Volunteers

Thank you to everyone who is helping our class. We have great parents who are helping in the class, with parties, on field trips, with homework on Fridays, and also, at home! We now have a volunteer for Art through the Ages for the next units. Thank you to Lindsi Smith for volunteering! It's fun to learn a little history along with art concepts. We still are looking for a volunteer for this unit. Lindsay can't start this month. Any takers?

The week of Halloween

We have been working hard this week to polish up our math and language skills and we are all pushing ourselves to become better writers.  We have been writing to persuade, as well as creating fairy tales. This week we will be learning about the important parts of a friendly letter and then writing some of our very own.  You will be getting a little surprise from your student during parent/teacher conferences!

Speaking of parent/teacher conferences, there still is time to sign up for a convenient time to meet.   You can either go to Altara's home page or you can scroll down below to our last post to click on the scheduler.  If you have problems, you can contact Susan Taylor in our main office for help.

This week in Reading Street we will be reading the selection, Tops and Bottoms.  Our story addresses our question for the week- How can we make sure our solutions are fair? Bear is an animal with a lot of land, a lot of money, and absolutely no get-up-and-go. Hare is a clever rabbit who didn’t always make the best decisions in the past. He now has a big family, no land, and no food. Bear and Hare enter into a “business deal,” and both learn that good things come through hard work.

This week we will be reviewing Author's Purpose.  The author’s purpose is the reason an author writes something. Reasons include to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings (opinion).

Another important convention we will be learning this week is all about singular possessive nouns.  These words show that one person owns something. We add an apostrophe and the letter s (’s) to a singular noun to make it a singular possessive noun. For example: baby's bottle, nurse's bag.

We will be reviewing subtraction with regrouping this week while we get ready for testing on Wednesday, 10/30.

And of course last but not least we will be celebrating Halloween this Thursday, Oct. 31 with a parade, beginning at 9:00 and a party to follow.  Come join us for some Spooktacular fun!  Just a reminder there will be early dismissal that day at 1:15 p.m. and no school on 11/1.

Have a GREAT week!

Parent Teacher Conferences

It's that time again that we are looking forward to Parent Teacher Conferences. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up on Nov. 6-7. The Online Scheduler is available on Altara's home page or sign up below.

1. Click the following icon:

2. Scroll down to "Altara Elementary" and click "go."

3. Type in the school password (altara) and click "login."

4. Type in your student's ID number.
(hint: The student ID is the username for Envision Math found on the sticker inside of your child's homework folder.)
5. Select an available time slot that works best for you.

If you have any problems or would like support setting up your schedule, feel free to visit the office or call Susan Taylor, our school secretary, for assistance. 

Hope to see you there!

Help with Art through the Ages? PLEASE!

Hello my wonderful parents! I love all of your volunteer work! Any chance someone would like to do Art through the Ages? We still need a parent to teach our class. We are watching the other kids painting outside and feeling kind of left out. You don't have to be an artist just a parent, grandparent, or other volunteer willing to help. The PTA gives you the lesson plan and a little instruction and off you go. 1 hour the first week and another hour the second week. Two people can do it together if you want. Just let us know!

October Current Event

A Close Look At Current Events

October is a current events month! We will be practicing together how to find articles from the links on the class blog (look under current event tab at the top of the blog) and how to write good questions for their current event sheets.  Students have been assigned dates to bring in their current events.  Current Events calendar will be coming home Friday, October 4.  During their own presentation, students should be prepared with the following information:

• Tell the current event in your own words.
• Complete a current event sheet according to the instructions in your homework folder.
• Attach the article you chose.

Please carefully read the instructions and the grading rubric found in your homework folder in order to receive full credit. Just a reminder...If your students is using another source besides the sites on our blog (ex: DOGO, TFK, or Scholastic News) please check to make sure that articles are kid friendly and appropriate for young students.  Please no violent or graphic crimes and news. :) We still have many little tender hearts inside our classroom.

High fives to those students who have come prepared and excited to present their news!

example current event sheet 

The Preamble to the Constitution

Check us Out! We sang the Preamble to the Constitution for Mrs. Magann. She loved it! Ask your cutie to sing it for you. It's a lot of fun. Its a great way to learn so many big words and what they mean!

Thank you for supporting our Jog-a-thon fundraiser! Our school raised more money than our goal and we all received new Altara T-shirts. Don't we look great!