Ms. Beal's Classroom

We have earned our first class reward! We are going to have a “Cozy Day” tomorrow September 1st. Students may bring a blanket, pillow or other stuffed animal to rest their head, and/or a comfy. I look forward to earning more classroom rewards! See you tomorrow!

Families,

Yet another great week! I hope your child is enjoying their time in our classroom as much as I am. I have loved trying new things such as writing our spelling words in shaving cream! Our 5th-grade family is coming together fast!

For our first week in math, we introduced the standard algorithm for multiplication and it did start out a little challenging for some, however by the end of the week, I was watching your children help each other and get so excited about tackling this huge math power standard! We will continue working on this lesson on Monday and assess on Tuesday. For the rest of the week, we will work on dividing multi-digit numbers in lesson 5. Information on this lesson is below. 

In ELA we discussed short vowels, the genre of narrative nonfiction, focusing on the importance of asking and answering questions when we read. This week we will continue those topics but will include discussing long vowels and reading text about how experiencing nature can change how we feel about it.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I’m looking forward to another great week!

**Mark your calendar**
No School-Labor Day, Monday (4 September)

*The last attachment below is an informative pamphlet about the Utah Educational Savings Plan (My529).

Here we go, fifth-grade family! What an incredible first 3 days of school, I loved getting to know your child and seeing our classroom interact and come together. It’s going to be such a great year.

A quick reminder for this week-Thursday is an EARLY OUT (1:10pm) and Friday is a teacher-only work day, with NO SCHOOL for students.

This week we will complete our beginning of the year diagnostics and Dibels testing. and start our first math and ELA lessons. Please contact me with any questions at all.

If you haven’t done so, and it’s feasible at this time please pay your $30 supply fee.

**Mark your calendar**

Early Out-24 Aug

No School-25 Aug (Teacher work day)

No School-Labor Day-Monday, 4 September

We are painting eye masks today with puffy paint. We will be using the masks for weekly meditations. We talked about the importance of feeling our bodies and focusing on breathing. Despite my best attempts and warnings, we had a few students who spilled on themselves. Please wash clothing as soon as possible, the paint shouldn’t be set for 4 hours. I will update the blog with eye mask pictures next week.

**Note** If you haven’t had a chance to email me a picture of your student doing an activity this summer please do that this week. I will be preparing a video for next week with summer events. sbeal@questac.org

Just a quick reminder:

• Please email me one picture of something memorable your child did this summer with a one sentence explanation of the photo. Email sbeal@questac.org
• I have fixed the issue with Remind. Please use class code @sarabeal   Please let me know if you run into any problems and I can email you an invite.
• If you couldn’t attend back-to-school night, I will send you an email with class updates.

This is going to be a great year! I’ll see you on Wednesday!

Ms. Beal

Reminder!! Back to School Night is only a week away!

Back to School Night on Monday, August 14th, from 6-8 pm. Presentations will be given every 30 minutes starting at 6:00 pm, with the final session beginning at 7:30 pm. Our classroom is in the south hallway, the last door on the right, Room 158.

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 16th. The first three days are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm.

Here are a couple of things you can do now to prepare:

1. Please subscribe to my blog by clicking on the icon to the right and inputting your email address.
2. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosures together and sign the form Class Disclosures Signatures.
3. Please complete this short Family Survey to help me better understand your student.
4. Instead of purchasing school supplies, please pay a donation of $30 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Ms. Beal’s Class.” You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night and I will take care of all the shopping, labeling, and organizing class supplies. To see what your $30.00 will cover, please click on the class supply list under the Parent Info tab above.
5. Please complete the Food Permission form for the 23-24 school year.

I look forward to meeting you next week!

Ms. Beal

Hello soon to be 5th graders! I hope you are having an awesome summer! I am excited to meet you and learn together!

Please mark your calendars for Back to School Night on Monday, August 14th, from 6-8 pm. Presentations will be given every 30 minutes starting at 6:00 pm, with the final session beginning at 7:30 pm. Our classroom is in the south hallway, the last door on the right, Room 158.

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 16th. The first three days are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm.

Here are a couple of things you can do now to prepare:

1. Please subscribe to my blog by clicking on the icon to the right and inputting your email address.
2. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosures together and sign the form Class Disclosures Signatures.
3. Please complete this short Family Survey to help me get to know your student better.
4. Instead of purchasing school supplies, please pay a donation of $30 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Ms. Beal’s Class.” You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night and I will take care of all the shopping, labeling, and organizing of class supplies. To see what your $30.00 will cover, please click on the class supply list under the Parent Info tab above.

Additionally, students will need to bring the following items on the first day of school:

• Headphones or earbuds – labeled with the student’s name. Parents will be responsible to replace broken or damaged headphones/earbuds throughout the year. We use headphones multiple times every day, throughout the day in the classroom. Please try to find the highest-quality headphones possible. 
• Water bottle – Student may bring a small water bottle that they can have with them throughout the day.
• Small bag if needed – Only small bags are allowed for personal items if needed. Please, no large backpacks. They are not necessary. We are a technology school so we don’t send papers home often and classroom storage space is limited.

Additional donations for field trips and class parties may be requested as their respective dates approach.

Students can prepare for 5th grade by reading for 20 minutes every day, and practicing their multiplication and division math facts. Most of all, I hope you can get outside and have some fun!

Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have. We’re going to have an incredible year!

See you soon!

-Ms. Beal