May 16-20

 May 16-20

Health Instruction Permission Slips

Permission slips for health education instruction were sent home on Friday on a salmon colored piece of paper.  Please read through and complete the form at the bottom.  These must be returned May 27th.

 

Donuts with My Main Character

Please join us on Tuesday, May 17th for our Donuts With My Main Character Event.  This will be on the playground beginning at 7:45.  Younger siblings are welcome to attend.  Students can choose to bring either a parent, a grandparent, or any other special adult in his/her life.  We do ask that students only bring ONE adult Main Character along.

 

News Team Applications

As a reminder, if your child is interested in being part of Brown School’s Best News Team, applications are due Tuesday, May 17th to Mrs. Berry.  Late applications will not be accepted.

 

 

Water Bottles and Snacks

This is a friendly reminder that students should come to school with a full water bottle each day; while students can fill their water bottles at the bottle fillers, the water fountain remains off.

Students are also encouraged to bring 2 healthy snacks each day, one for morning recess and one for afternoon recess.

 

Library Books

If your child received a yellow slip indicating a missing library book, please work on locating and returning it.  Mrs. Berry, our media specialist, is busy working to inventory all books.

 

Lansing

We will be heading to Lansing this Thursday May 19th. You will need to have your child to Brown between 7:00 AM and 7:15AM. Please drop your child off at the NORTH DOORS (this is the entrance closest to the 4th grade classrooms off of Yukon Dr.). The bus will leave around 7:30AM.

 

Please make sure your child has a filling breakfast on the morning of the trip. Here is a list of a few things your child will need to bring with them:

• 2 small snacks. One for the trip to Lansing and one for on the way back

• A healthy sack lunch – please pack in a sack so that it is all disposable. We won’t go back to the bus and the less to carry the better. Also, don’t over-pack that lunch!

• A jacket for the weather

• Comfortable shoes

 

Here are a few extras your child may want to bring (optional):

• Camera

• Money for the gift shop ($20.00 MAX)

• ONE electronic game and/or a book.  These things SHOULD NOT be passed around the bus.  This is at your discretion.  Teachers will not be responsible for lost or broken items.

All of these items should be in a backpack with their lunch and snacks. Students will have to carry their pack with them all day, so it should not be too heavy. Students are personally responsible for all of their belongings!

 

We plan to be back to school before the buses leave so your regular departure routines should be fine. However, in case we get delayed, you and your child should have a plan B. Be sure they know what number they should call to get a ride home.

Computer Charging

We've unfortunately been getting a little lax about charging computers and students are not prepared for the day's learning. We appreciate your support in reminding your child that computers are to be charged in the evenings at home every night.

 

Brown Elementary Art Show!

 

If you were unable to attend the opening, this art show will be on display at Brown School until Wednesday, June 1st.  Please make sure you stop by to see your child’s work before the 1st of June during after school hours.  Thank you for all your hard work.  We are very proud of YOU and your success in art!

 

 Homework Reminder

Homework each night consists of reading 20+ minutes at home (this can be a library book, magazine, newspaper, online book, etc) and practicing multiplication and division facts 1 through 12. Mastering multiplication and division facts is vital to our learning this year. Students can also work on Lexia Core 5 and on IXL (NWEA Skills).

 

Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog:

Please don't forget to take a peek at Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog each week. CLICK HERE to read it.

 

What we are learning this week:

Math:  This week we will divide numbers of up to four digits by one-digit divisors to find whole-number quotients and remainders, using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between multiplication and division.

You can view some materials to help you support our child's learning during unit 6 by CLICKING HERE.

ELA/Writing:  We will begin work on poetry.  We will analyze poems by looking at structure and figurative language.

Social Studies: We will continue our study of government where we will study the question: What powers does our government have? We will look at the following ideas:

• In the United States, the government is based on the idea of popular sovereignty which means that the ultimate power belongs to the people in our government. 

• The people agreed to delegate some of their power to the federal government and expressed this in the Constitution.

• All other powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states or the people. 

• In a few cases, certain powers like making laws and collecting taxes are shared by both federal and state governments.

• The system of delegating, reserving, and sharing of power explained in the Constitution serves to limit the power of government.

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tues. 5/17 - Morning with my Main Character (see Mrs. Bawks’ blog for more information)

Wed. 5/18 - Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am)

Thurs. 5/19 - Lansing Field Trip

Wed. 5/25 - Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am)

Mon. 5/30- No School (Memorial Day)

Tues. 5/31 - Health Lesson

Wed. 6/1 - Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am)