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We added some more steps today at Ballroom Dance!

Remember to practice 5 times a day so we can really WOW Ms. Mo!

Halloween Fun!

We had a great Halloween Party thanks to all of your supply donations and Mrs. Ramirez's coordination! Thanks to Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. Strauss, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Katz, and Mr. Weiss for manning the centers and making everything run smoothly! We definitely could not have done it without you! <3 THANKS!

Room 28 families really make things happen and we are so appreciative!

Click on the PHOTOS tab in the Navigation Bar above to see more pictures from Halloween!

Watch Us Dance!

Some amateur video from my iPhone!

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Water Density!

Ask Us!

Which is more dense, room temperature water or ice cold water?

What happens when cold water (blue so we can observe it) is put into room temperature water?

What happens if that cold water is then heated up?

Halloween Happenings, and more!

Wednesday the 31st we will have our Halloween Parade at 10:45. Please review the costume guidelines that came home (no weapons, etc.) with your child. We will have class centers beginning around 8:45 or 9:00. You should have received an email from Brianna's mom requesting items.

Dismissal is at 12:33. If your child has an enrichment class, all classes will be held at 12:45 until 1:45. We will collect any Halloween candy you wish to donate starting on Thursday to send to the troops. Send in your candy donations to the main office.

This Saturday, November 3rd is our annual Fall Festival from 12:00-4:00. Many of you, 5th grade students and parents, have been creating what is sure to be, an amazing Spooky House! Other parent volunteers are working very hard getting the classroom basket and Teacher Auctions ready for this fun filled event. The library will be closed after school on Friday November 2nd so all the auction items can be set up. Be sure to stop by the library at the Fall Festival to see all the wonderful baskets you can bid on. 

Be sure to bid on a day with your ME, your teacher!

Don't miss the fun and games!

See you all on Saturday!

STUDENT, Parent, Teacher conferences will be held from Friday, November 9th through Friday, November 16th. All days will be minimum day dismissal times (12:33 PM) except Tuesday which will be a regular 1:30 dismissal and Monday, which is a holiday! Your child will be meeting with me prior to the conference to develop goals and they will be conducting the conference so they must be there.

I posted the conference request link here and I will send a hard copy home by Wednesday. Please send your 3 choices in as soon as possible. I will schedule them on a first come, first scheduled basis!

Click here to view and print CONFERENCE REQUEST FORM

Every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. help garden and plant at the Welby Way Garden Party. They can use any help and time you can spare.

Next Week's Vocabulary Words

Oh, We KNOW We CAN Dance!

Here's a peek at what your donations are paying for!

It's an amazing program. We are enjoying our ballroom dance classes!

Ms. Maureen, our dance teacher, is the best of the best in this program. Room 28 is beyond lucky to have her!

There are more ballroom dance photos on the PHOTOS page. Take a look at how amazing they look!
I will continue to update the "Ballroom Dance" photo album! 

We are learning the TANGO Gold and it is impressive! Ms. Mo wants us to practice

Cross, Point, Cross, Point, N, G, O, Lunge, Slide

in front of a mirror!

Let's keep our promise so we can really impress her next week!

If you would ever like to come and watch, please feel free to join us one Thursday between 10:15 and 11:00.  

Save The Date!

Room 28 has set a date for 

Munchkin Mediation: Conflict Resolution in Oz

play on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12TH at 7:00PM

PLEASE mark this on your calendar to be sure you can make it. The kids will be working VERY HARD so we will need 100% commitment.

Please let me know that you and your child can commit to being there! I promise it will be a night to remember! :)

Thank You!

Last Week in Our "New" Room!

Thank you for all your contributions to our classroom! Through theme basket items, Trunk or Treat candy donations, attendance at Movie Night, or visiting me and supporting Welby Way at McTeacher Night! You guys ROCK!

We have a newly rearranged room! Our desks are now in 3 long teams, our books are in the shelves and we are preparing to empty our desks and keep all of our folders in our new magazine file "lockers!" We are pretty excited about being so grown up!
Come in and check out how cool our new learning environment looks!

Congratulations to Orion, our new Student Body Co-President!

Congratulations to Demetrius, our new Student Body Treasurer!

So, last week:

In Language Arts, we read Black Cowboy, Wild Horses, and worked on how to monitor our comprehension by looking at text clues, assessing what we know, and making inferences. We used the Depth and Complexity prompts of Details, Language of the Discipline, and Multiple Perspectives to help us answer the Critical Thinking questions. We are finishing up our personal narratives and should be ready for final draft by next week.

In Math, we finished learning about multiplying decimals and we got really good at it. We also took some time to review Topics 1-6 for our review test on Friday! I was very proud of how diligent everyone was!
For a quick review of decimal multiplication, you can watch the short video below.

In Science, we finished up Investigation 3, Water Vapor. We conducted an experiment where we actually controlled an environment to create frost, which is actually frozen condensation! We will be having the test on MONDAY! Please study your Science Notebook notes and pages Investigation 3, Water Vapor in your Science Resources Book! Click the  link on the left (FOSS Science) to hear the chapters read aloud!

In Social Studies, with Mrs. Gallo, they studied the government, what it is and how it runs. They will have a test on October 22nd. 

Next week, we will go back to Rotations with Mrs. Gallo and Mrs. King! I think the students are very excited about that! I will teach comprehension skills, Mrs. Gallo will teach Writing and Grammar, and Mrs. King will teach Vocabulary and Spelling/Phonics and work on test taking skills!

In math, we will move to a small group model and students will be rotating in groups of 6-8 for math instruction!

Thank you for being involved in your child's learning, It really does make a difference!

Learning About Our New Computer Lab Teacher

Today we met Mr.Regan, our new computer lab teacher. He seems very knowledgeable about computers, and he is funny! I think we are going to learn a lot this year!