Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!
I am thankful to be your child's teacher and to work with such wonderful students! See you on December 2nd!
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New Unit this week: What is a community? Story of the week: A Big Fish for Max Question of the week: What does a family do together? Skills: consonant digraphs: /sh/ and /th/ and vowel sound in ball and walk Comprehensions skill: main idea and details Read decodables 52-55 (If some are difficult, keep them until your child masters them) If they are easy reads, offer other challenging daily reading. Let me know if you need books. Read the story of the week and answer the read and respond question. Complete spelling pgs. 27,28 and phonics pgs.127, 128 Please cover the new unit 2 book. Thank you! Math We are continuing with subtraction and exploring numbers. On Friday we will assess on chapter three and continue subtraction strategies. We will then continue exploring subtraction with bigger numbers. Complete math pages 45, 46, 47 49, 50, and 53. Announcements Attendance: we have earned the attendance award twice this November! Thank you for supporting the importance of school attendance. PTA Meeting this Friday, Nov. 22 at 8:15 am. Please attend. Room 4's Thanksgiving Breakfast Feast: Next Monday we will have our Thanksgiving Breakfast. We will be making butter and cornmeal pancakes. Serve your child a light breakfast at home since he or she will be enjoying a nice breakfast. Thanksgiving Basket Please send in your donation for the basket as soon as possible. Thank you for your generosity! Good News!! No homework next week! Story of the week: "Animal Park"
Question of the week: What can we learn by watching wild animals? Skills of the week: Short u sound spelled u and final blends (mp, st, ck). Comprehension skill: Cause and Effect Reading: Read decodables 48-51, Read Animal Park, parents do not forget to ask the comprehension question on the read and respond paper--it is about cause and effect. Also choose two activities that will help your child with the spelling list and check them off the list. Complete Spelling pg. 23, 24 and phonics pg. 117, 118. Math We are working on subtraction strategies. Complete pg. 42, 43, 44 and 93 and 94. Continue to practice the doubles to join the Doubles Club. Announcements Packs of O'Plenty- The room parents have sent a request for donations for the Thanksgiving basket that our class will donate. Please send in items by Nov. 25th. Thanks for being so generous to others in need. Thanksgiving Breakfast Room 4 will be enjoying a Thanksgiving Feast on Monday, Nov. 25. We will be having a special Thanksgiving breakfast first thing in the morning. We will be making cornmeal pancakes and churning our own butter. Dates to remember: November 11--PTA Meeting at 8:15 am November 25--Items for Thanksgiving Baskets are due November 27--Start of the Thanksgiving Holiday :) Enjoy! Story of the week: "Get the Egg!"
Question of the week: Which wild animals live in our neighborhood? Reading Skills of the week: short e and initial consonant blends comprehension skill: Main Idea
Skills of this week: We have started subtraction strategies
Story of the Week: "Whales"
Question of the week: How can we help wild animals? Skills of the week: inflected endings adding --s and --ing to base words Comprehension skill- Main idea
Monster Mash: It was nice seeing many of you at The Monster Mash on Friday Night. Thanks for supporting the school and our awesome PTA. Picture Retakes Picture retakes will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29th. Scholastic Book Orders Book orders are due this Wednesday. PTA --Rita's Fundraiser Come join me for dessert on Wednesday, Oct. 30th at Rita's for a yogurt and custard treat! I will try to get there at 5:30 pm. See you there! No School Dates October 31, Nov 1--Staff Development Days November 11-Veteran's Day November 27, 28, 29--Thanksgiving Holiday Have a safe and fun Halloween! Enjoy the long weekend! :) ) ) Story of the week: "The Big Blue Ox" (genre:Animal Fantasy)
Question of the week: How do animals help people? Skills of the week: Phonics/spelling: short o spelled o and /z/ sound spelled s and plurals comprehension skills: Character/setting Homework:
Strategies used in this chapter: count on, adding with a number line, doubles, and using doubles plus one.
Oral report Looking forward to guessing the Halloween Riddles! Pumpkin Project Thank you for sending in your pumpkin. We will be having fun with Pumpkin Science next week! Walk-a-thon We had fun walking last Wednesday! Thank you for helping our school raise over 20 thousand dollars! Family Fun Night Please join us this Friday for the Monster Mash! Students can wear their costumes (no weapons!). I will be looking for all of my wonderful students. Materials Needed in Class (THANK YOU!): Thin flimsy type paper plates (small and large) large zip loc bags Glue sticks small toys for the treasure chest (dollar tree/99 Story of the week: "Pig in a Wig",
Question of the week: Who helps animals? Skills of the week: phonics and spelling : short i spelled i and /ks/ sound spelled with an x comprehension skill: compare and contrast
Complete the math worksheets and touch math page. Oral Report Have fun with your Halloween riddle. Make sure that your child does not show their riddle doll to any one. This will make the guessing more fun! Please let me know what day your child will be presenting. Have your child start with an opening sentence and end with a final thank you closing sentence for the audience. Walk-a-thon This Wednesday is the Plum Canyon Walk-a-thon. Please make sure that your child wears comfortable tennis shoes. Also please apply sunscreen if necessary. Our scheduled time is 8:35 to 9:20 am. We will be stretching and then walking for 20 minutes. Come join if you would like. Disaster Drill this Friday This Friday there will be a school wide disaster drill practice at 1:30. Students will be practicing what to do in case of an earthquake. Special Pumpkin Science Project You may send in the small pumpkin anytime. Let me know if it will be difficult for you to get a pumpkin. I will try to purchase extras. Also, your child will be bringing this pumpkin back home. Story of the week: "Sam Come Back"
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Book It Program- Starting Oct. 1 please have your child color the Book It reading log I gave you at the goal setting conference. At the end of October turn it in so that your child can be in the Book It Club and earn a free individual pizza for Pizza Hut. If you lost the paper please ask me for a new one :0). Pet pictures- If you can, please send a picture of your family pet this week so that your child may share it with the class. If you do not have a pet, your child can draw a picture of a pet he or she would want to adopt. PTA- Hurray! We reached 100% in membership participation! Thank you! We have a beautiful poster on our door to prove it!!:) Our first fundraiser--please turn in all Walk-a-thon money by Wednesday. If you would like to help with the Walk-a-thon click on my contacts on the home page and go on the PTA website for more information. Reflections- We will complete the art entries this week and turn them in for judging. Fall Break- Enjoy your family time! Have fun! Story of the week:" Farmers Market"
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Family Times (folded pamphlet)--this informs you of all the skills taught this week. It provides fun games and daily activities that you may do with your child. This is enrichment and optional homework. Other Important Information Conferences-Thank you for taking time to meet me for goal setting conferences. PTA-thank you if you have joined PTA-only $7.00 per family. This yearly membership helps to support all of our programs, field trips, and many other services provided to the students and teachers at Plum Canyon. Please join so room 4 can get 100% participation:). Story of the week: "School Days"
Picture Day this Tuesday, Sept. 17th Conference Week-No school on Wednesday Minimum Days Thursday and Friday Please send in a healthy snack on minimum days, first graders get hungry! Goal Setting Conferences-please be prompt. Conferences are scheduled in 20 minute intervals. I have a full schedule and look forward to meeting with you. If you are running late or unable to attend please email me immediately. Room Parents: Our wonderful team includes Lori Cordola (Sierra), Kat Roberts (Kierstyn), and Heidi Metlen (Henry). They will be sending you a letter of introduction sometime this week. We are lucky that they will be taking care of room! Substitute: The first grade team will be at a district training on Friday, Sept. 27. Mrs. Birkland, a credentialed substitute teacher, will be here teaching our first graders. Awards: The first of four awards assemblies this year will be on Tuesday, October 1st. Students that demonstrate performance above and beyond in the areas of scholarship, writing, citizenship, and effort will be given an award. If you receive an invitation this week, your child and you will be invited to attend on Oct. 1st. |
