The Great Kindness Challenge & 2 New Books!

Announcements: 
  • 2/15 - Deadline for 4th-grade parents to submit "Then & Now Pictures" - see flyer w details below
  • 2/15 - Deadline to preorder yearbook - see flyer w details.
  • 2/18 MONDAY- we have school – it is a makeup day
  • 2/20 Tiger Teams
  • 2/20 PTO meeting at 7pm
  • 2/27 Family Math Night from 6-7:30 pm
  • 3/6 2 Hr Late Start-Professional Development
  • 3/7 Evening Parent Teacher Conferences
  • 3/8 END OF 3rd Qtr.
  • 3/13 Visit the book fair with the class
  • 3/14 Evening Parent Teacher Conferences
  • 3/8 Mrs. Stemm HR KISS Luncheon 12:10

The Great Kindness Challenge is happening this week! 

Week-Long Activities
1. Food Drive for the Pickerington Food Pantry
2. Blizzard of Kindness Wall(students/teachers/staff will write on a snowflake
when they see a child doing an act of kindness)

Daily Activities
Monday, 2/11 - Dream of Kindness (wear pjs)
Tuesday, 2/12 - Crazy about Kindness (crazy hair/outfit day)
  • Kona Ice during the lunch period- Send extra money if you want your child to participate. Money does not come from your child’s lunch account. 50% of proceeds go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Here is the pricing:

Kiddie (8 oz.) $2
Regular (12 oz.) $3
King (16 oz.) $4
Brain Freeze (22 oz.) or Color Changer (17 oz.) $5


Wednesday, 2/13 - Team up for Kindness (favorite team attire) Kindness Tic Tac Toe
Thursday, 2/14 - We LOVE being Kind! (wear red or pink)
Friday, 2/15 - Be PROUD to be Kind! (dress your best) Bring in a canned food item if you haven’t yet. 

Valentine's Day Exchange Thursday 2/14! 

Students are allowed to bring Valentines for their classmates on Thursday! This exchange is totally optional and we ask that you please do not include candy or any food with your Valentine's Day cards. There are 24 students in each homeroom. 


ELA: 

 

             This week we will be diving into two new books! The first is a picture book that all students can access through their class link Epic App. The book is titled The Scarlet Stocking Spy. The story is about a patriot family and how they help George Washington during the American Revolution. The students will see the story through the eyes of the main character, Maddy Rose. 

            The second book we will be reading is titled Woods Runner. This book is about a boy named Samuel and his family who gets kidnapped after an ambush by the British soldiers and Iroquois Indians. Samuel meets many people, see's the effects of the war on others, and experiences many challenges on his journey to rescue his family from the British. Gary Paulsen had done an amazing job presenting this story while also including factual information. For this book, all students will be diving deeper into the text through a literature circle. Each day studnets will be given a task to complete in small groups after listening to the text read aloud. 

Social Studies: 

Over the next two weeks, we will be piecing together all of the information we have learned about the American Revolution by putting the events onto a timeline. Students will start to see the connections between English events and how the Colonies reacted. They will also start learning about the major battles that took place which ended up leading to freedom from England. 


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