October is Bullying Prevention Month

Monday, October 20th: Hawk Thomas from the Harlem Globetrotters will be here for a special assembly. 9:30-10:00 K-2, 10:15-10:45 3-5.

Friday, October 24th: Last day for posters and poetry contest.  Also, we will be viewing the Douglas Drama Club's video production after the announcements.

The last week in October, we will have a spirit week.  These are the following themes:

Monday, 10/27: Mustache Monday - I mustache you to be bully free (wear a mustache - get creative!)

Tuesday, 10/28: Let's shade out bullies (wear your sunglasses)

Wednesday, 10/29: Teacher workday

Thursday, 10/30: Being bully free is no sweat (wear sweat suit attire)

Friday, 10/31: Hats ON to being bully free (wear any kind of hat)

Calendar Dates and Daily Schedule

• Friday, October 17:  Early Release at 1:15, also Mrs. Sherrill's last day 
• Monday, October 20:  Ms. Thomas's first day!
• Wednesday, October 29:  Workday, No School
• Thursday, October 30:  Science Night! 6-7:30pm
• Friday, November 7:  Early Release at 1:15
• Tuesday, November 11:  Veterans Day, No School
• Wednesday, November 26-28: Thanksgiving Break! No School
• Tuesday, February 24:  UNC Morehead Planetarium Field Trip
• Tuesday, March 10: Carolina Theatre Field Trip (Durham) "Aesop's Fables"

Specials:  9:30-10:15

Math:  10:20- 11:30

Lunch:  11:40- 12:10

Science/SS:  12:15- 1:00

Recess:  1:00-1:30

Literacy:  1:30-3:45

Help in finding Good Fit Books!

Your child's BOG scores will be coming home on Monday.  On them, you will see an estimated Lexile level for your child based on their performance on the test.  Lexile measures text complexity.  This number is useful to you because there are a wide variety of search options available where you can put in your child's Lexile score and see lists of books that are appropriate.  Of course, once you go to the library and check these books out, you'll still want your student to read a page or two outloud to you so that you can assess whether they know all the words and comprehend the text by asking them questions about the pages they read.  You might find they need to go down a little bit in the text difficulty, but the Lexile level is a helpful guide to finding those "Good Fit Books."  Barnes & Noble and Scholastic also have Lexile search engines that can help you! 

Here's a great site to search:

https://lexile.com/fab/

Thanks for helping your child read appropriately leveled books at home! 

Opportunity for Extra Credit in Literacy

October is national bullying prevention month, in which we focus our attention on promoting a bully-free school.  We will be having a "Stand Up, Speak Up" poster and poetry contest this month.  Students can choose to creatively display the theme through a poster or a poem, their choice. Poster paper and information about the contest will be available in the Media Center, next to the Club Hub.  There will be prizes for each grade level.  Please encourage your child to participate!  

I will give extra credit in Literacy for submitted poetry entries! 

Baby Sherrill is due October 24! Mrs. Thomas will be taking over our classroom starting on October 20!

Geometry Help AND Vowel Pattern Videos

Geometry Help

• Quadrilateral Rap
• Definitions
• REALLY GOOD Quadrilateral Classification Video

Vowel Pattern Help

• Digraphs: Two Vowels Go Walking...
• Bossy R Video

Rounding Games to Play at Home for Practice!

Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Bike Racing Game
Math Balloons Game

Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
Mathman Game (like Pac-man)
Number line