Friday, November 8, 2024

Weekly Update

Thank you for all the food donations to support our current outreach project! The collection lasts until Tuesday and I am super proud of how many items the girls have already brought in. Here is a flashback photo to when I was crowned Turkey Queen at another school many years ago! Please ask your daughter to explain! 😂

The girls worked hard this week! Here are some curriculum highlights and reminders.

Math: We are continuing in unit 3 and spent some this week learning the difference between prime and composite numbers. The math vocabulary in 4th grade is challenging and we are working hard to learn the meanings of all of these terms. The girls also learned how to make a bar graph on Google Sheets and used their Halloween candy count as their data. Here are their graphs!

Social Studies: We started our unit on westward expansion. We are discussing what life was life during this time. We have had some great conversations about why people left their homes to head out west and what was their motivation. Specifically, we discussed the Lewis and Clark expedition and read and analyzed some of their journal entries from that time.

Reading: To accompany our westward expansion unit, we are reading a novel in our reading time called Ranger in Time, Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Writing: The girls completed a really fun writing lab about eyebombing. Check out what this means by viewing their creative, perspective writing. 

 

Reminders:

  • Carpool helper next week: Anna
  • Special Week: Ainsley
  • Presentation from Technology Dialogue Night for Lower School Parents
  • LICE letter from the school
  • Turkey Trot: Monday, November 25 (Day 5)

    Parents are welcome!

    3rd & 4th Grades: 11:00-11:45

    1st & 2nd Grades: 10:00-10:45

    K: 8:30-9:00

    EL & JK: 9:15-9:45

  • Scavenger hunt question - answer this!
  • Information about Gift Service:
    • Friday, December 20; 9-10 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for Grades 2-4 Students and Families
    • Endeavour Hall for Early Learners-Grade 1 Students and Families
    • Students in grades 2-4 will participate in the performance. Their families are welcome to join us at St. Stephen’s. 
    • Students in EL-Grade 1 will attend the service via a livestream in Endeavour Hall. Their families are welcome to join us in Endeavour Hall.
    • We will share the livestream link in advance of the service. 
    • Following the Gift Service, girls will return to their classrooms for dismissal 
    • Carpool will begin at 10 a.m.
    • Extended Day is available for those enrolled
    • There is no Early Learners aftercare on this day

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