This Week

Second and Third - Bats

The students will present the batwebs they created on Kidspiration. We also will learn about the seven categories of animal classification--kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Fourth and Fifth - Bridges

The students will continue creating their bridge company's name, slogan, logo, and code of conduct. Also, they will be doing an experiment to learn about how trusses add support to bridge structures as well as how triangles are the strongest geometric shapes for bridge building.

Important Dates

October 15 - Early Release

November 4 - Election Day (no school)

November 24-28 - Thanksgiving Break

December 1-19 - Reevaluation Period (no Target classes)

December 22-January 2 - Winter Break

January 5 - Teacher Workday

January 26-30 - Conference Week

February 4 - Early Release

February 16 - President's Day (no school)

March 3 - Early Release

March 20 - 2nd and 3rd grade field trip to the Atlanta Civic Center for King Tut exhibit

April 6-10 - Spring Break

April 21-27 - CRCT testing

May 7 - 4th and 5th grade field trip to the Renaissance Festival

May 22 - Last day of school