Week 7 Newsletter

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The Grove Grizzly A Note from the Office Blueprint 220 Meeting A Chance to Weigh in on the Future of Our Schools What do you want our schools and our community to look like five, 10, 20 years down the road? The board of education plans to hold a special meeting to discuss the Blueprint 220 initiative, where all community members will have a chance to learn more about possible Blueprint 220 concepts and ideas. The interactive meeting will feature videos and student performances. It will start at 6:00pm on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Barrington High School.   Fall Conferences Sign Up Fall conferences are from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18th and from 1-8 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th. Please follow this link to sign up for conferences. Upcoming Dates: Monday, October 9th – Eric Litwin Author Visit, p.m. Friday, October 13th – PARCC Results sent home to parents for 4th and 5th grades Monday, October 16th – 5th Grade Cross Country Meet Tuesday, October 17th – PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, October 18th – Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, October 18th – Scholastic Book Fair Thursday, October 19th – No School, Parent/Teacher Conference, 1-8 p.m. Thursday, October 19th – Scholastic Book Fair Friday, October 20th – No School, Institute Day Sunday, October 22nd – PTO Trunk or Treat, 3-5 p.m.   Welcome to the Library Information Center Did you Know? 1. That we are a full access library information center. Students are allowed to visit the library any time during the school day and they are allowed to check out a book even if they forgot their books 2.Every week I review a book in Mrs. Matthews’  Blog under Great Grove Reads 3.We will have book clubs for students in 4th-5th grade during the student’s lunch/recess time. Other grades will have parent/student book clubs and will be held at night. Look for the online flyers during the year. 4.Our Maker Club for 5th graders will begin meeting on Thursdays after school starting October 12, 2017. Students explore by taking things apart and by creating new things based on their own interests.   Here is a run-down of what students are learning by grade level from the beginning of the year until now.   Kindergarten: Are learning to check out great reading materials on topics that interest them Are learning the difference between authors and illustrators and their roles in creating a book Are learning how illustrations impact the story 1st Grade: Are learning ways to help students identify if a book has a good reading level for them Are learning about the differences between fiction and nonfiction Compared and contrasted similar stories 2nd Grade: Are learning techniques to choose good books to read Are learning about locating great books in the library by our genre system Are learning how to locate great nonfiction books Are learning about fairy tales from around the world 3rd, 4th and 5th grade:   Are learning about their Internet digital footprint and the importance of safe and responsible online behavior Are learning how to access multiple sources for learning Are learning Destiny Discover (online catalog system) to locate both print books and ebooks Are learning to use Biblionasium to recommend good books to their friends Are learning the elements of different genres so that they can expand their reading selections Are learning ways to evaluate a source for for correct information   You can follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-Avenue-School-Library/330160290370450   Thank you for all you do to support the library. It is a pleasure to work with your children! Mrs. Becky Banach/ Grove Teacher Librarian   The Grove Avenue School Book Fair will be held Wednesday, October 17th & Thursday, October 18th.  Please consider signing up for a volunteer shift. The success of these events are not possible without your support.  Thank you!   https://tinyurl.com/GroveBookFair2017  Trunk or Treat Join us for the Fun! Register here! Save The Date!   Tasty Tuesday  Logo Contest Champion! Amelia A.from Hough Street School is our logo contest champion for 2017!  Congratulations Amelia! Be on the lookout for Wally the Watermelon, Tillie the Tomato, Austin the Apple and Callie the Carrot, they will be sharing lots of new, healthy foods with you this year! Remember, Tasty Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month.   Tasty Tuesday  October 10   Sugar Snap Peas Tasty Tuesday exists to increase opportunities for students to taste a variety of fruits and vegetables at school and home to promote healthy nutrition habits for life. Sugar snap peas are high in Vitamin C, which speeds wound healing, boosts immunity and aids in the production of collagen. Please link to this page on the website for the learn more link:  https://www.barrington220.org/TastyTuesday Last Call   DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MONDAY OCT. 9TH Join​ ​Grove’s​ ​After​ ​School​ ​Tae​ ​Kwon​ ​Do​ ​Enrichment​ ​Program!   When: Wednesday Classes on October 11th , 18th , 25th and November 1st from 2:15 pm - 3 pm (after school in the gym!).  All Grove students K-5 are welcome to participate.  Cost is $40. For questions please email: Marina Nakhshin @ cartoony77@hotmail.com . For more information check here!