Hello Class Team,

Thank you again to the parent volunteers who helped with our class Halloween party! We had a lot of fun together and the class and I are so grateful for your support! We’re on the cusp of the most wonderful (and busiest) time of the year. Please mark your calendars for the following upcoming events:

• Friday, November 17: Dollar Dress Down Day
• Monday-Friday, November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break – No School
• Saturday, December 2: Reindeer Run and Breakfast with the Grinch (see below for registration information)
• Friday, December 15: Happy Holidays Party
• December 18-January 1: Winter Break – No School

Please remember that students should be reading for 20 minutes every night at home! Even better if they read aloud with a grown up.

Math tutoring will be held Monday and Wednesday after school until 3:40 pm this week. For additional practice at home, please consider having your student practice their multiplication facts on Reflex and work towards mastery on the standard-specific weekly IXL lessons posted to our Google classroom under “math.”

This week in class we will be reviewing everything we have learned so far this year in math, including all decimal operations, powers of 10, and long division and multi-digit multiplication using the standard algorithm. We will also be taking our first Rise Benchmark test. This test is formative in nature and is in preparation for the summative testing we will complete at the end of the school year. In science, we are learning about properties of matter. In ELA, we will be practicing summarizing and determining the theme of a text while asking what we can learn from different cultures. Please let me know if you have any questions about the benchmark testing or any other class happenings.

Thank you always for your support. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

-Mrs. Shaw