This week, we have been talking A LOT about empathy, helpfulness, and safety and using these as guides for our behavior and teamwork.
MATH FACTS PRACTICE!!! Everyone should be on www.xtramath.org five or more days per week to build their facts fluency. Login information is on labels in the inside cover of your child's planner. They need about ten minutes per day for this practice, and they need to finish the lesson until xtramath tells them they are at a stopping point. If your child isn't doing this at home, we will have them practice during morning recess. This week we were building the routine and getting comfortable with the log in information.
Please note that we haven't been able to add to our Seesaw portfolios because our ipad cart is with the tech department for updates. We apologize and appreciate your patience as, in this way, this year is starting later than usual. We are hopeful that we will be back online soon!
Have a lovely weekend!
Our planner:
A Halloween Note From Mr. Morawski
We would like to remind you that BCS will celebrate Halloween on Tuesday, October 31 which is a half day for BCS students (11:30 AM dismissal-no choice hour). At BCS, we welcome parents and guardians to join in our festivities which will begin with our annual all-school parade at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 31. Parents should remain outside to avoid congestion in our hallways (weather permitting, we’ll parade indoors if it’s raining), and the students will proceed outside on the sidewalk at the east end of building, circling around the front of the school, then the walkway in front of the pool to the west end of the school by the bus loop. The parade will begin with the 3/4 students followed by 5/6 and 7/8 students. The classroom parties will immediately follow the parade back in the students’ homerooms/academic labs around 10:20 AM. The parties will conclude at 11:15 AM to clean up and prepare for dismissal at 11:30 a.m. (no Choice Hour on half days). Please be sure your child is dressed in an appropriate costume for school in order to avoid scaring any of our younger students.
We ask that students avoid the following:
- masks that cover the
face (masks restrict vision, can lead to accidents, and often frighten our
younger students)
- blood-like makeup, real
or pretend weapons (knives, guns, swords, etc.), evil, scary, or horror
characters
Some suggestions for costumes include: Inventors,
Animals, clothing from an historical period, Presidents, Ethnic clothing,
Community helpers (police, fire fighter…), Super heroes, Careers (doctor,
teacher, engineer…), Book characters, Sports (football player, snowboarder,
marathoner…), Friendly characters, Food. You could even develop a costume that
embraces our BCS Theme Empathy! Remember that children tend
to “act” their costumes, so the appropriateness of the costume is
important. Thank you in advance for helping make this day an enjoyable
one for our students. Happy Halloween!
