Week of September 25-29, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for September 25-29, 2017

This week, our students will be focusing on the AR in the S.P.AR.T.Y rules.  We will be discussing ways we can Act Responsible in the classroom, hallway, cafeteria and at recess. 

Our spelling words for the story are: six, lip, in, wig, it, did, mix, sit, pin and fix.  Our challenge words are: “she” and “take.”  Our focus phonics skill for this story is the short I sound. 

For our story Pig in a Wig, we will be identifying the story elements of characters and setting.  We will also be discussing who helps animals and how we can help animals! 

In Math, we are beginning to introduce subtraction or “take away.”  This week we will be looking at finding the missing parts of numbers, as well as, learning how to write a subtraction sentence!  Listen for key vocabulary terms such as: minus sign, equal sign, difference, and subtraction sentence! 

As our month of September comes to a close, please remember to continue to read for our Accelerated Reader (AR) program!  Also, it is very important to track your reading on your AR log in your OWL folder.  Our September AR logs will be collected on Monday, October 2^nd!  A new October AR log will be sent home that day as well!

Our schedule for this coming week includes:

Monday (9/25)- Day 9- Keyboarding

Tuesday (9/26)- Day 10- Gym

Wednesday (9/27)- Day 1- Music

Thursday (9/28)- Day 2- Computers

Friday (9/29)- Day 3- Art

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!   

Week of September 18 - 22, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for September 18-22, 2017

We are continuing our PBIS program in our school and our focus skill is Participation!  We are discussing and practicing what active participation looks like across settings! 

Our spelling words for this story are: at, can, cat, back, dad, am, bat, mad, ran, sack.  Our challenge words are: way, come.  This story our focus phonics skills are the short a sound, and consonant pattern –ck.  This test will be on Friday, September 22^nd!

We are continuing to look at the story elements in the story, Sam Come Back!  We will have a test on this story by the end of the week.  We will take this test together and review good test-taking strategies. 

In Math, we are continuing to discuss “ways to make.”  Your child has been working very hard on writing addition sentences, identifying the addends and finding the sum.  These are some key words we are focusing on this week!  Our class will take the Topic One test on Thursday, September 21^st! 

Our schedule for this upcoming week includes:

Monday (9/18) Day 4- Library

Tuesday (9/19) Day 5- Gym

Wednesday (9/20) Day 6- Music

Thursday (9/21) Day 7- Computers

Friday (9/22) Day 8- Art

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!   

Week of September 11- September 15, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for September 11- 15, 2017

We are kicking off our PBIS program this week and our focus skill is Safety!  We are discussing and practicing how to be safe throughout our school.  The kiddos are continuing to work very hard collecting those positive behavior points on Class Dojo!  As a class, students are working together as a team to earn numbers on our hundreds chart!  I am very impressed on how many numbers are already crossed off!  Keep up the great work! J

Our spelling words for this story are: at, can, cat, back, dad, am, bat, mad, ran, sack.  Bonus words: way, come. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are the short a sound, and consonant pattern –ck. 

We will begin looking at the story elements in the story, Sam, Come Back!  As a class, we will be discussing important things pets need!  We will also continue to build our reading and writing stamina! 

In Math, we are continuing to discuss and demonstrate “ways to make” in our introduction to addition!  You may hear your child saying, “part, part, whole”  with hand motions of joining their hands together to show this concept! 

Our schedule for this upcoming week includes:

Monday (9/11)- Day 10- Gym with Mr. Hinkel

Tuesday (9/12)- Day 1- Music with Mr. Kelly.  Today is also picture day!  Remember to smile! J

Wednesday (9/13)- Non-rotation day.  Today is our first data delay day! 

Thursday (9/14)- Day 2- Computers with Mr. Glessner.  We will also have hearing screenings this day!

Friday (9/15)- Day 3- Art with Mrs. Zink.  Spartan Dress Down Day! 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!   

Week of September 4- September 8, 2017

The 2017-2018 school year is off to a great start!  As a class, we have been building a sense of community in our classroom and working together as a team!  This past week we really focused on developing our routines and learning our classroom and school rules!  Our class has been working very hard earning their Class Dojo points and working together to cross numbers off our 100’s chart! 

Academically, we have started building our reading and writing “stamina.”  In math, we are starting to look at “ways to make” which introduces addition.  This unit’s key words are: part, whole, addend. 

Our class has a very big week when we will kick off our PBIS program with a Pep Rally on Thursday, September 7^th!  We have been discussing our S.P.AR.T.Y rules in class! 

The special subject schedule for this week includes:

Tuesday (9/5)- Day 6: Music with Mr. Kelly

Wednesday (9/6)- Day 7: Computers with Mr. Glessner

Thursday (9/7)- Day 8: Art with Mrs. Zink

Friday (9/8)- Day 9: Keyboarding

Looking ahead, picture day will take place on Tuesday, September 12^th!  Picture forms were sent home in the Friday Folder.  Remember to smile! J

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!