Miss Fuchs' Weekly Updates

Pumpkin STEAM day was a success! The students go to explore pumpkins through a hands-on-learning experience. They constructed pumpkin catapultes, used math skills to form 3-D/ solid shapes, and investigated the attributes of a pumpkin! Thanks for all the parent volunteers and contributions to make this day happen. Be sure to check out homeroom for all the fun! :)

Daylight Savings Time ends on November 5th so don't forget to set your clocks back an hour and enjoy that extra hour of weekend!

Monday, November 6: Force and Motion Quiz

Tuesday, November 7: 1st day of the Bedford Falls Book Fair

Thursday, November 9: FSA Families Thanksgiving Feast at FSA (6-8pm)

Friday, November 10: Spelling Test, Homework Packets Due!

Friday, November 10: Dress Up like your favorite book character in honor of the book fair :)

Friday, November 10: Talent Show and Mother's Night Out

Tuesday, November 14th: First grade will go to the book fair at 1:55 to buy books!

Friday, November 17: Good Conduct Dress Down (postponed due to Book Character dress up day)

November 20-November 24: No School-Thanksgiving Break!

• Homework Packet #10
• Math Homework Packet #10

n honor of Book Fair Week, FSA students are invited to dress up as their favorite book character on Friday, November 10. Here are a few guidelines for costumes:

1. Must be a character from a book, not just any costume.

2. Scary monsters or beasts are not permitted

3. No masks are to be worn. Minimal face painting is allowed (e.g, whiskers, nose, freckles, etc., but no full-face makeup)

4. No weapons or props of any kind, including toys.

5. Elementary students must have their character approved by their homeroom teacher.

Volunteers are needed!

"The delight on our students faces when they walk into the book

fair is always wonderful to see"

If you have time please consider volunteering at this event.

This is the link for the Book Fair volunteers sign up genius.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49a4a628abfa7-fsafall

As always we appreciate any time you can share with us at FSA!

We will be visiting as a class on Tuesday, November 14th at 1:55 to purchase books. If you would like to send your child with money on this day.. please do! If not.. come visit as a family while our book fair is open :)

Exciting times! Our Annual Talent Show for this year will be on Friday, November 10 (this is a new date!) at two different times as follows:

Elementary Talent Show (Pre-K through 5th Grade) – 8 am to 10 am.

Middle & High School Talent Show – 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

This year we have cash awards for top three placements in both elementary and middle/high school level.

1st Place Award - $150

2nd Place Award - $100

3rd Place Award - $50

As we have many students at our school now, we will do the auditions a bit differently. If you wish to be considered for this year's talent show, please video record your talent and submit it using the google form below by the end of the day on Sunday, November 5th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1nkGxZf3qNCGeSYNmGJBMnfSXPsCyR6zm2MqAhCb8VL4poQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

We wish all students good luck!

On Friday Nov 10th, we will host MOTHERS' NIGHT OUT in FSAPS Cafeteria from 6 pm to 9 pm. All our moms are invited to this unforgettable event.

Leave your husbands and kids at home while you join us for an unforgettable night packed with great Spanish themed food, fun, music and most importantly...lots of laughter.

A wonderful TWIST to the evening... A professional yoga teacher, Joanne Fuller will be teaching a YOGA class! Starts at 6:30 pm – don’t miss out!

Please RSVP and sign up for a potluck dish at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0448a5af29a64-fsamothers

Want to see what is going on in 1st Grade? Want to get an inside look at what your child is doing each day? Want to see learning in ACTION!? Then please join our class HomeRoom App!

Homeroom is an app that allows me to share a virtual sneak peek into our days at school. You do not have to have the app on your phone to see the pictures. When I upload new photos or information, you will be sent an email! This is a private group, so you cannot view any of the images or videos without receiving an invitation from me.

Click the link below to join!

https://gethomeroom.com/invited/

We ended our study on bodies of water with a science experiment today. The students learned about waves and currents by constructing their own models of the ocean! Thanks for the plastic bottles donation. :)

Spelling Words: feet, he, see, we, green, me, she, tree, week, be, also, family, new, other, some, their

We will focus on the long /e/ sound spelling /ee/, count syllables and segment syllables in words, and we will start our First Thanksgiving Exploration! We will use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the Pilgrim's life to our own, and read non-fiction books on magnets and Thanksgiving.

Writing: We will go on a "virtual" field trip to explore the Mayflower and learn about the Pilgrims! We will also read non-fiction books to help us write our expository writing on the Mayflower

Science: We will take the Force and Motion Quiz on Monday, November 6th! Then we will start our STEAM Magnet Investigation!

Home visits are special programs offered by FSAPS to help build the parent, student, and teacher relationship. This is an opportunity for your child's teachers to visit and get a closer look at their life at home. This helps a teacher to know more about each of his/her students, and build a strong relationship between school and family. These are optional, but if you would be interested in planning a home visit for your child, please see the information below.

How to schedule a home visit:

Please send an e-mail to our home visit coordinator, Mrs. Unal, at junal@fultonscienceacademy.org. In that e-mail, please provide three available dates for your child's home visit. We will get back to you to confirm a date. At least two teachers will be together for home visits.; specific names/subjects will be dependent upon teacher availability.

For any further questions you have about this program please send an email to:

junal@fultonscienceacademy.org

**Please note: the best times to schedule a home visit are weekdays after 5:00pm**

First Grade Teacher

Email: kfuchs@fultonscienceacademy.org
Website: Fultonscienceacademy.org
Location: 3035 Fanfare Way, Alpharetta Georgia 30009
Phone: (678) 366-2555