Hello Families,

It was a wonderful and busy first week of school!

A quick look at some of the highlights from our week:

Monday  – Transition Day!

• 4th grade and new to our school students attended
• Rotate classroom to meet all 4/5 teachers and to go over some important information
• Chocolate chips and milk! 

Tuesday  – Our official first day with everyone.

• Math class
• Band with Mr. Kilgore
• On-Demand Narrative Writing
• Becoming POWERFUL readers
• Science: An Introduction to learning about Mixtures & Solutions

Wednesday

• 4th & 5th Meeting (all classes): Learning about Zones of Regulation & Calm Spaces
• Music & Movement with Miss O
• Introduction to Reading Workshop & Reading INTENSELY
• More chemistry!

Thursday

• An introduction to how we will run Morning Meeting in our classroom
• Preparing for leading the 4/5 classrooms and morning meeting!
• Genius Hour
• Strings with Mr. Blaeur

Homework:

• Read! (we’ll introduce a home reading log next week)

Housekeeping:

• I created a digital permission slip I’d like for you to fill out. I have collected 21 out of 26 responses.   Online Forms
• I will post highlights on our class Instagram account. This is a private account and only people that I approve can view our class photos. Please be sure to fill out this permission slip so that I know if I can post photos of your child to our account. I would love for you to follow it. You can find it by searching: Mrs. Dawkins’ Class Instagram Account

Classroom Needs:

• Volunteers: let me know if you want to help in our classroom (reading with children, putting together projects, correcting, copies, the list goes on!)

• I will be putting together the list of those that have indicated that they would like to volunteer this weekend.

Upcoming Events:  

• No School on Monday, Sept. 3
• School day on Friday, Sept. 7

Enjoy your holiday weekend!