October News 3

October Events

·      Columbus Day – Oct. 14^th

·      Delayed start – Oct. 21^st (no breakfast at school)

·      Picture retakes – Oct. 22^nd

·      Book Fair week – Oct. 23^rd -31^st  

·      Parent/Teacher Conferences – Oct. 24^th

·      Half days – Oct. 24 & 25^th - 11:35 dismissal time (no lunch at school)

·      Halloween Party & Parade – Oct. 31^st

·      Friday, Nov. 1^st – Half Day for Teacher PD – 11:35 dismissal time (no lunch at school)

Show-n-Tell this week for Letter S items

This week in class!

Language Arts:  - Essential Question –How can your senses help you learn?

Letter of the week – Ss

Sight word of the week – see

Vocabulary words – explore, senses, feast, finished, kneads

Color words & senses words

Reading –CAFÉ reader friend – Stretchy Snake – stretching out words to read. Reviewing Questioning Owl – ask and answer questions during a story for understanding – The 5 W’s

Focusing in on – Key Details, Title, Author, Illustrator, Genre

Reader’s workshop – Caring & Shopping for books, Reader’s stamina, the best place to read, how reader’s workshop looks, feels, sounds.  (5 special books from home are coming home this week)

Grammar – Uppercase/Capitals and lowercase letters & nouns

Writing – Journal entries, continue their own small moment stories, partner sharing.  Handwriting Ss practice.

Math: -

2.10 – Counting collections

2.11 – Getting to know rectangles (homelink)

2.12 – Number stories

2.13 – More number stories (homelink)

Social Studies: - Fire Safety Continued.

Science: - Focus Q. – How do we observe patterns?  Instructional Q.– How do patterns inform us?  Phenomenon –Clothes we wear to school today. Observations – weather patterns, weather chart, weather words

Technology: - Starfall & starting Enterprise on computer, IPad: Write my name app, Letter school, ABC Wow, candy count, sorting, Park Math, subitizing tree

Fall Leaves

Don’t forget to send in your leaves by this week as they are not lasting long on the trees out there.  We have started to create our leaf men and animals just this past week.

  

Book Fair

We will be going to view books on Thursday morning, Oct. 24^th and making out a wish list.  Those will go home that afternoon.  If you wish to purchase your kiddo’s books from their wish list you could either do it in the afternoon when conferences are going on or you can send your kiddo to school with money to purchase on Monday, Oct. 28^th.  Please just label it in an envelope what books you would like for them to purchase and how much money you included.

Parent Volunteers for our Halloween party needed. 

I would love to have about 3-5 parents volunteer to help out during our Halloween party.  If you are interested please shoot me an email or text and we can get things all lined up.

If you ever wish to volunteer within the classroom, we would love to have you and I’ll most certainly put you to work.  Just email me and we can work out days and times. 

Thank you, parents for investing your time and energy into your little one’s lives & academics!  

Picture Retake Day is scheduled for October 22^nd.  If you wish for your kiddo to have retakes please send back their old packet of pictures.  New students will have their pictures taken that day and a picture form will be sent home soon.

Remember to turn in your green slips to confirm if you can make our Parent-Teacher Conference times, for next Thursday, Oct. 24^th. If you have a conflict please contact me and I will work around your schedule to make sure we can have a visit.

Coins for Kids 2019

(a team, effort w/Pizza Hut in Cadillac)

Coins for kids has started today and runs through the Nov 19th.  cause.  The money will benefit “The Literacy Project” and works in conjunction with “Book-It” – Inspiring students to develop a love of reading.

Each week for four weeks the change will be collected and counted, classes will be told weekly what classes are in the lead.  By the end of the four weeks, the top three class will receive a prize.

3^rd place – Ice cream party

2^nd place – Pizza party

1^st place – Pizza party with Pop & cinnamon sticks.

Thank you for all donations!