59- Weekly Updates (September 28 - October 2nd, 2020)

Dear Parents, We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements: Watch these announcements on video here. Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast Online Permission Slips We have a normal week next week in terms of timing. We will be at school from 8:00-2:32 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday’s schedule is 8:00-1:17. Here is the most updated school calendar. Back To School Night (Virtual) Wednesday September 30th- More Information to Come IUSD Face Coverings Guide Read These Books! (make a goodreads.com account with your child to help find books) We will be starting the DARE program soon with Officer D’Alena. She needs you to approve your child’s participation in the DARE program.  Click here to fill out the permission slip. Reader’s Workshop We will continue our unit “Bring Characters and Stories to Life”. The kids will practice and learn to make higher-level predictions and pay attention to details that signal character change. Writer’s Workshop The kids will continue to improve their opinion writing as we practice writing reviews. We will revise the writing by practice hooks, providing more convincing reasons, and add quotes. Math Math Answers and Help Here The kids will continue finish reviewing fractions operations.We will review our last decimal unit and take a basic skills test covering what we’ve done over the last month. History We will start studying our first civilization (Ancient Mesopotamia). Science The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and learn about expectations for in-person science lab learning. We may use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems. Thank you, Mr. Gray