Looking ahead to the week of October 14

 Thank you to all of the families, who joined us for our National Walk to School celebration last week!  We had a blast hitting the track with you!  

Hello, families!  I hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

Please continue to excuse the "Important Dates" section of our class blog.  The school district is still having some technology issues.  I am going to include an informal important dates section at the beginning of every new post, until the problem has been solved!  Thank you again for your patience and understanding!

Important Dates:

Thursday, October 10

-Book Fair ends

Friday, October 11

-PE

Monday, October 14
-Unit 3 math study guide issued.
-Chapter 2 social studies (SC Geography) issued.

Wednesday, October 16
-Homework packet 8 is due! 
-Homework packet 9 is issued.
-Active Gamecock log begins

Thursday, October 17

-No school for students

Friday, October 18

-No school for students

Monday, October 21
-Chapter 2 social studies study guide is due
-Unit 2 math study guide due

Tuesday, October 22
-Chapter 2 social studies vocabulary test (see fact file for words)
-Unit 2 math test

Wednesday, October 23
-Chapter 2 social studies unit test (SC Geography)

-First grade high-frequency word spelling post-assessment

Friday, October 25

-Harvest Fest

-End of the first nine weeks

-Lexington County Museum

Thursday, October 31

-Half Day.  Dismissal at 11:30.  Lunch will be served.

-PE

-Report cards are issued.
-Active Gamecock log due

Friday, November 1

-Music

Just a friendly reminder:  Please return your child's signed permission form for the Lexington County Museum "Being There Experience," as soon as possible!

Looking ahead:  Students will continue studying different genres in reading.  They will practice good listening and responding habits, as they build on ideas during conversations.  As writers, students will begin working on their personal narratives.  In social studies, the children will learn about South Carolina's climate, different industries, natural resources and major cities.  As mathematicians, students will take a look at models for subtracting 3-digit numbers (lessons 3-7 through 3-9).  Please also note:  Since students have a three-day week, homework packet 8 will be due Wednesday, October 16. 

Thank you so much to those of you who donated items for our "Word Work" station!  They will be put to great use!  If you would still like to donate, we need a Scrabble board game, Bananagrams, etc.  I also want to thank you for purchasing books for our classroom at the Book Fair!  It was such a great surprise and the children are so excited about the books being added to our classroom library!  Your generosity is greatly appreciated!  

A note from the Health Advisory Committee:  With Halloween fast approaching, we wanted to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures regarding this day.  We will not be celebrating this holiday in school; this includes any "party" type of celebrations, costume attire, or treat bags.  Classroom snack choices, for those teachers who generally allow them during the day, will continue to follow our healthy snack guidelines which are found in your child's agenda book and on our website. Teachers are asked to ensure adherence to these guidelines during the day. We appreciate your understanding, acceptance and support of these policies.

A note from Kindergarten teachers and students:

Dear Friends,

The kindergarten charity this year is the City of Columbia Animal Shelter. We are very excited about collecting donations to be delivered when we go on our being there experience Oct. 29th. We will collect donations until the last week of October. A table will be set up in the cafeteria for the donations. This is a school wide effort and we appreciate all the donations that will be sent. Thank you so much.

Celebrating our Veterans:  Third grade will be celebrating veterans during the month of November, in honor of Veterans Day.  We have chosen to adopt one of our very own Bookman parents, Mr. Kevin Dollar, who is currently overseas serving in Jordan. Mr. Dollar is the father of Alexa Dollar in third grade. We would like to shower Mr. Dollar with items to remind him of "home" in South Carolina while he is away from family and friends. We are asking that students send in non-perishable items such as Gatorade, candy, cookies, etc. Our first care package will be mailed on November 15. Please send your items to your child's teacher by November 14.  We will send other care packages throughout the year. We hope you will help us send "home" to Mr. Dollar!

Have a wonderful rest of the week and enjoy the Fall weather!