Week of November 13-17, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for November 13-17, 2017

Our focus question for our story, Get the Egg, is “what wild animals live in our neighborhood?”  Students have really enjoyed talking about animals that they see in the wild!  We are also discussing the main idea of a passage and supporting details.  Our test for this story will be Friday, November 17^th. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are short e and consonant blends.  Our spelling words for this story are: men, red, step, ten, net, leg, jet, sled, wet, bed.  The challenge words are: “saw” and “your.”  Please continue to work on these words nightly with your child!  The test for these spelling words will be Friday, November 17^th. 

In Math, we are continuing to discuss strategies that we can use to find addition and subtraction facts!  We have learned that addition and subtraction facts can be written two ways, “up and down OR side to side!”  In the coming weeks, I will be sending home an envelope with your child that will contain addition and subtraction flash cards.  Please practice these flash cards with your child!  It is important that these facts become automatic!  Our Topic 4 test will be Monday, November 20^th!

I am going to begin to send home Scholastic Book Order forms each month!  If you are interested in ordering, please either send in a check (made payable to Scholastic Inc.) with the book order slip, or you may order online using our class code: MJJ8J.  Our orders for November are due by Friday, November 17^th. 

I am also so proud to say that our class has won another “BINGO”’ on our 100’s chart for TEAMWORK! J  As a reward, we will be having a stuffed animal day!  Kiddos are invited to bring a stuffed animal with them to school this Friday, November 17^th.  Please be sure that this stuffed animal can fit into their book bag! 

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 this week:

Monday (11/13)- Day 3- Art

Tuesday (11/14)- Day 4- Library

Wednesday (11/15)- Day 5- Gym

Thursday (11/16)- Day 6- Music

Friday (11/17)- Day 7- Computers  *Dress down day with a donation to our Veterans!

** Next week: Wednesday (11/22) is an Early Dismissal!  Students will be dismissed at 12:00. There is also No School Thursday (Happy Thanksgiving! J), Friday (11/24) or Monday (11/27)! 

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 6-10, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for November 6-10, 2017

In Reading, we will continue with our story, “A Fox and a Kit.”  We are discussing the main idea and supporting details of the story.  We have also talked about how wild animals take care of their babies!  Our test for this story will be Tuesday, November 7^th.  Our spelling test for inflected endings –s and –ing will also be Tuesday, November 7^th! 

            In Math, we are continuing to work on our addition and subtraction facts to 12!  We also learned that addition and subtraction sentences can be written, “side to side OR up and down.”  We are still practicing our vocabulary words such as: sum, difference, plus sign, minus sign, equals, doubles fact, and near doubles. 

            Last week, our class read the story, Turkey Trouble, by Wendi Silvano.  I sent home a note explaining our Turkey in disguise project and writing!  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!  The kiddos seem very excited about this project!  J  All turkeys and clues are due by Friday, November 10^th.  However, you can always send them in throughout the week! 

*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

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (11/6)- Day 8- Art  

Tuesday (11/7)- Day 9- Keyboarding

Wednesday (11/1)- Day 10- Gym

Thursday (11/2)- Day 1- Music

Friday (11/3)- Day 2- Computers

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 30- November 3, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for October 30- November 3, 2017

            In Reading, we will begin our story, “A Fox and a Kit.”  As a class, we will be discussing the main idea and supporting details of our story.  We will also be answering the question, “How do wild animals take care of their babies?”

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

            In Math, we are beginning addition and subtraction facts to 12. 

            As October comes to a close, I will be collecting our AR papers for October tomorrow (10/31).  I will be handing out November AR papers as well.  Please continue to read with your child nightly and document the reading on the AR paper!  Students who complete 15 spaces (or more) will receive a Pizza Hut book-it coupon for a free personal pan pizza!  Also, if your child is reading a chapter book, you can break that chapter book into multiple spaces within the AR paper.  For example: Goosebumps pgs. 1-30, Goosebumps pgs. 30-60, etc.  Another great resource for AR reading are the decodable readers your child brings home throughout the week in their OWL folder.  These readers reinforce the phonics skills we are focusing on and are a great book to practice their fluency!

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/30)- Day 3- Art- Pajama Day

Tuesday (10/31)- Day 4- Library- Wear Red Day- Happy Halloween! J

*PBIS reward day!  If your child selected the movie as the reward, they may bring a towel or blanket to sit on!

Wednesday (11/1)- Day 5- Gym

Thursday (11/2)- Day 6- Music

Friday (11/3)- Day 7- Computers

*A friendly reminder: After 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

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 23-27, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for October 23-27, 2017

            This week in Reading, we are continuing to discuss how animals can help people!  We are identifying the characters and setting within our story, “Big Blue Ox.”  Our test for this story will be Wednesday, October 25^th!  We will complete this test together while discussing good test-taking strategies! 

Our spelling words for this week are: hot, hop, pot, pop, ox, lock, mop, got, rock, and mom.  Our challenge words are “help” and “use.”  The phonics focus skills for this story are the short o, and the plural –s.  Please continue to practice these spelling words nightly with your child!  Our spelling test on these words will also be Wednesday, October 25^th! 

In Math, we are discussing how to identify and create numbers within a ten-frame.  We are also looking at the relationship between 5 and 10 within the ten-frame.  For example, “7” within the ten-frame is 5 with 2 more, or it can be 10 minus 3.  Our test on Topic 3 will be on Thursday, 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 OWL folder!  Students that complete the October AR paper (15 spaces or more) will receive a Pizza Hut book-it coupon! 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/23)- Day 8- Art- Superhero Day!

Tuesday (10/24)- Day 9- Keyboarding- Sock it to Drugs *wear crazy or mismatched socks!

Wednesday (10/25)- Day 10- Gym- Our School is Drug Free *wear school spirit shirts

Thursday (10/26)- Day 1- Music- Team Up Against Drugs *Wear your favorite team shirt

Friday (10/27)- Day 2- Computers- I am a “Jean-ious” *Wear jeans on this day

*Friday is also our Halloween Parade!  Please be sure to follow the guidelines sent home in the Friday Folder! 

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 16-20, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for October 16- 20, 2017

We are diving into our new story this week called, “The Big Blue Ox.”  We will be discussing the characters and setting of our story!  We will also discuss how animals can help people. 

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

We will be taking our Topic 2 Subtraction test on Wednesday, October 18^th.  Next, we will dive into Topic 3: Five and Ten Relationships.  As a class, we will be practicing identifying numbers within a 10-frame, as well as, being able to build our own 10- frame to show a number!    This is a very short topic, so our test will likely be early next week! 

As a class, we love to read and listen to stories!  It is very important that kids hear fluent reading and activate comprehension strategies.  One way we can practice these skills is by having guest readers come into our classroom!  If any parent/ grandparent/ guardian would like to come into our class, please let me know by writing me a note, email or Class Dojo message!    

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (10/16)- Day 3- Art *Family Night at the Book Fair!  Join us from 4 - 7pm!

Tuesday (10/17)- Day 4- Library- *Students will be able to shop the Book Fair this day!

Wednesday (10/18) Day 5- Gym

Thursday (10/19)- Day 6- Music

Friday (10/20)- Day 7- Computers  *Spartan Dress Down Day!  $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 9-13, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for October 9-13, 2017

            As a class, we have learned and discussed all of our S.P.AR. T. Y rules!  The students have worked very hard to earn their stickers and seemed to really enjoy their dress down days!  We will continue to follow these rules throughout the school year and are working towards our monthly reward!  I am also very excited to share that our class worked together as a team and reached their goal of getting 5 numbers in a row for a BINGO on our 100’s chart!  We will complete an activity together as a reward for our teamwork! 

In Math, we are continuing to discuss subtraction!  We have been focusing on identifying the whole and the part we know!  This information helps us find our missing part or the “difference.” We are taking this information and creating a subtraction sentence!  Our test on subtraction will be early next week! 

            A new Accelerated Reader (AR) paper was sent home last week!  Please continue to encourage your child to practice their reading at home!   Students that complete the October AR paper will receive a Pizza Hut book-it coupon! 

Our schedule for this coming week includes:

Monday (10/9)- No School for Students!

Tuesday (10/10)-Day 9- Keyboarding- Tacky Tourist Day

Wednesday (10/11)- Day 10- Gym- Dynamic Duo Day ** 2 Hour Data-Delay

Thursday (10/12)- Day 1- Music- Wacky Thursday Day **Picture Retake Day!

Friday (10/13)- Day 2- Computers- Patriotic/ Spartan Pride Day

Just a friendly reminder, Monday, October 16^th is our Parent Night for the Book Fair!  You can visit our 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!  

Week of October 2- 6, 2017

Weekly Newsletter for October 2-6, 2017

This week, our students are working on the S.P.AR.T.Y rule of Teamwork!  We will continue to discuss and show ways we can be a good team member of our classroom and school.  This rule really connects with our 100’s chart for teamwork.  Our students have been working so hard to collect those 100’s chart points and are SO close to winning a celebration! 

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.  Our spelling test for this story will be on Thursday, October 5^th. 

In Reading, we are continuing to discuss the literary elements of characters and setting.  We are discussing as a class who helps animals and how we can help them!  Our test for our story, Pig in a Wig will be on Thursday, October 5^th.  Again, we will take this test together, and discuss good test-taking strategies.  

A new Accelerated Reader (AR) paper will be sent home for the month of October this week!  Students are building a strong reading foundation by practicing reading books on their level!  Kiddos that complete the October AR paper this month will receive a Pizza Hut book-it coupon! 

In Math, we are continuing to discuss subtraction!  Listen for key vocabulary terms such as: minus sign, equal sign, difference, and subtraction sentence! 

Our schedule for this coming week includes:

Monday (10/2)- Day 4- Library

Tuesday (10/3)- Day 5- Gym

Wednesday (10/4)- Day 6- Music

Thursday (10/5)- Day 7- Computers

Friday (10/6)- Day 8- Art

Upcoming Events:

Monday, October 9^th- No School for Students **Teacher In-Service Day

Wednesday, October 11^th- 2 hour data delay

Thursday, October 12^th- Picture Re-take Day

Monday, October 16^th- Parent Night for the Book Fair (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!