As November Ends...

This year is certainly flying by!  It is hard to believe that next week we will be entering the month of December.  Students have been working hard and learning so much!  It is truly a pleasure working with each child and helping them develop into exceptional young men and women.  

Student have been working hard on their Slave Narrative projects!  It is amazing to see the growth with each project completed and the amount of ownership of their project. When students return from Thanksgiving Break, they will begin their newest PBL project, Earth Models.  In math students will be working on measurement, metric and US customary.  Fourth grade has also kicked off Reading Counts, so we are really pushing for each child to read to enhance their reading comprehension skills.   

The PTO Holiday Shop will be open at Pontiac Elementary from 07 December to 11 December for students to purchase gifts.  If anyone is willing to volunteer with the holiday shop, please let Miss Grimm or Miss Saullo know.  

Pontiac's Lego Robotics Teams are asking for your help with their Trash Trek Project!  The teams will be competing in January and are hoping you can send in 2 liter bottles, paper towel rolls, and toilet paper rolls in their efforts to build a greenhouse for the school and grow the plants inside of it.  The class that brings in the most items will win a pizza party!  

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
23 November Military Monday Topic 5 Math Test	24 November Colonial Day Carolina vs. Clemson Spirit Day	25 November No School Thanksgiving Holiday	26 November No School Happy Thanksgiving!	27 November No School Thanksgiving Holiday
30 November Earth Models Project Roll Out	01 December	02 December	03 December PTO Meeting 6:30	04 December College Colors Day
07 December PTO	08 December Holiday	09 December Shop	10 December ------------	11 December - -----------
14 December Military Monday	15 December	16 December Science Safari Day	17 December Earth Models Due	18 December Winter Holiday Celebration
21 December Holiday	22 December Break	23 December -------	24 December No	25 December School
28 December Holiday	29 December Break	30 December -------	31 December No	01 January School
04 January Make Up Day American Revolution Kickoff	05 January	06 January	07 January PTO Meeting at 6:30	08 January College Colors Days

Reminders:

Please make sure your child is reading 20 minutes each night, logging their reading, and writing a response in their Reading Response Notebook (RRN).

Please have your child practice their multiplication facts nightly so they are able to become more fluent.  

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Pontiac Elementary Newsletter:  Greetings from Pontiac

~Miss Loren Grimm & Miss Ashley Saullo~

Pontiac Elementary:

"Where knowledge is nurtured

and character blooms."

Exciting Weeks Ahead

Hello All,

     It is crazy to think that we are almost half way through the month of November, the year sure is flying by.  Students have been busy broadening their education in all subject areas.  This week, we will come to end with our Amazing Race project.  Ms. Grimm and Ms. Saullo are very excited for the Blueprint Wax Museum production and to top it off, there are some very prominent district members who will be enjoying the wax museum.  Next week, classes will begin working on the next PBL project were students will be learning about enslaved African Americans.  
     In English Language Arts, both classes are finishing up learning about informational text features and will be tested on Wednesday.  The next topic that will be introduced is tone and mood which goes perfectly with the Slave Narratives that students will be creating.  In Math, classes are beginning the newest blended learning topic, which will focus on multiplication.  This unit will be completed on the 20th of November and the test will be November 23.  

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Also, be sure to check out our class Google site:  Blueprint


Important links:
Pontiac Newsletter

November Lunch Calendar


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
09 November	10 November Blueprint Wax Museum 1:15 - 2:20	11 November Veteran’s Day Celebration Informational Text Features Test	12 November AVID Site Visit	13 November Explorers End of Unit Test
16 November Slave Narrative Project Roll Out	17 November 25th Anniversary Celebration 9 - 11	18 November	19 November	20 November
23 November Military Monday Topic 5 Math Test	24 November Colonial Day	25 November No School Thanksgiving Holiday	26 November No School Happy Thanksgiving!	27 November No School Thanksgiving Holiday

REMINDERS:

- Please ensure that your child is reading 20 minutes each night and   completing their Reading Response Notebook.  

- Don't forget to work on multiplication facts nightly!

~ Miss Grimm and Miss Saullo ~

Pontiac Elementary:

"Where knowledge is nurtured

and character is bloomed."

As October Comes to an End

     October sure has flown by and we have been working non-stop in the PBL Classes.  Students have begun working on their newest project, "Amazing Race," which gives students the opportunity to learn about explorers.  Classes will be wrapping up this project next Friday, 06 November by participating in a wax museum.  They will transform into one of the explorers they are learning about and share information about that explorer.

     In math, students will begin the next blended learning topic on adding and subtracting whole numbers.  Since the unit is only six days long, we will be testing next Friday, 06 November.  Please make sure your child completes their study guide for 5 extra bonus point on their test.  Please also make sure your child is practicing multiplication problems each night.

     In English Language Arts, students are beginning to learn about "Non-Fiction" Informational Text Features, which includes, titles, subtitles, table of contents, glossary, and so forth.  We will be working with this for two weeks, which will assist with their explorers project in Amazing Race.

Pontiac Elementary Newsletter

Pontiac will be hosting its 25th Anniversary Celebration on the 17th of November.  We are very excited to celebrating 25 years of excellence.
25th Anniversary Video


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
26 October Heroes Make Healthy Choices Wear Camo Amazing Race Roll Out	27 October Wake Up Drug Free - Pajama Day CiCi’s Pizza Night:   5:00 - 8:00	28 October Wear Red for Red Ribbon Week End of Nine Weeks	29 October Be on a Drug Free Team - Wear a Team Shirt	30 October We Don’t Do Drugs, They’re Scary - Wear Orange & Black Non-Fiction Informational Text Features Quiz PTO Fall Fest: 6:00 - 8:00
2 November	3 November Family Literacy Night: 6:00 - 7:00	4 November	5 November PTO Meeting at 6:30 P.M. Report Cards Issued	6 November College Colors Day Honor Roll Recognition Amazing Race Due Topic 4 Math Test

Heroes Make Healthy Choices

Wearing Camouflage for 

Red Ribbon Week 

The Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt has Begun!

We Wake Up Drug Free

Pajama Day at Pontiac!

~Loren Grimm and Ashley Saullo~

Pontiac Elementary:

"Where knowledge is nurtured

and character blooms."