Hi,
We had a very fun week and a very exciting day! We had a visit from Abraham Lincoln. He came and spoke to the 4th graders about his life and answered their questions. It was very cool to speak with Honest Abe!
Red Ribbon Week was fun! We had two winners in the essay/poster contest. Rylee won first place for her poster and Savanna won 2nd place for her essay. Congratulations to them and to all our students who wrote great essays! We loved wearing our pajamas on Thursday, our hats on Wednesday, our sunglasses on Tuesday, and our sports jerseys on Monday. We also talked about making good choices, heard a speaker talk about alcohol use, and watched a drug free video. Our theme on Friday was Coyotes "can" be drug free. We are collecting canned goods. Students will receive a ticket for each can that they bring to school next week. (I think it goes through the week but may only be for the beginning of the week) Then there will be drawings for Cinemark passes. Bring more cans, have more chances to win. The cans will be donated to the Round Rock Serving Center.
The Service Club will be accepting donations for the Round Rock Serving Center for the entire year. Bring in canned food, toiletries, clothing, toys, books, etc... and we will be taking the donated items to the Serving Center once a month. The club members (and anyone else who likes helping others) will be stocking shelves, organizing donations, etc... from 10:00-11:00am on the first Saturday of every month. Our first trip will be on Saturday, November 5. We would love to have you meet us there and help. Let me know if you are able to come so that we can give an estimate to the manager there so that they can have jobs ready for us. All are welcome!!!!!
Passport to Adventure: Literacy Night was a huge success! We had hundreds of people attend on Thursday evening. They enjoyed hearing books and stories from all around the world. The Ballet Folklorico dancers were amazing! Thank you to all those who were able to attend.
Writing Club is beginning this Thursday in the library from 2:45pm -4:00pm. Pick up in the front of the school. We will be learning about the craft of writing, writing pieces of our choice, conferencing with teachers about our writing, and sharing our writing with others. It is so much fun and I am so excited to be a part of our Writing Club. I love to share writing with our wonderful FCE students. Writing Club is great for writers at all levels. If you have any questions, contact me or Jenny Peterson.
Read about our week:
Reading: We read about Native Americans in Texas and worked on main idea, details, and summarizing. In book club groups, we have been working on describing characters and changes that characters go through in a story. Today we finished our read aloud, Out of my Mind. We talked about how we are a bit sad when we finish great books because the characters become like our friends and we miss them. We will talk about a new novel to begin reading next week.
Writing: We read more poetry and discussed the importance of word choice. We wrote down interesting words, phrases, and sentences and tried to incorporate more descriptive words into some of our poems. We worked on (and almost finished) our class book project. The book will be mailed on Thursday. Please return the order form signed whether you'd like to purchase a book or not. If I prove to the printing company that I gave you an opportunity to buy a book by returning your forms with yes or no and a signature, then our class gets a free book. Please return the forms by Wednesday. In the spring, each child will create a hard cover anthology of their writing throughout the year. You will receive a free copy of this book and may purchase more copies as well. If you have any questions about our class book, let me know.
Math: Patterns, algebraic equations, input/output charts, and elapsed time have been practiced this week. We will continue to work on problem solving and more multiplication strategies next week.
Science: We finished up learning about mixtures and solutions and had an assessment on Thursday. Our next unit will be Force, Motion, and Energy.
Social Studies: We are finishing up our studies of Native Americans in Texas and will begin learning about explorers next week.
Have a wonderful weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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