Weekly Update

 

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday! We have had a busy week! I cannot believe that next week is our last full distance learning week before we go hybrid. Much like you, I am feeling nervous, anxious and excited! Thank you for your support so far this year! I don't have many updates just yet, as A LOT more information is to come next week, but below you will find just a few housekeeping items.

Transition to Hybrid

The time is finally here! I have a meeting on Monday to get more information for us. I will send out all the information next week once I have it. The transportation form will also be sent out next week so please be on the lookout for that. 

Recess Equipment 

As you saw last night, i am trying to buy some recess equipment for our students to play with during their outdoor recess time. Mrs. Manning (among a couple others) graciously offered to head this up for me. She will be sending out more information in the next few days to get some donations to purchase some things for the students. As always, you are not required to donate, but it is very much appreciated if you can. 

Lunch Bunch

To celebrate all the hard work your children have been doing over the past 10 weeks, Mrs. Gumbel, Ms. Higgins and I would like to invite them to eat lunch "with" us on Friday, November 20th. Lunch would still be at the same time as always. They would just log into our normal class meet and eat lunch all together and get to socialize a bit. This is not required, but we thought the students would enjoy a less structured, more social gathering. We are looking forward to eating together next week!

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We continue to work on our Nonfiction unit, in which we learn strategies good readers use when reading nonfiction texts.  We will cover context clues, main idea and begin talking about research. 
• Math:  We will work on subtraction with regrouping unit and work on subtraction across zero.  to determine whether solutions to subtraction problems are reasonable.
• Science:  We continue talking about Virginia's Natural Resources. The students will be able to name them, tell how they are used and where they can be found. We will also talk about the differences between natural and man-made resources. 

As always, please take some time for yourself. This weekend we will celebrate my daughter Isabelle. She is turning 12 on Sunday. Where has time gone?! Enjoy the Fall weather that's on the way this weekend! Reach out anytime you have questions or concerns. 🙂