Bullying Prevention Program

Bullying Prevention Program:

All Shenendehowa Elementary Schools will be facilitating a bullying prevention program the week of October 6^th-10^th 2014.  During the course of the week we will be doing a number of activities to raise awareness and prevent bullying from happening in our schools.  As part of this week we are encouraging students to wear specific colors to show support for a kinder, friendlier and safer school.  The colors/themes are as follows:

Golden Rule Monday: Wear YELLOW for “treat others are you would like to be treated”

Loyal Blue Tuesday: Wear BLUE to promote loyalty, kindness, and being a “true blue” friend

Red Wednesday Madness: Wear RED to show your awareness that it’s okay to be angry but….words are not for hurting and hands are not for hitting

Peaceable White Thursday: Wear WHITE for peaceful friendships and problem solving

School Spirit Friday: Wear GREEN to show pride in making our school, community, and country a safer place

If you are interested in finding out more about bully prevention here are a few websites that can be helpful:

http://www.violencepreventionworks.org/public/index.page

http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/

http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/bullies.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/

We are very excited about the opportunity to work with all students in each of the elementary buildings on such a worthwhile topic.  We appreciate your support!

October Newsletter

ELA

Reading:

Ø  Comprehension Skills & Strategies- theme, elements of drama, inferring/predicting, point of view

Writing:

Ø  Fictional Narrative’s

Ø  Students are expected to work on writing daily. Some weeks finished products are expected, others just planning is expected.

Grammar:

Ø  Fragments and Run-on sentences

Ø  Proper Nouns

Spelling Patterns:

Ø  All tests are Thursdays!!!

Ø  There will be nightly homework with your students spelling list.

Please remember each week there will be a test covering all skills taught during the ELA block.

Math

Concepts:

Chapter 3 Multiply 2-Digit numbers

o   Multiply by 10’s

o   Estimate Products

o   Area Models and Partial Products

o   Multiply with Regrouping

o   Word problems

Chapter 4 Divide by 1-Digit numbers

o   Estimate Quotients

o   Investigate & Interpret Remainders

o   Divide 10’s, 100’s and 1,000’s

o   Distributive Property

o   Divide Using Repeat Subtraction

o   Partial Quotients

o   Place the First Digit

o   Divide by 1-Digit Numbers

**These are two of our MOST DIFFICULT chapters in 4^th grade math. Use ThinkCentral, notes and examples from the book to help your student. These concepts take A LOT of practice!

Social Studies

Concepts:

We will be learning about NYS early people.  This study will lead into an in-depth look into NY Native Americans. 

Our field trip to Brookside Museum will be October 14^th.  Please make sure to send your student on time with a packed lunch and snack. This trip is a great kick off to our study and students will remember the hands on experience for years to come.

There will be homework, quizzes and tests along with this unit so make sure to check your student’s agenda each day.

Reminders

Oct. 2^nd – Class Pictures (10:00)

Oct. 10^th – Early Release

Oct. 13^th – No school – Columbus Day

Oct. 14^th – Brookside Museum

Oct. 17^th- in school Evacuation Drill – more information to follow

Oct. 24^th –Monster Mash

Oct. 31^st – Halloween Party

This month is Fire Prevention month!

DO you have a family escape plan?