Game Day

We had a great time playing games with some class moms and a little brother too!

Peek at the Week of October 7-11

Game Day
We are having our first Game Day this Thursday at 2:30.  We have 5 parents coming in to run the games:  Mansourian, Krotee, Long, Kahn, and Bell.  Game Day is a time to play some good old-fashioned board games.  The parent volunteers can bring in a favorite game to share or else play one of the games I have in the classroom.

Reading Homework
The at-home reading books have been going back and forth from school to home without any major problems.  Thank you for reminding your child to take good care of the books so that they will remain in good shape for future students.

Parent WorkshopsThere are many parent informational meetings planned for throughout the school year.  Please make a note of the dates and times.  All workshops are offered in the morning and in the evenings to accommodate a variety of schedules.

Overview of the K-5 Curriculum (Hindley)
October 15 @ 7:00pm
October 16 @ 9:30am

Math (Holmes)
November 20 @ 9:30am
December 11@ 7:00pm

Reading and Writing Connection (Royle)
January 8 @ 9:30am
January 29 @ 7:00pm

Technology to Support Learning (Ox Ridge)
March 26 @ 9:30am
April 2 @ 7:00pm


Homework and Specials
Monday 10/7
E Day: Spanish
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Fall Word Work

Tuesday 10/8
F Day:  Music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math:  Animal Graph

Wednesday 10/9
A Day:  gym
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Blue Writing Journals

Thursday 10/10
B Day:  art and music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Review for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 10/11
C Day:  gym
Remember to read and list your minutes on your October calendars!

Have a great week!

Caramel Apples

Each child made a caramel apple to bring home to share with their families. It was a sticky project, but we hope it will be a yummy treat!

Apple Joke of the Day

Why was the apple tree so sad?

Because he kept getting PICKED on!

Highlights of the Week October 4

• (CKC)  We will have an apple party today.
• (CHC)  We practiced a little bit of soccer in gym.
• (SD)  It is the first week of October.
• (NF)  We have a spelling test today.
• (PG)  We switched seats for the new month.  We call it "bumping".
• (TH)  We earned our first gold star for homework.
• (WK)  We played Sit in gym.
• (CK)  We have 2 stars for homework.
• (QK)  We made caramel apples this morning. 
• (PK)  We started bringing home just right books to read every night at home.
• (MM)  We played Elimination in gym.
• (AM)  We read a book about Johnny Appleseed.
• (SM)  We had our first pep rally of the year!
• (SO)  In Writing Workshop we picked out our favorite story.  We stuck a heart on the best one.  That is the story we will publish!
• (VP)  In gym we played a mini-soccer game.
• (ER)  We learned that tall tales are stories that have some true parts, but they also have some stretched out parts.
• (BS)  In art we are learning how to weave.
• (ST)  Today the purple table did book shopping.
• (WB)  Today is the first spelling test in October.
• (SB)  In Writing Workshop we used red pens to edit our small moment stories.
• (TB)  We used blue pens in Writing Workshop to make our stories better.  This is called revising.
• (AB)  We started a joke bucket in our classroom.  Anyone can write a joke and leave it in the bucket.

Johnny Appleseed Coloring Page

While we were researching all about Johnny Appleseed, we found a website that had a cool coloring page.  Many kids wanted to try it at home.

September Pep Rally

Congratulations to WB and NF. They were the September Students of the month. They were given their certificates at our first Pep Rally.