We have numerous happenings beginning next week.  

On Monday evening we will begin our Fall parent/teacher conferences.  Each year during conferences the Parents Club opens up the library and holds a Book Fair. It’s a great place to pick up a book to add to your child’s collection and/or give as a stocking stuffer!   Make sure you take a peek.  Each class has signed up for a time for their class to preview and then purchase books. Check with your child’s teacher’s blog for the date and time they are scheduled to go.

Another happening will be the kick-off to Mindful Giving.  Each class will be doing lessons about how we can be charitable both locally and globally.  Watch for details on your teacher’s blog about these two service projects Georgetown Elementary will be doing in November.

Please watch for a note that will be coming home asking for volunteers to help receive and distribute the Goodies Factory orders. Orders will be delivered on November 13th and ready for parent pick-up between 3:15-5:15.

Finally, we will be continuing with S.A.V.E. on Wednesday mornings.

Math:
We will continue working on decimals for the coming week. We will be adding and subtracting decimals and whole numbers. We will also continue to practice comparing two decimal numbers and putting them in order. During the early part of our week, we will have our first quiz of the unit. It will include writing a decimal number, comparing decimals, and adding/subtracting a pair of decimal numbers. Make sure to check your child’s math teachers blog for any updates.

ELA: 
Our week in ELA will consist of primarily reading as we begin our book clubs and study of literary essays.  Students have selected a book to read and have been partnered with some other classmates.  They will be reading their book and then meet with their group to discuss what they have read.  They will take notes on their discussion which will mainly focus on the internal(implicit) and external(explicit) characteristics of the main character.

Social Studies:  We will continue our study of the Southwest and Pacific Northwest Native Americans.  We will be studying the location and place of where they lived, what they ate, their culture and how they adapted and/or modified their environment after they migrated down from Northern North America.

Science: This week in science we will continue to overview the foundation concepts about the seasons and the Solar System. We will do this by taking notes and having discussions from a keynote. We will be having a vocabulary quiz  on Wednesday. Please have the students visit our blogs to study and practice for this vocabulary quiz.