Hall’s Newsletter
Oct 31st
2014!!!
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DATES TO REMEMBER: Have a safe and fun filled evening!
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11/1: Fort Nisqually in Tacoma. Myself and Mrs. Caldwell will be there from 11-1:30.
11/11: Veterans
Day: NO SCHOOL
11/13: Math
Night: 6-8pm at school gym. Lots of games/experiences for
students around math
11/ 26-28:
Thanksgiving Break: No
school
EARLY DECEMBER:: Talent show try outs
12/12: 1/2 day for students: Teacher Professional Development
HOLIDAY: 12/22-1/2: return to school 1/5/15!!!
NOTES: Here’s a bit about what’s happening.
--NOVEMBER 1st.: Ms. Caldwell and myself will be there to experience the living history people that day
and we invite you and your families to join us from 11:00 to about 1:30-2pm. Experience the arts as an
important part of daily life in the mid-1800s at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. Interact with the
dozens of re-enactors and the Fort’s artisans as they showcase 19th century skills such as spinning,
weaving, beading, blacksmithing, woodworking, open-fire cooking, and musical entertainment. Event
admission is $5.00-$8.00, children 4 and younger are free.
For more information call (253) 591-5339.
Here is the link of the website for the fort:
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar/?cid=3191&park_id=129
 I enjoyed very much our conferences. I always gain new insight into your students and how we
might better help them learn. Thank you for your time and support of your students.
MATH
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We have begun our work on fractions and decimals. Place value is critical to this phase. Let me
know if you think your student is struggling too much.
READING/WRITING:
 Students have started to read My Side of the Mountain, the next novel. Ask them about the main
character and the general content.
 See Social Studies
SCIENCE:
 OWL PELLETS!!! We had fun beginning to break down the pellets. We wear gloves and clean the
desks after we do them. Each student works on paper towels and all the fur is discarded.
Let me know if your student had any reaction/problems with the pellets. They will be arranging the
bones and it’s always fun to see how they come out!
SOCIAL STUDIES:
 Our Columbus brochures have been started. We hope to finish them on Monday. One of the
elements in Common Core standards is to read/compare/analyze different informational texts. We
did that with some texts about Columbus this past week, and now are writing our 5 paragraph
essay about what we learned.
 Concepts covered: Who is the audience? Why don’t all the texts say the same thing? What was
the author’s purpose?
 Next comes our review of Native Americans in the past.
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 Have a great weekend. As always be sure to ask questions, get answers, and have fun. I’m always
available for conferences if you’d like more in-depth responses.
Marilyn Hall
http://teacher.edmonds.wednet.edu/terracepark/mhall/index.php