Friday Note

FRIDAY NOTE (9/25/15)

Events of the Week:  

Math: In math, we completed our unit on measurement.  We have been using math words, such as length, longest, shortest, height, taller, capacity, weight and so on.  Ask your child to put your family members in order from tallest to shortest.

Language Workshop:  Our theme this week was Colors.  Our big book for the week was Rain.  We’ve been focusing on naming the parts of a book (front cover, back cover and title page).  We also have been learning to name the jobs of both the author (writes the words) and illustrator (draws the pictures).  Look for these assessments in your child’s folder.  As always, if he/she is not proficient in these skills, then please practice them at home because I will reassess at least one more time before the end of the quarter. 

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines.  This week we focused on reading with a buddy.  We colored and then read simple color books with predictable text (The blue bird.) together and afterwards shared our favorite part of the book.  We added these books to our book boxes so that we can reread them independently.

Writing Workshop:  Our predictable chart was “I like ____.” (I like purple.)  The sight word we learned was “like”. 

Word Study:  We continued our letter study by learning the letters Cc and Hh.  We worked on identifying each letter, writing it correctly and saying its sound. 

Important Dates:

·        Oct. 12 ~ Columbus Day-No School

·        Oct. 19-22 ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        Oct. 19-23 ~ School Bus Safety Week

·         Oct. 19-23 ~ Fall Book Fair

·        Oct. 26-30 ~ Red Ribbon Week

We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.  Please practice with your child at home on these.   These will be on the progress report when I assess your child in October.

The character word for September is RESPECT!

Ask your child what it means.

(Treating others the way you want to be treated.)

Book Fair Volunteers Needed:

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school.  The dates are:  October 19-23.   We are looking for volunteers that can help us run the fair and we have found that using VolunteerSpot (a leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) helps us organize our volunteers easier.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click the link below and enter your email address to access our Volunteer Spot.

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me directly and I can sign you up manually.

http://vols.pt/12hvR6

Mrs. Carlson

417-221-7868

carlsonk@clever.k12.mo.us

SIGHT WORDS

Your child should be able to recognize these words within 3 seconds.  Please practice them at home with your child.   

I               is

like            the 

a               my

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held the week of October 19th.  I will be sending home sign-up information soon.  Thanks!

Assessment Pages: Please continue to watch for these to be sent home.  Look over these pages carefully.  If your child needs continued practice on a skill, please work on it at home with your child. Thanks!    

Reading Journey

I hope you are finding time each day to read with your child.  Make this a special time for you and your child and have fun!  I love hearing what your child is reading at home and the different places they are reading around the house.  When reading with your children, please encourage them to point out our sight words and letters we have learned.

Next Week:

·        Our theme will be Color Review.  We will focus on the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?.  We will do more work with reading the color words. 

·        In math, we will begin learning about numbers 1-5.

·        We will focus on the sight word “see”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

Notes from Mrs. Wallin

Here is a link to our lower elemiddle blog.

https://www.smore.com/uqjuf

Friday Note 9-18-15

Friday Note 9-18-15

Events of the Week:

Math:  We finished up our unit on positional words and then started our unit on measurement.  We are learning to compare objects by length.  Next week we will work on comparing by height, capacity, and weight. 

Language Workshop:  This week we read Who Said Red? and began our focus on identifying colors and color words.  We introduced the colors red, green, blue, and yellow.  We started writing in our reading logs this week.  Each day we focused on one color, drew objects that are that color, and then labeled the picture.  The students worked really hard on this new activity.

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines.  This week we learned that the pictures in a book help tell the story and that the pictures match the words.  We also introduced our book boxes. Students are able to look at the books they keep in their box during rest time.

Writing Workshop:  Since we have now finished learning about our classmates by playing the Name Game, we focused on writing our names correctly.  When practicing at home, please make sure the first letter is capitalized and the rest are lowercase.  *Name homework is coming home today.  Please read the directions carefully!  The students also sorted letters to determine which letters are in their name and which letters are not.

Word Study:  Our sight word for this week was “my”.  The letters “Nn” and “Pp” were our letters of the week.  We worked on identifying each letter, writing it correctly, and saying its sound. 

Important Dates:

·        Oct. 12—Columbus Day—No School

·        Oct. 19-22— Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thanks so much to the families who came to Grandparent’s Day! It was great to meet these special people.

We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.  Please practice with your child at home on these.   These will be on the progress report when I assess your child in October. 

The character word for September is RESPECT!

Ask your child what it means.

(Treating others the way you want to be treated.)

Tooth Truck Information

The Tooth Truck will be visiting our school again this fall.  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 is available upon parent’s request.  The completed application needs to be turned in by September 25, 2015.  For any questions, contact your school nurse.  Thank you.

Book Fair Volunteers Needed:

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school.  The dates are:  October 19-23.   We are looking for volunteers that can help us run the fair and we have found that using VolunteerSpot (a leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) helps us organize our volunteers easier. 

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click the link below and enter your email address to access our Volunteer Spot.

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me directly and I can sign you up manually.

http://vols.pt/12hvR6

Mrs. Carlson

417-221-7868

carlsonk@clever.k12.mo.us

Sight Words

These are the sight words we have learned so far.  Your child should be able to read each of these words.  Please practice them at home with your child.   

I   is   a   the   my

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held the week of October 19th.  I will be sending home sign-up information at a later date.  Thanks!

Reading Journey

I hope you are finding time each day to read with your child.  Make this a special time for you and your child and have fun!  I love hearing what your child is reading at home and the different places they are reading around the house.  When reading with your children, please encourage them to point out our sight words and letters we have learned. 

Snack

Thank you for sending in snack on your child’s assigned day.  There is a snack schedule page on our classroom blog if you need to see when your child’s day is.

Next Week:

·        We will continue to learn about the color words.

·        In math, we will continue our unit on measurement. 

·        We will learn about the letters “Cc” and “Hh”. 

·        Our sight word will be “like”. 

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

Friday Note 9-11-15

FRIDAY NOTE (9/11/2015)

Grandparents Day Tomorrow

Math: In math, we learned about positional words (inside, outside, above, below, behind, left, and right).

Language Workshop: This week we read The Pledge of Allegiance and learned about our flag. We learned our school pledge and talked about respect.

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines.  This week we practiced picking out books and moving to our independent reading spot quietly. We also practiced staying in our reading spot during reading time.

Writing Workshop: This week we practiced correctly forming letters Tt and Gg.  Each day we write a daily message.  As a class we look for sight words, and the letters we are learning that week in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters, and punctuation.   

Word Study: Our sight word for this week was “the”.  Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce recognition and the sound the letters Tt and Gg make.    

Sight Words

I   is   a   the

Important Dates:

·                    Sept. 12-Grandparents Day 10:00-11:30 am *Classrooms will be open for visitors during that time as students will be asked to escort their grandparents through the building.  Weather permitting; visitors may park in the open field west of the school as parking around the building may become limited.  Visitors should enter using the K-4 office entrance or the 5-8 office entrance.  The two-story building will not be open during this event.

·                    Sept. 16- Food for America Day.

Important Information and Reminders:

·                    We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.   Please practice with your child at home on these.  These will be assessed on the grade card for first quarter.

·                    Please make sure your child eats a well-balanced breakfast to ensure that they do not become hungry before lunch time.  If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please have them here by 7:45 a.m.

Our Character Word for September is Respect.

(Treat others how you want to be treated.)

Next Week:

o   We will start a unit about color words.

o   In math we will finish the unit on positional words and start measurement.

o   We will learn about the letters “Nn” and “Pp”.

o   Our sight word will be “my”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

A Note from Parents as Teachers

 What is PAT?  Parents As Teachers is a program created by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  This program is completely voluntary and FREE to all families within the Clever School District.  It is designed to provide a support network for all families that begins during pregnancy and continues until the child enters Kindergarten.  PAT services include:  Home visits, group meetings and activities such as play groups, story times, and parent education opportunities, developmental screenings, and resource network.  If you are interested in learning more about PAT, or you would like to enroll your children in PAT please contact Paula Harvey or Mikki Teague at 743-4810, or by email at:  harveyp@clever.k12.mo.us or teaguem@clever.k12.mo.us.  You can also follow us on Facebook:  Clever Parents As Teachers.  

Friday Note 9-4-15

Reminder: Book Order is due Wednesday the 9^th.

You can send the order in or order online

Each order helps earn free books for our classroom!

Math: In math, we continued to practice sorting objects.  Students engaged in several class activities to help practice sorting, classifying, and counting objects.  We practiced sorting objects by color, size and shape.  We also learned how to make graphs.

Language Workshop: This week we continued our theme of All About Me and the focus on families.  Our Shared Reading for the week was Families are Different.  We discussed the importance of our families and discovered some similarities and differences that we have.  We realized that all families are different and special.  We talked about common physical, social and emotional needs and how these differ from wants. 

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines.  This week we learned how to handle books carefully, correct way to put book away, and what we do with a damaged book. 

Writing Workshop: This week we practiced correctly forming letters Rr and Ss.  Each day we write a daily message.  As a class we look for sight words, and the letters we are learning that week in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters, and punctuation.   

Word Study: Our sight word for this week was “a”.  Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce recognition and the sound the letters Rr and Ss make.    

Reading Journey

I hope you are finding time each day to read with your child.  Make this a special time for you and your child and make it fun!  I love hearing what your child is reading at home and the different places they are reading around the house.  When reading with your child encourage them to point out our sight words and letters we have learned.  

Sight Words

I   is   a  

Important Dates:

·                    Sept. 7- Labor Day-No School

·                    Sept. 8-11:  Spirit Week

        Tuesday—PJ Day

        Wednesday— Favorite Team Day

        Thursday— Blue & White Day

        Friday—Hat Day

·                    Sept. 10- Cox CARE Mobile---The Cox CARE Mobile will see infants up to age 18. The Care Mobile is a FREE medical office on wheels with services provided by a Nurse Practitioner.   They will do well check-ups, see sick kids, pre-k physicals & sports physicals. Contact Nurse Holly at 743-4810 if you need to make an appointment. 

·                    Sept. 12-Grandparents Day 10:00-11:30 am *Classrooms will be open for visitors during that time as students will be asked to escort their grandparents through the building.  Weather permitting; visitors may park in the open field west of the school as parking around the building may become limited.  Visitors should enter using the K-4 office entrance or the 5-8 office entrance.  The two-story building will not be open during this event. 

Important Information and Reminders:

·                    We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.   Please practice with your child at home on these.  These will be assessed on the grade card for first quarter.

·                    Please make sure your child eats a well-balanced breakfast to ensure that they do not become hungry before lunch time.  If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please have them here by 7:45 a.m.

Our Character Word for September is Respect.

(Treat others how you want to be treated.)

Next Week:

·                    We will continue our All About Me theme by focusing on our school, community, and country.  We will learn about the Clever School pledge, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the American flag.

·                    In math we will learn about positional words (above, below, behind, left, right, etc.)

·                    We will learn about the letters “Tt” and “Gg”.

·                    Our sight word will be “the”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger

Job Opening at the YMCA

The Ozarks Regional YMCA is currently hiring for a Program Leader for the After School Program at Clever Elementary.  Program Leaders are responsible for implementing daily lesson plans, interacting with parents, children, school staff, and Y staff, keeping kid and staff records up to date, preparing and serving snack, and more.

Qualifications include:

      A minimum of 60 college credits with a minimum of 12 in elementary/early childhood education

        Must be willing to become CPR/First Aid certified if they are not already.

        Must be 18 or older

        Must pass two background checks.

Pay starts at $9.00 per hr/ approximately 20 hours a week.

To apply, email unofficial transcripts and resume to ablack@orymca.org