HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We are planning our First Grade Halloween Party for the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 31.  The children will start getting their costumes on around 12:20 p.m.  Then, weather permitting; we will join the rest of the elementary in a costume parade down Main Street.  After the parade we will walk through the fourth grade “wax museums.”  We will then return to our classroom for some trail mix and a movie. 

Important Dates

17^th: Title I Night @ 5:30

22^nd: Delayed Start

24^th: Library (Thursday)

31^st: Halloween Party

(afternoon)

GYM: Mondays and Wednesdays; please remember gym shoes!

RAZ-KIDS:  We have an amazing reading program that we are using here at school on the ipads.  You are welcome to use this at home as well.  It is www.raz-kids.com  You should be able to register under the parent tab.  Then you may find your child’s name.  If you need their password (if they forgot it), just let me know!  Let me know if you have any trouble!  This will be shown to you in my room on Title I Night, this Thursday at 5:30!

CLASS STORE:  The children have begun to earn pretend money in the classroom.  This started today!  They will earn a penny for reading at night and a penny for doing their Math home links.  They will also earn and owe money for good or poor behavior.  They will be earning this money to visit our class store.  This will hopefully be done weekly depending on how many donations we receive.  We would love any used small toys from home that you wish to donate or individually wrapped candy or any dollar store items.  School supplies are always fun too!

HALLOWEEN PARTY:  The party will be in the afternoon on October 31^st.  We will be parading on costumes down main street and through the elementary.  Then we will check out the 4^th grade wax museum, and finally come back to our classroom for treats and a Halloween video!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  Our special student this week is Levi Myers!  Levi loves Science and going on vacation to places that are full of wildlife.  His favorite food is Macaroni and Cheese.  He likes listening to Jason Aldean and watching Transformer movies.  Levi enjoys Science and the book Big Chickens. J

Important Dates

11^th: Library

22^nd: Delayed Start

24^th: Library (Thursday)

31^st: Halloween Party

GYM: Mondays and Wednesdays; please remember gym shoes!

You may have noticed that I haven’t stuck to the once a month newsletter!  There’s too much to say, I can’t! J  However, some newsletters may be shorter than others…FYI. 

RAZ-KIDS:  We have an amazing reading program that we are using here at school on the ipads.  You are welcome to use this at home as well.  It is www.raz-kids.com  You should be able to register under the parent tab.  Then you may find your child’s name.  If you need their password (if they forgot it), just let me know!  Let me know if you have any trouble!

CLASS STORE:  The children are going to begin earning pretend money in the classroom.  They will earn a penny for reading at night and a penny for doing their Math home links.  They will also earn and owe money for good or poor behavior.  They will be earning this money to visit our class store.  This will hopefully be done weekly depending on how many donations we receive.  We would love any small toys from home that you wish to donate or individually wrapped candy or any dollar store items.  School supplies are always fun too!

HALLOWEEN COLORING CONTEST:  In your child’s mail today was a coloring sheet from Holton’s Gas Co.  If you wish to participate, all info is on the sheet and you can mail it to Holton’s Gas! J

October Birthday

14^th: Alaysia Ankney

What We’re Learning

READING: The children have been making sure to study the cover of their books and then try to read the titles.  They have then been taking picture walks before they begin reading.  This gets their minds ready to read the story.  They are also encouraged to reread their books many times! J

WORD STUDY:  Last week we were studying short o; the –op, -og,  and –ot word families.  This week we will work on the –en, -eg, and –et word families. This week’s sight words are: one, two, three, we, what, get 

WRITING:  The children have been trying really hard to tell stories across their fingers.  Thumb=who and where, middles= 1,2,3 events, and pinky=wrap up the ending.  Most of them are really good at writing the who and where and one event; they are encouraged to add more and an ending!

MATH: The children have really been loving Math time!  We have been practicing counting forward and backward on the hundreds chart and number line.  This week the penny will be introduced.  However, we have been talking about the coins everyday at calendar time!

Student of the Week

Student of the Week:  Our special student this week is Maisie Eling!  Maisie loves spending time with her family.  She loves art and Math and going to school, yay! She loves macaroni and cheese.  Maisie wants to continue spending time with her family when she grows up! J