THE SERPICO STAR
Edition 10
October 26 – 30TH
I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing fall break. Mine was nice but definitely not
relaxing!
(my husband had surgery……need I say more?). I did take advantage of the
time I had and made a few classroom changes. The first change that I am making is with
our class behavior plan. I am no longer going to use Class Dojo. Instead, I will be going
back to the good old “mark” system. Students will keep a weekly behavior chart on their
desks where they will record any poor choices that they make during the week. These
charts will come home every Friday attached to the yellow sign and return sheet. (Please
do NOT remove these forms from the yellow paper). As before, I will continue to reward
those students who make good choices and consequences will be given to those who do not.
Another change that I am making involves the Weekly Agenda Sheets. After speaking to
many of the parents during conferences, who shared that you would like to see more
written down than just the assignments (and I agree 100%!), students are now going to be
required to fill their daily agenda sheets exactly as it appears on the board. In the past I
have always required the students to get these signed each night. I have decided that I
am not going to do that this year. I would, however, like for parents to ask to see these
periodically.
I want to remind parents to check out the “Calendar” tab on my teacher web page (located
on the North Grove web page). I post important events/due dates on this calendar weekly.
We will be celebrating RED RIBBON WEEK from Monday, October 26th-Friday, October
30th. Lots of fun events have been planned. The entire school will be collecting “Dimes for
Duxo.” Duxo is our Center Grove K-9 dog and his job is to inspect schools and to make sure
they are safe and drug free. All funds raised will be used to help purchase a police vest
for Duxo. We will also have RED RIBBON SPIRIT DAYS as well:
Monday – Wear RED to kick off Red Ribbon week.
Tuesday- Too Bright for Drugs – wear your brightest clothes
Wednesday- Sock it to Drugs – wear your crazy mixed-up socks
Thursday – Follow your Dreams, Don’t Do Drugs! – Wear your pajamas
Friday-Team up Against Drugs - Wear your favorite sports team apparel.
With the store shelves massively stocked for Halloween, I think that this would be a
perfect time to put out a request for donations of individually wrapped candy. (Not for
me  - I like to reward students for making good choices  ).
HERE’S WHAT IS GOING ON IN ROOM 26 THIS WEEK:
Communications: Test over the states and capitals of the West Region will be this
Thursday. Students need to know the correct spelling of the state, its capital and the
state abbreviation, as well as be able to locate it on a map. Study/index cards and West
region map are due on Tuesday.
*Next week the students will be tested over all states and capitals.
Literature: On Monday the student students will have a quiz over Part 7 of Give Me
Liberty. Literature Circle groups will meet to share roles and discuss this portion of the
story. Students will use Tuesday and Wednesday to read chapters 31-36, and complete
the vocabulary, comprehension questions, and assigned Lit Circle Role for these chaptersdue on Thursday. Quiz and Literature discussions over chapter 31-36 will take place on
Thursday. On Friday the students will read chapter 37 and the Author’s Notes.
*Give Me Liberty Research Planner packet, research notes, and final project due dates are
located on my web page (click the CALENDAR tab) .
Math: On Monday the students will have an in-class assignment over Lesson 3-7.
Evaluating Expressions (L 8) will be covered on Tuesday, The Scientific Method (L 9) on
Wednesday, and Solving Problems with Multiple Steps (L 10) on Thursday. On Friday the
students will be given a review packet and the final test over Chapter 3 will be next
Monday, November 1st.
Systems: On Monday groups will share their Colonial Region Learning Centers. TuesdayThursday, students will read and discuss Chapter 7-Lessons 1, 2, & 3 (red book). Students
will be taught how to take folded notes to identify the main idea and details of these
lessons. On Friday each student will begin an American Revolution Timeline (Completed
Timelines will be due on Thursday, November 12th). 
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Be Respectful; Be Responsible; Be Safe