Week of February 14-18
We are allowing all 4th grade students to wear pajamas to school on Monday, February 14th. This is optional. Please make sure if your child chooses to participate that pajamas are school and weather appropriate. Please do not send in blankets, pillows or stuffed animals.
Valentine's Day Celebration
We will have our Valentine's Day Celebration on Monday February 14 from 12:30-1:45! We'll be making Valentine's Day bags in class this week to collect our cards; due to space constraints in the classroom, please do not send in an additional bag or box for your child to collect Valentine's in.
If your child would like to pass out Valentine's Day cards to the class on Monday February 14, you can access a list of students first names HERE; please ensure there is one for each student if you are sending them in.
Yearbook Orders
5th Grade Hot Chocolate/Apple Cider Sale!
4th Grade Swimming
*Permission slips have been sent home. Please return them as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
Dear Parent or Guardian,
Your child will soon be participating in our third grade water safety and swimming program (This programis traditionally held for 3rd graders, however, this program was suspended last year).Classes will be held at the St. Joseph High School pool. Students are transported to the pool on St. JosephSchool buses, with teachers accompanying the classes.Our water safety and swimming course offers instruction in survival swimming. No individual is everdrown-proof. We discuss various water related emergencies as well as practical life saving skills.
Classes will start on Wednesdays April 27, May 11, May 18, and May 25 for Brown School. Each
class will meet for four days.
Your child will need a swimsuit, towel, plastic bag (for wet swimsuit and towel) and swim cap (if they
want one). Please put your child’s name on all of these items, so lost items can be returned.
Please fill out the slip below and return it by Friday April 22If you know of any problem, physical or mental, that might interfere with your child’s participation in
this program, please inform us. All students are expected to participate in this unit.
-Mr. Pfahler and Ms. Pagel (P.E. Teachers)
Dressing for the Weather
As winter continues, 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. 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.
Homework Reminder
Homework each week 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.
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 are continuing our study of ordering multi-digit numbers. In addition, we will be looking at multiples of 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 and how other numbers relate to them. You can view some materials to help you support our child's learning by CLICKING HERE.
ELA: We will study the concept of descriptive nonfiction text structure. Students will explore the author’s use of sensory details in text.
Writing: We will continue work on our persuasive essay by organizing our thoughts using a graphic organizer. In addition, we will begin writing our introduction.
Social Studies: We will continue our study of human geography as we study push and pull factors and immigration to the United States.
P2: We will study the character strength, love, "You value close relationships with others and being close to people." CLICK HERE to check out the P2 for Families site to build a P2 routine at home, too. [Password: P2]. It's an excellent resource for guiding important character conversations at home.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Mon. 2/14 - Valentine’s Day Party & Pajama Day
Wed. 2/16-Late Start (school begins at 9:20 am) and P.E. make-up day
Fri. 2/18- No School
Mon. 2/21- No School
Wed. 2/23 - Late Start (school begins at 9:20am)
Thur. 2/24 - Virtual Lego Night (see Mrs. Bawks’ blog for more information)
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