Please note the following upcoming dates:

*          Monday, November 16^th – Delayed Start Monday

*          Thursday, November 19^th – NO SCHOOL, Parent-Teacher Conferences

*          Thursday, November 26^th & Friday, November 27^th  - NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break 

*          Monday, December 21^st through Friday, January 1^st – NO SCHOOL, Christmas Break

*          Monday, January 18^th – Delayed Start Monday

*          Thursday, January 21^st and Friday, January 22^nd – Early dismissal 11:55am (Exam days)

Other Points of Interest:

There will NOT be a PTO Holiday Craft Market in McBain this year, due to the construction; it will return as usual in 2016!

There will NOT be an elementary Christmas program this year, due to the construction.  The plan is to have a spring program; more details as the date approaches.

If you need to make a change to your child’s plans for the end of the day, please call the school before 2pm so that there is time to get the message to your child.  We can only assure emergency notes get to your child after that time.

All VISITORS/VOLUNTEERS must check in at the office and pick up a visitor or volunteer tag before proceeding into the hallway or classroom. This includes first thing in the morning.

Thanks to those parents that are following the Pick-Up/Drop-Off Procedure. Pickup at the end of the day is in theelementary cafeteria, not the office, not the classroom, not the hallway, not the playground. We appreciate your cooperation!

During Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, November 19^th, the items in Lost & Found will be displayed in the hallway.  Please take a moment to look through them to see if any items belong to your child.  Anything left after conferences will be donated to a local charity.

A big thank-you to all those that sent in money for our annual “Coins for Kids” collection for World Hunger Relief. With your help, we were able to donate $2,131.69!

When taking pictures of your child during events or classroom activities, please keep in mind that there may be other children in the picture as well, and some parents prefer that their child’s picture not be posted on Facebook or other media.

The PTO wants to remind everyone to keep clipping and sending in labels.  There has been a good response so far this school year, so keep it up!

Mrs. Kamphouse’s Class            Week of:  November 9^th     

Important Dates:

November 16: Delayed Start

                       Mr. Wissner’s class begins

November 19: NO SCHOOL- Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 26 & 27: NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break

Mr. Wissner came to be with us in our classroom today.  He is excited to begin with his new class on next Monday.  The students were so happy to see him and spent some time getting to know him this morning. J

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

Our special student this week is Adriana Ross Perez.  Adriana is 7 and her birthday is March 13^th.  She enjoys her family, playing at the park, going to the zoo, and going to school!  Adriana loves cake and Sofia the First.  She has 3 brothers and is hoping for a sister!  J

SPELLING WORDS:

Our spelling test will again be on Monday of next week!  The spelling homework is not due until then! J 

PARENT/TEACHER Conferences:

Please let me know if the time does not work for conferences.  Your child’s conference time was on a yellow piece of paper sent home yesterday.  I can find another time if the requested time does not work!

REPORT CARDS:

Report cards will be in your child’s reading folder on Friday.  Look for them then! 

 If you haven't heard the news, we have hired a new first grade teacher to help us with our large class sizes. His name is Mr. Wissner! He is going to be a great addition to our staff. I honestly felt a weight lifted off once we interviewed him. He is such a wonderful person! He will be shadowing in our classrooms the week of November 9th. He will start with his new class on the 16th. We will sadly have to say good by to 5 of our friends in our classroom. The office is still making calls to parents about switching. If you happen to be called and agree that your child will go, I just want to say thank you for sharing your child with me for the past 2 months. I have fallen in love with them and am going to be super sad to see them go. I also want to say thank you for being flexible and trusting that the change will be great! After meeting Mr. Wissner, I can assure you that they will love him!

Important Dates:

November 16: Delayed Start

November 19: NO SCHOOL- Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 26 & 27: NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

Our special student this week is Urijah Ebles!  Urijah LOVES dinosaurs!  He also loves fishing, apples and going to the movies. Urijah’s birthday is on August 5th.  He wants to play baseball and soccer in the future.  His favorite movie is Dino King and book is How to train your Dragon.  J

SPELLING WORDS:

Our spelling test will be on Monday of next week!  The spelling homework is not due until then! J 

MATH:

Our Unit 2 Math test is tomorrow.  The review was done in class today.  I am very impressed with their ability to explain and write the answer to the questions. 

Like the Unit 1 test I will staple the pretest and posttest together so that you are able to see their growth!

Important Dates:

October 30: Halloween AFTERNOON fun

November 2: NO SCHOOL- Professional Development

November 16: Delayed Start

November 19: NO SCHOOL- Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 26 & 27: NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break

HALLOWEEN FUN:

October 30^th in the AFTERNOON will be our Halloween fun day! Reminders for food donations will go home today or tomorrow.  The day is normal in the morning (please DO NOT send your child to school in their costume).  After lunch they may all change into their costume (no weapons).  We will have a parade, visit the 4^th grade Wax Museums, and then head back to the classroom for snacks and a Halloween movie. 

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

Our special student this week is Ella DeRuiter!  Ella has 5 siblings.  She will turn 7 in May and her favorite book is Biscuit.  Ella’s goals are to learn a lot and have a good school year! She loves unicorns and the cartoon My Little Pony. J

SPELLING WORDS:

Our spelling test will be on Friday this week!  The spelling homework is not due until then! J

READING FOLDERS:

Keep up the GREAT job reading at night!  I have been testing reading levels this week and many have gone up a box or two to the next letter!  I haven’t been able to check their sight word booklets yet because of this.  That will come soon!  I may only get to the sight word booklets once every few weeks.

PROGRESS REPORTS:

These went home last Friday.  Please note, I do not check “consistently high performance” at this point in the year because I don’t feel we have not been in school quite long enough yet.  So please don’t feel that your child isn’t doing great!

SIGHT WORDS:

You may see a sight word paper in your child’s reading folder.  Feel free to have your child practice these words whenever you have a chance.  I try to test them monthly, if not, weekly. 

CLASS DOJO COUPONS:

You may have seen paper coupons come home in your child’s reading folder.  If their name was on the back of a coupon they earned it!  The coupon is for one day. J

GEERS PUMPKIN PATCH:

October 22^nd is our Geers Pumpkin Patch field trip.  We will be going there from 9:00-11:00 that morning.  A note went home last week.  (Let me know if you do not have one) Please sign and return the note with $4.00 and your name with $4.00 for yourself if you are choosing to chaperone the field trip.  If you choose to chaperone you will have other children in your group on the field trip…just FYI.  J

HALLOWEEN FUN:

An official note will be sent home soon, but the day is normal in the morning (please DO NOT send your child to school in their costume).  After lunch they may all change into an costume (no weapons).  We will have a parade, visit the 4^th grade Wax Museums, and then head back to the classroom for snacks and a Halloween movie. 

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

Our special student this week is David Ferris.  David just celebrated his 7^th birthday this month.  He has a twin sister Ellie and 6 other siblings!  David loves monster trucks, guns, and mud puddles.  His favorite food is ravioli and book is Batman.  He hopes to learn to read and tie his shoes this year!

SPELLING WORDS:

I was asked what the HF words are.  This stands for High Frequency Words.  It’s just another name for sight words. 

The spelling homework is not due until next Thursday, the 22^nd!  We will have our test on that Friday.