October 31st through November 3rd

Keenoy Pup News                                                            November 3, 2017

Dear Families,

We have completed the first trimester of our school year.  Parent-teacher conferences begin on Monday.  I’ve included another reminder of our conference time in your child’s work/study habits. If for some reason you have a conflict with your conference date, please contact me right away so that we can reschedule. It is also very helpful if everyone is on time to their conference so that I may stay on time as well. 

Friday Folders

Since next week is conference week, Friday Folders and a newsletter will not be sent home. Friday folders will resume on Friday, November 17. Folders will not be sent home the week of Thanksgiving.

Pup of the Week: Alex Monier

My name is Alex and I love to play various styles of video games and read. I have two pets who I care a lot about. I have one brother and no sisters. Two pets, a brother, and a wonderful family are enough for me.

Keenoy Pup Celebration

As I am sure that you have heard, I enjoy giving out Keenoy Pup cash for students who are following Paxton Keeley and class expectations throughout the day.  After a week or two, each table counts their cash and the table that has earned the most cash receives a special treat.  All of the cash earned from each table also counts towards classroom goals that we created together.  KEENOY PUPS reached our second goal of 500 Pup Cash this week and voted for a classroom celebration.

On Monday, we will have a "Cozy Lunch and a Movie" celebration during recess and lunch.  Students can bring a pillow, blanket, or other cozy item to school for this celebration. This is a great group of kids and this time together will be a lot of fun.  Thank you for all your continued support and I really look forward to visiting with you at conferences.

Field Trip

On Thursday, November 9, 5th graders at Paxton Keeley will be attending their first field trip. We will be leaving Paxton promptly at 8:30 am that day to head to Battle High School to watch the musical, Annie. Students that are tardy to school that day may miss the field trip. It is imperative that students be at school by 8:20 am on that day to hear last minute instructions and to make sure they are ready to leave the building! We should be back at Paxton in time for their first recess (11:50).

Holiday Performance & Open House

Please join us on Friday, December 15 for our annual holiday event. Your child will be singing in the gym with the other 5th graders, and then afterwards is an open house in our classroom. The schedule times for those performances are listed below.

Grade Level                           Perform in Gym                    Open House in Classrooms

Kindergarten                           11:15 am                                 11:35-11:55

First Grade                              11:35 am                                 11:55-12:15

Second Grade                         11:55 am                                 12:15-12:35

Third Grade                            12:15 pm                                 12:35-12:55

Choir                                       1:05 pm                                  

Fifth Grade                             1:25 pm                                   1:45-2:05

Fourth Grade                          1:45 pm                                   2:05-2:25

Math

I was so impressed with our overall classroom Unit 2 assessment scores.  Over half of our class earned an E (90% or above) on this assessment.  I look forward to sharing these at conferences.

This week, students:

applied their understanding of fractions as division to report remainders as fractions.

determined what to do with the remainders (ignore, round up, or report as a fraction), depending on the context of the situation.

Writing

*Students will complete the post-assessment for this genre of writing next week.

*Their pre-assessment and process piece will be shared during conferences.

*Our next genre of writing will be informational.

Reading

We continued to focus on inferring and using context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words.  Students seem to be loving the book, Zach’s Lie.  I really enjoy how engaged students are during my reading.  This book requires them to make so many inferences and forces a deeper level of thinking.

Reminders

Nov. 5    Daylight Saving Time Ends (set your clock back one hour)

Nov. 6 through 10th  Parent/Teacher conferences

Nov. 9    Field trip to Battle High School to watch the play Annie (approx. 8:30 am -11:30 am)

Nov. 10   No School (P/T am conferences)

Nov. 16   Field trip to Rock Bridge High School Planetarium (approx. 9:00 am – 11:00 am)

Nov. 22 through 26  No School Thanksgiving Break 

Sincerely,
Dan Keenoy