Week of January 27-31, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for January 27-31, 2020

            Our new story in Reading is, “Who Works Here?”  In this story, we will learn about who makes our community a great place!  We will also discuss the Authors Purpose of a story!  Our high frequency words for this story are: people, live, work, who, and out.  

          Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long I sound and digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph.  Our spelling words are like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice and kite.  The challenge words are: “who” and “work.” 

          In Math, we will begin to show different ways to represent a number!  Listen for key vocabulary words such as “word form, base ten, expanded form and digits.  We will also continue to compare numbers! 

          A friendly reminder that January Reading Logs will be collected on Friday, January 31^st!  Please be sure to record any books that you are reading with your child at home on this log! J 

  Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/27)- Day 5- Art

Tuesday (1/28)- Day 6- Library

Wednesday (1/29)- Day 7- Gym

Thursday (1/30)- Day 8- Music

Friday (1/31)- Day 1- 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 January 20-24, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for January 20- 24, 2020

            This week we will continue to work on the phonics skill Long A and consonants c /s/ and g /j/.  We will also continue to discuss cause and effect this week as a class through read aloud stories!   

          In Math, we will work on comparing two numbers.  Listen for key words such as “greater than, less than, or equal to.”  We will begin working on solving word problems using base ten blocks! 

          January Reading Logs will be collected next Friday (1/31).  Please continue to read with your child at home! J  By practicing reading, students are building both their fluency and comprehension skills!  The decodable readers are a great practice to build these skills as well as practice our focus phonics skills!  Thank you for your continued support! J 

  Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/20)- No School for Students! – Teacher In-service day  

Tuesday (1/21)- Day 1- Art

Wednesday (1/22)- Day 2- Computers  

Thursday (1/23)- Day 3- Gym  

Friday (1/24)- Day 4- Music *Report Cards will be sent home in your child’s Friday Folder today! 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 January 13-17, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for January 13- 17, 2020

            We will continue with our story, “The Farmer in the Hat” this week!  We have talked about how our school and classroom is a community.  We are also discussing cause and effect!  Our high frequency words are: cold, be, old, paper, of, and horse.  The test for this story will be Friday, January 17^th. 

Our focus phonics skills are the long a sound and consonants c/s/ and g /j/.  Our spelling words are face, made, age, safe, make, take, cage, cake, late, and name.  Our challenge words are “could” and “old.”  Our test on these words will be on Friday, January 17^th. 

In Math, we will continue to explore place value.  We will be working on building tens and comparing two numbers!  Key vocabulary words this week are: tens, ones, greater than, less than, equal to! 

January Scholastic Book order forms were sent home!  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 Wednesday, January 15^th.  Thank you for your continued support! J

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/13)- Day 4- Music

Tuesday (1/14)- Day 5- Art  

Wednesday (1/15)- Day 6- Library

Thursday (1/16)- Day 7- Gym 

Friday (1/17)- Day 8- Music *Spartan Dress Down Day for a $1 donation! 

*Monday (1/20)- No school for students! - Teacher In-service 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 January 6-10, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for January 6-10, 2020

          Welcome back and Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing break!  J 

            We will begin a new story this week titled, “The Farmer in the Hat.”  Throughout this story we will discuss how our school is a community.  We will also revisit the skill of cause and effect.  Our high frequency words are: could, be, old, paper, of, and horse. 

            Our focus phonics skills are the long a sound and consonants c/s/ and g /j/.  Our spelling words are face, made, age, safe, make, take, cage, cake, late, and name.  Our challenge words are “could” and “old.” 

            In Math, we will begin Unit 4!  In this unit, we will focus on Place Value!  To begin, we will work on finding groups of ten to skip count and showing extra ones!  Please continue to work on our Math flash cards!  We are working so hard to beat our team score in Spring Math! J

            Attached you will find our January 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 Wednesday, January 15^th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/6)- Day 7- Gym

Tuesday (1/7)- Day 8- Music  

Wednesday (1/8)- Day 1- Art

Thursday (1/9)- Day 2- Computers

Friday (1/10)- Day 3- Gym

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 December 16-20, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for December 16-20, 2019

            We will take our test on our story, “A Big Fish for Max,” tomorrow, December 17^th.  The high frequency words for this story are:  said, want, good, catch, no, and put.  

Our focus phonics skills are digraphs –sh and –th and the vowel sound in ball, a, al.  Our spelling words are: fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, thin and ship.  Our challenge words are “want” and “good.”   The spelling test on these words will also be tomorrow, December 17^th! 

In Math, we will review word problems and creating our number sentences!  Our test on Unit 3 will be on Wednesday, December 18^th. 

            We will celebrate our December PBIS reward on Friday, December 20^th.  Students are permitted to wear school appropriate pajamas to school!  With your permission, students are also permitted to bring in an electronic.  All electronics will be kept in their cubby until it is time for the reward.  Please be sure all games are school appropriate and have a charged battery! J 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (12/16)- Day 2-Computers 

Tuesday (12/17)- Day 3- Gym 

Wednesday (12/18)- Day 4- Music *Ugly Christmas Sweater Paid Dress Day (Supports SPCA)

Thursday (12/19)- Day 5- Art 

Friday (12/20)- Non-Rotation Day! *Early Dismissal- Students will be dismissed at 12 Noon

Future Upcoming Important Dates:

*Monday (12/23)- Wednesday (1/1)- No School for Students!

*Thursday (1/2)- School reopens for Students!  It will be Day 6- Library! 

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 December 9-13, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for December 9-13, 2019

          In Reading, we will continue to discuss what families do together!  We will also continue to work on putting a story’s details in the correct order.  The high frequency words for this story are:  said, want, good, catch, no, and put.   Our test on this story will be early next week! 

Our focus phonics skills are digraphs –sh and –th and the vowel sound in ball, a, al.  Our spelling words are: fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, thin and ship.  Our challenge words are “want” and “good.”  

In Math, we will work on identifying the part unknown in our word problems.  We will also begin to discuss subtraction, and review using a number to help us solve! 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday (12/9)- Day 5- Art

Tuesday (12/10)- Day 6- Library *Our day to shop the PTO Holiday Workshop!  Please send all money in an envelope labeled with your child’s name and who they are buying for! Thank you! J

Wednesday (12/11)- Day 7- Gym  *Spartan Dress Down Day for a food or monetary donation

Thursday (12/12)- Day 8- Music

Friday (12/13)- Day 1- Art *Spartan Dress Down for a $1 donation

**Saturday (12/14)- North Schuylkill Elementary Chorus/Band Program

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 December 2-6, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for December 2-6, 2019

          This week, we will begin our new story, “A Big Fish for Max!”  Throughout this story, we will discuss things that families do together.  Our reading strategy will be sequencing.  The high frequency words for this story are:  said, want, good, catch, no, and put. 

          Our focus phonics skills are digraphs –sh and –th and the vowel sound in ball, a, al.  Our spelling words are: fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, thin and ship.  Our challenge words are “want” and “good.” 

          In Math, we will continue to work on solving doubles facts.  We will also begin adding three digits together to find the sum! 

December Scholastic Book order forms were sent home last week!  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.   

December Reading Logs will be sent home in your child’s B.E.E. Folder today!  The decodable readers and phonics stories are great practice for your child!  Not only does it reinforce the phonics skill we are working on, but it builds their reading fluency!  If your child reads the story two times, please write it on your reading log! J 

Our schedule for the upcoming week:

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

Tuesday (12/3)- Day 1- Art

Wednesday (12/4)- Day 2- Computers  

Thursday (12/5)- Day 3- Gym  

Friday (12/6)- Day 4- Music  

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!