Week of May 23-27
Health Instruction Permission Slips
Permission slips for health education instruction were sent home last week on a salmon colored piece of paper. Please read through and complete the form at the bottom. These must be returned May 27th.
Computer Return
On Monday May 23, please have your student return the following items to school so that we can begin the end-of-year check-in process:
- Computer
- Computer Sleeve
- Charger
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.
Field Trip - Kalamazoo Valley Museum
On Tuesday June 7, we will travel to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum to visit the Rube Goldberg exhibit and planetarium. Students will need to bring a mask (the KVM is requiring all visitors to wear a mask while in the museum) and a sack lunch to school.
We will also need 5 chaperones to accompany us on the trip (you will need to arrive to the KVM by 9:45am and we will finish around 1pm). Please note, you will need to drive yourself to and from the museum if you are chaperoning. You can sign up to chaperone here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B49AFA82AA4FA7-kalamazoo
Rube Goldberg, a Pulitzer Prize cartoonist and inventor, is best remembered for his zany contraptions, known as Rube Goldberg Machines. These inventions perform a simple task in the most overcomplicated, inefficient and hilarious way possible. This exhibit brings Rube's cartoons and zany contraptions to life through 3D, life-size machines and hands-on, interactive components. It invites visitors to investigate classic engineering principles in a humorous way.
Swimming
Unfortunately, the pool at the high school is unavailable for our last scheduled swim date. Therefore, we will not be swimming any more this year.
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!
I have updated our classroom wishlist on Amazon with some snacks; thank you so much for donating to our classroom! The kids really enjoy having a snack to grab at recess time if they do not have one. You can click HERE to access our classroom Amazon Wishlist. If you'd prefer to send in a box of snacks with your child for our classroom snack reserve, please feel free to do so.
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.
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:
You can view some materials to help you support our child's learning during unit 6 by CLICKING HERE.
ELA/Writing: We will continue our work on poetry. We will analyze poems by looking at structure and figurative language.
Science: This week your child will learn about the brain’s role in receiving information from the senses, processing that information, and then controlling the body's muscles to enable movement. We will play a game in which we test our reflexes. The fact that our reflexes always have a slight delay will help your child to see that there are real pathways (nerves) on which messages from the brain have to travel. One thing you can do to support your child’s curiosity is to play a round of the “reflex” game together at home (we will play this later in the week). All you need is a ruler or cooking spoon—ask your child to explain the rules of the game to you . Ask your child about the “dollar bill” challenge too! As you play these games, there's an opportunity for a great discussion about how the brain requires time to send a message to your fingers.
Important Upcoming Dates:
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)
Fri. 6/3 - Popcorn Friday
Tues. 6/7- Field Trip to Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Wed. 6/8-Field Trip to Sarett (a.m.), School Picnic (p.m.)
Thurs. 6/9-½ day
Friday 6/10-Last day of school ½ day
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