Weekly Post for December 4th

Reminders:

·      Congrats to DESTINY for being granted our Core Value Award of CARING. Destiny has always shown kindness and thoughtful actions to her friends and teachers.  From picking up items in the room and returning them to the rightful owner to complimenting other’s fortunes. She sure is a caring and considerate classmate. 

·      December will be a month of COOPERATION meaning we work together to complete tasks.  There are many opportunities while working with buddies and as tables to show cooperative actions.  We many let others take the lead on a task or become a leader ourselves. We listen to what others have to say and contribute thoughts of our own.  I am looking for a consistent cooperative student in December!

·      REMINDER next Thursday, the 7^th is early release!

·      Please be on time to class each and every day.  I pick up the students on the playground at 8:35 and we walk in ready to learn.

·      It is that time of year for our annual canned food drive! Last year our school collected truckloads of canned, nonperishable foods and we would LOVE to see that again.  The class who collects the most cans wins a pizza party.  We have decided that each child should try to bring 2 cans of food, anything more is GREAT! We start collecting on Monday! Bring in those cans kids!

·      Next Wednesday is our monthly PTO meeting; I encourage any parents from room 8 to come! It is such a good way to get in the know of all our school events!

·      Thank you, thank you and thank you for signing up to help with holiday donations. Those small items add up but with a little help from everyone we are going to make the next two weeks pretty special as we travel the world.  Details below :]

·      I am really looking forward to the next couple of weeks!
 

Save the Dates:

·      Monday, December 1^st- Friday, December 8^th- Canned food drive

·      Wednesday, December 6^th- PTO meeting at 6:30

·      Thursday, December 7^th- Early Release

·      Wednesday, December 13^th- PTO Holiday Craft Night at 5:30

·      December 16^th- January 1^st- Winter Break

·      Friday, January 5^th- Report Cards are sent home

Next Week:

Language Arts

All about Snowflake and the discoveries of their structures. I was hoping to time it with our first snowfall but that may not be in the forecast. The study of snowflakes is still interesting and exciting!  We will be reading “Snowflake Bentley”, a fascinating story about the photography and discovery of snowflake structures.  As we read we will work on character traits and a fun winter art project!

Math

Continuing with subtraction using picture form and number sentences. I will be assessing the students on Tuesday as they make 10 and pictures to solve. 

Science

We will hold off switching until after first of the year due to tradition studies.   

Social Studies

From Africa to France to back home in the U.S.A. we will be traveling the world to learn about the traditions that take place during this time of year.  Each destination will come with  Nat Geo. Kids website exploration, a reading, a passport stamp and a craft or treat.  Thank you again for the donations, with those we are able to make each stop a fun one! 

-Ms. Reger

Week of November 20th

Reminders:

·      I would like to formally invite all parents and/or guardians to a Family Pie afternoon!  As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches I would like to spend some time with one another as we celebrate this great classroom community.   I will be providing pies for us all.  Please R.S.V.P. using the following link so I can purchase as many pies as possible.  There are a few other items I will be looking for, if you can sign up to bring something please do! Also, I would like the room to be as comfortable as possible and would like to provide enough for everyone to eat so I ask that siblings do not join. Thanks!

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409094BADA92BA3FB6-family

·      No Homework!

·      November’s Core Value will be CARING.  We have been working hard while showing empathy, compassion and being overall good people.  I am looking for caring actions that take the feelings and concerns of others in mind. 

·      THANK YOU parents who took the time to attend our Parent University night! I believe it was beneficial to talk about how your child is doing in the areas of reading and math.  There was also data available to show you where exactly your child falls in those categories in comparison to the class.  If you missed Parent University I will be sending home the folders made on Monday. There are 3 graphs in the folder:

o   Oral Reading Fluency Graph- Explaining how many words in one minute your child read with ease.

o   High Frequency Word Graph- How many words your child knows out of the first 100. They are expected to know the first 100 by the end of the year.

o   Math Computation Graph- How well your child can complete addition and subtraction sentences in 8 minutes.

To check your child’s score, look inside the folder for a number, that is the number that is assigned to your child and their progress on all 3 graphs. 

Any questions, feel free to pop in before or after school!

Save the Dates:

·      Monday, November 20^th- Family Pie Afternoon @2:30!

·      No school November 22^nd-24^th. Happy Thanksgiving!

Next Week:

Language Arts

All about Turkeys and Thanksgiving!

Math

Continuing with subtraction using picture form and number sentences.

Science

Ms. Shaw is wrapping up the human body unit and assessing the inquiry process. This will be the last week of rotation until the new year!

Social Studies

One last and final Thanksgiving lesson before we enter the Holiday season.

THANK YOU for being a part of our room 8 community.  I am thankful for your time, effort and support as we work together to grow our children into helpful, productive and kind people!  

-Ms. Reger

ALSO…. Here are some GREAT pictures from Mr. Bob’s and Mr. JT’s bulb lesson. Your child will bring their bulbs home with directions on how to care for them on Monday. It was a great, hands-on lesson!