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Light the Night
Walk! We had a
great time! So
happy most of you
could make it.
We were awarded the
traveling trophy for
getting the most
donations in our
category! The
trophy is only for
recognition of our
hard work; it does
not signify that we
WON anything.
Our fundraising is
not a contest.
Our service learning
is a meaningful
project that teaches
our children about
the following
things:
1.
►Get
the students
involved in a
community resource.
Make my students
(and their parents)
aware of the support
that our local
Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society
makes available to
each family involved
with a member who
has been stricken by
this blood cancer.
Some of our
Greenwood families
have had to deal
with this disease,
and have benefitted
from the funds and
support made
available through
the Society.
2.
►Make
the students aware
of the informal
economy that has
been a mainstay of
the Ozarks region
since historic
times. (Garage
sales, hand me down
clothing, bartering
for goods, trading
services, bake
sales, etc.)
Informal economy is
one where
individuals make a
difference in the
quality of life, but
don’t make formal,
taxable incomes.
Some of this
informal economy
makes a difference
in community
services that are
not necessarily
government
sponsored, such as
the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society,
church donations,
and so forth.
3.
►Introduce
the students to
service learning,
part of the fabric
of our public
affairs mission here
at Greenwood.
Project
Total: $6770.60 |
Monday - Friday,
Oct. 5 - 9
is Spirit Week!
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Monday: Comfy Day
Tuesday: Twin Day
Wednesday: Class Color
Day
4th graders decided on wearing
camouflage colors. I told them
that if they only have a camouflage
hat, they could wear that, or they
could wear browns, tans, khaki,
greens, etc. Do not go out
and purchase anything, please.
Thursday: Sports
Team Day
Friday:
Blue Day
Wednesday, Oct. 7 Hamburger
Fry, 6 – 8:00 p.m.
(Only
for students,
grades 7 – 12. Class presidents
will be selling tickets for $5.)
Friday, Oct. 9 2:30 p.m.
K-12 pep assembly, gym
5 – 6:30 p.m., Chili Supper
in cafeteria
(Tickets on
sale in the office.)
7:00 p.m.
Soccer game vs. Aurora,
Cooper Soccer Complex
Following soccer game,
Pie/Cake Supper Tailgate on Cooper
parking lot. (no charge)
Saturday, Oct. 10 Homecoming Dance,
8 – 10:00 a.m., cafeteria |
Coming
Events
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October 5 - 9 Greenwood
Homecoming Week
October 14 Elementary Math Club - first meeting
3:05 - 4:45 p.m. Mrs. J's room
Thursday, Friday Oct.
15, 16 Fall
Holiday No School
Friday, Nov. 6
Sock Hop 6:30 to 8:30
Thursday, Friday, Nov. 12, 13
Elementary Parent/Teacher
conferences |
Tests/Projects |
This
week:
Tuesday- Missouri
History: The First People,
Chapter 3
Thursday-Motion and Forces
science unit test; study guide was sent
home with students on Thursday last
week.
Friday-spelling pretest today; final
Word Study tests on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Next
week:
Tuesday, Unit 2
Math test
Spelling and vocabulary pretests on Monday:
finals on Friday
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Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday, 4:00 appointment
- Tuesday, 3:30
Technology meeting
- Wednesday, 3:30
Faculty meeting; 4:30 technology
class at Parkview High School
- Thursday, 3:30-7:30
eMINTS training class
- Friday, Homecoming
- Saturday, |
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Please let me know if and when a link is not working on my website. |
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Math: We
continue
Unit
2 Using Numbers and Organizing Data
This is a rather short unit, and we will
have a test on next Tuesday, Oct. 13
Please have your
child bring an adjustable baseball cap
to school by Wednesday for a data
analysis project.
Lesson
2.6 The Median:
to review how to
display a set of data with a line plot;
and to review how to find the median of
a set of data.
Lesson 2.7 Addition of Multidigit
Numbers: to review the partial-sums
algorithm used to solve multidigit
addition problems; and to introduce a
column addition method similar to the
traditional addition algorithm.
Lesson 2.8 Displaying Data with a Bar
Graph: to provide practice measuring
length to the nearest half-centimeter;
and to guide the construction and use of
bar graphs for a set of collected data.
Lesson 2.9 Subtraction of Multidigit
Numbers to review the trade-first
and counting-up methods; to provide
practice estimating differences for
multidigit subtraction problems.
Though
the authors suggest teaching the
partial-difference algorithm, I have
found it to be more confusing to most
students and choose not to have them
learn this algorithm. From now on,
if instructions say to use the
partial-difference algorithm, students
are to use the trade-first method
instead.
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Keep
reviewing multiplication skills!
Try to get in at least 10-15
minutes of practice per
night to get the cobwebs out! |
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Watch planners for daily assignments.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students should be reading
at least 30 minutes per
night! Fill out book
reports as books are
completed. go to:
Reading Links for forms.
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Word Study:
pretest on
Monday. We will be
learning the routine of
completing our
vocabulary/spelling
exercises
with Unit
2.3, Reference Skills:
Volcanoes and Our Health this week.
The word study test will be
on Friday.
Encourage your child to
listen for or find these
words in their daily reading
or on the news or as the
hear various conversations.
Encourage them to use their
news words, too.
Click Here for the spelling
list on Tuesday. Print the list
out in D'Nealian handwriting
for double the
practice--spelling and
handwriting!
All students should be
practicing their cursive
handwriting. After 1st
conferences, I will be
expecting them to use
cursive at all times (except
labeling in geometry).
To see how to form the lower
case letters, go to:
Handwriting Practice (animated) lowercase
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Writing: integrated
into other subjects
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Missouri History:
This week chapter
3, The First People
includes:
Review on Monday;
chapter 3 test on
Tuesday.
Chapter 4 French and Spanish Missouri,
Wednesday: preview chapter
and read Lesson 1
Lesson 1 Two
Worlds Meet; DeSoto and the Spanish; French Explorers; Marquette and Jolliet;
LaSalle; Christopher Columbus
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
Force and
Motion Unit continues this week.
I am sure the children have been sharing
their roller coasters information with
you. They seem to have learned so
much while having a great time building
and creating together. This was
collaboration and team work at its best.
A study guide was handed to the students
on Thursday. It is due to be
handed in on Monday when a review for
the unit takes place. The test is
on Thursday.
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Please check in daily planners for any
independent practice activities
(homework).
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Love and Logicisms , Wise Words About
Kids
by Jim and Charles Fay
Wise parents know that strong
family relationships and good parenting
are far more powerful and long lasting
influences than peer pressure.
Do the right thing for your kids
often feels terrible at the time.
The results and good feelings come
much later. [Sometimes years later.]
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Love and Logic Stories
TV and Bedtime: Not a Good Combo for
Little Kids
I have to imagine that, since the
beginning of time, parents have
found the toughest part of their
childrearing day to be the very last
bit of it. A big part of this has to
do with what professor-types call an
"inverse relationship" between
parental eyelid sag and kid eyelid
sag. In other words:
The more exhausted we become, the
more energized our kids seem to get.
One modern factor contributing to
this problem is young children
watching television in the evening.
Regardless of how "educational" the
show or video is, something about
the fast-paced images electrifies
their little neurons. By the time
they're supposed to be winding down
and hitting the sack, they're
hitting high gear.
In my DVD,
Painless
Parenting for the Preschool Years,
I discuss the importance of calming
routines before bedtime. This means
having a predictable sequence of
activities that take place at more
or less the same time each
evening…and are always done in more
or less the same way. For example,
one family may have dinner at about
the same time each evening, give the
kids a bath, read books in the same
chair, tell stories, play the same
silly games, hug and kiss the kids,
and say, "See ya in the morning."
A critical part of this routine
involves the following:
Turn off the TV at least one hour
before bedtime.
To make your parenting even more
powerful, you may want to consider
taking an even bigger leap:
Keep the TV off…for good.
While these routines don't guarantee
smooth bedtimes, they up the odds!
Thanks for reading!
Dr. Charles Fay
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