Week of October 29- November 2, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for October 29- November 2, 2018

            We will continue to discuss how wild animals take care of their babies in Reading!  We are focusing on identifying the Main Idea and key details within a story.  The key sight words for “A Fox and a Kit” are: her, too, four, five, eat, and this.  Our Reading test will be on Thursday, November 1^st. 

Our focus phonics skills are inflected endings –s and –ing.  The spelling words for this story are: sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, and naps.  Our challenge words are “her” and “too.”  Our spelling test will be on Thursday, November 1^st. 

In Math, this week we will continue to discuss the communitive property!  We will also work on identifying a missing addend, showing the part we know and what we are missing and writing the number sentence.  We are continuing to practice our basic facts! 

This Wednesday, October 31^st we will be having our annual Halloween Parade and treat in our classroom.  An important paper was sent home in our Friday Folders outlining the guidelines and parade route.  Please send your child’s costume in a bag labeled with their name on Wednesday, October 31^st!

            Wednesday is also the end of the month of October.  I will be collecting AR reading logs on that day!  Please be sure to list all books that the students read for that month.  Students who complete 15 entries (or more!)  will receive a Pizza Hut coupon.  Thank you for your continued support! 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/29)  Day 4- Library- Crazy Hair Day!  

Tuesday (10/30) – Day 5- Gym- Proud to be Drug Free Day- Wear RED! 

Wednesday (10/31)- Day 6- Music- Halloween Parade starting at 2:00!  Please send costumes in a bag labeled with your child’s name! J 

Thursday (11/1)- Day 7- Computers  

Friday (11/2)- 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 messag

Week of October 22-26, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for October 22-26, 2018

            Our next story in Reading will be “A Fox and a Kit.”  We will be discussing how wild animals take care of their babies.  Throughout our story we will work on identifying the main idea and key details.

 

            Our focus phonics skills are inflected endings –s and –ing.  The spelling words for this story are: sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, and naps.  Our challenge words are “her” and “too.”

            In Math, we will continue to work on addition sentences to 10.  We will work on finding the missing addend, and review using a number line.  Key words we will focus on this week are: addend, plus, equal sign, and sum. 

            Last Friday, in our Friday Folders I sent home our October Scholastic Book Order forms.  You may order online using our classroom code: MJJ8J or by sending in the book order with a payment (Checks payable to Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Orders are due by Friday, October 26^th.

            Please continue to encourage your child to practice their reading at home!   Document your child’s reading on their AR paper that can be found in their BEE folder!  Students that complete the October AR paper (15 spaces or more) will receive a Pizza Hut book-it coupon! 

            This week is Red Ribbon Week.  Students who are participating in the theme day are allowed to wear jeans or sweatpants.  However, school dress code attire should be followed if they are not participating in that day!  Please see below the theme day schedule. 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/22) – Day 9- Keyboarding- Superhero Day! 

Tuesday (10/23) – Day 10- Gym- Crazy Sock Day! **Picture Retake Day

Wednesday (10/24)- Day 1- Music- School Spirit Day!

Thursday (10/25)- Day 2- Computers- Favorite Team Day!

Friday (10/26)- Day 3- Art- Jeans 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 October 15-19, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for October 15-19, 2018

In Reading, we will continue with our story, “The Big Blue Ox.”  We are discussing ways that animals help people.  Throughout this story we identified the characters and how the setting changed. Sight words for “The Big Blue OX” are: blue, help, little, from, use, and get.  Our Reading test will be Thursday, October 18^th. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are short o and plural –s; consonant s/z/.  The spelling words for this story are: hot, hop, pot, pop, ox, lock, mop, got, rock, and mom.  The challenge words are “help” and “use.”  Our Spelling test will be on Thursday, October 18^th. 

In Math, we started learning addition facts to 10 in Unit 2!  We have been identifying the missing addend in our number sentence, and discussing the communitive property! Key vocabulary words you will hear this week are: join, plus, sum, and equal. 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/15) – Day 4- Library- Students will shop during this time! Family Night to shop the Book Fair is from 4pm-7pm tonight in the Library!

Tuesday (10/16) – Day 5- Gym

Wednesday (10/17)- Day 6- Music

Thursday (10/18)- Day 7- Computers

Friday (10/19)- Day 8- Art- Spartan Dress Down Day for a $1 donation!

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 October 8-12, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for October 8- 12, 2018

          In Reading, we will dive into our new story, “The Big Blue Ox.”  We will be discussing ways that animals help people.  We will also be focusing on identifying the character and setting of a story!  Our sight words for this story are: blue, help, little, from, use, and get. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are short o and plural –s; consonant s/z/.  The spelling words for this story are: hot, hop, pot, pop, ox, lock, mop, got, rock, and mom.  The challenge words are “help” and “use.”  

            We are also continuing to practice our handwriting!  We are watching for a “writer’s eye” when writing.  We look for a capital letter to begin our sentence, lower case letters throughout our sentence, finger spaces between words, and punctuation at the end of our sentence.  We check our sentence at the end to make sure it is a complete thought! 

            In Math, we are beginning Unit 2!  Throughout this unit we will focus on addition and subtraction.  Listen for our key vocabulary words such as: join, separate, sum, difference and equal. 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/8) – No School for Students- Teacher In-Service Day!  

Tuesday (10/9) – Day 10- Gym-  Decades Day!

Wednesday (10/10)- Day 1- Music- Cartoon Day!

Thursday (10/11)- Day 2- Computers- Cruise Ship All Aboard Day!

Friday (10/12)- Day 3- Art- Spartan Spirit Day!  *Free Dress Down to show your school spirit!!

Monday (10/15)- Library- This will be our day to shop the Scholastic Book Fair! 

                                     **It is also parent night to shop from 4pm-7pm. 

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 October 1-5, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for October 1-5, 2018

            In Reading, we took our test for the story “Pig in a Wig.” Throughout this story we discussed who helps animals.  We focused on identifying the plot of the story.  We took our test on this story today!

            Our focus phonics skill was short I and consonant –x.  Our spelling words were six, lip, in, wig, it, did, mix, sit, pin, and fix.  Our challenge words were “she” and “take.”  We took our test on these spelling words today!

In Math, we are learning how to create, organize and represent mathematical ideas!  This week we will continue to work on identifying numbers using ten frames.  We will also introduce simple addition through “part, part, whole” mats.  The Unit 1 test for Math will be on Wednesday, October 3^rd. 

New AR Reading Logs were sent home today!  Please continue to read with your child throughout the month of October!  Students are encouraged to read 15 books (or more) to practice reading fluency and comprehension skills.

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/1) – Day 5- Gym

Tuesday (10/2) – Day 6- Music

Wednesday (10/3)- Day 7- Computers

Thursday (10/4)- Day 8- Art

Friday (10/5)- Day 9- Keyboarding *Act 80 Half Day!  Students will be dismissed at 12:00

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday (10/8) -Teacher In-Service Day! *No school for students

Tuesday- Friday (10/9-10/12)- Homecoming Week! *Please refer to the theme days sent home in the Friday Folder

Tuesday (10/15)- Family Night at our School Book fair from 4pm-7pm

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!