Tuesday, Sept. 25th: Scholastic Book Orders Due
Friday, September 28th: All School Meeting and Spirit Day (Animal theme)
Puffins Present! Parents are welcome to attend the meeting:
Forest Grove School District building (1728 Main St.) in the Grove Room @ 9:45 am
Wednesday, Sept. 26th: Out & About @ Rogers Park 12:30pm-3 pm
Chaperones NEEDED!
If you would like to join us, please email Ginny: [email protected]
Wednesday, October 3rd: ALL DAY Out & About to Metro Transfer Station: taking a look at the path of garbage and recycling. 9 am- 2 pm
Chaperones NEEDED!
If you would like to join us, please email Ginny: [email protected]
Note: Students must wear comfortable, closed toe shoes (PE shoes work great)
Friday, October 5th: NO SCHOOL for students
Professional Development/Grading Day
Friday, October 12th: NO SCHOOL for students
Statewide Teacher Inservice Day
Thursday, October 18th: NO SCHOOL for students
Goal-Setting Student Conferences
Friday, October 19th: NO SCHOOL for students
Goal-Setting Student Conferences
Scholastic Book Club
Plover teacher Laura will be overseeing all level 2 book orders this year, for those who are interested in participating. We sent home the first Scholastic Book Club flyers this past Monday. You can also view this month's selections and submit your order online at https://orders.scholastic.com/L79X9. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE books for level 2 students!
First Time Ordering Online?
- Go to scholastic.com/bookclubs
- Enter our one-time Class Activation Code: L79X9
- Shop and submit your child's book order.
- As soon as your order is delivered to our classroom, it will be sent home with your child.
Scholastic Book Clubs
Class Code: L79X9
Order Due Date: 9/25/18
Let's Get That Homework Going!
Suggested Weekly Homework:
Reading Homework
Spend at least 20 minutes reading (outside of school) every day.
Reading is on the "honor system" and we ask that you help your kiddo to develop a daily reading routine with good-fit books and a well-lit, comfy reading spot away from distractions. We will talk more about how to encourage and track reading at our "Goal-Setting" conferences in October.
Typing Homework
Level 2 students have typing homework to develop and support important keyboarding skills. Please practice at least 20 minutes per week on: Typing.com
Passwords were sent home at family visits. Please email Ginny if you need help getting into your child's account.
Math homework
It is strongly recommended that your student practice math skills at least 30 minutes (or more) per week.
Our Dreambox math program for homework has started. Passwords and account information were sent home with your kiddo this week.
If you are interested in exploring other ways to practice math at home, take a look at these ideas:
Ideas for math practice:
- 4th graders can get valuable math practice with Khan Academy. Current 4th grade math topics to explore: Addition/Subtraction & Place Value/Rounding
- Online Math Game Sites: ZapZap Math or Prodigy- create your own account!
- Multiplication Facts Practice with a simple dice game. How to Play: Each player takes turns rolling 3 dice. First to break 200 (or 500, etc.) wins. On your turn, you get to choose two dice to add together, then you multiply the sum by the final die. That’s your score for that turn.
- Facts Practice with Free Math Apps: Sushi Monster & Math Hero
- Facts Practice with Purchased Math Apps: Operation Math & Math Vs. Zombies
- Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
What's Happening in the Puffin Nest...
Second Step Lessons: Skills for Social and Academic Success
Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to help children thrive. This program consists of short lessons, games, songs, skits and stories that address skills for learning, emotion management, and problem solving. Students have also had time to practice focusing and calming techniques, including guided breathing exercises from Mind Yeti.
Project: Storypath
Over the next 2 months, students will work in partners to develop their own businesses and solve real-world problems that business communities face.
We have officially kicked off our StoryPath unit: Main Street: Understanding Goods and Services! In the classroom, students created the setting of our "Storypath" with a mural of their own business community.
This week, we visited the Forest Grove police station to learn more about the different kinds of jobs within our community. The Puffins got a tour of the department and also got to hear more about the types of job skills and training required of the police chief, patrol officers, evidence specialists and office managers.
Next week, students will be creating the jobs and skills of their characters, and will become the workers in our business community. To help activate this activity, we are bringing in community experts to describe their work and answer questions about their jobs.Thanks to parent experts Geneva (Music Teacher) and Misty(School & Community Librarian) for sharing their knowledge with our students!