October 12

Callum learning about the history of the Little River State Park land.

Otus
When viewing Otus from the 'family' perspective, unfortunately, you can only see graded assessments (assignments).  You cannot see what is due.  However, there are two ways around this.  The first way is having your student log in to their Otus account at home.  The second way is to download the Otus app.  Here you can see what assignments are due and scores on completed assignments.

Postcard Exchange
During the month of October, we are connecting with schools around the world who are reading Refugee by Alan Gratz.  We are asking for students to bring in a postcard that they will send to another class around the world.  Thanks for your help with this.

Upcoming Math Topics
Students will be applying their understanding of ratios to explore rates and percentages.  More information about the math in this unit can be found here.

Learning Targets for October
Students are working on Point of View in fiction and non-fiction reading.  Next week, students will have a choice to either write a story from a different point of view, or to analyze their Newsela article and write paragraphs based on the two different points of view represented in the article.