{"id":660,"date":"2016-11-04T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/saxon-m\/?p=660"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:19:09","slug":"october-31st-november-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/saxon-m\/2016\/11\/04\/october-31st-november-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"October 31st – November 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fire prevention program at school on Monday!\u00a0 Ask your child to show you the correct way to STOP! DROP! AND ROLL!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Emi's<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you to Emi’s Mom, Elena Laguardia, for being our Mystery Reader this week!\u00a0 We enjoyed having you!<\/span><\/p>\n

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Academics<\/strong><\/p>\n

ELA:\u00a0 Students practiced STAMINA this week while reading their novels of choice for D.E.A.R.\u00a0 We will continue our class novels next week.\u00a0 Our reading block also reviewed alphabetical order and introduced dictionaries!\u00a0 Students enjoyed scanning through to find new words and using guide words to help discover them quickly.\u00a0 Some students shared they definitely preferred the Websters online dictionary over the “old school” way.\u00a0 Ha!\u00a0\u00a0 We also read the Big, Bushy Mustache and compared and contrasted traits in a fictional vs. non-fictional story. \u00a0 Lastly, we took our Lesson 7 Wordly Wise test.<\/p>\n

Writing:\u00a0 We continued to read some incredible fictional animal stories this week\u00a0 such as Beardream and Ducky.<\/em>\u00a0 Students were challenged to write their own realistic fictional story including ideas from their own lives.<\/p>\n

Math:\u00a0 Whew!\u00a0 Math has been interesting this week.\u00a0 We began subtracting numbers that required borrowing from the tens place.\u00a0 We have taken the advice from the Tortoise and Hare and remembered slow and steady wins the race.\u00a0 Challenge your child with some subtraction facts this weekend that require regrouping such as:<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

-18<\/p>\n

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Social Studies – Native Americans
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Enrichment:\u00a0 We played a fun game from Tin Man Press called “Play by the Rules.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Students of the week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stella and Nicholas<\/p>\n

Thank you for showing kindness and extra effort this week!<\/p>\n

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Important Dates:
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11\/7:\u00a0 Colonial Presentation – In school field trip<\/p>\n

11\/7:\u00a0 Turkey in disguise take-home project due<\/p>\n

11\/11 – No school<\/p>\n

11\/22- Thanksgiving dessert at 2:00<\/p>\n

11\/22 – Mrs. Saxon’s last day before maternity leave.<\/p>\n

11\/23-25 – Thanksgiving Break<\/p>\n

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Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n