Skinner North Hat Parade

Team 212's creative, vocabulary hats were very entertaining in Skinner North's first Vocabulary Hat Parade!  

Walk-a-Thon Pledge Forms

Walk-a-Thon pledge forms were sent home today.  Return the pledge form by Thursday, November 1st to qualify for prizes!

Field Trip

We will visit the Museum of Science and Industry on Friday, November 16th.  Trip slips were sent home in your child's Friday Folder.  You only need to pay the $13.00 if you DID NOT pay the student fees at the beginning of the year.  Please return the trip slip as soon as possible.

Walk-a-Thon

We had a successful Walk-a-Thon, and a great time cheering on our 7th grade buddies! 

A Sneak Peek Into Next Week...

Literacy:  Our whole class mini-lessons will focus on using main ideas to write a summary of an article.  We will review components of a summary and the importance of telling only the most important ideas.  During writing, students will begin writing an opinion piece.  We will use The Day the Crayons Quit (a personal favorite!) as a mentor text to discuss argumentative writing.  Students will also have a word work quiz at the beginning of next week.

Science:  Next week, we'll will wrap up our first investigation series in Science.  Students will take their science test on Wednesday of next week.  The test will be an open notebook test.  A study guide will be sent home on Monday, please have your child review for the test using their notebook.  Following the test, we'll begin the second investigation series which focuses on magnetism.

Math: Geometry, units of time, and multiplicative comparison statements will be the focus of our math lessons next week.  You can expect the math test the following week.

Important Reminders: 
10/31 Vocabulary Hat Parade
11/2 No School for Students/End of Quarter 1
11/8 Book Tower Check In
11/12 No School for Students
11/14 Parent/Teacher Conferences- sign up coming home next week
11/16 Field Trip- details coming soon

Vocabulary Hat Project

Please ask your child about the Vocabulary Hat project.  Students brought the assignment home today.  You can find a link to a variety of word choices on the Homework Page of the TGW.  Just click "Vocabulary Hat" under today's homework.

A Sneak Peek Into Our Week...

Literacy:  Inferring the main idea of a paragraph and short passage will be the focus of our mini-lessons this week.  Students will work in small group reviewing this skill as well.  During reading workshop stations, students will work on word work activities, practice reading skills on Freckle, and have time to read "Just Right Books" appropriate for the 30 Book Tower.  During writing, we will finish "The Important Book" based on the Native American tribe we studied.  Students will begin an opinion writing unit later in the week.

Math:  This week in math Ms. C and I will instruct lessons 2.4-2.6.  You can expect corresponding Home Links as homework.  Students will review factors, multiples, and prime/composite numbers.

Science:  We'll continue investigating energy this week.  Students will learn to distinguish between conductors and insulators.  They will also work on building series and parallel circuits.  Students may have some light reading homework for science later in the week.

Read Aloud: Ms. C will continue reading the Birchbark House.  We are about half-way through the book.  The author does a fantastic job of describing life as an Ojibwa Native American.

Reminders:  

• Picture Day is Tomorrow (10/23)
• End of Quarter 1/No School for kids (11/2)
• 30 BT Check-In (11/8)
• No School in Observance of Veteran's Day (11/12)
• Parent/Teacher Conferences (11/14)