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A Look Back
• himself We had a great
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week together! The stu-
mother dents were very engaged in
learning many new and
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exciting things this week.
• afternoon We used the entire week to
study about Missouri. The
• homework
students learned about the
• everyone major Missouri rivers and
• butterfly
cities. They also learned
how to identify them on a
• backyard map. This is such a fun
• beside
lesson that all students did
a magnificent job! We also
• South Amer- learned the eight states
ica
around Missouri. So far
• countries everyone knows them! We
use an acronym to help us
remember them. I can’t
wait for them to show you
DATES TO
REMEMBER
at conferences! It’s a lot of
fun. During math, this
week, we worked on col-
lecting data and graphing.
This is similar to last week,
however this week students
developed their own survey
question and wrote true
statements about other stu-
dents’ graphs. This lesson
went very well! During
reading we read the story
Fly Traps; Plants that Bite
Back. It’s a truly interest-
ing story that teaches stu-
dents about carnivorous
plants. Most students were
aware of the Venus Fly
Trap; however they learned
that there are many more
meat eating plants. While
we were reading this story,
the students wrote friendly
letters to prove that it was
non-fiction and to tell in-
teresting facts that they
learned. To top off the
week we made our Mis-
souri cookies. This is great
and fun way to test the stu-
dents to see if they remem-
ber where the cities and
rivers are! I wish I had
tests like that when I was
in school! As you can
imagine, all students
passed that with flying col-
ors!

Conferences 10/27
&10/29

Half-day 10/16
A Peek to Next Week
Next week is one of my fa-
10/8 Grandparents’ Day vorite weeks to teach! I love
introducing research to stu-
dents! We will start with sci-
10/9 Book Orders Due
ence by introducing ecosys-
tems and how they support
habitats and the plants and
animals that live there. Then
we will move to writing and
keep the same idea by choos-
ing habitats from Missouri
and around the world to re-
search. Students will learn
different methods of gathering
information and how to credit
the authors. They will also be
learning how to write an inter-
esting non-fiction paper. Dur-
ing math, students will be
introduced to different units
of measurement. We will be
measuring unit our customary
units and also metric units.
Students will be comparing
how these units are different
and determining which of the
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Next Week Cont.

two would be better to use make a diorama and presen-
in certain situations. We tation about the habitat they
will also pull back to graph- are researching. Be sure to
ing and use our measure- look for that note on Mon-
ment data to make more day.
graphs. We’ll continue
reading some non-fiction
stories to learn more about
ecosystems and how they
work together. I will send
home a note next week
about our habitat homework
that will be done at home.
Students will be required to

Ask Me, I Know!

If your child sees What are the eight states Name one carnivorous plant
how important around Missouri? that you learned about this
education is to week.
Name the two major rivers
you, they will make
in Missouri. What was your survey
education just as question?
important. Is St. Louis on the east or
west side of Missouri?
Dr. Kathy
Morrison Is Kansas City on the east
of west side of Missouri?

Reminders
Please keep in mind Nixa’s Yearbook forms came home
wellness policy when this week. If your child
choosing snacks for your would like to participate in
child. Items such as potato
yearbook club, please send
chips and candy are not on
the list of healthy snacks. those back.
Please send a snack that is
healthy with your child.

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