15 Days

Dear Parents,
Some of you are receiving this e-mail for the first time. Mrs. Norton and I send out a weekly e-mail to let you know what's going on in class. I wanted to make you aware of a couple websites that will benefit you. Our class blog has the previous e-mails that we have sent out listed as enteries at www.goethe-norton.blogspot.com. Please make comments if you find it helpful or if you need more information. Our school website www.duvalschools.org/tlae. is also very helpful with current school calendars and important dates. Try to check it weekly.
I also wanted to make you aware of important December dates.
12/4 Holiday photos
12/5 Lost and Found donated to charity
12/10 Early Release
12/11 Winter Musical
12/18,12/19 Holiday Parties
Holiday Vacation 12/20-1/4
Our Holiday Party will include a morning of craft stations and then lunch will be served followed by a movie in the afternoon. We will need parent volunteers to man/woman the stations. We have purchased several crafts, but we are willing to have you share any that you think the children would enjoy. Please send in the following for our Holiday Party needs:

$5.00 donation for party supplies/lunch
8" x 10" Frame (they will be making a gift for someone special)
Treats for 22 stockings (the stockings will be hung by the chimney with care)
We also will be enjoying a Polar Express/Pajama Party on the opposite day of the class party. The children may wear their P.J.'s, slippers and robes and bring a board game to play with their classmates. We will enjoy hot cocoa and sweet delights, as well as have a guest reader. The party dates are December 18th and 19th. I'll let you know in my next e-mail of our exact date for each party.

Please let us know if you will be able to volunteer on the morning of the craft stations. We'll need approx. 5 volunteers for each class.

Take a moment and read Mayuri's Reflections Entry on our blogspot. She's quite a writer. We will be posting more student work on the blogspot in the future. Look for updates.

Your Partners in Education,

Michelle Goethe

Lara Norton

Reflections Entry

From the day I decided to participate in the ‘Wow Reflection Contest’ I was pondering what could be the best topic to write about. I was sitting on my couch thinking about the word “WOW” and the reflection contest. That was the moment in my thoughts I saw the reflection of the word “WOW”!’’ Ding !‘’I got my topic the word “MOM” was clear enough visible in the reflection……..

MOM
WOW


So I decided to write about a true story of a son and his love for his mom. Several hundreds of years ago, once upon a time a boy, 24, name Shravan Kumar decided to fulfill his blind parents dreams to go to pilgrimage. Sharvan was very poor barely able to earn two meal a day. Taking your parents on a long voyage to pilgrimage was way too expensive! beyond his dream. But his love for his “MOM” did not stop him. He had come up with a brilliant idea to carry their both blind parents on his shoulder. He made a balance with baskets on each side to carry their parents in each basket (please see picture). And he set forth on foot on a long journey. On the way Shravan will stop in the night, make food, feed his blind parents, massage their feet, and then go to sleep on the bare floor. The journey starts again next morning and continued for one year. Finally Sharvan was happy that he was able to fulfill his blind “MOM”’s dream.

“WOW” !!! wonder if it’s a true story? Don’t believe it? Keep on reading.

Even now a son decided to do the same for his blind “MOM”. The news coverage in the famous Indian newspaper “The Telegraph” is attached.

Moral: Can we all learn from this action to care for our parents who brought us in this world, raised with all the love and care?

By: Mayuri S.

Dear Parents,
Thank you so much for playing 101-200 Bingo with your child this week. You will have the opportunity to play another math game with them next week. The reinforcement of these strategies will really help your child have better "number sense". Make sure you "think aloud" your strategies.
We began our unit on Electricity this week. My homeroom brought home a wire, bulb and battery to make a circuit. They need to draw and illustration of their bulb lit as well as write a conclusion in their science logs. Ms. Norton's class will receive the project Monday.
Remember that we do not have school on Tuesday. We have set an "Americas White Table" in the classroom in honor of our POW and MIA Veterans who lost their lives fighting for our freedom.
There is a large white barrel in the lobby for the annual Salvation Army "Can You Care" food drive. We will be collecting food until Wednesday, Nov. 19th. Please encourage your child to bring in non-perishable food to share with those in our community who are less fortunate than us.
I am scheduling our second day of intensive math this Wednesday. For the purpose of remediation and intensive instruction, I have divided children according to their instructional needs. On Wednesday mornings children who need more intensive math instruction will participate in a program in the class room that will ramp up their math skills. Half of the program involves a computer program and the other half will include small group instruction.
Mrs. Norton will be out this Monday as she continues her professional development using a model called a Coaching Learning Cycle. All ELA 4th grade teachers are honing their craft of writing instruction through this opportunity. I too will be involved in some professional development this Friday. I will attend my second Academy of Math.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Your partners in education,
Michelle Goethe & Lara Norton