Room 5 Students Assigned Individual Netbooks

Despite the sharing shown in this photo, Room 5 is lucky to have one netbook for every student.

I know I am repeating myself, but I continue to be truly impressed with the work and attitude of all of the Room 5 students. Please thank your students for their hard work.

Every Monday
Monday is a day you need to help your students prepare for.  This is what you need to remember:
- Home writing journals are due.
- Wear athletic shoes--we have P.E. on Mondays.
- If you need replacement books for your velcro book pouch, this the best day to exchange them.  If your are still working on those books that's fine to.
- If you have a book from the TPES school library this may also be a good day to return those.  (Most students do not have one just yet)

School Starts at 8:55 AM
Many of you may be used to school starting at 9:00 AM.  This year our start time was moved up by 5 minutes.  School starts at 8:55 AM, your student should be here before that.  My goal is to have learning start immediately.

Classroom Netbooks
Last week I set up each Room 5 student with a classroom netbook.  We will use them for various assignments and projects. I spoke with the students about handling them with care and caution.  Thank you for getting your students those earbuds.

Volunteering
I know a lot of you are interested in volunteering in the classroom. Now that I have my schedule set I will begin contacting anyone who asked about volunteering on the Parent Survey. I believe I will set up regular times at 9:00 AM and 12:20 PM each day.

Important Upcoming Dates
October 17 - Monday - School Pictures
October 21 - Friday - Mr. Luxon attends off-campus meeting
October 27 - Thursday - School Picture Make-Up Day
October 30 - Sunday - TPES Halloween Carnival
October 31 - Monday - Halloween Parade, 2:30 PM

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Reading for important ideas or concepts.

Math - Mental computation with addition and subtraction.  Understanding how easy math facts can be used to figure out more difficult ones.  For example, if you know 5 + 5 = 10 you can also easily see that 5 + 6 will equal 11.

Writing - Writing about the ideas we find in fiction books.

Language Conventions and Word Study - Understanding how prefixes affect word meanings, specifically the prefixes pre- and dis- (e.g. pretest, preschool, dislike, disabled)

Science - Materials of the earth: pebbles, rocks and silt.

School starts at 8:55 AM.  These photos were taken at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, September 28th.  Only 14 of 25 students were on-time.