Week of November 25- 29, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for November 25- 29, 2019

          Today, we will take our test for our story, “Animal Park.”  We will begin Unit 2 after returning back from Thanksgiving break!  In this Unit, we will discuss our community! 

          We will also continue to work on word problems this week in Math!  Please continue to practice the flash cards in your child’s B.E.E. Folder! J 

          November Reading Logs will be collected after the Thanksgiving Break.  Students that complete a Reading Log will receive a special prize! 

 Attached to our newsletter are our December Scholastic Book order forms!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due by Monday, December 9^th.   

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (11/25)  Day 7- Gym

Tuesday (11/26) – Day 8- Music     

Wednesday (11/27)- Non-Rotation Day *PBIS Reward Day!   

Thursday (11/28)- No School- Happy Thanksgiving! J

Friday (11/29)- No School for Students!

Monday (12/2)- No School for Students!

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 November 18-22, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for November 18-22, 2019

            We will continue with our story, “Animal Park.”  Our reading skill for this story is cause and effect!  Our high frequency words are: home, many, them and into.  Our test on this story will be Monday, November 25^th. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are short u and final consonant blends.  Our spelling words are crust, bump, jump, must, just, dust, trust, dusk, hunt, and lump.  Our challenge words are “many” and “into.”  Our test on these words will also be Monday, November 25^th!

            In Math, we will continue to work on word problems!  We will also work on doubles and doubles plus one.

With cold and flu season among us, we are in need of tissues and hand sanitizer to keep those germs away!  If you are willing to donate these items to our classroom, we would really appreciate it! J  

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (11/18)  Day 2- Computers

Tuesday (11/19) Day 3- Gym

Wednesday (11/20) Day 4- Music

Thursday (11/21) Day 5-Art

Friday (11/22) Day 6- Library  

            Important Upcoming Events:

Wednesday (11/27)- Early Dismissal for NSE!  Students will be dismissed at 12 noon. 

Thursday (11/28)- Monday (12/2)- No School!  Happy Thanksgiving! 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!   

Week of November 11-15, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for November 11-15, 2019

          In Reading, we will begin our next story, “Animal Park.”  Throughout this story, we will discuss what we can learn from watching wild animals.  Our high frequency words are: home, many, them and into. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are short u and final consonant blends.  Our spelling words are crust, bump, jump, must, just, dust, trust, dusk, hunt, and lump.  Our challenge words are “many” and “into.” 

            In Math, we will begin Unit 3.  Throughout this unit, we will dive deeper into understanding addition and subtraction.  This week, we will focus on creating fact families, and solving word problems! In your child’s B.E.E folder, you will see a “Math Facts” envelope.  Please review these flash cards with your child periodically to continue to build fluency of math facts!  Please keep these in the B.E.E. folder, as we will be adding more flash cards throughout the year and using these in our centers!  Thank you! J

Last week, I sent home our November Scholastic Book order forms.  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due by Wednesday, November 13^th! 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (11/11)  No School for Students- Act 80 Day!

Tuesday (11/12) – Day 6- Library   

Wednesday (11/13)- Day 7- Gym 

Thursday (11/14)- Day 8- Music   

Friday (11/15)- Day 1- 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 November 4-8, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for November 4- 8, 2019

            We will continue with our story, “Get the Egg!”  We have been talking about wild animals that we see and live in our neighborhoods!  We will continue to work on identifying the main idea and supporting details of a story.  Our high frequency words for this story are: saw, tree, your and small.  Our Reading test will be Friday, November 8^th. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are short e and initial consonant blends.  The spelling words for this story are: men, red, step, ten, net, leg, jet, sled, wet and bed.  Our challenge words are “saw” and “your.”  Our Spelling test will also be on Friday, November 8^th. 

We will take our Unit 2 Math test tomorrow, November 5^th!  Next, we will dig deeper into Addition and Subtraction in Unit 3! 

*A friendly reminder: As of November 3^rd (Daylight Savings) shorts are no longer allowed to be worn!  As the weather continues to cool off, please be sure to dress accordingly.  We will be going outside for recess as much as possible! J

Attached to our newsletter are our November Scholastic Book order forms!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due by Wednesday, November 13^th! 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (11/4)  1- Art     

Tuesday (11/5) – Day 2- Computers    

Wednesday (11/6)- Day 3- Gym    

Thursday (11/7)- Day 4- Music   

Friday (11/8)- Day 5- Art *Report Cards will be sent home in your child’s BEE Folder! J

*Monday (11/11)- No School for Students—Act 80 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!