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Newsletter10/21/2020 Optional Halloween Project This week, I sent home this information for an optional (just for fun) Halloween project. See information below: Halloween
Red Ribbon Week ![]() Scholastic Book Orders I will submit the order on Sunday. Enjoy the weekend!
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Newsletter10/9/2020 No School on Monday. Enjoy the long weekend! Picture Day is Wednesday, October 14 at 1:15 Forms for Picture Day went home this afternoon. No need to return the form if you end up ordering online. If you did not get a form today, please remind your child to bring it home on Tuesday. (Write a note in their agenda!) :) Sweatshirts for Cold Weather Please send in a sweatshirt for your child to keep at school (if you have not already.) Label it with their name on the tag. We keep these on hand in case we need to evacuate during cold weather. Multiplication We've been learning beginning single-digit multiplication. Here are the strategies we are using.
Spelling Students will start spelling lists next week. Halloween It's time to start thinking about Halloween. We will do a class party, but it will be very different from past ones. Costumes (that aren't going to scare Kindergarteners....) are definitely OK. But we're not passing anything between each other this year-- candy, toys, etc. I will provide more details as I know them...
It's okay to send in simple decorations for our classroom. We'll put them up!
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Newsletter10/2/2020 Fall is here! As it gets colder, remember those jackets/sweatshirts for recess! Snack Form Link Fixed (hopefully!) Here is the ORDER FORM for snacks / treats. I've also added the link to our home page. Tuesday October 6, 2020 Flavors are : Orange Blossom and Fudge-O Thursday October 8, 2020 - It's Ice Cream Sandwich Day Flavors : Mint, Brownie, Vanilla and Cookies and Cream Google Classroom Here are INSTRUCTIONS for Google Classroom at Home. A paper copy of this information is going home next week with student user / pw information. (Students probably already know their logins, we use them often.) In class, we have already accessed several Google Classroom assignments and turned them in Bringing Home Chromebooks - TUESDAY Oct. 6 On Tuesday, I'll be sending home Chromebooks for the night. They will come in a bag with a login sheet and a charger. The charger stays at home, but the Chromebook needs to come back on Wednesday morning. I don't anticipate doing this often, but we are trying a practice run. Students will attempt a short assignment on their Chromebook for homework, basically to make sure that they are able to get online. Specials Next Week Mon- PE Tue- Art Wed- PE Thurs- PE Fri- Music Have a great weekend!
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Newsletter9/21/2020 Student Mailboxes Students should have emptied out their mailboxes today. However, there has been very little to send home so far as we have been doing the majority of our work in notebooks, in workbooks, and online. Google Classroom, Class website, Cursive I have added a link to our Google Classroom on our Student Sites page. Students will need to be logged into Google to access. We've also explored a few new Reading resources on the Student Sites page including Tumblebooks and Newsela. Students should be able to access these outside of school if they need any additional reading material. Next week, students will start learning cursive on Mondays. Not only is this beneficial for fine motor skills, it also helps students to be able to read cursive more easily. Add to your Calendar Oct 14: Picture Day at Ellicott for our class. Snacks Here is the ORDER FORM for snacks / treats. Please print out and send in with your child if you would like them to have one of these items at lunch. They need to have money in their lunch account or bring exact change. Open House Have a great weekend!
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Newsletter9/18/2020
A Few Activities from this Week Reading - we are reading independently and practicing writing short 'jots' as we read to show our thinking. We have started logging the books that we read. Writing - we each drew a map of a place that we know well, such as our neighborhood. We're using this map as an inspiration for future short true stories. Math - we are exploring simple story problems that show multiplication. Example-- There are 5 trees. Each tree has 6 apples. How many apples are there in all? We're also learning to draw models that represent these problems. Science - we completed a Mystery Science activity about using fossils to predict an ancient habitat. Social Studies - we read about the US Constitution for Constitution Day, and learned about a few different New Year celebrations around the world including Rosh Hashanah which begins tonight. Chromebooks- every student logged into our Google Classroom and we have attempted a few simple morning assignments. (We're getting there!) We all accessed our XtraMath accounts, which is a site that we use to practice math facts. Right now, we are all reviewing addition. We also logged into a math site called Prodigy. XtraMath and Prodigy are both sites that can be accessed at home. If your child wants to do this, you may need to email me for a password or Pin number to log them in. We also had a fire drill! Everyone is already a pro at mask-wearing! Dismissal Remember to send in a note for any change in the normal pickup plan. When in doubt--- just send in a note with your child in the morning. The latest Parent Pickup schedule: Families with last names beginning with A - I 3:00PM - 3:10 PM Families with last names beginning with J - P 3:10PM - 3:20 PM Families with last names beginning with Q - Z 3:20PM - 3:30 PM Have a great weekend!
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End of the First Week of School!9/9/2020
Communication Please join our class on Remind. You can join with a phone or an email address. I'll send messages out on Remind when I post a new newsletter here, or have an announcement for the class. It's also a convenient way for me to communicate with families individually. Upcoming Parent Information Night-- Thursday, September 17. 6:15 pm. This will be a live Zoom or Google Meet. I will send the link out via Remind and email next week. Homework Agendas
Snacks We are a dairy/milk, peanut and treenut-free room. Fruits and veggies only for snacks this year. Free Breakfast and Lunch for all students through December. Students who want breakfast need to go to the cafeteria when they arrive. Breakfast and lunch are in the cafeteria for our class at all times. Here is the menu. Scholastic Book Club Paper catalogs are going home today. There are also many additional titles available online. Order online at scholastic.com. Our class code is NH8ML. I will place an order once each month. 2019-2020 Yearbooks. If you ordered last year's yearbook, they are going home today. Specials We are on a 6 day rotation for specials. The calendar is below. Be sure your student wears comfortable sneakers for PE days. Day 1: Art Days 2,3,4: PE Day 5: Tech Day 6: Music Cycle Day Calendar (updated 8/31) Physical Education PE Welcome Letter PE is on Days 2,3,4. We will be writing reminders about PE in our homework agendas. Wear sneakers. Hat / sunglasses OK for outdoor days. Please apply sunscreen before school on sunny days. Have a great weekend!
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