4C News October 29th- November 2nd

Daylight Savings is this Sunday, November 4th!

Halloween Party: We will celebrate Halloween on October 31st beginning with our annual parade at
2:15pm, followed by our class parties.  If your child would like to bring a costume to school for the
festivities, please be sure they can slip it on over their clothes.  No masks, makeup, or weapons are
allowed. We honor a food-free celebratory environment in accordance with Parkway's food policy, so
no candy or food is allowed.  If you are joining us for the celebration, please be sure to sign in before
going to your child's class.

November

5-6: No School

8: Picture Retake Day

   All Read - 3:25 pm

   Family Fun Night at Fitz's - 5:00 pm

9: Veterans Day Celebration

21-23: No School, Thanksgiving

28: Late Start, School begins at 11:05 am  

Reading:

Last week students were assigned a research topic. They have worked hard taking notes in a nonfiction structure and making sure they are only including the important details about their subtopic. This week they will be share what they have learned with the class.

Here is the link to the reading log:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcMaqflPoTSE1xb74UVoydYtdjwuWeOT-5WW3NG2rUu49AQ/viewform

Writing:

We will continue working on our opinion writing. This week we will start to draft our opinion pieces. Students will have their draft on Google Classroom at any time you would like to view their writing. We will also start to craft our introductions and conclusions to get our readers interested in our writing and to leave them with lasting thoughts about our writing.

Math:

All math test should be returned to school by Tuesday, October 30th. We will be moving onto learning about division. Students will still need to be practicing their multiplication fact each night and also their division facts.

Science:

So far, student seem to be liking our new science unit! This unit is very hands-on and gives them opportunities to problem solve on their own or with a group. It is very student lead. This week we will be looking at how energy is converted into mechanical energy, we will observe different types of energy in stations, and lastly, students will choose one of the stations to create a presentation about what they learned about that specific energy conversion.

Vocabulary: 
potential energy, kinetic energy, energy conversions, energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, nuclear energy

Social Studies:

Our next unit in social studies will be focused around Missouri becoming a state. Students will apply their knowledge of the Louisiana Purchase to explain Missouri statehood and Missouri’s important role in Westward Expansion. First, students will outline issues of Missouri statehood and explain the significance of the Missouri Compromise in maintaining an uneasy balance of slave and free states in the Union. Students can connect attempts at compromise by the federal government with situations in their own lives where they might have had to give up something in order to get something. 

Please feel free to send me a Dojo message if you ever have any questions or concerns!

Have a wonderful week!