Weekly Update: November 29 - December 3

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Announcements and Friendly Reminders:

• NEW Car Rider Dismissal - Starting on Monday, Car Rider pick-up is switching! Grades K - 2nd (with older siblings) will be picked up in the BACK of the school. Then, 3rd - 5th grades will be picked up in the FRONT of the school. Please, make sure to have your ORANGE car rider sign with your child's first name visible to see. Thank you!
• Lunch Menus - We did not get a December food menu calendar. Here is the link to check for your child everyday or print out at home. 
• Soup and Book Drive - Elsa England Student Council is having a Soup and Book Drive. Please, have your child bring in a can of soup or any used books next week!  Thanks so much!
• Winter Party - This will be on Thursday, December 16. A Sign Up Genius has been emailed out to you  from our awesome Room Mom, Rebecca Tait (Luke's mom). I appreciate all that you can do to help out our class with party supplies. Thank you!!!
• TAG Referral Window is now open until December 9 - Interested parents can find more information on the TAG website 
• Math Unit - We had a mid-unit quiz today in Geometry. The unit test will be after Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, December 8. The unit test will focus on 2D shapes (quadrilaterals and triangles), 3D shapes (pyramids and prisms), perimeter and area.  Use the "Math Links" tab on this website, Splash Learn and DreamBox for more support at home with these concepts. 
• Spelling Quiz - Compound Words will be on December 9. There will be just one list for the whole class for this upcoming spelling focus (compound words).  Students got their list on Monday, but you can find it in the Writing Course on Schoology by going to the "Spelling Folder". 
• Science Unit - We started the Space unit!!  Our focus is on the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon (rotations, revolutions) and the 8 planets in our Solar System (even though I don't like to leave poor Pluto out). This unit test will be on Wednesday, December 15. 
• Math Unit before Winter Break - this is our Personal Finance unit. We will start it on December 9th and take the unit test (assessment) on Thursday, December 16. 
• Home Access Center - Please check Home Access Center (HAC) to see your child's current grades on assignments, quizzes and test. If you see a "M" in Home Access, it means you child has not completed and turned in the assignment. Remember, students can make corrections or redo any assignment, quiz or test that is below 70% for a possible 70% per school district policy. ​​
• Class Dojo - Check messages and your child's daily participation by tapping on the Class Dojo app each day. I try to post almost daily a Class Story to share a tidbit of what's going on in our classroom for parents. Each month I'll print off a Class Dojo report and send it home in Thursday folders. Thanks so much for all your support. 
• Water bottle and Snack- Please, make sure your child has a water bottle and snack in his/her backpack everyday. 
• Become a member of Elsa England's PTA. Tons of great perks!  Sign up today! Click Here