Friday Note 10-31-2014

FRIDAY NOTE (10/31/2014)

Events of the Week:  Wow, how time flies!  I can’t believe it is already the end of October!  This week we finished our author study on Mercer Mayer.  We read his series of books about finding unusual things in hidden places around the house (There’s a Nightmare in my Closet, There’s an Alligator Under my Bed, There’s Something in my Attic.)  With each book we discussed and wrote about story elements (characters, setting, and sequence of events).  Our predictable chart was, “For Halloween, I will be ____.”  We read several Halloween books.  Our sight word was “be”.  We began learning about the expectations for Literacy Centers when the teacher is working with small groups. We introduced the reading strategy “Look at the picture” this week during Reading Workshop.  We practiced using this strategy with a book called I Can.  Your child has this book in their book box to continue to practice reading during independent reading time and rest time.  In math, we worked on numbers 6 to 10.  On Friday, we had our Halloween Party!  Thanks to everyone who helped make our party a big success! 

Important Dates:

·        Nov. 6:  Cox Care Mobile

 (contact Nurse Holly to schedule an appointment)

·        Nov. 22:  Shelby’s Run (if you are interested in participating or volunteering, be sure to turn in your form by Nov. 7th)

·        Nov. 26-Nov. 29:  Thanksgiving Break

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

 I   is   a   my   like   see   the   it   he   be   can

***Please remember to practice these words!

  

The Character word for October is

RESPONSIBILITY.

This means knowing and doing what is expected.

Snacks Needed Our class is in need of more snacks.  We currently have 19 students.

Next Week:

·        In Language and Writing Workshops, we will begin our unit on The Little Red Hen.

·        In math, we will finish up our unit on numbers 6-10.

·        Our sight words will be “she.”

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger

Cox Care Mobile- November

The Cox Care Mobile will be here on Thursday, November 6, 2014.  The Care Mobile is a FREE medical office on wheels with services provided by a Nurse Practitioner.  The services provided are for individuals from birth to 18 years old.   Flu vaccines and other immunizations are available for those without insurance or with active Medicaid.  You may call your school nurse to inquire about the services provided and to schedule an appointment.  Thank you!

Friday Note 10-24-14

Friday Note 10-24-14

Events of the Week:  What a busy week!  We began a Mercer Mayer author study and focused on many different Little Critter books throughout the week.  Our first Little Critter book was called All By Myself and we wrote I can sentences all week about the things we can do on our own.  On Thursday we had a lot of fun reading around the room with our stuffed animals in our pajamas!  We focused on looking for the characters and setting of the books and wrote about each in our reading journals.    Our sight word for the week was “can.”  In math, we finished our unit on comparing and ordering numbers 0-5.  We used terms like more, fewer, and as many, we learned about ordinal numbers, and we learned to read and write 0.  In addition to all our classroom activities we learned about bus safety and practiced what we learned with a real bus! 

Important Dates:

October 27-31: Red Ribbon Week

October 31: Halloween Party 11:45-12:30

November 22: Shelby’s Run

Red Ribbon Week!!!!!

Monday: “Sock it to Drugs”

Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday: “I’m a Jean-ius, I don’t do Drugs”

Jeans and Red Shirt

Wednesday: “Follow your dreams – Don’t Do Drugs”

Pajama Day

Thursday: “Cheers to Drug-free Activities”

Team shirts or jerseys

Friday: “I Won’t be Tricked by Drugs”

Halloween parties

A big thank you to each family for making time to meet with me at conferences!  I really enjoyed getting to brag about what great students I have. Thank you for sharing your child with me each day! Your involvement in school makes a world of difference!

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party will be October 31^st.  We will begin changing into costumes at 11:30.  Parents are welcome to help at that time.  Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time.  At 11:45 we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30.  Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning!  Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly.  *Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I          is              a              like           he

see               the           it              my            can

Shelby’s Run

Saturday, November 22, 2014-Register today to race or volunteer for Shelby’s Run!

A 1 Mile Walk/Run, 5K or 10K event

All races begin and end at Clever EleMiddle School beginning at 9:00 AM

Details and Entry Forms/T-Shirt Forms are available at www.clever.k12.mo.us

and at all Clever Schools (417-743-4800)

Weather Alert!

With the temperature dropping, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.  We will make every effort to go outside for recess even on cold days!

Next Week:

·        Our letters for the week will be “Vv” and “Xx”

·        We will continue our Mercer Mayer author study.

·        In math we will begin our unit on the numbers 6-10.

Picture Day followed by Pajama day.

Don't Forget Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Picture day!

This week kindergarten started an author study on Mercer Mayer.  This week, we are focusing on the Little Critter books.  In honor of one of our favorites, Just Go to Bed, kindergarten will be having a read-a-thon and pajama day this Thursday.  Please allow your child to wear pajamas and to bring a stuffed animal (one that will fit inside your child’s backpack).  We will enjoy a comfy day of reading and snuggling with our stuffed animals. 

Thank you,

Kindergarten Teachers   

Friday Note 10-17-2014

Friday Note 10-17-14

Events of the Week: This week we completed our Scarecrow unit. As a class, we worked together on writing. The first day we labeled our scarecrow. The second day we added descriptive words and the third day we wrote a sentence about our scarecrow.  We also learned a story (be sure to check out your child’s daily folder). We learned the sight word “he”.  Please practice reading sight words at home!  In math, we worked on comparing and ordering numbers from 0 to 5.  This week was Fire Safety Week.  We learned what steps we should take in case there was ever a fire in our homes or at school.  Thank you for taking the time to complete the Fire Safety Plan with your child!  We read different books and talked about how firefighters are our friends.  On Wednesday, the Clever Fire Department came and spoke to us about the importance of fire safety.  We got to see the fire truck up close and crawl through the smoke house to practice what to do in a real fire!  Be sure to check the batteries in your smoke alarm monthly!

Important Dates:

October 20-21: Parent/Teacher Conferences

October 20-24: Book Fair

October 20-24: Bus Safety Week

October 22: School Pictures

October 27-31: Red Ribbon Week

October 31: Halloween Party 11:45-12:30

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party will be October 31^st.  We will begin changing into costumes at 11:30.  Parents are welcome to help at that time.  Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time.  At 11:45 we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30.  Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning!  Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly.  *Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!

The Character Word for October is: Responsibility

Ask your child what it means.

(Knowing and doing what is expected)

 Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I                  is              a              like                     he

       see                       the            it                my 

Shelby’s Run

Saturday, November 22, 2014-Register today to race or volunteer for Shelby’s Run!

A 1 Mile Walk/Run, 5K or 10K event

All races begin and end at Clever EleMiddle School beginning at 9:00 AM

Details and Entry Forms/T-Shirt Forms are available at www.clever.k12.mo.us

and at all Clever Schools (417-743-4800)

Reminder:

Conferences are next week.  I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child’s progress in kindergarten.  A note was sent home today explaining how we assess in kindergarten.  Please take time to read this before our conference. By reading this ahead of time, we will have more time at our conference to answer questions, discuss concerns, and so on.  

Weather Alert!

With the temperature dropping, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.  We will make every effort to go outside for recess even on cold days!

Next Week:

• Our letters for the week will be “Yy and “Zz”.
• Our sight word will be “can”.
• In math we will finish our unit on comparing and ordering numbers 0-5.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 10-10-14

FRIDAY NOTE (10/10/14)

No school on Monday!!

Events of the Week:  We’ve had a busy week learning a lot of new things!  Our theme this week was fall.  We learned about informational books (nonfiction) by reading several books about the season.  We noticed that informational books usually have a table of contents, an index, a glossary, and photographs instead of drawings.  After reading informational books, we made a list of important details that we learned about fall.  We paid special attention to the changes that are happening all around us.  Our sight word was “it”.  During our interactive writing workshop, we made a book called “It is Fall”. We also learned about the letters “Kk” and “Ll”.  Don’t’ forget to practice letter and sound identification with your child at home.  Flash cards made from index cards are a great way to practice.  In math, we counted and wrote numbers 1-5.  Please practice writing these numbers with your child at home.   

Important Dates:

·         Oct. 13:  Fall Break-No School

·         Oct. 20-21:  Parent/Teacher Conferences

·         October 20-24:  School Bus Safety Week

·         October 22:  School Pictures

·         Oct. 27-31:  Red Ribbon Week

·         Oct. 31:  Halloween Party 11:45-12:30

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held October 20^th and 21^st.  All parents are expected to schedule a conference time.  You may sign-up online at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4AACAE2BA6F58-parentteacher/ . The link is also posted on our classroom blog.  If you do not have internet access, please let me know and I’ll contact you about setting up a time.  I look forward to meeting with you.

Snack

Our classroom snack supply is running low. Donations would be greatly appreciated. * Also we have had a lot of animal crackers lately so a bit of variety might be good. Thanks in advance.

Sight Words

Your child should be able to recognize these words within 3 seconds.  It is very important that you practice them at home with your child, as we will be adding new ones each week.   

I     the     a     like     is   my    see   it  

Book Fair!  Information from Mrs. Carlson…

Our autumn Scholastic Book Fair will be from Monday – Friday, October 20-24.  We will be open all five days, plus Monday and Tuesday nights during parent-teacher conferences.  If you attend the book fair after your conference, please be sure to sign in under our class.   One K-4 and one 5 – 8 class with the highest percentage of student/parent sign ins will receive a packet of books for their classroom library!!  Here is a link to our book fair web page.  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=cleverelemiddleschool .  From this page, you can see when the fair opens and closes daily as well as shop directly from the on-line fair from October 15-October 31.  Also, from here, you can notify us if you are available to help with the book fair set up, take down, or daily operation.  We hope to see you soon.  Thanks in advance for your support!

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party will be October 31^st.  We will eat a sack lunch in our classroom before parents arrive for the party.  After lunch, we will begin changing into costumes at 11:30.  Parents are welcome to help at that time.  Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time.  At 11:45 we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30.  Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning!  Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly.  *Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!

Box Top Challenge!!!  Box Top Challenge!!

It is that time of year again!  Please turn in your Box Tops, Labels for Education, and Best Choice labels.  The classroom with the most submissions by Oct. 31^st will receive a classroom party!  Send them in with teacher name and grade and PTA will do the rest.

Reading Challenge!

Today was the last day to turn in reading logs for the 1^st quarter.  Congratulations to the students that completed the challenge.  In our class, we had 12 students earn a home run!!!  way to go!!  Information about the 2^nd quarter Reading Challenge will be coming home soon! 

Next Week:

·        Our theme will be Fire Safety.  The Clever Fire Department will come to our school to teach us important fire safety tips.

·        We will work on adding details to our writing by writing a fun story about a scarecrow. 

·        In math, we will begin a unit on comparing and ordering numbers 0 to 5.

·        Our sight word will be “he”.  Our letters for the week will be “Jj” and “Ww”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

Snack

Our classroom snack supply is running low. Donations would be greatly appreciated. * Also we have had a lot of animal crackers lately so a bit of variety might be good.

Thanks in advance!
Mrs. Wenger 

Don't Forget Our First Quarter Reading Challenge Ends Tomorrow!

Please send in any completed reading logs tomorrow! Thanks!

Friday Note

FRIDAY NOTE (10/03/14)

Events of the Week:  It’s hard to believe, but October is here!  Our focus this week was on color review.  We focused on the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear.  We read and practiced retelling this story using our story wheels.  We also made our own “Brown Bear Reader” to add to our Independent Reading Boxes.  We did several color mixing activities this week.  Our sight word was “see”.  It popped up a lot as we were reading books this week! Our letters for the week were “Ff” and “Dd”.  Don’t forget to practice letter and sound identification at home with your child.  In math, we started a new math topic over numbers 1-5.  Please practice writing these numbers with your child at home.   

Important Dates:

·        Oct. 2 ~ Cox Care Mobile    

·        Oct. 13 ~ Fall Break-No School

·        Oct. 20-21 ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        October 20-24 ~ School Bus Safety Week

·        October 22 ~ School Pictures

·        Oct. 27-31 ~ Red Ribbon Week

·         Oct. 31 - Halloween Party 11:45-12:30

Sight Words

Your child should be able to recognize these words within 3 seconds.  It is very important that you practice them at home with your child, as we will be adding new ones each week.   

I     the  a   like     is   my    see  

1st Quarter Assessments

Next week we will begin assessing over 1^st Quarter skills.  Some of the skills we will be assessing over are letter identification, sight words, counting to 25, measurement, sorting, and address, birthday and phone number.  If your child has already scored “Proficient” in an area, he/she will not be assessed over that skill again this quarter.  Please be sure to practice at home!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held October 20^th and 21^st.  All parents are expected to schedule a conference time.  You may sign-up online at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4AACAE2BA6F58-parentteacher/  (A link is also posted on our classroom blog).  I look forward to meeting with you. 

Halloween Party  Our Halloween Party will be October 31st.  We will begin changing into costumes at 11:30.  Parents are welcome to help at that time.  Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time.  At 11:45 we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30.  Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning!  Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly. **Your child may opt out of lunch that day if you would like since we are having a snack at the party. *Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!

Box Top Challenge!!!  Box Top Challenge!!

Please turn in your Box Tops, Labels for Education, and your Best Choice labels.  The classroom with the most submissions by October 31^st will receive a classroom party!  Send them in with teacher name and grade and PTA will do the rest.

Thanks for the many that have been sent in already!!

Reading Challenge!

Don’t forget to be completing the reading challenge logs!  We have had four kids earn their home run sticker!  Way to go!! In order for your child to earn a home run sticker they must return all four reading logs by October 10^th. 

Next Week:

·       Our theme will be Fall.  We will learn about informational books.

·       We will begin 1^st quarter assessments.

·       In math, we will continue our unit on numbers 1-5.

·       Our sight word will be “it”.

·       Our letters for the week will be “Ll” and “Kk”. 

Have a Great Weekend!!

MRs. Wenger 

Cox Care Mobile and the Tooth Truck

The Cox Care Mobile will be here on Thursday, October 2^nd, 2014.  The Care Mobile is a FREE medical office on wheels with services provided by a Nurse Practitioner.  The services provided are for individuals from birth to 18 years old.   You may call your school nurse to inquire about the services provided and to schedule an appointment.  Thank you!

The Tooth Truck will be visiting our school during October 2014.  The Tooth Truck is a mobile dentist office that provides dental services at no charge for qualifying families.  Requirements to be seen on the tooth truck are: student must be between the ages of 3 and 14 years, must qualify for free or reduced lunches, cannot have private dental insurance, cannot be an established patient of a local dentist, and must complete the Tooth Truck application.  The Tooth Truck application can be downloaded from the Clever District website at www.clever.k12.mo.us or received from school upon parent’s request.  The completed application needs to be turned in by October 6, 2014.  For any questions, contact your school nurse.  Thank you.