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