Week of September 20

Hey all!  This is a busy week coming up, with lots going on at school.  Please be sure to pay close attention to the "Classroom Happenings" portion of this for all the details and dates!  Here we go...

Classroom Happenings:

• College & Career Week.  This is happening this week!  A flyer came home with the details on Friday.  It's all here, too!
• Monday, September 20:  College Wear
• Tuesday, September 21:  Oaken Bucket Day (IU vs. Purdue)
• Wednesday, September 22:  Dress for Success (Career Wear)
• Thursday, September 23:  School Picture Day (This is for those who did NOT get their picture at Meet the Teacher Night, or are wanting retakes)
• Book Fair.  This week is also the Book Fair.  A flyer came home on Friday.  Our normal library day is tomorrow (Monday) if your child would like to purchase books.  
• E-Learning Day.  Remember, this Friday, September 24 will be an E-Learning day.  Make sure your child gets onto Google Classroom to complete any work assigned to them for the day.
• Counseling Permission Slips.  A slip will be coming home with your child tomorrow for a lesson that will be completed by our counselors.  Permission is required for your child to participate in the lesson.  Please be looking for that to sign and return.

Language Happenings:

We are continuing to work through our novel, Freak the Mighty.  We are moving very slowly through the book as we discuss and talk about what is happening.  The kids are really enjoying this story so far and it has hooked us quickly and we are already curious to see how the story will play out.  Continue to check in with your child about homework over this book.  Most nights they will have at least a few questions to answer over what we have read and discussed in class.  These questions will be due back the next day.

Science Happenings:

This week we are really digging into Qualitative and Quantitative observations.  We will end our week with a quiz over this.  Friday, we had the chance to engage in a fun little experiment to help us practice making qualitative and quantitative observations.  We put 5 skittles into warm water, then watched what happened.  In our journals, we recorded our qualitative and quantitative observations... of course we had to end class eating some skittles, too!

Have a great week!

-Sarah