Dear Parents, Tomorrow is our Halloween party. It begins at 12:20 to 3:00 p.m. Students’ costumes need to come to school in a bag with their name on it. No weapons are to be brought to school along with their costume. This has been a busy week for students. They have finished their first magazine test. Students did very well. Our class average was ?. It was given with full support. I model how to take the test for the first two tests. Then the last three tests are given with partial support. Students will take magazine tests until fifth grade; they are part of our reading units. Magazine tests also help students prepare for the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) given in the spring in grades 1-8. Next week we will begin a new reading unit called "The World Outside My Door." It includes stories called My River, Citybook, and Listen to the Desert. Also poems such as "Sleeping Outdoors," and "I Love the World." Over the next few weeks, you will see four books come home: Our Plants, A Fish Trip, A Walk in the City and Hats Hats Hats. These books will include new vocabulary words. Enclosed is a list of the vocabulary words. Last week students completed Unit 2 Checking Progress (math test). Enclosed is your child’s test. Students took it without support or help from me. It assessed time and money. Most students did well, but counting money and exchanging coins for fewer coins is a difficult skill for them. I gave students the opportunity to fix any incorrect answers on their test. If their answers were not correct, then I worked with them one-on-one. We have begun a new math unit called Visual Patterns, Number Patterns, and Counting. As patterns with numbers are investigated, children will take a closer look at the common patterns found in odd and even numbers. They will observe the patterns in the ending digits of counts by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s. Frames-and-Arrows diagram will be introduced to help children in their investigation of number sequences. Children will also continue to develop their time-telling and money-counting skills. They will practice telling time on the hour and the half-hour. And they will continue to work with real coins. Finally we will work on addition and subtraction. This is an important topic-it will be developed throughout the year. |
I need your help. Students are to
enter the building at 7:45 a.m. This allows me to prepare
for the day’s events, make copies, check email, and
take Emma to her classroom. If your child arrives earlier
than 7:45, then your child needs to wait outside under
the atrium with his/her classmates. Well, I have some news for you. I’m sure I had many of you wondering about my doctor’s appointment last Friday. Jay and I are expecting our second child on May 29th. I am going to share the happy news with my class tomorrow. Please find the enclosed sheet from Mr. Hughes. It discusses parent-teacher conferences. Parent-teacher conferences are on Thursday, November 11th at 5-8 p.m. Students will be dismissed from school at 12:30 p.m. to enable teachers to prepare for conferences. Then conferences will resume on Friday, November 12th at 8-11 a.m. It is important that you make your appointment as soon as possible because there are a limited number of conference times to accommodate you. Call Mary at 889-9674. The following are dates that you may want to add to your calendar:
Warmly, Shantel
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