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Hello families,
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This Week… We will continue working on contractions, subtraction strategies, matter and energy and reading comprehension strategies. There will be a Math test on Thursday.  You can help your child prepare by reviewing double-digit subtraction with them. We will be finishing our final round of STEAM stations before the break.  Get ready for new stations in January! Wednesday is Disney Day - wear something Disney inspired! Friday is Crazy/Festive Hat Day - wear your favorite holiday hat! We will be passing our Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs to start over break.  They will be due February 19th.  Your child must read for a total of 6 hours and turn in the paper in order to receive a free pass to Six Flags in the spring

Last Week… We tested the melting point of different candies as we explore our understanding of matter.   We participated in the Hour of Code.  Ask your student about their experience and have them help you try at home!  Go to Code.org to try it out.

Important Dates… Thursday, Dec 17th - Hundred Mile Club, Yellow Shirt Day Friday, Dec 18th - Hundred Mile Club December Dash (wear a festive hat) December 19th - January 4th   WINTER BREAK

We wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season!  We appreciate all of your support and time.  Enjoy your vacation and time spent with your wonderful child.

Newsletter, October 14-23

Sorry this is late!  This newsletter will be for this week and next week.

Please Help!We still need a few things for STEAM stations.  

• 6 pumpkins, 5-10 lbs. each

• old large, XL or bigger tshirts

Please email either Mrs. Johann or Mrs. Bundenthal if you can bring any of these items.

Progress Reports:  Your child brought home a progress report last week.  Please make sure that you sign the master copy and return it to your child's teacher as soon as possible.  

Accelerated Reader:  Your children are doing a wonderful job of completing their AR goals at school.  Please make sure they are also doing their 20 minutes of reading each night.  They can take quizzes for books they have read at home during their AR time at school.  They need to complete their goals by November 4th.

Halloween Update:  Friday, October 30th we will be celebrating Halloween.  We are expecting the parade to begin around 1:20.  After the parade, we will be having snacks and a few fun stations.  Your child may wear their costume to school.  They may not bring weapons of any kind and masks or hats must be off while in the classroom.  Please make sure that your child is comfortable enough in their costume to make it through the day and be able to use the bathroom on their own.  The costume MUST follow school dress codes.  

Please check our sign-up genius to see how you can help!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054ea8aa2ba13-halloween

October's Character Trait:  Risk-taking

This week:  This week we are comparing and contrasting habitats around the world.  We will be reading non-fiction pieces and finding important information.  In grammar we have started discussing regular and irregular verbs.  We have had a great time at our new STEAM stations and are continuing our study of cycles in nature.

Great STEAM engineers building famous structures!

Newsletter for October 5 - 9

We will be starting new STEAM stations this week.  Check this SIGN-UP GENIUS to see if you have any of these items around the house or that you could provide us.  We are also still accepting old smartphones and chargers to add to our tech toolbox.  

Last Week:  The kids went over their first math assessments to understand expectations and how to make improvements.  Reflection is always an important part of the learning process.  Each student practiced knowing the difference between common and proper nouns so they can start using capital letters appropriately in their writing.  They read myths and discovered how these folktales originated in different cultures to explain things in nature.  We have shifted to our Cycles in Nature Unit.  Knowing so much already about the life cycle of insects has allowed all the kids to transition seamlessly to our new unit.

Your teachers were at the California Science Teachers Association Conference in Sacramento Friday and all weekend learning to better facilitate learning through our new science standards.  We had lots of fun and came back with lots of new ideas.  Check out the Twitter feed in the right-hand bar to see our adventures!

This Week:  Your students will be working together in Language Arts to read and collect information from text.  They are synthesizing that information to develop ideas and write about them.  They will be exploring place value in Math and we will continue our unit on cycles with plants.  Students will be designing and testing their own pollinators using engineering practices.

Important Dates:

Newsletter - Sept. 21-25

Here is our weekly newsletter.  Enjoy!

This week:  In reading class we are starting to read fables to find their similarities and analyze their lessons and morals.  These are great for reading and sharing at home.  In math, we are finding the relationship between our addition and subtraction strategies to get ready for an assessment on Monday of next week.  We are continuing our bee unit by creating scientific models of bees with paper mache.  Soon, we have a beekeeper coming in to talk to us about bees and beehives.  In each of these subject areas we will be writing, writing, and writing.  

We will also be sharing what we have been learning at this week's school board meeting.  Some of our 2nd graders will be presenting at the meeting to tell the board about STEAM, our bee unit, and how it all works with our Common Core standards.  The presentation will be a the district office Thursday night at 5:00.

Valley Fire Fundraiser: Please help Mundy raise funds to help victims of the Valley Fire.  Many families have lost their homes and everything they own.  If you would like to help contribute, we will be taking donations this week.  Just bring your donations in to your teacher.  Our donations will be contributed to the Redwood Credit Union, and funds will go directly to families in Lake and Napa Counties. Thank you in advance for your generosity in helping a family in need!  If you have any questions, email Shareen Choy, 5^th grade teacher at shareenc@fsusd.org. 

Last week:  We created scientific bee diagrams, created giant hive diagrams for our walls, and worked on how to have meaningful conversations with our partners and groups.  We finished non-fiction text features and our subtraction strategies.

We have also been working on critical thinking and creativity.  Here are some good things to think about when helping your child be more creative at home.

Important Dates:September 24th, 5:00 - Mrs. Johann's and Mrs. Bundethal's class presentation to the District School Board
September 25th - Picture Day

Newsletter, September 8-11

This week:  We have a short week this week!  Please remind your students to bring their library books this Friday for our library time.  

Last week:  We learned about multiple meaning words, context clues, and read about the island of Borneo.  Ask your kids about all about the animals and plants that live there.  We are learning about insects to start our big Bee Unit!  Your child knows the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis!  We learned a song to remember the parts of an insect.  Watch our YouTube video here.  

Wednesday, we had our first round of STEAM stations with students using Build with Chrome, creating habitats, and solving Tangram puzzles.  On Friday some of us discovered what makes up soil and some of us designed ants in the STEAM Lab. 

Reminders:  

Check your child's backpack every night for important papers and to see if they have homework.  Until it becomes habit, they may need a reminder. 

September's character trait is RESPONSIBILITY.  It is always a great idea to chat with your student about responsibility and how they can show their parents, teachers, and friends how to be responsible. 

The Hundred Mile Club is starting this week.  Please check your email for updates if your child is signed up.

• September 11th - MCA/Second Cup of Coffee w/ Mrs. Dinwiddie
• September 25th - Picture Day

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