Dear Fourth and Fifth Grade Parents,
Last week, measurement, long multiplication, and mental math strategies for multiplying any number by 5 were part of our short math morning exercises. In morning speech practice, the students recited parts of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, which they will present at our upcoming Thanksgiving Luncheon. During the Main Lesson, the class continued grammar practice by learning about prepositions. The students studied prepositions of time (for example, before, after, during), prepositions of place (for example, behind, between, in front of), and prepositions of direction ( for example, toward, into, across). As they added sentences to their grammar story, the students corrected punctuation mistakes and identified nouns, articles, adjectives, and prepositions/prepositional phrases. Stories from the Norse Myths about unpleasant encounters of the Aesir gods with Jotuns from Jotunheim were also part of the Main Lesson. This week, the class is looking at the subject and predicate of a sentence. The students will also practice summarizing chapters for their book report.
With today's Lantern Walk approaching, the class spent the prior week rehearsing for today's event. The students met with the Sixth graders to practice singing the lantern songs together. They also each crafted a lantern for the Lantern Walk. Before folding the lanterns into their final shape, the students had to carefully measure their paper and mark the folding lines with a pencil. The making of their lanterns was one of the student's favorite activities of the week.
Announcements and Reminders:
Please arrive for the Lantern Walk tonight punctually, at 5:45 pm. The Fourth and Fifth Grade students will meet with Ki Gaby in the Sanctuary to first accompany the Kindergarten Lantern Walk and then the Grade's Lantern Walk with their singing. The Kindergarten Lantern walk will begin TONIGHT at 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Together, families and students will hear a story, then exit the Sanctuary, and families will stay together to walk the lighted path through the forest with lanterns in hand. Fourth and Fifth Grade students will help guide the singing throughout the walk.
The Grades Lantern walk will begin TONIGHT at 6:30 pm and occur in the same manner, starting in the Sanctuary. The Fourth and Fifth Grade students, along with the Sixth Grade students, will be guiding the singing during the walk.
At the end of the Grade’s Lantern Walk, your child will return the electric candle and take their lantern home to keep. If you cannot attend the walk, the teachers will send the lanterns home the next day your child attends school.
The autumn weather is here. Layering clothing is essential for students to be comfortable throughout the day.
Please label clothing!
Send two full water bottles daily.
Upcoming Events:
11/07: Kindergarten Lantern Walk: 6 pm
11/07: Grades 1 - 3 Lantern Walk: 6:30 pm
11/17: Thanksgiving Luncheon 11 am - Half Day
11/20 - 24: Thanksgiving Break (No School)
12/02: Open House: 10 am - 12 pm
Warm Regards,
Gaby
