January 3-7

 January 3-7

Thank you

We enjoyed a wonderful Winter Celebration on Friday.  Thank you to all of our volunteers who made it possible.

Dressing for the Weather

As winter approaches, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.  All students are expected to be outside at all 3 recesses and often times during P.E.  Once the snow begins, students will not be allowed to play beyond the blacktop without boots and snow pants. If your child is in need of a winter coat or any other winter apparel, please let me know.

Please talk to your students about their responsibility in wearing what you send/expect them to wear during recesses. Brown School is focused on teaching personal responsibility/natural consequences for student choices. For instance, if their pants get wet going down the slide when they chose not to wear their snow pants, they will be sitting in wet pants for the day. We will not call home for dry clothing.

Computer Charging

Many students have been coming to school with a computer that is not charged.  Please help to remind your student that Chromebooks must be charged at home before coming to school.

 

What we are learning this week:

Math:  We will continue working on fractions and will explore hundredths and tenths.

ELA: We will focus on comparing and contrasting in text.

Writing:  We will continue our study of prefixes, suffixes, and parts of speech.

Science:  In this lesson, students will learn about the types, causes, and dangers of landslides. In the activity, Slide City, students are faced with the engineering problems of protecting a house from a landslide and preventing a landslide from happening. They use a brainstorming technique to design creative solutions.

Social Studies:  We will finish our unit on geography of the United States.

P2: We will study optimism.  Optimism means, “You expect the best from the future and work to achieve it.” 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Mon. 1/3 - School resumes

Wed. 1/5 - Late Start (school begins at 9:20am)

Wed. 1/12-Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am)

Mon. 1/17-No School

Wed. 1/19-Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am) & Musical Performance (more information to come soon)