday - Eastgate Walkathon and Bite of Eastgate, beginning at 5:30

Curriculum Coming Up:

Reading

• No Journeys Curriculum this week
• Whole class reading of Stone Fox with writing activity to follow

Writing

• Continuing to work on final drafts of personal narratives

Math

• Multistep addition and subtraction word problems
• Unit review and test

Science

• Evaporation
• Condensation

Again, I can't wait to see you at your conference this week. If you have yet to sign up, please use the link on the blog post about conferences to do so. I hope you had a wonderful weekend - yay for those Seahawks!

Upcoming Week 10/7-10/11

I hope you've had a wonderful first weekend of October. It's mind-blowing that we're already into pumpkin season! Slow down, school year! In case you haven't yet signed up for a fall conference, please click here to do so. I'm looking forward to talking with you in the next few weeks. Here's what's coming up.

Important Dates:

• Thursday - Virtues Assembly - 9:30 AM
• Friday - NO SCHOOL for students

Curriculum Coming Up:

Reading

• Compare and Contrast
• Long o spelled oa and aw
• Common and Proper Nouns
• Long o spellings

Writing

• Personal Narratives
• Editing and revising work to make it better

Math

• Relating addition and subtraction
• Practicing addition and subtraction
• Addition and subtraction word problems

Science

• Evaporation
• Condensation

Last but not least, here's a blurb about the Bite of Eastgate, coming up on October 18th. Visit the PTA website for more information.

This is the 4th annual event to celebrate Eastgate’s wonderfully diverse community!  It will be a potluck-type feast, and we invite YOU to provide food from your families culture(s)!  If your family doesn't have any cultural ties, bring anything you family loves to eat - Mom's mac-n-cheese? Grandma's cookies? Bring them! Paper goods and utensils will be provided by the Eastgate PTA.  Even without a donation at all, ALL families are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Along with amazing food from around the world, we will have activity stations for the kids!  If your family can donate a cultural activity for the evening or a dish to share, please indicate on the RSVP.  Some activity ideas include: games, traditional clothes/hats to try on, books in other languages, flag coloring pages, crafts, traditional dance, origami/paper folding, Chinese character writing.

It's a short and full week! As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns. Have a great week.

Fall Conference Sign Up

I also sent an email about this, but just in case the blog is your primary way of getting classroom information (YAY if it is - you and your student both get an A+!), here's the link to sign up for a conference. Please see the email from me for more information if you need it. :)

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054EAEA929AAFB6-fall2

Happy Tuesday!