B106 Weekly Newsletter

Our friends during the Tornado Drill

Week ending 5-17-24

This week, we talked about pets! We had a lot of fun counting, graphing, and reading about pets this week. We also had a chance to hear a story from Mrs. McCauley and Cocoa AND washed Cocoa in the dog washing station! What a fun experience!

In the last few weeks, we will use an ocean animals/ beach/ summer theme. We will finish up our IEP data collection/assessments and any other assessments that need to be completed (Acadience, iReady, sight words, etc.). We will also start to wind down with homework. As always, your child has access to iReady, Boom Cards, and all of the little booklets that were sent home this year. All of these would be great practice throughout the summer. (Please let me know if you plan to use iReady or Boom Cards over the summer so that I can make sure I keep up with them as well! Note that iReady is not appropriate for ALL of our students.)

Check out some great photos at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Chapter book: Bat and the Waiting Game, chapters 17-20, reading nonfiction articles and answering questions about the details and main idea

Word Work: vocabulary from the story: burrow, enclosure, sanitary, possession, organized, audition, hilarious, embrace, apology, rehearsal, shed, professional artist, "reached the end of his rope," irritated, seventh-inning stretch, mascots, kale, autistic, trundle bed, allergic, social butterfly

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Measurement- cups, pints, quarts, and gallons, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Sort by colors, make a choice of 2 (with photos and colors), practice "stop" and "go," make a choice of 2 photos of basic body parts (head, stomach, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, arm, leg), exposure to time to the hour

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Continue practice with long vowel words with silent e

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, telling time to the hour

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end

Math: subtraction, telling time to the hour

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end

Math: Subtraction and time to the hour

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Complete four tasks, make a choice of 2, sort by color, match identical photos, make a choice of 2 photos of basic body parts (head, stomach, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, arm, leg), exposure to time to the hour

Other: Zones of Regulation

Things to Note:

I know the PSO newsletter is already posting about supplies for next year. I plan to give you a revised list again this year, so you might want to wait before ordering the grade-level supply box.
Here are some Upcoming Sensory-Friendly Activities in Cleveland and Akron.
Gifts are never necessary, but here is a list of people who have worked or helped in our classroom throughout this year in the event you'd like to send a card or even an email: Mrs. Vajda, Mrs. Rizkala, and Mrs. P (our special education assistants), Mrs. Konstas (SLP), Mrs. Storme (OT), Mrs. Velbeck (COTA), Miss Spiccia (COTA), Mrs. Kenyon (PT), Mrs. Harper (BCBA), Mrs. Toth, Mr. Hartland, and Mrs. McCauley (principals), Mrs. Chalupa and Mrs. Davies (administrative assistants)

Dates to Know:

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt), Grade 1 (Arko/Day) Walking Nature Center Trip

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 27- No School! Memorial Day

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

June 24- ESY starts

Week Ending 5-10-24

This week, we had a lot to do! We finished up talking about coins and money (we'll continue to revisit this for many days to come!), continued to work on the plant life cycle, and did lots of activities to get ready for Mother's Day! We also read books about moms like Lllama, Llama, Misses Mama, Just Me and My Mom, Love You By Heart, and Mommy, Mama, and Me. We are really looking forward to giving our Mother's Day gifts to our moms! Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

Thank you so much for a wonderful Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! We were spoiled with lots of goodies from you AND the PSO! Thank you so much!

Next week, we will use the theme of pets! We will read books and sing songs about pets and will have a visit from Cocoa, the school therapy dog! We will also get to give Cocoa a bath on Friday of next week!

Did we mention before that EVERY student in B106 is NOW washing their own desk and chair every day AND unpacking AND packing their own bookbag (some with assistance)? Wow! How far we've come!

Check out some great photos at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Chapter book: Bat and the Waiting Game, chapters 14-17, reading nonfiction articles and answering questions about the details and main idea, start iReady Reading Assessment

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Measurement- convert between inches, feet and yards, Finish iReady Math Assessment

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Continue practice with long vowel words with silent e, complete the end-of-year reading assessment

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, iReady math assessment

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end, complete the end-of-year reading assessment

Math: iReady Math assessment, introduce subtraction

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end

Math: continue with the iReady Math assessment for the first time, introduce subtraction

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation

Things to Note:

I know the PSO newsletter is already posting about supplies for next year. I plan to give you a revised list again this year, so you might want to wait before ordering the grade-level supply box.
Here are some Upcoming Sensory-Friendly Activities in Cleveland and Akron.

Dates to Know:

May 17- PSO End of Year Bash- 5:30-7:30pm

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt), Grade 1 (Arko) Walking Nature Center Trip

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

June 24- ESY starts

Week Ending 5-3-24

This week, we had a packed schedule with so many new things to learn! Between introducing coins to our first and second graders to practicing the plant life cycle, we had a LOT to do! We are watching our pots filled with soil for the first sign of sprouts and learning that plants need soil, water, air, and sun to grow. Our third grade friend is reading his second chapter book of 2024 and working on measuring to the quarter inch!

Next week, we will be focusing on mothers. :) We will spend the week finishing up some plant life cycle things but also reading some great books about moms! We will also get started on our end of year iReady math assessments. These will be taken in very small chunks of time.

Did we mention before that EVERY student in B106 is NOW washing their own desk and chair every day AND packing their own bookbag (some with assistance)? Wow! How far we've come!

Check out some great photos at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Chapter book: Bat and the Waiting Game, chapters 10-13, reading nonfiction articles and answering questions about the details and main idea.

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Measurement- convert between inches, feet and yards, iReady Math Assessment

Other: Zones of Regulation, Life Cycles of Plants and Animals, Mother's Day

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle, Mother's Day

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Continue practice with long vowel words with silent e, compound words

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, briefly talk about nickels and quarters, review pennies and dimes, iReady math assessment

Other: Zones of Regulation, Planting seeds, plant life cycle, Mother's Day

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: cane, game, came, same, late, mate, date, cape, tape, compound words

Math: Addition with touch points, briefly talk about nickels and quarters, review pennies and dimes, iReady Math assessment

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle, Mother's Day

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: cane, game, came, same, late, mate, date, cape, tape, compound words

Math: addition with touchpoints, briefly talk about nickels and quarters, review pennies and dimes, attempt the iReady Math assessment for the first time.

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle, Mother's Day

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle, Mother's Day

Things to Note:

I know the PSO newsletter is already posting about supplies for next year. I plan to give you a revised list again this year, so you might want to wait before ordering the grade-level supply box.
Here are some Upcoming Sensory-Friendly Activities in Cleveland and Akron.

Dates to Know:

May 6- Grade 3 MetroParks Walking Trip

May 7- Basketball Jones assembly

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

June 24- ESY starts

Week Ending 4-26-24

This week, we got through a first-time field trip AND the third grade Ohio State Math Test! Yes! Good job to our second and third grade friends! We are so proud of you! (We also had a tornado drill, a first-grade glowstick lunch, AND Earth Day fun at recesses!)

This week, we talked about Earth day, went on an Earth Day scavenger hunt, and started to talk about seeds and plants. On Friday, we had a chance to plant our own bean and tomato seeds. We will water them regularly and watch them grow into sprouts! We are hoping to be able to grow some good sized plants by the end of May!

Next week, we will learn about the life cycle of a plant and the parts of a plant. We will also review our calming strategies and Zones of Regulation.

Check out some great photos of our days and work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Chapter book: Bat and the Waiting Game, chapters 6-10, reading nonfiction articles and answering questions about the details and main idea.

Word Work: vocabulary from the story: sanitary, possession, organized, audition, hilarious, embrace, policy, apology

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Measurement- inches, feet, yards, using a ruler and a tape measure

Other: Zones of Regulation, Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Continue practice with long vowel words with silent e, compound words

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, Introduce pennies and dimes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: make, take, bake, cake, rake, lake, late, mate, date, compound words

Math: Addition with touch points, Introduce pennies and dimes

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: make, take, bake, cake, rake, lake, late, mate, date, compound words

Math: addition with touchpoints, Introduce pennies and dimes

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, planting seeds, plant life cycle

Things to Note:

I know the PSO newsletter is already posting about supplies for next year. I plan to give you a revised list again this year, so you might want to wait before ordering the grade-level supply box.
There is a summer workbook listed in the PSO newsletter: I do not necessarily recommend a summer workbook for any of our B106 students.

Dates to Know:

April 27- Spring Celebration (Book Fair from 9am-2pm, Art Fest from 10am-2pm, and Chalkfest 10am-3pm)

May 6- Grade 3 MetroParks Walking Trip

May 7- Basketball Jones assembly

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

Week Ending 4-19-24

This week, we had fun learning about more signs of spring and starting to talk about Earth Day. Students in grades 1 and 2 also worked on 3D Solid Shapes (cube, cone, sphere, pyramid, cylinder, rectangular prism) and telling how many corners, faces, and bases each shape has. Our friend in grade 3 successfully took the Ohio State Reading Test this week as well!

Next week, we will continue to talk about Earth Day and start into the life cycle of a plant. We will even get to plant our own seeds again this year.

Check out some great photos of our days and work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: New chapter book: Bat and the Waiting Game, chapters 3-6

Word Work: vocabulary from the story: sanitary, possession, organized, audition, hilarious, embrace, policy, apology

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture; finish the writing project to persuade your parents to buy a new pet

Math: Practice tests for the Ohio State Test (coming up next week), word problems with and without key words

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring, Life Cycles

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Continue practice with "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Practice words with silent e.

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism).

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: make, take, bake, cake, rake, lake, late, mate, date.

Math: Addition with touch points, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Continue with short vowel words with sh, ch, th, wh, ck.

Math: addition with touchpoints, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, plant life cycle

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, plant life cycle

Dates to Know:

April 22- Grade 2 Field Trip (Mrs. Cody's class)

April 25, 26- Grade 3 Ohio State Test (Math)

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

Week Ending 4-12-24

This week, we worked on attributes of 2D Shapes AND we read some wonderful books and watched videos about autism. We started with a book called Too Much: An Overwhelming Day which talked about being overloaded with sensory input. We read another story called A Day With No Words. This is the first book I've ever read with the main character who uses a talker! We also read My Friend Has Autism which speaks more about special interests. While we did not specifically say "this story is about people like you," we DID note similarities to the characters while reading.

We also watched two lovely videos from Sesame Street about autism and their autistic character Julia. I thought these were really well done and hope you will also check them out and let me know your thoughts.

Sesame Street: Meet Julia

Sesame Street and Autism: A Highlight Reel

Next week, we will finally start talking more about spring (fingers crossed). We've been holding off a bit until the weather looks more "spring-like." We will also move on to 3D Shapes. Our third-grade friend will complete the Ohio State Reading Test as well (and take the Math part the following week).

Thank you to the wonderful parents who sent in a gift for every student for Autism Day! In my forgetfulness, I didn't get them into bookbags in time to go home! I'm sorry! A special gift is coming home on Monday! AND THANK YOU FOR THE COLLECTION OF NEW BOOKS WITH AUTISTIC AND NEURODIVERGENT CHARACTERS! I cannot wait to read these to the kids!

Check out some great photos of our days and work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Practice Ohio State Reading Test, read articles and answer questions

Word Work: Review prefixes, suffixes, root words

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Practice tests for the Ohio State Test (coming up next week), review scaled graphs with questions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Continue practice with "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Practice words with silent e.

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism).

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce words with long vowel sounds with silent e at the end: make, take, bake, cake, rake, lake, late, mate, date.

Math: Addition with touch points, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Continue with short vowel words with sh, ch, th, wh, ck.

Math: addition with touchpoints, 2D flat shapes and 3D solid objects (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

Dates to Know:

April 17- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 18, 19, 25, 26- Grade 3 Ohio State Tests (Reading and Math)

April 22- Grade 2 Field Trip (Mrs. Cody's class)

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

Week Ending 4-5-24

This week, we used the theme of rainbows and practiced colors and colors of the rainbow in order. We read the books A Rainbow of My Own, Planting a Rainbow, and How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow. We made some beautiful rainbows of our own using torn paper. We also learned a little bit about the Solar Eclipse on Friday in anticipation of Monday's event.

Next week, we will focus on several different concepts throughout the week including 2D and 3D Shapes and opposites ("antonyms"). We will also continue to talk about spring as we start to see the weather changing...

On Friday of next week, we will talk about autism in class and read a book called A Day with No Words. If you have any concerns about this, please let me know.

In April at BBHES, we will be celebrating "neurodiversity." Neurodiversity is a word used to show that different people have different brains, and different brains work in different ways. Thanks to an idea from Mrs. Shingleton, we have completed an art installation using the infinity symbol to show our respect and appreciation for neuro-diverse brains. April 12 will be Autism Acceptance Day at BBHES! Please have your child dress in blue or red that day. :)

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

On Vacation! Enjoy the trip!

When you get back, we will be practicing for the OST, reading articles and answering questions, and reviewing scaled graphs with questions.

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete four tasks by matching the task numbers, sorting by colors, making a choice of 2 (with photos and colors), practice "stop" and "go," make a choice of 2 photos of basic body parts (head, stomach, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, arm, leg), shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Practice words with silent e

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th, wh, ck

Math: Addition with touch points, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th, wh, ck

Math: addition with touchpoints, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Completing four tasks, making a choice of 2, sorting by color, matching identical photos, make a choice of 2 photos of basic body parts (head, stomach, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, arm, leg), shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring and planting seeds, opposites

Dates to Know:

April 8- No School for Students! Enjoy the Eclipse!

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE or RED!

April 17- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 18, 19, 25, 26- Grade 3 Ohio State Tests (Reading and Math)

April 22- Grade 2 Field Trip (Mrs. Cody's class)

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 22- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip (Mrs. Hayden's class)

May 29- Field Day for grades K-3 (Grades 2/3 in the AM, Grades K/1 in the PM)

June 3- Grades 1 and 3 Class Parties

June 4- Grade 2 Class Party

June 4- Early Release (1:30pm)

Week Ending 3-21-24

We made it to spring break!

Thank goodness for a short week! Let's keep our fingers crossed that no one else gets the pink eye!

Thank you to everyone who participated in Rock Your Socks day today! It was awesome to see all the support for World Down Syndrome day.

After break, we will be working on the theme of spring and the plant life cycle.

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

Dates to Know:

March 22- No School!

March 25-April 1- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 8- No School for Students! Enjoy the Eclipse!

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE or RED!

April 18, 19, 25, 26- Grade 3 Ohio State Tests (Reading and Math)

April 22- Grade 2 Field Trip

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip

Week Ending 3-15-24

All four seasons in one week!

This week, we had some fun with St. Patrick's Day songs and books. We read Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover, Ten Little Leprechauns, and How to Catch a Leprechaun. We also spent time doing some assessments for upcoming progress reports and IEP drafts. The quarter is coming to an end quickly!

Next week, we will continue with some assessments but also start with the theme of Spring! We will start looking for signs of spring! Fingers crossed- the snow will stay away!

On Thursday, March 21, we will celebrate World Down Syndrome day at BBHES! We will all be wearing mismatched socks to go with the theme this year- Rock your Socks! March 21 is symbolic because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome. Socks were chosen because the karyotype of Ds chromosomes actually looks like mismatched socks. Your child's socks should've come home on Thursday, March 14 (yesterday). If you don't like those or choose not to use them, feel free to use ANY MISMATCHING SOCKS that day!

In April at BBHES, we will be celebrating "neurodiversity." Neurodiversity is a word used to show that different people have different brains, and different brains work in different ways. The school is currently working on a school art installation of infinity symbols as they are the symbol for neurodiversity. I can't wait to share the photos with you in April! April 12 will be Autism Acceptance Day at BBHES! Please have your child dress in blue or red that day. :)

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 22-26 (We will finish the book before break! Please review over break so that we can follow up in April!)

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, enclosure, burrows, compliment, scent, sling

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Start to use the practice tests for the Ohio State Test (coming up in April), word problems with and without keywords

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Practice words with silent e

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: Addition with touch points, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: addition with touchpoints, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

Dates to Know:

March 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting in the building (Sub: Mrs. Rizco)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Rock Your Socks day! (See above.)

March 22- No School!

March 25-April 1- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 8- No School for Students! Enjoy the Eclipse!

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE or RED!

April 18, 19, 25, 26- Grade 3 Ohio State Tests (Reading and Math)

April 22- Grade 2 Field Trip

May 21- Kolis out in the PM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

May 24- Grade 3 Field Trip

Week Ending 3-8-24

This week, we read and learned about famous women in history, sports, entertainment, politics, and more. We read The Little Trailblazers: Girl Power, Malala and Her Magic Pencil, and The Girl Who Thought in Pictures. We looked at lots of book covers and photos of famous and important women in history.

Next week, we will be green-themed due to St. Patrick's Day. We will do some activities with rainbows and gold coins, and also start to talk about the signs of spring.

On March 21, we will celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. Our theme will be "Rock Your Socks" as we wear mismatching and super colorful socks to show our support for our friends with Down syndrome. Socks have already been purchased for all B106 students and aides. You can also purchase socks for yourself or your family members at the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio.

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

You can also check out our NEW page called Helpful Resources.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 19-21 Continue adding to the Venn diagram with differences and similarities.

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, enclosure, brilliant, burrows, ruckus, compliment, audience, scent, gesture

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Start to use the practice tests for the Ohio State Test (coming up in April), word problems with and without keywords

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Practice words with silent e

Math: Continue word problems with addition and subtraction, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: Addition with touch points, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: addition with touchpoints, shapes

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Spring

Dates to Know:

March 13- Miss Kolis out today (but in the building). (Sub: Mrs. Rizco)

March 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting in the building(Sub: Mrs. Rizco)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Rock Your Socks day! (See above.)

March 22- No School!

March 25-April 1- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE or RED!

Check out this opportunity for Music Therapy!

Sensory Friendly Event!

Week Ending 3-1-24

We've made it to March!

This week, our focus was on celebrating our differences. We read some great books like I Am Enough, Hair Love, Keep Dancing Through, and Last Stop on Market Street. We also heard lots of songs about differences like in skin color, family make-up, age, and cultures.

Next week, we will read books to learn more about Women's History Month. We will learn about people like Jane Goodall, Amelia Earhart, and Malala Yousafzi.

In March, we will celebrate World Down Syndrome Day (March 21). Our theme will be "Rock Your Socks" as we wear mismatching and super colorful socks to show our support for our friends with Down syndrome. Socks have already been purchased for all B106 students and aides. You can also purchase socks for yourself or your family members at the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio.

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

You can also check out our NEW page called Helpful Resources.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 16- 19. Continue adding to the Venn diagram with differences and similarities.

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Finish up with fractions- Fractions on a Number Line, Equivalent Fractions, Comparing Fractions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Words with long u and silent e

Math: Subtraction, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Dates to Know:

March 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Rock Your Socks day! (See above.)

March 22- No School!

March 25-29- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE or RED!

Week Ending 2-23-24

Although it was a short week, it seemed SO LONG, didn't it? But we survived and will be ready for another one on Monday!

This week, our focus was on Black History Month. We read the books Ready to Fly, Ada Twist, Scientist, and Mae Among the Stars. We learned about Mae Jemison and Ruby Bridges and we also played Black History Month BINGO!

Next week, we will continue to read books for Black History Month and focus on celebrating different kinds of diversity (skin color, hair color, boy or girl, different brains, etc.).

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 13-16, comparing/contrasting the main character and this student

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, enclosure, brilliant, burrows

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Comparing Fractions, Word Problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete FOUR tasks by matching the task numbers, sorting by colors, making a choice of 2 (with photos and colors), practice "stop" and "go," make a choice of 2 photos of basic body parts (head, stomach, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, arm, leg)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Words with long o and silent e.

Math: Subtraction, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Move to short vowel words with sh, ch, th

Math: counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month, celebrating diversity

Dates to Know:

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: TBA)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Rock Your Socks day! (See above.)

March 22- No School!

March 25-29- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE!

Week Ending 2-16-24

This week, we celebrated LOVE! We read lots of great Valentine's Day books and heard many fun songs about love. We made Valentine's Day frames for our families and exchanged cards with our classmates. It was a fun red and pink-themed week!

Next week, we will read some books for Black History Month. Some of our titles for the week will include Mae Among the Stars, The Proudest Blue, I am Enough, and Ready to Fly. We will talk briefly about Dr. Mae Jemison, Ruby Bridges, Barack Obama, and Misty Copeland.

Check out some great photos of our work at 23-24 More Photos.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 12-15

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, enclosure, admired, treadmill, brilliant, burrows

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Comparing Fractions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Words with long o and silent e.

Math: Subtraction, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Dates to Know:

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 19- No School!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Mismatching Socks day! (More info. to come!)

March 22- No School!

March 25-29- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE!

Week Ending 2-9-24

Phew! It was a week!

This week, we were a bit out of our routine with several substitute aide appearances. We are happy to report that all of our grown-ups are back with us and healthy! Thanks to Mrs. Poelking for being our great and loyal sub!

We also read and learned about penguins this week. We read Ten Playful Penguins, Little Penguins, If You Were a Penguin, and Penguins by Gail Gibbons. We talked about both fiction and nonfiction books this week too. Nonfiction books share facts and information. They often have photographs (not always!) and might have some text features like a table of contents or index. Fiction books are written for fun! They might have illustrations and things like animals talking.

We finished up the week with the homeroom class Valentine's Day parties. Because the BBHES staff agreed that all parties would happen on Fridays this year, we had the parties today. We will also do some Valentine's Day reading and celebrating next week too!

It was a really great Friday! Everyone was in the green zone for most of the day and we ALL made it successfully through our parties! Yes! There are photos posted from the day over on our "23-24 More Photos" page.

Now that our homeroom parties are over, if you want to send in valentines for our B106 friends next week, please feel free. The names are Knight, Jackson, Nicholas, Easton, Kali, Silas, Mrs. Rizkala, Mrs. P, and Mrs. Vajda. If you don't, that's okay too. Please do what works for your family.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 10-14

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, enclosure, admired, treadmill, brilliant

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Equivalent Fractions, Comparing Fractions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete FOUR tasks by matching the task numbers, sorting by colors, making a choice of 2 (with photos and colors), practice "stop" and "go"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Words with long o and silent e.

Math: Subtraction, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Completing four tasks, making a choice of 2, sorting by color, matching identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, Valentine's Day

Dates to Know:

Feb. 16- Miss Kolis out in the PM for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 19- No School!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

March 21- World Down Syndrome Day AND Mismatching Socks day! (More info. to come!)

March 22- No School!

March 25-29- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

April 12- Autism Acceptance Day- Wear BLUE!

Week Ending 2-2-24

Happy Groundhog Day!

This week, we started with The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. We then heard the classic tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, followed by The Three Little Pigs. We also heard The TRUE story of the Three Little Pigs (by A. Wolf)! What a fun week of threes! We finished up on Friday learning about Groundhog Day!

Next week, we will use the theme of Penguins! We will read about penguins, make some penguin crafts, and have fun singing about penguins! We will end the week with our Valentine's Day parties in our homeroom classes.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 8-11

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, orphan, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe, mammals, enormous, startle, enclosure

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Equivalent Fractions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete FOUR tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, white), match identical photos, make a choice from 2

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": Review long a and long i with silent e words

Math: Subtraction, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match, continue to match and sort by color, make a choice from 2

Other: Zones of Regulation, Penguins

Dates to Know:

Feb. 9- Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 16- Miss Kolis out in the PM for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 19- No School!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

March 22- No School!

March 25-29- Spring break!

April 3- Kolis out all day for IEP meetings (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

Week Ending 1-26-24

Our first 5 day week of 2024!

This week, we read books by Jan Brett about winter animals and winter clothes. We read The Hat, The Mitten, and then Annie and the Wild Animals. We had a lot of fun sequencing the animals in the mitten in several different ways. We also worked to finish our mid-year assessments (Acadience, iReady) and are ready to move forward.

Thank you to all for allowing me to schedule your child's annual IEP review so far in advance. I know that April seems like a long way away, but our school calendars are filling up quickly! If you have not already done so, please check your email inbox for an email from SameGoal (often goes to SPAM) for the official meeting invitation. Please sign and date the invitation electronically. I will be reaching out for your input when the time gets closer. Please know that you do not have to wait until this meeting to express concerns or ask questions. You are welcome to do that at any time!

Next week, we will read different versions of the Three Little Pigs and compare them. We will start with Jan Brett's Three Snow Bears. There are many fun versions of this story that we will explore next week.

Please check out our photos starting in January 2024 by clicking here.

Did you receive your child's IEP Progress Report? Did you check your child's report card in Progressbook? Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or concerns whenever they arise!

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 5-9

Word Work: Vocab words: miscellaneous, veterinarian, content, relieved, orphan, kit (baby skunk), omnivore, syringe

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Fractions: Review

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, white), match identical photos, make a choice from 2

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": lane, cane, tape, cape, grape, made, trade, whale, pale, bale, sale

Math: Introduction to subtraction

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions about a story given choices.

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 1- Science DZ for Grade 1

Feb. 9- Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 16- Miss Kolis out in the PM for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 19- No School!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

Week Ending 1-19-24

What a weird week!

This week, we came back for a few days and learned a little about Martin Luther King, Jr. We also started reading books by Jan Brett: The Hat and The Snowy Nap We also got a chance to start some of our mid-year assessments: iReady Math, iReady Reading, Acadience Assessments (depending on your child and grade level).

Next week, we will continue with activities centered around The Hat and The Mitten. We will also finish up the mid-year assessments that we are required to take by the district.

Second-quarter IEP Progress Reports should have been in your email box on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. If you did not receive yours, please contact me immediately. If you have any questions about your child's progress report, please feel free to ask anything! Your child's report card in Progress Book should be open TODAY! If you do not have a Progress Book account, please contact Mrs. Davies (grade 1) or Mrs. Chalupa (grades 2 and 3).

If your child has an X listed as a "grade" for science and social studies, please know that we are exposing your child to the science and social studies curriculum, however we do not specifically focus on it, nor do we assess it at this time. If your child has an X listed as any other grades, that indicates that we are not yet working on those standards and your child is likely on a modified curriculum or is not able to complete the standard in the way it is stated on the report card. Please contact me if you have more specific questions about the report card.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: A Boy Called Bat chapters 2-4

Word Work: Vocab words: sensitive, miscellaneous, content, relief, squinted

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Word Problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division WITH keywords

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices, iReady Reading Diagnostic

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Introduce "the silent e at the end of the word that makes the vowel say it's name": make, take, bake, cake, snake, shake, lake, wake, rake, game, lane, cane, tape, cape, grape

Math: Using addition to make 10, try to start memorizing addition facts.

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

Dates to Know:

Jan. 25 and Jan. 26- PSO Family BINGO Nights

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 1- Science DZ for Grade 1

Feb. 9- Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 16- Miss Kolis out in the PM for a training (Sub: TBA)

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

Week Ending 1-12-24

Welcome back to school and welcome to 2024!

This week, we started off with a review of our classroom rules (Listening Ears, Walking Feet, Quiet Voice, Safe Hands) and ways to help ourselves get back to the green zone (take a deep breath, ask for a break, go on the swing, new: Lazy 8 breathing). Then, we started reading books about winter and talking about the season change that happened when we were away.

Next week, we will continue to talk about winter and clothes we wear in winter weather. We will read the books The Hat and The Mitten by Jan Brett.

What else will we be working on next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: We're diving into our chapter book! We picked A Boy Called Bat.

Word Work: iReady Reading Diagnostic for Middle of Year

Written Expression: writing a paragraph (four or more sentences) about a picture

Math: Word Problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division WITH keywords

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices, iReady Reading Diagnostic

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Review and practice cvc words, words ending in -ll, -ng, -nk, and words with sh, th, ch, ck, wh, Mid-year assessments

Math: Using addition to make 10, try to start memorizing addition facts.

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word, mid-year assessments

Math: Counting, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud, Mid-year assessments

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, winter weather, winter clothes choices

Dates to Know:

Jan. 15- No School!

Jan. 16- Mrs. Rizkala's birthday!

Jan. 25 and Jan. 26- PSO Family BINGO Nights

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training (sub: TBA)

Feb. 9- Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 27- Nicholas's Birthday!

March 7- Miss Kolis out in the AM for a meeting (Sub: Mrs. Hunt)

Happy New Year!

What will we be working on in the new year?

Welcome to 2024! Hopefully, your family is enjoying a relaxing and restful holiday season! PLEASE SEND ME A PHOTO OR TWO OF YOUR CHILD OVER BREAK! WE WILL ENJOY SHARING THESE IN OUR FIRST DAYS BACK in 2024.

In the upcoming school week, we will review our school rules and the Zones of Regulation. We will remind each other of the coping strategies that we've been working on up til now in the school year especially taking a deep breath, naming your feeling or zone, determining the size of the problem, and asking for a break. We will also review skills we learned in the first semester before moving on.

Something NEW that will be coming home to you each week: A Weekend Journal page. This will be a simple form that you fill out with your child each week and send back to school on Mondays. I will send this form in the weekly homework packet. This is ONLY meant to help us facilitate even more communication with your child, NOT as more homework. If you don't send it back, it will not be a problem.

What else will we be working on?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details (before moving into choosing a chapter book)

Word Work: vocab: paragraph, topic sentence, body sentences, closing sentence, acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle

Written Expression: Introduction to writing a paragraph. What is a paragraph?

Math: Classifying angles- acute, right, obtuse, measuring angles

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Review and practice cvc words, words ending in -ll, -ng, -nk, and words with sh, th, ch, ck, wh.

Math: Counting with base-ten blocks and writing the number, continue with addition, try to start memorizing addition facts.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Jan. 9- Return back to school

Jan. 10- Miss Kolis out in the AM for IEP meetings. Mrs. Roberts is our sub.

Jan. 16- Mrs. Rizkala's birthday!

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training.

Week Ending 12-21-23

No more school in 2023! We made it!

This week was tough, but great at the same time! It was hard for all of us to adjust to all of the schedule changes and have so many "fun" things planned for us, but we all made it out today with a smile!

We had a wonderful Grinch Day on Monday. This is an annual tradition and this year did not disappoint. Please see the pictures from Grinch Day here.

On Wednesday, we had a fantastic party with Mrs. Shingelton's class. BIG THANKS to Mrs. Shingleton for being the party planner and showrunner! It was great to see all the kids together along with their wonderful crew of special education aides. You can check out the photos of the party here.

On Thursday, we all participated in class parties with our homeroom classes. We were all successful and there are great photos to check out on Happy Holidays 2023 page.

Once I have rested a bit, I will post again about what we will be working on in the new year.

Dates to Know:

Dec. 22- Jan. 8 - Winter Break

Dec. 29- Easton's Birthday!

Jan. 9- Return back to school

Jan. 10- Miss Kolis out in the AM for IEP meetings. Mrs. Roberts is our sub.

Jan. 16- Mrs. Rizkala's birthday!

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training.

A very happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us in B106 at BBHES!

Week Ending 12-15-23

This week, we learned about Kwanzaa and started with our Christmas activities. We thought it was interesting that all of our winter holidays have candles as symbols. After learning about the kinara, unity cup, and the seven days of Kwanzaa, we started to sing some Christmas songs and make a Santa craft.

We had a FANTASTIC last day of horseback riding at Camp Cheerful! What a difference from our first time last spring! The way EVERY SINGLE STUDENT was following directions, using words or gestures, and participating was so awesome! The progress we've made! We can never thank the BBH Schools Foundation and Camp Cheerful enough for these valuable experiences!

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week.

Next week, we will celebrate our ANNUAL Grinch Day! We are very excited about all the green and grinchy activities we have planned for Monday! In the last three days, we will work on our family gifts, make Christmas cards for our bus drivers/aides, and enjoy some holiday gatherings! On Wednesday, we have a small party time planned with Mrs. Shingleton's class. On Thursday, we will go to a party with our homeroom classmates!

Next week's theme days:

Monday- Grinch Day!

Tuesday- Winter Break "Red"-y: Wear Red.

Wednesday- Holiday Hat day

Thursday- Dress Your Best

Again, please participate as much or as little as you like. I can personally say that I will not be participating on Thursday as I'd rather be comfortable on party day!

Social Stories for holiday parties coming soon!

Dates to Know:

Dec. 6- 21- Holiday Theme Dress-Up Days (Participate as you wish!)

Dec. 18- B106 Grinch Day!!!

Dec. 20- Holiday Get Together with B106 and Mrs. Shingleton's class, also Jingle Bell Jog day!

Dec. 21- Class Holiday Parties

Dec. 22- Jan. 8 - Winter Break

Dec. 29- Easton's Birthday!

Jan. 9- Return back to school

Jan. 10- Miss Kolis out in the AM for IEP meetings. Mrs. Roberts is our sub.

Jan. 16- Mrs. Rizkala's birthday!

Jan. 30- Miss Kolis out for a training.

Week Ending 12-8-23

This week, we learned about Hanukkah and Diwali. We thought it was interesting that BOTH of these holidays are called the "Festival of Lights." We played with different kinds of dreidels and learned about gold coins (gelt) and latkes.

Next week, we will learn about Kwanzaa and start with the making of gifts for Christmas. For our siblings this year, we are going to be making a picture frame. Can you please send me a photo of your child with his/her sibling(s)? Thank you!

We had a FANTASTIC week at Horseback Riding this week as well! Every single student has made such beautiful progress in these sessions this year! It has been a wonderful progression to watch! Next week will be our last day of horseback riding for this school year.

Please do not feel obligated or pressured to participate in the holiday dress-up theme days. They are just for fun. Don't worry if you miss a day or miss them all!

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details (before moving into choosing a chapter book)

Word Work: Review and practice words with prefixes and suffixes.

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Identifying and naming points, line segments, rays, and lines, Classifying angles and triangles- acute, right, obtuse

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Review and practice words ending in -ll, -ng, -nk and words with sh, th, ch, ck, wh.

Math: Counting with base-ten blocks and writing the number, continue with addition, try to start memorizing addition facts.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

Dates to Know:

Dec. 6- 21- Holiday Theme Dress-Up Days (Participate as you wish!)

Dec. 14- Last Day of Horseback Riding!

Dec. 18- B106 Grinch Day!!!

Dec. 20- Holiday Get Together with B106 and Mrs. Shingleton's class

Dec. 21- Class Holiday Parties

Dec. 22- Jan. 8 - Winter Break

Jan. 9- Return back to school

Week Ending 12-1-23

So thankful to all be back after Thanksgiving break!

This week, we read some great books like Bear Snores On and Owl Babies. We finished up some Fall items before moving into our discussion on the Five Senses. We smelled, tasted, listened to, touched, and saw many different examples of ways to use our senses. We will continue to work on the five senses throughout our next three weeks.

Next week, we will start to talk about winter holidays like Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Year. If there are other holidays or special days that your family celebrates, please let me know so that we can incorporate them! We will spend the next three weeks learning about these topics.

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details (before moving into choosing a chapter book)

Word Work: Review words with suffixes (ful, less, ness, ly)

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Classifying angles and triangles- acute, right, obtuse

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words ending in -ng and -nk

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Winter Holidays

Dates to Know:

Dec. 2- PSO Holiday Shoppe and Book Fair

Dec. 6- 21- Holiday Theme Dress-Up Days (Participate as you wish! See photo above.)

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 18- B106 Grinch Day!!!

Dec. 22- Jan. 8 - Winter Break

Jan. 9- Return back to school

Week Ending 11-17-23

What a week!

Well, we've made it through the last week before Thanksgiving break and we are ready for a rest!!!

This week was a whirlwind, but we managed to read and talk about Thanksgiving in addition to a field trip, horseback riding, and enjoying time with some substitutes. HUGE THANK YOU to Mrs. Rees and Mrs. Roberts for subbing for me this week! And THANK YOU to Mrs. Vajda, Mrs. Rizkala, and Mrs. P for holding it all down!

Our first-grade field trip to the zoo proved to be fun and interesting! We saw some penguins, eagles, lions, a buzzard, bats, frogs, snakes, a bear, and more! We even caught a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard! Our friends did a good job of staying together. Special thanks to Mr. Day and Miss Arko for helping us out and planning a great trip! You can see photos of the day by clicking here.

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week.

A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. We are so thankful that you share your children with us each day. We are off to a really successful school year and hope to continue that in the months ahead! Thank you for all you do to help your children succeed each and every day!

Week Ending 11-10-23

This week, we used the theme of U.S. Symbols to learn about both Election Day and Veterans' Day. We learned that the colors red, white, and blue represent the United States and we got to vote three times! We voted on our favorite season (summer wins!), our favorite snack (popcorn wins!) and Duck vs. Farmer Brown for President (Duck wins!).

Also this week, we had a great time at Camp Cheerful. The students are making so much progress and some are even learning how to give directions to their horses! We are working on following directions and using the visual cue cards to show/say "walk on" (for go) and "whoa" (for stop).

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week.

Next week, we will use the theme of Thanksgiving! We will focus on food you might eat, people you might see, and activities you might do on Thanksgiving. We will read some great books like Turkey Trouble, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey, Bear Gives Thanks, and Our Table.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Introduction to reading a chapter book. Choose a chapter book.

Word Work: Review words with suffixes (ful, less, ness).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Finding the area and perimeter of quadrilaterals

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words with sh, th, ch, ck, wh

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Thanksgiving

Dates to Know:

Nov. 10- PSO Culture Night 6-8pm at the HS

Nov. 13- Miss Kolis will be out today. Mrs. Roberts will be the sub. You will receive paper copies of the daily report.

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala.)

Nov. 15- Picture Retake Day

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 20- 24- No School for Students! Happy Thanksgiving1

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 11-3-23

This week, we celebrated Halloween and continued with pumpkin activities throughout the week. We had fun scooping out the seeds and pumpkin goop and also got to use hammers!

Did you check your child's report card on Progressbook? Did you read through your child's IEP progress report for the first quarter? Do you have any questions or concerns? Please let me know!

Next week, we will use the theme of Symbols of the United States and end the week celebrating Veterans' Day.

Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Nonfiction text- Looking back in the text to find the answers to questions.

Word Work: Review of words with prefixes (pre, re, un, bi, tri, dis, mis, im, in). Review words with suffixes (ful, less).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Review finding area, and word problems with multiplication and division

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words with sh, th, ch, ck, wh

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "where?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Symbols of the US

Dates to Know:

Nov. 4- Sensory Friendly Concert at the Cleveland Orchestra

Nov. 9- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 13- Miss Kolis will be out today. Mrs. Roberts will be the sub.

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala. Sub TBA)

Nov. 15- Picture Retake Day

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 20- 24- No School for Students! Happy Thanksgiving1

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 10-27-23

We survived a party day! Yes!

This week, we had a great time reading and singing about all things Halloween! Pumpkins, ghosts, bats, and more! We read some great books like The Little Blue Truck's Halloween, A Halloween Scare in Ohio, and Turkey Trick or Treat. We ended the week with a day full of class parties! And we were all successful! We had very happy friends: Bowser, Harry Potter, a mummy, a referee, a witch, a ghost and a few cans of Play-Doh!

Also this week, we had a GREAT day for horseback riding! We were able to be outside of the barn, out in the warm sunshine! It was awesome. Check out the photos from horseback riding here.

Please check out the rest of our photos from this week!

Next week, we will start the week with some more Halloween fun! We will continue through the week completing activities with pumpkins. The following week, we will center Veterans' Day and the symbols of the U.S.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Nonfiction text- Looking back in the text to find the answers to questions.

Word Work: Review of words with prefixes (pre, re, un, bi, tri, dis, mis, im, in).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Review of division. Use division in the order of operations.

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words with sh, th, ch

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, more Halloween and fall activities

Dates to Know:

October 27- Report Cards are available to view on Progressbook. You should have also received your child's first-quarter IEP progress report yesterday by email. Please let me know if you did not.

October 27- PSO's Trunk or Treat

Nov. 2- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 4- Sensory Friendly Concert at the Cleveland Orchestra

Nov. 9- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 13- Miss Kolis will be out today. Mrs. Roberts will be the sub.

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala. Mrs. Roberts will be the sub on this day.)

Nov. 15- Picture Retake Day

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 20- 24- No School for Students! Happy Thanksgiving1

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 10-20-23

Another great four-day week!

This week, we had fun learning about bats and spiders! We read some great stories like Stellaluna, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat, How Spider Saved Halloween, and Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider. We also made some awesome bat and spider crafts. Did you see the one that came home today?

Please check out the photos from this week!

Next week, we will use the theme of Halloween! We will mostly focus on pumpkins: learning the life cycle, using our five senses to explore the pumpkin, completing some fine motor pumpkin tasks and more!

Our Halloween parties will be on Friday, Oct. 27. Please remember that your child can wear a costume to school all day. If you think that they will not enjoy this, we can always help the kids change before parties. Please just let me know what you are planning so that we can be prepared that day. A social story will come home to you early in the week.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Halloween Fun!

Word Work: Review of words with previously learned prefixes (pre, re, un, bi, tri, dis). Introduce new prefixes (im, in).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Continue with order of operations in expressions

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (yellow, orange), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where" and "What are they doing?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words ending in -ck

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?" Is it Fiction or Nonfiction?

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, Halloween Fun!

Dates to Know:

October 25- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- Mrs. Coyer- for part of the morning.)

October 26- Horseback Riding!

October 27- Report Cards are available to view on Progressbook. You should also receive your child's first-quarter IEP progress report on or before today in email form.

October 27- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- Mrs. Petznick- for part of the morning.)

October 27- Halloween Parties in our Homeroom Classes, PSO's Trunk or Treat

Nov. 2- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 4- Sensory Friendly Concert at the Cleveland Orchestra

Nov. 9- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala. Mrs. Roberts will be the sub on this day.)

Nov. 15- Picture Retake Day

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 20- 24- No School for Students! Happy Thanksgiving1

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 10-12-23

Happy Four Day Week!

This week, we worked on a horse theme and got ready for our very first trip to Camp Cheerful this year. I am so proud of all of the kids! We picked up right where we left off in the spring! I could not be more pleased. Please check out the photos from Camp Cheerful here. I will add to this album each week so that our photos from Camp Cheerful are all in one spot (You can also find this link under "2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding."). HUGE THANKS to Mrs. Vajda, Mrs. Rizkala, and Mrs. Philopos for always being willing to do anything for our kids. We all love these horseback riding trips!

One of our B106 Friends was chosen as a PAX leader of the month for September and got to eat lunch in the "Be Your Best BEESTRO" today! Once monthly, there will be a special lunch on the stage where students will get to eat lunch with Mrs. Toth and the other principals and get some special prizes as well. Congrats to our third-grade friend!

Please check out the other photos from this week!

Next week, we will use a theme of bats and spiders leading up to Halloween! We will read lots of fun stories and poems about bats and spiders and make some cool crafts too!

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Nonfiction text, text features

Word Work: Review of words with previously learned prefixes (dis). Introduce new prefixes (mis, im, in).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Intro to Order of Operations

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (yellow, orange), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words ending in -ck

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match cvc words to pictures, practice tapping out the sounds to blend a word.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Intro to addition, counting base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Other: Zones of Regulation, bats and spiders!

Dates to Know:

October 13- No School!

October 18- Grade 1 visit from the Brecksville Nature Center

October 19- No School! Teacher Work Day. You should receive an IEP Progress Report within the next week.

October 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM only for a district meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

October 25 and 27- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- TBA- for both mornings.)

October 26- Horseback Riding!

October 27- Halloween Parties in our Homeroom Classes, PSO's Trunk or Treat

Nov. 2- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 9- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala. Miss Kolis will have a sub this day.)

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 10-6-23

This week, we continued to talk about the signs of Fall. We sang songs about scarecrows and acorns, read books like Leaf Man, The Little Acorn, and Leaves! , and danced like scarecrows and falling leaves. We are looking for those signs each day and see them outside our own school window!

Please check out the photos from this week!

Next week, we will use the theme of Horses! We will have our first therapeutic horseback riding lesson on Thursday, Oct. 12. Thank you for turning in all of the permission forms before then! We are so excited to go back to Camp Cheerful again!

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Nonfiction "articles," answer questions about the articles

Word Work: Review of words with previously learned prefixes (re, pre, un, bi, tri, dis). Introduce new prefixes (mis, im, in).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Revisit elapsed time, continue with multiplication word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (yellow, orange), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them, words ending in -ll and -ck

Math: Addition, addition with touch points, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Addition, working with base ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Intro to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation, horse theme

Dates to Know:

October 12- First Day of Horseback Riding Lessons- Please dress for the outdoor weather!

October 13- No School!

October 18- Grade 1 visit from the Brecksville Nature Center

October 19- No School! Teacher Work Day. You should receive an IEP Progress Report within the next week.

October 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM only for a district meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

October 25 and 27- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- TBA- for both mornings.)

October 26- Horseback Riding!

October 27- Halloween Parties in our Homeroom Classes, PSO's Trunk or Treat

Nov. 2- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 9- Horseback Riding!

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo (Miss Kolis will go on the trip with Mrs. Rizkala. Miss Kolis will have a sub this day.)

Nov. 16- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 7- Horseback Riding!

Dec. 14- Horseback Riding!

Week Ending 9-29-23

And what a week it was!

This week, we started to learn about the signs of Fall! We sang lots of songs about falling leaves and read books like Fall Leaves Fall and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. We made a great Fall Trail Mix and painted some fall trees!

Next week, we are going to continue learning about the signs of fall. We will read books like Leaf Man and Little Scarecrow Boy. We will make more fun fall crafts as well! What signs of fall has your family noticed around your house? Are any of your trees changing colors yet? Have you needed to put on a jacket or sweatshirt to leave the house?

Please check out the photos from September 2023!

Although we don't do a lot of worksheets (with one student's independent work as the exception), I will be marking papers with a code before sending them home. The letters on your child's paper stand for the following things:

HOH- This means we've used "hand over hand" assistance to complete the paper.

FA- This means that your child needed full assistance with the paper.

MA- Minimal Assistance needed.

I- Completed Independently

HW- Your child completed this for homework.

As always, please let me know what questions you may have.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Folktales, identifying the story elements and the lesson.

Word Work: Review of words with previously learned prefixes (re, pre, un, bi, tri, dis).

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Work on Addition and Multiplication Word Problems.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Characteristics of Fall, Changing Seasons

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (yellow, orange), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Addition, addition with touch points

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Intro to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

Dates to Know:

October 3- Horseback Riding Permission forms DUE!

October 12- First Day of Horseback Riding Lessons- Please dress for the outdoor weather!

October 13- No School!

October 18- Grade 1 visit from the Brecksville Nature Center

October 19- No School! Teacher Work Day. You should receive an IEP Progress Report within the next week.

October 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM only for a district meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

October 24 and 25- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- TBA- for both mornings.)

October 26- Horseback Riding!

October 27- Halloween Parties in our Homeroom Classes, PSO's Trunk or Treat

Nov. 15- Grade 1 field trip to the Akron Zoo

Week Ending 9-22-23

This week, we had a TON of FUN with our apple theme! We read books about apples, sang songs about apples, counted apples, tasted apples, and more! It was so much fun!

Also this week, students were administered the universal reading screeners that are now mandatory in the state of Ohio for ALL students, grades K-3. Please know that these screeners are likely not appropriate for your child and take a very minimal amount of our time to complete. We will get through them and move along! If you have questions about these, please reach out!

Please check out the photos from September 2023!

Next week, we will use the theme of FALL! It's Fall, ya'll! We will explore some of the characteristics of Fall and look for signs of Fall in our daily lives. Is it getting colder? Are we wearing warmer clothes? Are the leaves changing? Is it windy or rainy? What's happening to flowers and plants? What else do we notice?

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Compare and Contrast (using fiction text by the same author or having a similar topic), Begin the iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment.

Word Work: Common and Proper Nouns, Pronouns

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Continue multi-digit multiplication, Work on Addition and Multiplication Word Problems.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Characteristics of Fall, Changing Seasons

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (yellow, orange), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, Complete the iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment, Signs of Fall

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Addition, addition with touch points

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Intro to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Signs of Fall

Dates to Know:

Week of 9/25/23: Spirit Week! See the PSO Newsletter for daily dress-up themes! Please donate to the PSO No-Fuss Fundraiser if you are able!

October 13- No School!

October 19- No School! Teacher Work Day. You should receive an IEP Progress Report within the next week.

October 20- Miss Kolis out in the AM only for a district meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

October 24 and 25- Third Grade Ohio State Reading Testing (Miss Kolis will be administering this test and will have a sub- TBA- for both mornings.)

October 27- Halloween Parties in our Homeroom Classes

Week Ending 9-15-23

This week, we read books by Peter H. Reynolds like The Dot, Ish, Sky Color, and Be You! We did lots of activities going with the stories as well. Students had fun with dot stickers, dot stampers, and more this week!

Also this week, we changed around a bit of our schedule and also changed a few desks around in our classroom! Who doesn't rearrange their classroom in the fourth week of school? The students have adjusted very well and we are hoping to increase efficiency and productivity. Remember that your child will likely have free play or less structured time during each day as that is still where most of us are developmentally. Our play IS our work!

Please check out the photos from our first weeks in B106!

Next week, we will start using an Apples Theme. We will do lots of counting, singing, and reading about apples. This is always a fun theme to get us in the mood for fall!

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Compare and Contrast (using fiction text by the same author or having a similar topic)

Word Work: Common and Proper Nouns, Pronouns

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Continue to practice addition and subtraction into the thousands with and without regrouping. Start to solve problems with multiplication. Multiply within 100.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (red, blue, yellow green), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Counting up to 20, addition, addition with touch points

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Counting up to 20, introduce addition to 5.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Intro to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Sunday, Sept. 17- Second Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4pm

Tuesday, Sept. 19- Picture Day for grades PK, K and 1.

Wednesday, Sept. 20- Picture Day for grades 2 and 3.

October 13- No School!

Week Ending 9-8-23

This week, we focused on the blue and red zones in the Zones of Regulation. The blue zone includes feeling tired, sad, or bored. The red zone includes being mad, angry, and furious. We read some great books like When I'm Feeling Sad, When I'm Feeling Angry, The Pout-Pout Fish, and The Boy with Big Big Feelings. In the future weeks, we will continue to introduce and work on strategies to help us get back to "calm and ready to learn." We stress to the students that ALL feelings are okay, but that, at school, we try to get back to "calm and ready to learn" again.

Also this week, we did some painting, made some crafts, and practiced completing our numbered work tasks during our work sessions. The students are really adjusting nicely to working with all four adults in the room with consistency.

Please check out the photos from our first weeks in B106!

Next week, we will use the theme of books by Peter H. Reynolds. Peter H. Reynolds is an author and an illustrator out of the Boston area who has written the books The Dot, Ish, and Sky Color (to name only 3 of many many of his books). Next week, Sept. 15 is called "Dot Day!" We will do some fun projects during the week after reading these books. Feel free to dress your child in polka dots next Friday if you have them. :)

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Continue with fables. Introduce quotation marks.

Word Work: Common and Proper Nouns, Pronouns

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Write a sentence to answer a question.

Math: Practice rounding to the tens, hundreds, and thousands place interchangeably, addition up to 1,000

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches, sort by colors (red, blue, green), match identical photos

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a story, answer questions "who?" and "where?"

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Finish the iReady Math Diagnostic, Counting up to 20, addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Finish the iReady Math Diagnostic, Counting up to 20, introduce addition to 5.

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Read a story, point to the pictures to answer "who?"

Word Work: match cvc words to pictures, read sight words out loud

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Intro to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation, books by Peter H. Reynolds

Dates to Know:

Friday, Sept. 8- Elementary Tailgate from 5 to 7pm

Sunday, Sept. 17- Second Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4pm

Tuesday, Sept. 19- Picture Day for grades PK, K and 1.

Wednesday, Sept. 20- Picture Day for grades 2 and 3.

October 13- No School!

Week Ending 9-1-23

Two weeks in and we survived a full moon!

This week, we focused on the Green and Yellow Zones from the Zones of Regulation. We explored feelings that go with each zone (green- happy, calm and ready to learn and yellow- frustrated, nervous, scared). We watched videos and sang songs about the different feelings and matched them to their correct zones.

Also this week, we continued to get used to our schedules and completed some beginning-of-year assessments. Every student in our room is now getting 1:1 teacher time daily in addition to some 1:1 aide time. I am very pleased with where we have started and look forward to where we are going!

Please check out the photos from our first weeks in B106!

Next week, we will continue to review the Zones of Regulation. We will explore the red and blue zones and the feelings that correspond with each (red- angry, furious, mad and blue- sad, tired, bored). We will also continue our beginning-of-year assessments.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Finish review of folktales, read fables. Introduce quotation marks.

Word Work: Review nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Introduce pronouns.

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue with the iReady Math Diagnostic, continue with rounding review

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Beginning of Year Reading Level Assessments

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 20 objects. Review Tens Frames. Start the iReady Math Diagnostic.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Beginning of Year Reading Assessments

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 10 objects. Review Tens Frames. Start the iReady Math Diagnostic.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Beginning of year reading assessments

Word Work: Sight Word assessments, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 20 objects. Introduce Tens Frames.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Monday, Sept. 4- First Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4:30pm

Friday, Sept. 8- Elementary Tailgate from 5 to 7pm

Sunday, Sept. 17- Second Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4pm

Week Ending 8-25-23

What a great first week we've had!

Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year! We had a great week! We were so excited to see all of our friends back at school! The week has been long, though, and we are EXHAUSTED! Are you?

This week, we talked about the rules and expectations for our classroom and school. We have been practicing our four rules: Walking Feet, Listening Ears, Safe Hands, and Quiet Mouth. We have watched videos and heard stories about following the rules as well. Sometimes this is hard for us, but we will get the hang of it!

Please check out the photos from our first week in B106!

Next week, we will start to talk about our feelings. We will review what feelings go into which colored zones using the Zones of Regulation. We will cut and glue pictures of different feelings in ourselves and others. We will read books like The Boy with Big, Big Feelings and I'm Happy-Sad Today.

What else will we do next week?

Third graders in Mrs. Hayden's Room:

Reading focus: Folktales: What makes the story a folktale? Is it fiction or nonfiction?

Word Work: Review nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Introduce pronouns.

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: TBD

Other: Zones of Regulation

Second Graders in Mrs. Cody's Room:

Work Focus: Complete three tasks by matching the task numbers, placing in all done bin; match letters J and A to their identical matches.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mrs. Arko's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Beginning of Year Reading Level Assessment

Word Work: Practice cvc words- reading, writing, spelling them.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 20 objects. Review Tens Frames.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mrs. Arko's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Beginning of Year Reading Assessments

Word Work: Match capital and lowercase letters, assess understanding of cvc words.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 10 objects. Review Tens Frames.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grade in Mr. Day's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Beginning of year reading assessments

Word Work: Sight Word assessments, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Count with 1:1 correspondence, groups of up to 20 objects. Introduce Tens Frames.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Grader in Mr. Day's Room (NS):

Work Focus: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Start to match letters N and I to their identical match.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Friday, Aug. 25- PSO Welcome Back Party from 6 to 8pm

Monday, Sept. 4- First Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4:30pm

Friday, Sept. 8- Elementary Tailgate from 5 to 7pm

Sunday, Sept. 17- Second Grade PSO Play Date on the Playground at 4pm

Week Ending 8-18-23

The new year is upon us!

We are so excited to be back in school! We can't wait to see your kids! Thank you for sharing them with us again this year!

In the upcoming week, we will focus on getting back into our routines. We will spend time getting comfortable together again and reviewing expectations. We will talk about following the rules at school (1. Walking Feet, 2. Listening Ears, 3. Quiet Voice, 4. Safe Hands) and become reacquainted with the Zones of Regulation. We will not have homework in the first week of school.

If you need your child's bus number or Student ID number for PikMyKid, please let me know. Feel free to email or text me over the weekend for that information.

A dismissal plan form will come home to you on Monday. Please fill it out and return as soon as possible. I am aware of all of our arrival and dismissal plans, but the school also needs that information from you.

Here is the link to Mrs. Toth's Weekly Newsletter to the entire school community.

Here is a link to join the BBHES PSO.

Looking forward to a great school year!

Dates to Know:

Aug. 21- First Day of School for grades 1-5

Aug. 24- First full day for Kindergarten

Aug. 25- PSO Welcome Back Party from 6 to 8pm

Sept. 8- Elementary Tailgate from 5 to 7pm

One More Week!

Can you believe there is only one more week of summer break!?!?! Time flies...

We can't wait to welcome all of our friends back to school for the 2023-2024 school year! We are really looking forward to all of the smiles, high fives, and fun we will have very soon!

Please look around this website for more information about the school year. There is contact information for our related service providers on the "Contact Us" page. There is more information about the special education aides and me on the "About Us" page. Then, over on the "Procedures" page, please find more information about the school and the routines we will follow.

As was the case last year, a daily report will be emailed to you at the end of each day. You should receive this email each day before 5pm. A Weekly Newsletter will be posted on Friday of each week. The link will be emailed to you when it is ready for you to view. In each Weekly Newsletter, you will find out what your child will learn about the following week. Lastly, depending on your child, a homework sheet and homework packet will come home on Monday of each week. Homework is NEVER taken for a grade and is just meant for practice. If you would prefer NOT to receive this homework packet, please let me know (no judgement here!).

As always, if you have feedback regarding our procedures, instruction, schedule, or other items, please let me know!

As a reminder, please refrain from calling or texting any of the special education aides. All communication should be directed to me or one of the related service providers. I will disperse any important information to aides daily. Thank you!

Here is the link to Mrs. Toth's Weekly Newsletter to the entire school community.

Here is a link to join the BBHES PSO.

Looking forward to a great school year!

Dates to Know:

Aug. 16- Chalk the Walk from 2pm to 7pm

Aug. 17- Teacher Meet and Greets

3:00 - 3:45 - 3rd grade

4:00-4:45 - 2nd grade

5:00 - 5:45 - 1st grade

Aug. 18- 4th and 5th grade Teacher Meet and Greets

Aug. 21- First Day of School for grades 1-5

Aug. 24- First full day for Kindergarten

Aug. 25- PSO Welcome Back Party from 6 to 8pm

Sept. 8- Elementary Tailgate from 5 to 7pm

Mid-July Update!

ESY is almost over and that means we will start to prepare for the 23-24 school year!

In the next several weeks, you should receive the following:

School Supply List
Social Story about the Upcoming Year
Emails with lots of School Year Information

The teacher "Meet and Greets" this year will take place during the day. Please see the dates below:

August 17

3:00 - 3:45 - 3rd grade

4:00-4:45 - 2nd grade

5:00 - 5:45 - 1st grade

We can set up an alternate time for you to come in to meet the teacher that day (or before that day), if you'd like. Having the whole grade level there with parents at the same time is often overwhelming.

Last Day of School 2023!

Looks like we made it!!!

It was an eventful, challenging, and wonderful school year full of growth, laughs, smiles, some tears, and so so much progress!

THANK YOU to Mrs. Rizkala and Mrs. Vajda! We couldn't have made it through this school year without you!

THANK YOU to Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Storme, Mrs. Kenyon, Mrs. Toth, Mr. Hartland, and Mrs. McCauley for all the things! You make our team better every day!

THANK YOU to all of our students' PARENTS and FAMILIES for all of the love and support this year! You all are truly incredible people who have shared your amazing children with all of us in Room B106. THANK YOU for trusting us with your child each and every day.

There are also so many people here at school who our kids come in contact with each day who make this place feel like home! From Miss Lisa (at the front reception desk) to Officer Mark (our DARE officer), Mrs. Hendrickson (educational assistant) to Mrs. Shingleton (teacher), Mrs. Roberts (our consistent and well-loved substitute) to Miss B (special ed aide sub turned full-time aide in another room); our school experience would not be the same without all of these people. And a HUGE THANK YOU to our homeroom teachers: Mrs. Jean, Mrs. Berchtold, Mrs. Thacker, and Mrs. Koziol!!!

There are more photos from June over on the "More Photos" page and I will be sending out information about ESY soon as well!

Lastly, please take a moment to fill out the following survey (linked here). Please answer as few or as many questions as you'd like. The only way for me to improve is to get feedback from you! Thank you for your time!

Please have a relaxing, safe, and awesome summer! Feel free to email or text me as I love to hear what the kids are doing all year round!

THANK YOU FOR A GREAT YEAR!

June 26: ESY starts (see below)

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 6-9-23

What a great week we had!!! Can you believe we have only TWO DAYS LEFT!?!?!?

This week, we used the theme of ocean animals and beach life. We heard some awesome songs and read some great books like Mister Seahorse, The Rainbow Fish, and Wet Pebbles Under My Feet. We also spent a day talking about how great our dads are! We made our Father's Day gifts and cards and sent them home! Feel free to open them early or save them for the big day!

On Wednesday of this past week, we had field day! It was a great success! Thanks to some amazing organization and planning from our P.E. teachers, Mrs. Dubasek, Miss Profitt, and Mr. Rinehart, we were able to have visual schedules and participate for the entire time! What a great accomplishment for all of our friends!

Next week, we will try to stay as "calm and ready to learn" as we possibly can. On Monday, we will all participate in our homeroom class End of Year parties. On Tuesday, we will spend our time together doing our favorite B106 things! Please remember that school lets out TWO HOURS EARLY on Tuesday, June 13. Your child will leave on the bus by 1:40pm.

Please take some time to check out all the photos from our great year! Seeing the pictures from September 2022 compared to June 2023 is awesome! My, how we've changed and grown! A huge THANK YOU to Mrs. Vajda and Mrs. Rizkala who have been helping me take photos all year!

Dates to Know:

June 9: PSO First Grade Play Date on the playground at 6pm

June 9: You should receive your child's fourth quarter IEP progress report today. Please let me know if you do not receive this by email.

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School for students! Early Release Day! Buses come to school by 1:40pm.

June 26: ESY starts (see below)

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 6-2-23

What a great week! Only 7 more days of school!

This week, our Kindergarten friends got a chance to go on their first field trip! With some help from the friendly staff at Lake Farm Park, we were able to get a nice visual schedule of the events of the day which helped all of our friends to be more successful on the trip. We milked a cow, pet some sheep, watched a Border Collie herd the sheep, and planted a seed in a huge sunflower garden! The long bus ride was worth it!

Also this week, we had our last session of therapeutic horseback riding for this school year! What a great experience! I hope you will check out the page of photos. The difference made in just six weeks was remarkable! We are already planning our trips for the next school year!

Next week will be our last five day week! There are a few schedule changes, but we are going to keep everything as routine as possible. On Wednesday, June 7, we will have field day. Grade 2 will take place at Blossom Hill in the AM. Grades K and 1 will take place at Blossom Hill in the PM.

Next week, we will use an ocean and beach theme! We'll also work on our Father's Day gifts and make some cards for people who've been especially helpful to us around the school. :)

Check out all the awesome May and June photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Read nonfiction text and answer questions about text features.

Word Work: Review of multiple meaning words, irregular plural nouns, past-present-future tense verbs, homophones

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review of Math Skills learned this year- fractions, area, perimeter, multi-digit addition/subtraction/ multiplication, single-digit division, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Oceans and Beaches

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Read books at Level B and C and tell the characters and setting.

Word Work: Our spelling words are done for the year, but we will continue doing word work each day. Continue to work on words with ch, sh, wh, th, and ck.

Math: Continue with counting groups of dimes and pennies. Introduce counting groups of dimes, nickels, and pennies. Introduce time to the half hour.

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Oceans and Beaches

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a text and answer questions about that text.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh, ck sounds.

Math: Addition!

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Oceans and Beaches

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: End of Year reading assessments

Letter/Word Work: Assess sight words, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Oceans and Beaches

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: Sight Word assessments, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Oceans and Beaches

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Assessments for the end of the year

Math: Matching shapes

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors, Oceans and Beaches

Dates to Know:

June 4: PSO Kindergarten Play Date on the playground at 4pm

June 7: Field Day! (Grades 2-3 in the AM, K-1 in the PM)

June 9: PSO First Grade Play Date on the playground at 6pm

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School for students! Early Release Day! Buses come to school by 1:40pm.

June 26: ESY starts (see below)

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 5-26-23

This week, we focused on the theme of plant life and seeds. We read the books The Tiny Seed, Mrs. Spitzer's Garden, and From Seed to Plant. We had fun planting our own sunflower seeds and are looking forward to seeing them sprout in our sunny window!

This week was our last "normal" week (with fewer schedule changes). Please be on the lookout for the social story booklet to help prepare your child for the schedule changes that are about to take place. These last few weeks are going to be tough for us. We are going to do our best to keep as many routines and predictable activities in place as possible.

Next week, we will continue using the theme of plant life, gardening, and insects! We will have fun reading books like The Very Quiet Cricket and The Very Busy Spider.

On Tuesday of next week, there will be a school-wide evacuation drill (The students in Mrs. Koziol's class and I will be gone on a field trip.). The entire school will walk to the Blossom Hill soccer fields, practice assembling as a class to be counted, and will walk back to school. Each student from our room will have their gen. ed. teacher and classroom special education aide (or 1:1 aide) to assist. The walk is less than a mile and takes about ten minutes one way.

Check out all the awesome May photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Read fiction text and answer questions about the story elements. Find a new chapter book that might be more interesting. :)

Word Work: Review of multiple meaning words, irregular plural nouns, past-present-future tense verbs, homophones

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review of Math Skills learned this year- fractions, area, perimeter, multi-digit addition/subtraction/ multiplication, single-digit division, word problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants, Gardening, Insects

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Read books at Level B and C and tell the characters and setting.

Word Work: Our spelling words are done for the year, but we will continue doing word work each day. We will introduce the sound of /wh/ in words like when, white, and whistle.

Math: Continue with the names and values of coins, counting groups of dimes and pennies.

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants, Gardening, Insects

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a text and answer questions about that text.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh, ck sounds.

Math: Addition!

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: End of Year reading assessments

Letter/Word Work: Assess sight words, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: Sight Word assessments, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Assessments for the end of the year

Math: Matching shapes

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors, Plants and the plant life cycle

Dates to Know:

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have Mrs. Roberts as a sub for the other students this day.) For students NOT going on the trip, there will be a school-wide evacuation drill (see above).

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 1: Last day of Therapeutic Horseback Riding at Camp Cheerful, GRADE TWO assembly in the PM.

June 4: PSO Kindergarten Play Date on the playground at 4pm

June 7: Field Day! (Grades 2-3 in the AM, K-1 in the PM)

June 9: PSO First Grade Play Date on the playground at 6pm

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School for students! Early Release Day! Buses come to school by 1:40pm.

June 26: ESY starts (see below)

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 5-19-23

So close and yet so far away! 16 days left!

This week, we had lots of fun including Cocoa and Ms. McCauley into our Morning Meeting! They visited and read us a story called The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! We also got a chance to wash Cocoa in the Dog Washing Station. Some friends got a chance to help and some just watched. It was awesome! Check out the photos on the More Photos 22-23 page!

Also this week, we got a chance to see everyone's pet dogs! How fun! Nicholas has Maverick, Miss Kolis has Tuck. Easton has Stackhouse and Connor has Pebbles. Mrs. Vajda has three grand dogs named Garth, Winston, and Koda. Knight has Oliver and Silas has Keenan. How fun!

Next week, we will use the theme of Gardens, Plants, and the Plant Life Cycle. We will read books like Miss Spitzer's Garden and The Tiny Seed, and get to plant our own seeds and watch them grow! We will also make some thank you notes to take to our friends at Camp Cheerful!

Check out all the awesome May photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading Level Assessments, Start a chapter book!!! Freckle Juice, here we come!

Word Work: Review of multiple meaning words, irregular plural nouns, past-present-future tense verbs, homophones

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Elapsed Time, Word Problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading Level Assessments,

Word Work: Review Spelling List: ship, fish, math, this, chin, chick, back, rock (This will be our last spelling list of the school year!)

Math: Coins, counting coins, Double Digit Numbers- making them in base-ten blocks and finding them on the hundreds chart

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Reading Level Assessments, words with sh, ch, th, wh, ck.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh, ck sounds.

Math: Addition!

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: End of Year reading assessments

Letter/Word Work: Assess sight words, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: Sight Word assessments, match cvc words to pictures.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, Plants and the plant life cycle

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Assessments for the end of the year

Math: Assessments for end of the year

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors, Plants and the plant life cycle

Dates to Know:

May 19: BBHES End of Year Bash from 6-8pm in the back parking lot!

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.) For students NOT going on the trip, there will be a school-wide evacuation drill. More information will come soon.

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 1: Last day of Therapeutic Horseback Riding at Camp Cheerful, GRADE TWO assembly in the PM.

June 4: PSO Kindergarten Play Date on the playground at 4pm

June 7: Field Day! (Grades 2-3 in the AM, K-1 in the PM)

June 9: PSO First Grade Play Date on the playground at 6pm

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School for students! Early Release Day! Buses come to school by 1:40pm.

June 26: ESY starts (see below)

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 5-12-23

This week, we had a really great time celebrating and talking about our moms! We learned lots of songs about moms and made some fun projects too! We hope all of our moms will enjoy what we made this week! We wish all of you a VERY HAPPY Mother's Day!

Somehow this week, we realized that we do not have a full change of clothes for most of our B106 friends anymore. Please send in a full change of clothes for the warmer weather JUST IN CASE we need them. We will send home any winter clothes we still have here. Thank you!

Next week, we will focus on the theme of Working Dogs! We will have 3 fun visits with Cocoa, the BBHES therapy dog. We believe Cocoa is ready for us and we are ready for Cocoa! There is a social story about our week with Cocoa coming home on Friday afternoon. Please read it with your child over the weekend.

If you have a dog at home as your pet (or even more than one), please email or text me a picture and his/her name. We will look at photos this week of all of our dog pets!

Check out all the awesome May photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading Level Assessments, books about dogs (both fiction and nonfiction)

Word Work: Multiple Meaning Words

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Introduction to elapsed time and word problems with time

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading decodable text, move into informational text. What is this mostly about? (Main Idea) How did you know? (Details), Reading Level Assessments

Word Work: Work on words that end with /ck/: back, pack, lick, sick, neck, rock, lock

Math: Introduce naming coins (quarter, dime, nickel, penny), values of coins, counting pennies and dimes,

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Reading Level Assessments

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh sounds.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20, intro. to addition

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up, said, what, look; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up, said, what, look; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors

Dates to Know:

May 15: GRADE TWO- Career Morning with visits from different jobs in the community on the playground.

May 16: GRADE ONE- Walk to the Nature Center spot.

May 18: Miss Kolis will be out in the PM for preschool IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts is the sub.), Last day of therapeutic horseback riding in the AM.

May 19: BBHES End of Year Bash from 6-8pm in the back parking lot

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 1: GRADE TWO assembly

June 4: PSO Kindergarten Play Date on the playground at 4pm

June 7: Field Day! (K-3)

June 9: PSO First Grade Play Date on the playground at 6pm

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School for students! Early Release Day!

June 26: ESY starts

ESY Dates:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12pm

June 26-29

July 10-13

July 17-20

July 24-27

Week Ending on 5-5-23

This week, we had a TON of fun at horseback riding! Although one of our friends was absent on Thursday, all of our other friends RODE A HORSE!!! This is a huge and awesome success for our class! We are so proud!

Also this week, we started to talk about the "size of the problem." We watched several songs and videos with "problems" and determined if these were BIG problems or small problems. We said "If it's a small problem, I need to stay calm." We used a visuals to show BIG problems and small problems and will continue to talk about our reactions to problems in the upcoming weeks. "This is a BIG problem. I should tell a grown up!!!" OR "This is a small problem, I should take a deep breath and stay calm." Visuals will be sent home to you as well so that you can use the same verbiage if it works for your family.

Next week, we are going to use the theme of "MOM!" We will read books about moms and prepare for Mother's Day. :) We will also continue with the iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic Assessments as we are required to have them completed by May 22nd.

Check out all the awesome May photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Continue exploring the genre of realistic fiction, iReady Reading Diagnostic

Word Work: Introduce Adverbs, Review Verb Tenses, Multiple Meaning Words, Homophones, Plural Nouns

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Introduction to elapsed time and word problems with time

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading decodable text, move into informational text. What is this mostly about? (Main Idea) How did you know? (Details), iReady Reading Diagnostic

Word Work: Work on words that begin with /ch/, Spelling Words: chip, chin, chat, chick, chill

Math: Introduce naming coins (quarter, dime, nickel, penny), values of coins, counting pennies and dimes, Two-digit numbers--> Finding them on the hundreds chart, constructing them with base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level D, matching pictures to more complex sentences, iReady Reading Diagnostic

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh sounds.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20, intro. to addition, iReady Math Diagnostic

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked), iReady Reading Diagnostic

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?", iReady Math Diagnostic

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors

Dates to Know:

May 11: Horseback riding at Camp Cheerful

May 18: Miss Kolis will be out in the PM for preschool IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts is the sub.), Last day of therapeutic horseback riding in the AM.

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 2: All School Practice Emergency Evacuation

June 7: Field Day! (K-3)

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 4-28-23

Can you believe there are only 31 days left of school this year?!?! April went much faster than we expected!

This week, we had a really fun time with our dinosaur theme! We read some great dinosaur books like How to Catch a Dinosaur and Never Let a Dinosaur Scribble and heard some awesome dinosaur songs! We also got a chance to paint the cutest dinosaurs and also had fun excavating a dinosaur from an iceberg! (The pictures are awesome!)

We also went horseback riding for the second time and did even better than the first! The weather has been great for us both times and we are keeping our fingers crossed for next week!

Next week, we will do some catching up. We will finish up some horse and dinosaur activities while also being introduced to the "size of the problem" concept. We will explore different problems to find out "How Big is My Problem?" I will send home more information about this during the week. We will also start working on the iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic assessments for the End of the Year.

Check out all the awesome April photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Exploring the genre of realistic fiction

Word Work: Continue with Verb Tenses- past, present, and future, briefly introduce adverbs

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Continue working on area and perimeter of polygons

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading decodable text, move into informational text. What is this mostly about? (Main Idea) How did you know? (Details)

Word Work: Work on words with sh and th, Spelling words: this, that, then, them, ship, shop, shut, introduce the sound of /ch/.

Math: Two-digit numbers--> Finding them on the hundreds chart, constructing them with base-ten blocks

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level D, matching pictures to more complex sentences

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th, wh sounds.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20, intro. to addition.

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up, said; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up, said; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, How Big is My Problem?, colors

Dates to Know:

May 4, May 11: Horseback riding at Camp Cheerful

May 18: Miss Kolis will be out in the PM for preschool IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts is the sub.), Last day of therapeutic horseback riding in the AM.

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 2: All School Practice Emergency Evacuation

June 7: Field Day! (K-3)

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 4-21-23

We did it! And we can't wait to go again!

This week, we spent our time learning about horses and horseback riding in preparation for our first trip to Camp Cheerful on Thursday. We learned vocabulary like saddle and reins. And, it was awesome! Every child got to do something with a horse, whether it was brush, pet, or ride! What a great start! Please check out the photos of our day!

We then finished up the week talking about Earth Day and about some things we can do to help our Earth. We listened to lots of Earth Day songs and did some Earth Day activities too.

Next week, we will use a dinosaur theme. We will also revisit the horse activities and social stories before we go again on Thursday.

Check out all the awesome April photos on the More Photos 22-23 page and on the 2023 Therapeutic Horseback Riding page.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Revisit nonfiction text and text features (table of contents, photographs, captions, headings, bold words, glossary, maps, charts or diagrams)

Word Work: Move back to verbs- past and present forms

Written Expression: Write three sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Introduce finding the area of quadrilaterals and polygons.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading poems, work on multiple-meaning words like fly, pet, and pen.

Word Work: Work on words with sh and th, Spelling words: wish, dish, fish, bath, math, path

Math: Start measuring with nonstandard units, ordering objects by length (shorter, longer, shortest, longest)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level D, matching pictures to more complex sentences

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh, ch, th sounds.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at, up; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, Visiting Camp Cheerful

Dates to Know:

April 27: Next day of horseback riding!

May 4, May 11: Horseback riding at Camp Cheerful

May 18: Miss Kolis will be out in the PM for preschool IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts is the sub.), Last day of therapeutic horseback riding.

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 7: Field Day!

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 4-14-23

What a week of weather! It feels like summer!

This week, we started to talk about our horseback riding trips that will start on Thursday, April 20. We have a great social story that Camp Cheerful sent to us with pictures of the exact routine we will follow when we get there. We are really looking forward to being around the horses and getting to know how to ride. It's been really fun to see the kids' faces as they hear the story each day and realize that we are really going there! (It's been way too long since we've been able to take a field trip!)

Next week, we will continue to talk about horses and our trips. We will learn about the parts of a horse that are okay to pet and the parts of a horse that we do not touch. We will also learn some vocabulary pertaining to the horses like gallop, reins, saddle, helmet, and trot. We will talk about rules for being at Camp Cheerful as well. HUGE thank you to Mrs. Shingleton for writing the grant to get us this awesome 5 week experience!

All six students have now had their annual IEP meeting and I cannot say THANK YOU enough. The meetings were so positive and it was so fun to share the progress that each child has made this year! I look forward to many more successful years with all of you!

In your child's folder this afternoon is a Zones of Regulation card that you can use at home. It should have a clothespin attached so that your child can determine what zone they are in each day (and it can change throughout the day). I can make more resources available to you if you are interested in using it at home.

Check out all the awesome April photos on the More Photos 22-23 page!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Fiction text, story elements

Word Work: Continue with multiple-meaning words. (There will be no more weekly spelling words this year. We will focus more on vocabulary and the meanings of words for the remainder of this year.) Move back to verbs- past and present forms.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Introduce finding the area of quadrilaterals and polygons.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading poems, work on multiple-meaning words like fly, pet, and pen.

Word Work: Work on words with /th/, Spelling words: get, set, wet, pet, vet, net

Math: Continue Shape Review- Divide shapes into halves and quarters or fourths, review subtraction, start measuring with nonstandard units, ordering objects by length (shorter, longer, shortest, longest)

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level D, matching pictures to more complex sentences

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh and ch sounds.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no, am, at; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Dates to Know:

April 20: FIRST DAY OF HORSEBACK RIDING!

May 18: Miss Kolis out at pre-school IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.)

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 7: Field Day!

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 4-6-23

We all made it back! All nine of us were present this week! Thank goodness for a healthy return!

It was so good to see everyone back at school this week! We had a few days of great weather to get outside for recess as we continued to talk about the signs of spring! We also had some holiday-themed fun this week as we painted "eggs" with a potato masher and cracked open our fair share of Easter eggs. Enjoy the long holiday weekend!

Next week, we will begin to get prepared for our trips to go horseback riding. We will use the theme of horseback riding for the next two weeks in order to get our minds ready to go. We have social stories and visuals all ready and everyone has turned in their permission forms! Next week, there will be one more permission form for the bus.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Continue with poetry. Review alliteration and rhyming. Talk about repeated lines in poetry. Read poems about spring and horses.

Word Work: Continue with multiple-meaning words. (There will be no more weekly spelling words this year. We will focus more on vocabulary and the meanings of words for the remainder of this year.)

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Continue with Geometry- triangles, quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, kite, diamond), polygons (pentagons, hexagons, octagons), 3D solid objects (cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, cylinders). Recognize shapes based on number of sides, faces, bases, and vertices. Introduce finding the area of a quadrilateral by the end of the week.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Continue reading poems, introduce multiple-meaning words

Word Work: Review /sh/, introduce /th/, Spelling words: hen, men, pen, den, ten, then

Math: Continue Shape Review- sort and compose 2D and practice the names of 3D Shapes. Tell how many sides, faces, bases, and vertices each has. Divide shapes into halves and quarters or fourths.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level D, matching pictures to more complex sentences, assess reading level.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture, words with the sh sound.

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish with 3-dimensional shapes- sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder, continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come, so, no; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish with3D shapes- cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, go back to counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, Spring!, horseback riding

Dates to Know:

April 7: No School!

April 10: No School!

April 13: IEP mtg. day (unless you've already had your meeting). Miss Kolis will be out in the meetings, but Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

April 20: FIRST DAY OF HORSEBACK RIDING!

May 18: Miss Kolis out at pre-school IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.)

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 7: Field Day!

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 3-23-23

Spring Break! Sunshine! Warmer Temps! Fingers Crossed!

This week was short and sweet, but we still didn't have all our friends back and healthy. We are hopeful that a little spring break will be just what the doctor ordered for everyone! Looking forward to a fresh start in April!

Over the break, there are several ways to practice some school skills with your child. Everyone got a few worksheets to complete (no need to return them) and all students have access to BOOM CARDS. Your child's username and password was in the daily report email sent on 3-22-23. If you can't find it, feel free to email me and ask. :) Some students also have access to iReady Reading and Math lessons. Again, if you are in need of usernames or passwords, please let me know.

After spring break, we will continue to talk about (and hopefully start to see) some signs of Spring! After that, we will start to prepare for our trips to therapeutic horseback riding. We will have social stories about what the location looks like and we will learn some rules about what to do and what not to do with horses. :)

If you have not yet returned your horseback riding permission form, I will send you a new one right after spring break. Thanks in advance for completing it so that we have no problems when it's our turn to go riding. I will also send a permission slip for your child to ride the bus to and from horseback riding as well.

Check out our collection of March photos here.

What else will we do after spring break?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Poetry- the use of alliteration, rhymes, and repeated lines in poetry

Word Work: multiple-meaning words (There will be no more weekly spelling words this year. We will focus more on vocabulary and the meanings of words for the remainder of this year.)

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word. Try to expand sentences with adjectives.

Math: Shape Review- triangles, quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram), polygons (pentagons, hexagons, octagons), 3D solid objects (cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, cylinders). Recognize shapes based on number of sides and vertices.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading poems, multiple-meaning words

Word Work: Review /sh/, introduce /th/, Introduce words with the medial short e sound. Spelling words: bed, red, fed, beg, leg, peg

Math: Shape Review- sort and compose 2D and 3D shapes and solid objects

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences, assess reading level.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3-dimensional shapes- sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder, continue to work on counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Introduce 3D shapes- cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, go back to counting with one to one correspondence and telling "how many?"

Other: Zones of Regulation, Spring!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, Spring!

Dates to Know:

April 5: Miss Kolis out observing at the preschool (Sub: Mrs. Roberts)

April 7: No School!

April 10: No School!

April 13: IEP mtg. day (unless you've already had your meeting). Miss Kolis will be out in the meetings, but Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

April 20: FIRST DAY OF HORSEBACK RIDING!

May 18: Miss Kolis out at pre-school IEP meetings (Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.)

May 25: No School for K and 1. Miss Kolis out at virtual training.

May 29: No school!

May 30: Mrs. Koziol's class field trip to Lake Farm Park (Miss Kolis is going on this trip and will have a sub for the other students this day.)

May 31: Mrs. Thacker's class field trip to Lake Farm Park

June 7: Field Day!

June 12: Class Party Day for K-2

June 13: Last Day of School!

Week Ending on 3-17-23

This week, we learned a bit about some important women in history (Malala Yousefzi, Jane Goodall, and Eugenie Clark) and then had some St. Patrick's Day fun! Our kindergarten friends continued to learn about and review 2D and 3D shapes while our first- and second- grade friends wandered into the world of word problems! Lots of assessments are also being completed as we finish up Quarter 3 and head into most of the new IEP meetings/documents.

Next week, we will begin to talk about SPRING! Can you believe it's almost the first day of spring!?! (Sure doesn't feel like it yet!)

Just a reminder for students in grades K and 1: Next week is a three-day week! There is no school for grades K and 1 on March 23 or March 24.

Students in Grade 2 (in Mrs. Jean's class) will go on a field trip on Thursday, March 23 and have no school on March 24.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Story Elements in fiction text.

Word Work: This week, we will review all of the spelling/vocabulary words from quarter 3.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, AND division

Other: Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: There will be no spelling words this week! We will review the words we've learned in the third quarter.

Math: Time to the Hour on an analog clock

Other: Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence, groups of up to 10 moving into groups of up to 20.

Other: Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3-dimensional shapes- cube, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder.

Other: Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of, come; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3D shapes- cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid.

Other: Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, the start of Spring!

Dates to Know:

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip (Miss Kolis also out at a virtual training.)

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

March 24: No School for Students!

March 27-31: Spring Break!

April 13: IEP mtg. day (unless you've already had your meeting). Miss Kolis will be out in the meetings, but Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

Week Ending on 3-10-23

Another rough one for our health! We would love a week when everyone stayed healthy! Fingers crossed!

This week, we focused on the Zones of Regulation and relating each feeling to one of the colored zones. We listened to lots of songs with feelings and then put the feelings into the right zones. We also read the books The Happy-Sad Day, The Color Monster, The Boy with Big Big Feelings, and When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry. We also started to talk about our Calm Down Strategies and will continue to review them regularly through the end of the year.

A great resource for more information about the Zones of Regulation can be found by clicking here.

Next week, we will continue with our calming strategies (to get back to green-calm and ready to learn) and also talk about some awesome women in history for Women's History Month. We have some great books about Jane Goodall, Eugenie Clark, and Temple Grandin!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading fiction text and identifying the story elements

Word Work: Words with the Suffix -ing: laughing, talking, walking, typing, writing, drawing, making, building, playing, running, jumping, cleaning

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, AND division

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on seven, eight), Spelling Words: Words with short u: rub, tub, sub, cub, bus, us

Math: Add and Subtract in Word Problems, Introduce Time to the Hour on an analog clock

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Continue with 3-dimensional shapes- cube, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder, rectangular prism.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3-dimensional shapes- cube, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me, of; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3D shapes- cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid.

Other: Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Letters N, I, C.

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, ovals, and stars. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation, Women's History Month

Dates to Know:

March 13: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip (Miss Kolis also out at a virtual training.)

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

March 24: No School for Students!

March 27-31: Spring Break!

April 13: IEP mtg. day (unless you've already had your meeting). Miss Kolis will be out in the meetings, but Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

Week Ending on 3-3-23

Rough week for our B106 health! Let's take a break and start over!

This week, we finished up Black History Month by learning about Jackie Robinson, but we will continue to learn about important figures in history throughout the rest of the year. We also started to review the Zones of Regulation colors/feelings. We practiced saying which feelings go in each zone. We also had a nice reminder of what it means to "belly breathe" or "balloon breathe." We practiced several times and will focus on some strategies for getting calm next week. While we don't tell kids that everyone needs to be happy, we do try to help them understand that we need to try to be "calm and ready to learn," and then we practice ways to get there.

Next week, we will focus on the Zones of Regulation and strategies for getting back to green (calm and ready to learn). Some of the strategies that we will review are:

Take a deep breath (or belly breath or balloon breath).
Use words to tell what you feel (or use your talker).
Tell or show what you need.

Some new strategies that we will work on are:

Ask to take a break (or show on your talker or with a picture card).
Get a drink of water.
Try to do some yoga poses (I usually try to show downward dog, child's pose, and tree pose.)
Count back from 10.

We will also practice some things we can do in our classroom or the sensory room to help with calming (like rock in the gaming chair or swing on the swing).

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Folktales, compare two versions of the same folktale

Word Work: Sight Words: were, when, around, because, goes, why, laugh, would, their, buy

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review of multi-digit multiplication, Word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, AND division.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on five, seven, eight), Spelling Words: hug, bug, dug, pug, tug, rug

Math: Continue subtracting from 20, Add and Subtract in Word Problems, Introduce Time to the Hour on an analog clock

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3-dimensional shapes- cube, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Finish up with two-dimensional shapes, introduce 3-dimensional shapes- cube, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, is, me; make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Shapes- We have covered the circle, square, rectangle, triangle, heart, and pentagon. We have also briefly been practicing trapezoid, rhombus, and octagon. We will continue with shapes and their number of sides and corners.

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, and ovals. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, matching identical photographs given a choice of 2, Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

March 13: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip (Miss Kolis also out at a virtual training.)

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

March 24: No School for Students!

March 27-31: Spring Break!

April 13: IEP mtg. day (unless you've already had your meeting). Miss Kolis will be out in the meetings, but Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

Week Ending on 2-24-23

This week, we spent some time learning about Black History Month. We listened to many great songs and read the books Mae Among the Stars, I Am Enough, and Hair Love. We learned about Mae Jemison and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Next week, we will continue to learn about figures in black history such as Jackie Robinson and Barack Obama. We will read books like Last Stop on Market Street and Jabari Jumps. We will also have a full review of the colors from the Zones of Regulation and start to identify our feelings by color each day.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Continue to read biographies.

Word Work: Homophones: be, bee, four, for, our, hour, know, no, write, right, buy, bye, would, wood

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review of multi-digit addition, subtraction, and multiplication

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on seven, eight), Spelling Words: cut, hut, but, nut, shut

Math: Continue subtracting from 20, Add and Subtract in Word Problems

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, it, make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Other: Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and hearts. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Match a photograph to an object given a choice of two, Zones of Regulation, Black History Month

Dates to Know:

Feb. 23 and 24: PSO Family BINGO Nights

March 1: Grade 1 Field Trip

March 13: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip (Miss Kolis also out at a virtual training.)

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

March 24: No School for Students!

Week Ending on 2-17-23

What a week! We hope everyone is getting healthy again!

This week, we celebrated Valentine's Day which was super fun for everyone involved! We had a great little party with our friends in Mrs. Shingleton's Room. Mrs. Shingleton's room is very similar to ours. She has seven students who also ride the bus with us each day so we are getting to be good friends. :) At the party, we decorated (and ate) a sugar cookie, played a Valentine BINGO game, and did a lot of dancing to Valentine's Day songs. The pictures are awesome!

Also this week, we all went to our homeroom class Valentine's Day parties as well. These were fun and EVERY student lasted through their whole party! I encourage the kids to ask for a break if they are not having fun, but it turns out, everyone had fun this time!

In the remainder of the week, we talked a lot about animals that live in cold places and worked on matching them, naming them, and listening to stories about them (like the polar bear, arctic fox, snowshoe hare, snowy owl, caribou, reindeer, and penguin).

Next week, we will use the theme of Black History Month and learn about some important figures in black history like Dr. Mae Jemison and President Barack Obama.

A note about papers coming home to you that we've completed at school: I have been trying to use a code on all of the papers that will be coming home to you from our classroom. Please see below for an explanation of each of the initials:

I- Completed Independently

MA- Completed with minimal assistance (for example: a prompt to "keep going" or a teacher seated next to student while completing the paper.)

FA- Full assistance (We completed this paper together during an instructional time.)

HOH- Hand over hand assistance

HW- You completed this with your child for homework and he handed it in for me to check. :)

Please check out the More Photos 22-23 page for all of our Valentine Fun!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Continue to read biographies.

Word Work: Assess the spelling of sight words.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Word Problems with Fractions, finish up with fractions, time and money quick review.

Other: Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on seven, eight), Spelling Words: Words with short o: cob, mob, rob, sob, bob (We'll move to short u words next week!)

Math: Subtraction with touch points

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she, make cvc words using magnetic letters, match them to pictures

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and hearts. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, red, and yellow, Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Feb. 18: Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 20: No school

Feb. 23 and 24: PSO Family BINGO Nights

March 1: Grade 1 Field Trip

March 13: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip (Miss Kolis also out at a virtual training.)

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

Week Ending on 2-10-23

This week, we started to focus on the theme of Valentine's Day! As my favorite holiday of the year, we had plenty of fun activities to do that revolved around hearts and love! We did LOTS of shape matching, sorting, tracing, drawing and naming with our Kindergarten friends! We also read the books Clifford's First Valentine's Day, Love, and Turkey's Valentine's Surprise.

Next week, we will continue with our Valentine's Day theme for the first part of the week. In the second part of the week, we will finish up some other winter items we still have lingering around. In the week after, we will learn about some awesome individuals like Dr. Mae Jemison for Black History Month.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Continue to read biographies.

Word Work: Words with irregular plurals: man, men, woman, women, person, people, knife, knives, shelf, shelves, leaf, leaves

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Equivalent Fractions, Comparing Fractions, Word Problems with Fractions

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on seven, eight), Spelling Words: Words with short o: dog, hog, log, bog, fog

Math: Place Value (tens and ones), Re-introduction to subtraction

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. Introduce hearts. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, red, and yellow, Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Feb. 14: Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 14: LLS BINGO night at BBHES

Feb. 18: Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 20: No school

March 1: Grade 1 Field Trip

March 13: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

March 23: Grade 2 Field Trip

March 23: NO SCHOOL for grades K and 1 ONLY.

Week Ending on 2-3-23

Brrrr.... It's cold!

This week, we used the theme of penguins, perfect for the cold weather! We had fun listening to penguin songs, reading books about penguins, and getting to play with some penguins in our sensory bins. Some of the books we read were Tacky the Penguin, Ten Playful Penguins, Little Penguins, and Penguins by Gail Gibbons. We will finish up some penguin activities on Monday of next week.

Also next week, we will start using the theme of Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday and we have lots of great books about love and friendship! Please be on the lookout for a letter or email from your child's homeroom teacher about bringing in valentines and decorating a bag or box. Each teacher asks for something just a little different. If you need ANY help with these, please let me know. I am happy to help in any way. I will also send an email about the names of our B106 friends for Valentine's Day.

If you are looking for photos of our year, you can find September through January at 22-23 Photos. You will find February- June in More Photos 22-23 (splitting them up makes them easier to load on your device).

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading nonfiction text, introduction to biographies

Word Work: Words with irregular plurals: child, children, foot, feet, mouse, mice, tooth, teeth, goose, geese, wolf, wolves

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Equivalent Fractions, Comparing Fractions, Mixed Numbers

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on five, seven), Spelling Words: Words with short o: pod, rod, nod, box, fox

Math: Place Value (tens and ones), Re-introduction to subtraction

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go, he, she

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Practice circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. Introduce hearts. Sort by two shapes.

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, red, and yellow, Valentine's Day, Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

Feb. 14: Valentine's Day parties

Feb. 14: PSO Family BINGO night at BBHES

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 20: No school

Week Ending on 1-27-23

A week with a snow day in the middle? I'll take it!

This week, we continued reading books written by Jan Brett. We read The Hat and The Snowy Nap about Hedgie the Hedgehog, and Annie and the Wild Animals. We practiced cutting and gluing to put the animals in the correct order.

Also this week, our Kindergarten friends started talking about shapes. We've mostly talked about the triangle and the rectangle. We want to start to identify shapes by name, number of sides, and number of corners. We will be practicing this for awhile, along with counting groups of objects and tens frames.

Next week, we will use the theme of Penguins! We will read books about penguins and practice our cutting and gluing skills on some fun penguin crafts. We will work on labeling the parts of a penguin and on learning some facts about penguins.

What else will we do in next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading a nonfiction text, finding details that lead to the main idea

Word Work: Words ending with the suffix -ness: happiness, sadness, wellness, neatness, kindness, loudness, stillness, helpfulness, madness, cleanliness

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Fractions on a Number Line, Comparing Fractions, Equivalent Fractions

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words

Word Work: Number Words (working on four and five), Words with the short o sound, Spelling Words: hop, pop, top, mop

Math: Place Value- Tens and Ones, Using a Hundreds Chart

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do, go

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting, Tens Frames

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letters A, B, C, N

Math: Introduce rectangles. Sort two shapes.

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, red, and yellow, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Dates to Know:

Jan. 16- Mrs. Rizkala's Birthday!

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

Feb. 18- Mrs. Vajda's Birthday!

Feb. 20: No school

Week Ending on 1-19-23

It was a short week, but can you believe that we are done with two quarters of school already?

This week, we read the story The Mitten by Jan Brett and did lots of mitten activities! We worked on putting the story in order, cutting and gluing, counting items from the story, and identifying our favorite animals! Next week, we will continue to read books by Jan Brett. After that, we will move into the theme of penguins!

What else will we do in next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Sequencing a fiction text

Word Work: Words ending with the suffix -ly: weekly, monthly, yearly, slowly, quickly, kindly, bravely, happily, sadly, friendly

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review the basics of fractions

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words, sequencing

Word Work: Number Words (working on three and four), Words with the short o sound, Spelling Words: hot, pot, not, dot

Math: Place Value- Tens and Ones

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?, Counting

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letter N

Math: Match triangles. Sort two shapes.

Dates to Know:

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

Feb. 20: No school

Week Ending on 1-13-23

Our first 5 day week of the year!

This week, we read some fun stories about snow and snowmen and practiced putting the stories in order using words like "first, second, next, last." Some of our friends participated but focused on skills like cutting and gluing and following directions during these times as well. We also continued to talk about what clothing choices are appropriate in the winter. We reinforced that we should wear boots, hats, and gloves in the winter, especially when it is snowy. Thanks to all for sending winter clothes on these snowy days!

Next week we will read books written by Jan Brett like The Mitten and The Hat. We will work on lots of activities that coincide with winter clothes again during our short week. Remember that our week is only three days next week!

THANK YOU ALL FOR SENDING IN TISSUES, CLEANING WIPES, PAPER TOWELS, AND BABY WIPES! WE APPRECIATE IT!

What else will we do in a few weeks?

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading decodable books with cvc words, sequencing

Word Work: Number Words (working on three and four), Words with the short o sound, no spelling words this week!

Math: Start using base ten blocks to talk about place value

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C, matching pictures to more complex sentences.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and, do

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letter N

Math: Introduce triangles. Match triangles. Sort two shapes.

Dates to Know:

Jan. 16- No School for MLK Day

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

Week Ending on 1-6-23

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the new year! Can you believe it's 2023? It still feels strange to type.

This week, we started to talk more about winter. We did a lot of talking about what we might wear in the winter time. We read the books The Jacket I Wear in the Snow and There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow. We worked on sequencing each story using the words "first, second, third, next, then, last."

Also this week, some of the B106 friends started the iReady Math Diagnostic. Next week, we will work on the iReady Reading Diagnostic. Remember that we take this assessment three times a year to show growth. Some friends are not yet ready to take this. Some friends are simply getting acquainted with the program in the hopes that we will use it for data eventually. I believe that this is just one tool that might give us some data about your child. It is, by no means, the most important assessment nor does it typically tell me things that I don't already know about your child. Regardless, most of the kids are required to take this assessment, so we will. :)

In the upcoming week, we will continue to discuss winter, winter weather, and winter clothing expectations. We will read some more fun winter books and work on sequencing a little more.

If you haven't yet, can you please work on filling out the permission forms for our fun Camp Cheerful Therapeutic Horseback Riding Experience? Although we are not scheduled to go until late April, the program would like our permission forms as soon as possible (Miss Hyde from the Middle School class is taking her students in January and Mrs. Shingleton's class will be going in March). Thank you!

Check out some photos of our start to the year!

What else will we do in a few weeks?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Start the iReady Reading Diagnostic, Story Elements in a fiction text, MOVING TO LEVELS J and K.

Word Work: Continue work with homophones. The spelling words will be scent, sent, male, mail, flu, flew, hair, hare, weight, wait, sale, sail.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Finish the iReady Math Diagnostic, Continue Measurement- weighing things with ounces, pounds, and tons

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Start the iReady Reading Diagnostic, Reading books at Level B and reading decodable books with short a words and short i words.

Word Work: Number Words, Words with the short i sound; The spelling words will be: rip, tip, dip, lip

Math: Finish iReady Math Diagnostic, start using base ten blocks to talk about place value

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: iReady Reading Diagnostic, Read fiction text at Level C.

Letter/Word Work: Change one letter to make a new word, label a picture

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: iReady Reading Diagnostic, Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, point to each word in the story as you read.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, and

Math: Shapes- How many sides does this shape have? How many corners?

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letter N

Math: Introduce triangles. Match triangles. Sort two shapes.

Dates to Know:

Jan. 16- No School for MLK Day

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

Week Ending on 12-22-22

This week was short but sweet! Can you believe that there is no more school in 2022?

This week, we had a super fun little party with our friends from Mrs. Shingleton's room. We decorated cookies and unwrapped a giant Saran Wrap ball to discover lots of fun prizes! BIG thanks to Mrs. Shingleton for making the cookies and preparing the game! We also participated in our homeroom class parties! So many parties, so little time!

We read so many fun books in the last few weeks and I wanted to mention some of the titles. Maybe your child would like to check out one of these books as a gift or at the library. We read Bear Stays Up for Christmas, Pig the Elf, Click! Clack! Ho! Ho! Ho!, Turkey Claus, and The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish. We had even more to share, but we ran out of time!

Don't forget to check out the photos page for some great shots of our favorite BBHES students!

Coming up after the Winter Break, we will start with the theme of snow! With any luck, there won't be TOO MUCH! My fingers and toes are crossed.

What else will we do in a few weeks?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Main Idea and Details, text features in informational text, MOVING TO LEVELS J and K.

Word Work: Continue with nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will also start to work on homophones. The spelling words will be blew, blue, red, read, here, hear, see, sea, night, knight.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue Measurement- weighing things with ounces, pounds, and tons

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Number Words

Word Work: Number Words, Words with the short i sound; The spelling words will be: big, pig, dig, wig

Math: Addition with touch points, Addition on a number line

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture, label a picture

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9.

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: Lowercase letters by name, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, my, choose letters by sound

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Match Letter N

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-4

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, and red, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot, start learning yoga poses to help calm down

Dates to Know:

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 3: Return to school

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Feb. 10: Miss Kolis out in the PM only.

From all of us in B106 at BBHES, wishing you the best of the holidays and a very warm, healthy, and relaxing Winter Break!

Week Ending on 12-16-22

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... around here! We had a fun time talking about Christmas and making gifts and cards for others! We have especially loved hearing and singing Christmas songs all week! We read some great books and are looking forward to three more days of Christmas celebrations in our classroom!

Next week is definitely going to be action-packed and we will try to keep as many routines as we can. This is often a very difficult week for the kids in B106. But we will all do our best to enjoy the holiday spirit.

Next week's themes for the school:

Monday- Pajama Day (Some of the kindergarten friends will be watching Polar Express in their classroom as well.) We will start to work on our parent gift.

Tuesday- Deck the Halls! Wear any holiday attire! We will have a small party with our friends from Mrs. Shingleton's class at the end of the day.

Wednesday- Wear your tennis shoes for the Jingle Bell Jog! We will participate in class parties (A social story will come home over the weekend!).

Dates to Know:

December 21: Jingle Bell Jog and Class Parties

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Make sure you check out our awesome Photo Page with lots of good shots of our week!

Week Ending on 12-9-22

This week, we learned about Hanukkah and read the books The Count's Countdown to Hanukkah, The Night Before Hanukkah, and Who Ate My Latkes? We learned that there are 8 nights of Hanukkah and a candle is lit called the menorah. We also learned that people who celebrate Hanukkah play a game with a dreidel and chocolate coins. Lastly, we learned about a food called latkes that are made from potatoes. :) It was fun to hear some Hanukkah songs too!

Also this week, we started to learn about Kwanzaa. We read two books so far- K is for Kwanzaa and My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa. We learned there are 7 nights of Kwanzaa and there is also a candle lit called the kinara. We will spend one more day learning about Kwanzaa on Monday before we move on to the theme of Christmas.

Next week, we will use the theme of Christmas and continue with our regular schedules as much as possible. We will make crafts and sing songs as well as practice the skills listed below. We will also make some gifts for people who help us at school. We have small gifts planned for bus drivers and bus aides as well as our Speech Therapist (Mrs. Hodgson), OT (Mrs. Storme), and PT (Mrs. Kenyon).

On Friday, December 16, we will have "Grinch Day!" We will celebrate all things GREEN that day and do some fun activities with the students from Mrs. Shingleton's room. We are looking forward to a great Grinch Day!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Story Elements in fiction text, sequencing a fiction story

Word Work: Continue with nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will also work on words with the long a sound that appears as ei or ey. The spelling words will be: eight, sleigh, weigh, reign, vein, reins, reindeer, neighbor, grey, obey, prey, they

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue Measurement- inches, feet, centimeters, meters

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Number Words

Word Work: Number Words, Words with the short i sound; The spelling words will be: in, pin, fin, win

Math: Addition with touch points, Skip Counting by 5

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture, label a picture

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9.

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: Lowercase letters by name, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, you, choose letters by sound

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-9

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters C and D

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-4

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue, green, and red, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Dates to Know:

December 16: Grinch Day in B106!

December 21: Jingle Bell Jog

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Week Ending on 12-2-22

This week, we heard different versions of some of our favorite familiar stories, The Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We heard The Three Snow Bears, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, The Three Little Javelinas, and The Three Ninja Pigs. We talked a bit about the differences in the stories and did some accompanying activities each day. Most of our friends are starting to get really good at sitting to listen to the whole book read aloud! We continue to practice listening to stories read aloud each day in class.

In the last two weeks, our Kindergarten friends have been introduced to Tens Frames and using them to count different objects like counters, marshmallows, and candies. We will continue to do lots of work with tens frames moving forward while our first grade friend continues to learn about adding numbers with touchpoints. And our second grader is working on analyzing line plots. Wow!

Next week, we will use a theme of winter holidays. We will spend some time learning about Hanukah, Diwali, and Kwanzaa before diving into Christmas.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Story Elements in fiction text, sequencing a fiction story

Word Work: Continue with adjectives. We will also work on words with suffixes. The spelling words will be comparative adjectives: faster, fastest, slower, slowest, older, oldest, taller, tallest, shorter, shortest, colder, coldest

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Measuring in inches and centimeters, comparing the two (bigger, smaller, longer, shorter, taller)

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Number Words

Word Work: Number Words, Words with the short i sound; The spelling words will be: sit, hit, fit, pit

Math: Addition with touch points, tally marks, comparing numbers using <, >, and =.

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read fiction text at Level C.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture, label a picture

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-5

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book (point to pictures when asked)

Letter/Word Work: Lowercase letters by name, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-5

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a, choose letters by sound

Math: Counting with Tens Frames, Learning the touch points on numbers 1-5

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters C and D

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-4

Other: Sorting toys (blocks and cars), Sorting by colors blue and red, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Dates to Know:

December 2: Miss Kolis out IN THE PM ONLY for an Internal Monitoring Team meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

December 16: Grinch Day in B106!

December 21: Jingle Bell Jog

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Week Ending on 11-22-22

This week, we only had two days! But we were very thankful for the time together!

This year, I am so so thankful for each and every one of our B106 friends. I am also so thankful for our special education aides: Mrs. Vajda, Mrs. Rizkala, and Mrs. Martin. I am thankful that Ms. B is here most days as our back up! I am always thankful for our friends Mrs. Hodgson (SLP), Mrs. Storme (OT), and Mrs. Kenyon (PT)! And I am so thankful for all of you, the parents, who share your children with us every day!

Wishing you a restful and relaxing long holiday weekend! I hope your table is filled with LOVE!

Check out some awesome photos on our Photo 22-23 page!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Story Elements in fiction text

Word Work: Continue with adjectives. We will also work on words with suffixes. The spelling words will be: helpless, hopeless, sleepless, spotless, painless, speechless, harmless, careless, thoughtless, countless

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue with Data and Graphing (Making a Line Plot), then counting money review

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Number Words

Word Work: Number Words, Words with the short i sound; The spelling words will be: sit, hit, fit, pit

Math: Addition with touch points, tally marks, comparing numbers using <, >, and =.

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Assess additional sight words. Read text at Level C and talk about it.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture

Math: Tens Frames, Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Lowercase letters by name, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a

Math: Tens Frames, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue, a

Math: Tens Frames, Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters C and D

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3

Other: the color blue, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling, find a quiet spot

Dates to Know:

November 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving break!

November 29: Miss Kolis out for the Internal Monitoring Team training. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

November 30: Picture Retake Day

December 2: Miss Kolis out for an Internal Monitoring Team meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Week Ending on 11-18-22

Hopeful. Miss Kolis is HOPEFUL that it will stop snowing!!! Hopeful. (This was an actual word on our second grade spelling test today. Miss Kolis HATES snow.)

We had a great week and were happiest when all six students and all our adults were here with us! We heard many great Thanksgiving songs this week and read lots of fun books like Turkey Trouble, 10 Fat Turkeys, Dino-Thanksgiving, Bear Says Thanks! and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey. We made a few cute turkeys this week; one with ripped paper and another with paint. We also continued with our usual work. We like routines around here!

Next week, we have a two day week! We will focus on the book Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds and talk about who we will see on Thanksgiving.

Since you have now had your child's first-quarter IEP progress report for at least a week, please let me know if you had any trouble reading it or have questions. The form is not as user-friendly as I would like it to be and I am happy to clarify any questions you have.

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Story Elements in fiction text

Word Work: Introduce adjectives. We will also work on words with suffixes. We will not have any spelling words this week. The following week, we will work on words with the suffix -less.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue with Data and Graphing (Scaled Bar Graphs, Making a Line Plot)

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Number Words

Word Work: Number Words, We will not have spelling words this week. The following week, we will start words with the short i sound.

Math: Addition with touch points, tally marks, comparing numbers using <, >, and =.

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Assess additional sight words. Read text at Level C and talk about it.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture

Math: Tens Frames, Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Lowercase letters by name, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue

Math: Tens Frames, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: a, the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue

Math: Tens Frames, Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters C and D

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3

Other: the color blue, Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Dates to Know:

November 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving break!

November 29: Miss Kolis out for the Internal Monitoring Team training. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

November 30: Picture Retake Day

December 2: Miss Kolis out for an Internal Monitoring Team meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Week Ending on 11-11-22

Happy Veterans Day to you!

This week, for the first time ever, all six students and now- four adults were in Morning Meeting ALTOGETHER! It was the best! Every single child and member of our staff was here in the room together! It felt so good to finally be able to come together as a classroom family, and we were celebrating a birthday with cake! What better way?!?!?!

This week, we used a variety of topics each day. On Monday, we talked about sharing again. On Tuesday, it was Election Day and Duck for President! Wednesday and Thursday brought us back to talking about our feelings and how to cool down (1. Take a deep breath. 2. Use your words (or talker or pictures) to tell how you feel or what you need.). Friday, we focused on Veterans Day! Whew! What a week!

Next week, we will focus on the topics of Family and Thanksgiving. For thanksgiving, we talk about what people commonly eat and do on the holiday itself. We will read books like Turkey Trouble and Bear Says Thanks! We will try to do some activities with photos of the members of our own families. If you haven't already, please send me photos of your family ASAP. We are specifically looking for the most common people (and pets) your child sees and who they may see on Thanksgiving.

Today, you should have also received your child's first-quarter IEP Progress Report from me via email. If you did not receive this email, please let me know ASAP. If you have questions about the progress report or any data, please feel free to email me!

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Finding the main idea in nonfiction text

Word Work: We will review verbs and introduce adjectives. We will also work on words with suffixes. Spelling words: Words with the suffix -ful: thankful, helpful, playful, hopeful, peaceful, cheerful, joyful, useful, careful, wishful, powerful, forgetful

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue with Data and Graphing (tally marks, pictographs, bar graphs, answering questions about the graph)

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, Moving on to NUMBER WORDS

Word Work: Number Words, Short a words: ham, jam, ram, yam

Math: Count and Compare (using the words more, less, most, least, greatest, biggest, smallest), Addition using touch points

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Read a short text and answer questions about it given 3 choices with visuals.

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model, using letters to make cvc words to name a picture

Math: Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Choosing one letter by name or sound given a choice of 3, sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: the, to, can, see, I, red, yellow, blue

Math: Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3

Other: Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters C and D

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3

Other: the color blue, Thanksgiving, Family, review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Dates to Know:

November 11: Culture Night at BBHES! Join us in the cafetorium for a super fun night! 6pm!

November 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving break!

November 29: Miss Kolis out for the Internal Monitoring Team training. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

November 30: Picture Retake Day

December 2: Miss Kolis out for an Internal Monitoring Team meeting. Mrs. Roberts will be our sub.

December 22- Jan 2: No School! Winter Break

Jan. 20: No School for Records Day

Week Ending on 11-3-22

Happy Long Weekend to you!

This week started out with Halloween and ended with a beautiful and unseasonably warm Thursday! After the parties on Monday, we slowed down a bit and returned back to our focus on feelings, the colors associated with them in the Zones of Regulation, and some ways to "get back to green." Students were reminded that there are no bad feelings, but that "calm and ready to learn" is where we try to be at school (in the green zone). This week, we practiced our strategy of taking "belly breaths" or "taking a deep breath, in through your nose and out through your mouth." We read a great book called Belly Breathe and practiced the in and out we will feel by watching our "Hoberman ball" open and close.

Next week, we will focus on our second strategy to get back to green: "Use words to tell how you're feeling." This includes using talkers and picture cues as well. We will additionally work on the concept of sharing and practice sharing in different ways (playing with toys, taking turns on the swing, playing games).

At the end of the week, I would love to be able to start with the theme of "Family." Please send me a photo or photos of the family members who reside in your home or who are closest to your child (mom, dad, siblings, grandparents, anyone else who is considered your family, pets). Please also indicate the names of those family members. These photos will not be shared outside of our classroom. Thank you!

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Finding the main idea in nonfiction text

Word Work: We will review verbs and introduce adjectives. We will also work on words with -dge in them. Spelling words: badge, edge, ledge, hedge, wedge, bridge, ridge, dodge, fudge, judge, nudge, fidget

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Data and Graphing (tally marks, pictographs, bar graphs, answering questions about the graph)

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences by pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words (We've now mastered red, yellow, blue, orange, green and purple. Next will be black and brown.)

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words: cap, nap, tap, map

Math: Count and Compare (using the words more, less, most, least, greatest, biggest, smallest), Addition using touch points

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Attempt to read a book at Level C and answer questions with picture choices

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model

Math: Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Choosing one letter by name or sound given a choice of 3

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (EH):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: sight words: the, can, see, I

Math: Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room (NS):

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters B, C, and D (NS)

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3 (NS)

Other: review the Zones of Regulation, deep breathing and use words to tell how you're feeling

Dates to Know:

November 4: No School for Students!

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training for part of the day. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

November 23-25: No School for Thanksgiving break!

November 30: Picture Retake Day

December 2: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

Week Ending on 10-28-22

This week, we had tons of Halloween fun! We read so many great books and made some fun crafts too! We spent time with our fall sensory bins and got to hear lots of fun Halloween songs! What a great week before Halloween! (If only we were all back and healthy again!)

This week, we read the books Creepy Carrots, A Halloween Scare in Ohio, The LIttle Blue Truck's Halloween, Turkey Trick or Treat, and The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky. Wow! We spent time counting pumpkins, making Halloween necklaces from painted pasta, and making our own Creepy Carrots. We finished the week carving three pumpkins and sorting the "guts" from the seeds. Only a few friends were willing to keep touching the pumpkin guts, but it was great!

Next week, we will wind down the quarter after we party on Monday! Students will have an hour long Halloween party with their classmates in their homeroom classes on Monday afternoon. A social story will come home to you tonight to read over the weekend with your child to help prepare them for the change in our schedule. We will attempt to keep the rest of the day as "normal" as possible with a few fun treats along the way. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we will finish up any lingering first-quarter projects and prepare for the long weekend.

A few weeks from now, we are going to be doing a theme week of "Family" (closer to Thanksgiving). In an effort to prep for that week, I was hoping that you might help by sending me some photos of your family.

If you can, please email me a picture of mom, dad, any brothers or sisters, any grandparents that might live with you or are around a lot, any other family members that are especially present, and any pets you have. If you could also tell me the names of each, that would be great.

The photos will only be used with your child and not shared with anyone outside this classroom. Thank you!

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading fiction text, answering questions about story elements (characters, setting, problem, beginning, middle, end).

Word Work: We will review nouns and verbs. We will also review all of the spelling words from the first quarter. We will work on matching them to their correct pictures AND spelling them correctly.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Review multi-digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping

Other: Finish up first-quarter projects, review the Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words (We've now mastered red, yellow, blue, orange, and green! Next week, we'll continue with purple and add black.)

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words. We will work on all of the words we've had as spelling words so far this quarter. We will practice matching pictures of them and spelling them.

Math: Count and Compare (using the words more, less, most, least), Addition with doubles facts- 10 (practicing addition with touch points)

Other: Finish up first-quarter projects, review the Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Attempt to read a book at Levels A and B and answer questions with picture choices

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters using a model

Math: Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: Finish up first-quarter projects, learn about the Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Writing first name

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: Finish up first-quarter projects, learn about the Zones of Regulation

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters B, C, and D (NS) and introduce the sight word "the," practice reading books using the word "the" (EH)

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3 (NS) Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3 (EH)

Other: Finish up first-quarter projects, learn about the Zones of Regulation

Dates to Know:

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training. The sub is Mrs. Rees.

November 4: No School for Students!

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

December 2: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

Week Ending on 10-21-22

TGIF! And TG the weather improved for Friday!

This week started off rocky with Miss Kolis being stuck at the Charlotte airport! It certainly improved and ended with a great group session of puzzles and Halloween music! We read some great books this week including The Spider Who Saved Halloween, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Hungry Spider, Little Miss Spider's Tea Party, and Arrggghhh! Spider! We spent time painting, crafting, playing in the sensory bins, and completing our work as well! We were so happy that the weather improved so we could get outside!

Next week, we will use the theme of Halloween! We will read some awesome Halloween books like Creepy Carrots, Turkey Trick or Treat, and A Halloween Scare in Ohio! Big thanks to Mrs. Shingleton for making some awesome visuals for trick or treating this year, if your family enjoys that tradition! We will be making lots of fun and "creepy" crafts next week too!

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading fiction text, answering questions about story elements (characters, setting, problem, beginning, middle, end).

Word Work: This week, we will focus two-syllable words that end in -le. The spelling words will be candle, bundle, trouble, double, little, middle, shuffle, table, title, giggle, puzzle, and pickle. We will also review nouns and verbs.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Word Problems with multiplication and division, review rounding to the nearest tens, hundreds, and thousands places

Other: Halloween fun!

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words (We've now mastered red, yellow, blue, and orange! Next week, we'll try green and purple!)

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words, Spelling words: bag, tag, rag, wag

Math: Addition with doubles facts- 7, 8, 9, 10 (practicing addition with touch points)

Other: Halloween Fun!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, pointing to pictures in the story when asked, point to works in decodable books

Letter/Word Work: Forming letters

Math: Writing numbers 0-10, counting groups of up to ten objects and telling how many

Other: Halloween fun!

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Writing first name

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, making a choice of shape from a group of 3

Other: Halloween fun!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room (or group) and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letters B, C, and D (NS) and introduce the sight word "the," practice reading books using the word "the" (EH)

Math: Matching circles and squares, matching 1-3 (NS) Counting and telling how many, choosing the correct shape from a group of 3 (EH)

Other: Halloween Fun!

Dates to Know:

October 25: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training. The sub is Mrs. Rees.

November 4: No School for Students!

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder. The sub is Mrs. Roberts.

Week Ending on 10-13-22

Thank Goodness for a short week! We need some rest!

This week, we continued to use our pumpkin theme and read the story of Spookley, the Square Pumpkin. Spookley didn't fit in so well UNTIL he saved the day! We made some great square pumpkins and started working on the names of shapes with our Kindergarten students. Our older students reviewed the names of 2D shapes and then remembered the names of 3D shapes as well.

Next week, we will use the theme of SPIDERS! We will read lots of fun books about spiders and do some great spider crafts as well!

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: Reading nonfiction text, find text features, find facts

Word Work: This week, we will focus two-syllable words with r-controlled vowels: slower, faster, spider, cartoon, target, garbage, perfect, report, orbit, morning.

Written Expression: Write two sentences about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Word Problems with multiplication and division

Other: Social Studies- urban, rural, and suburban areas

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words, Spelling words: dad, mad, sad, bad

Math: Addition with doubles facts- 7, 8, 9, 10 (practicing addition with touch points)

Other: Zones of Regulation, How to get back to calm and ready to learn when you see kids in other zones

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, pointing to pictures in the story when asked, point to works in decodable books

Letter/Word Work: Writing first and last name

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small and large groups, feelings and Zones of Regulation, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Writing first name

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small groups, changing of the seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letter A and B (NS) and making words with short a sounds (EH)

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Interacting with numbers and objects (NS), Counting and telling how many (EH)

Other: Participating in small groups, changing seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Dates to Know:

October 14: No School tomorrow!

October 25: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training.

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder

Week Ending on 10-7-22

Welcome to October! The weather has certainly changed!

This week, we had lots of friends out sick and we hope everyone is feeling better on Monday! We focused on Fall and Pumpkins this week and had lots of fun acting out the Five Little Pumpkins chant with our own real pumpkins in the room. We read the books The Runaway Pumpkin, Dora's Perfect Pumpkin, Splat the Cat's Pumpkin Picking Plan, and Pete the Cat's Five Little Pumpkins.

Next week, we are going to continue using a fall theme. There are so many more fun pumpkin activities to do! We will read Spookley the Square Pumpkin and our Kindergarten friends will work on matching, naming, and making shapes. We will also revisit the four zone colors in the Zones of Regulation and begin to identify our feelings each day during Morning Meeting.

Please check out the Photo Page with some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: We will work on reading fiction and identifying the story elements- characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Word Work: This week, we will focus two-syllable words with r-controlled vowels: corner, doctor, color, stormy, border, turnip, urban, purple, current, burning.

Written Expression: Write one sentence about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Multiply 2 digits by 1 digit, Multiplication and Division Fact Families

Other: Social Studies- urban, rural, and suburban areas

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words (Example: cat, hat, map, nap, can, man, etc.). Starting spelling words: rat, mat, fat, bat

Math: Addition with doubles facts- 4, 5, 6, 7

Other: Zones of Regulation, How to get back to calm and ready to learn when you see kids in other zones, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, pointing to pictures in the story when asked, point to works in decodable books

Letter/Word Work: Writing first and last name

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small and large groups, feelings and Zones of Regulation, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Writing first name

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small groups, changing of the seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letter A and B (NS) and making words with short a sounds (EH)

Math: Matching, Creating, and Naming 2D shapes, Interacting with numbers and objects (NS), Counting and telling how many (EH)

Other: Participating in small groups, changing seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Dates to Know:

October 12: Miss Kolis will be out for a training for part of the day.

October 14: No School!

October 25: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training.

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

Week Ending on 9-30-22

The weather is turning quickly and it feels like the end of fall! Let's hope for some sunshine this weekend!

This week, we used the theme of fall and talked about things that we see when it's fall. We see people wearing warmer clothing, apples, pumpkins, leaves changing colors, leaves falling, people raking leaves, scarecrows, and more! We had fun with the books There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, The Little Scarecrow Boy, Ten Apples Up On Top, The Biggest Apple and We're Going on a Leaf Hunt. We even pretended to stack the apples on top of our own heads! Fall is so fun!

Next week, we will continue to use the theme of fall. We will move into the plants and animals we might see in fall like squirrels, chipmunks, acorns, and pumpkins! We will also finish up any of the iReady Diagnostics that we didn't finish yet.

Please check out the Photo Page from some action shots of the last few weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: We will work on reading fiction and identifying the story elements- characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Word Work: This week, we will focus two-syllable words with r-controlled vowels: market, barnyard, artist, carpet, person, sister, herself, thirsty, birthday, circle

Written Expression: Write one sentence about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Continue with understanding the meaning of division, division facts 1-12, divide by 10

Other: Changing Seasons, Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words (Example: cat, hat, map, nap, can, man, etc.). Starting spelling words: rat, mat, fat, bat

Math: Addition with doubles facts

Other: Zones of Regulation, How to get back to calm and ready to learn when you see kids in other zones, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, pointing to pictures in the story when asked, working on the iReady Reading Diagnostic on the computer

Letter/Word Work: Read sentences and match to pictures, writing our names

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small and large groups, feelings and Zones of Regulation, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book, working on the iReady Reading Diagnostic on the computer

Letter/Word Work: Continue to assess skills in a variety of ways, writing our names

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers

Other: Participating in small groups, changing of the seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letter A and B (NS) and making words with short a sounds (EH)

Math: Interacting with numbers and objects (NS), Counting and telling how many (EH)

Other: Participating in small groups, changing seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Dates to Know:

October 3-7: BBHHES Spirit Week (See Mrs. Toth's newsletter for the theme each day.)

October 12: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 14: No School!

October 25: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training.

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

Week Ending on 9-23-22

Happy Fall, Y'all! It sure got chilly quickly!

This week, we continued to get used to our schedules and routines. It appears that each student is starting to understand their visual or written schedule of the day and the changes are becoming less and less. Today (Friday) was our best day together yet!

Also this week, we continued to learn about different feelings. We focused on the red and yellow zones this week, from the Zones of Regulation. The red zone has mad (or angry), out of control feelings. The yellow zone is nervous, scared, and frustrated. We read When I'm Feeling Angry, A Little Spot of Anger, When Sophie Gets Mad, Really, Really Mad, and When I Feel Scared.

We also started to learn about the changing seasons this week and talk about things that represent Fall. We watched some great Fall songs from the Learning Station with pumpkins, apples, scarecrows, leaves, and Jack-o-Lanterns. We also read the story Fall Leaves Fall. We will continue with the theme of Fall next week!

If your child is one of our friends who is still in pull-ups or diapers, please know that each time we take him to the bathroom, we go through our entire bathroom routine (pull down pants, pull down "underwear," sit on the toilet, wipe, pull up "underwear," pull up pants, flush, wash hands). Much of this is still hand over hand, but when your child is then ready to start going on the toilet, he will already be familiar with the routine. If you are interested in the visuals that we use so that you can use them at home, please let me know!

Please check out the Photo Page from some action shots of the last two weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: We will work on reading fiction and identifying the story elements- characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Word Work: This week, we will focus on words with the oy combination: boy, toy, joy, enjoy, loyal, royal, employ, annoy, voyage

Written Expression: Write one sentence about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Understand the Meaning of Division, iReady Math Diagnostic

Other: Changing Seasons, Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words

Word Work: Color Words, Short a words (Example: cat, hat, map, nap, can, man, etc.). Starting spelling words: cat, pat, hat, sat

Math: Counting On, Addition with doubles facts, iReady Math Diagnostic

Other: Zones of Regulation, How to get back to calm and ready to learn when you see kids in other zones, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, pointing to pictures in the story when asked, working on the iReady Reading Diagnostic on the computer

Letter/Word Work: Assessment of reading words with short e, short o, and short u sounds

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, matching/shorting shapes

Other: Participating in small and large groups, feelings and Zones of Regulation, changing seasons

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book, working on the iReady Reading Diagnostic on the computer

Letter/Word Work: Continue to assess skills in a variety of ways

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, matching/shorting shapes

Other: Participating in small groups, changing of the seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching Letter A and B (NS) and making words with short a sounds (EH)

Math: Interacting with numbers and objects (NS), Counting and telling how many (EH)

Other: Participating in small groups, changing seasons, throwing away our own garbage, bathroom routine

Dates to Know:

September 24th: BBHES Bike Rodeo

September 27th: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Picture Day

September 27th: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

September 28th: Grade 2 and Grade 3 Picture Day

October 3-7: BBHHES Spirit Week

October 12: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 14: No School!

October 25: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

October 28: PSO Trunk or Treat Event

October 31: Classroom Halloween Parties

November 2: Miss Kolis will be out in the AM for a training.

November 7: Miss Kolis will be out for a training. You will receive a paper copy of your daily report that day, in your child's red folder.

Week Ending on 9-16-22

We made it through the first full week!

This week, we continued to get used to this thing we call school. The days still feel long and by Friday afternoon, I believe all 9 of us (6 students, 3 adults) were in need of a few naps! The routines are getting more steady and the changes to schedules and protocols are slowly declining. The building is still large and there are still so many people around! But we'll continue to build on what we learned this week.

This week, we read books in preparation for learning the Zones of Regulation. We read When I'm Feeling Happy and A Little Spot of Happiness and shared pictures of the green zone feelings (happy, calm, ready to learn). We then read When I'm Feeling Sad and A Little Spot of Sadness to learn about the blue zone (sad, tired, bored, sick). Next week, we'll spend time on the red (mad, angry, out of control) and yellow zones (frustrated, nervous, scared).

Next week, in addition to learning about the red and yellow zones, we will also talk about the changing seasons! We will celebrate the start of Fall and will read the book Fall Leaves Fall. I am also continuing to work on assessing each student and finding out what they already know so we know what direction to head.

Please check out the Photo Page from some action shots of the last two weeks!

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: We will work on reading fiction and identifying the story elements- characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Word Work: We will continue to assess knowledge on different patterns of words to determine where we will start our word work. For spelling this week, we will work on words with -igh: right, might, fight, night, light, sight, flight, fright, frighten, bright

Written Expression: Write one sentence about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Place Value and Rounding to the nearest 10s and 100s.

Other: Following rules at school, Zones of Regulation

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: Reading sentences with pointing to words with one to one correspondence, color words

Word Work: Short a words (Example: cat, hat, map, nap, can, man, etc.). Starting spelling words: can, man, pan, fan, color words

Math: Counting and writing numbers 1-20, Addition to 10.

Other: Zones of Regulation, How to get back to calm and ready to learn when you see kids in other zones.

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (KE):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, move through literacy centers and changing rooms with more comfort

Letter/Word Work: Assessment of reading short a words and sight words

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, matching/shorting shapes

Other: Participating in small and large groups, feelings and Zones of Regulation

Kindergartener in Mrs. Thacker's Room (SK):

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud, engage with the book

Letter/Word Work: Assessment of which letters and sounds we already know.

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, matching/shorting shapes

Other: Participating in small groups, transitioning to different places after checking the visual schedule, throwing away our own garbage.

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching letters

Math: Interacting with numbers and objects

Other: Participating in small groups, transitioning to different places after checking the visual schedule, throwing away our own garbage.

Dates to Know:

September 24th: BBHES Bike Rodeo

September 27th: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Picture Day

September 27th: Miss Kolis will be out for a training.

September 28th: Grade 2 and Grade 3 Picture Day

Week Ending on 9-9-22

The first week of school! I never thought it would include sewage, but nonetheless, we made it!

We had a great week despite a few setbacks! We spent time getting used to the school; the smells, the sounds, and the number of people around! It wasn't easy for anyone, but we survived and will come back next week! We spent the week learning routines and also learning more about each other. With four brand new friends and a brand new school, we needed some time to get to know each other and our space. We also got to enjoy the books The Little Blue Truck Goes to School, No, David!, My Friend is Sad, and There's a Bird on Your Head.

Next week, we will continue to get to know each other. We will also start to learn more (or review) about our feelings and start to introduce a program called The Zones of Regulation. You can click here to learn more about the Zones of Regulation.

A photo permission form will come home to you this week to sign and return. I will also send home a permission form for me to contact any outside agencies that your child attends. For example: If your child attends private speech therapy and you'd like me or our SLP (Shari Hodgson) to be able to speak to your child's therapist, you can fill out the permission and send it back to us at your convenience.

What else will we do next week?

Second graders in Mrs. Jean's Room:

Reading focus: We will continue to collect baseline data on skills learned in the past so that we know how to move forward.

Word Work: We will continue to assess knowledge on different patterns of words to determine where we will start our word work (aka spelling).

Written Expression: Write one sentence about a picture with a describing word.

Math: Multiplication by 10, 100, and 1000.

Other: Following rules at school

First Graders in Mrs. Berchtold's Room:

Reading focus: We will continue to collect baseline data on skills learned in the past so that we know how to move forward.

Word Work: We will continue to assess knowledge on different patterns of words to determine where we will start our word work (aka spelling).

Math: Counting groups of objects and pictures in print, writing numbers 1-20, Tens Frames

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Thacker's Room:

Reading focus: Listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/Word Work: Assessment of which letters and sounds we already know.

Math: Counting objects and answering "how many?" with choices of numbers, matching/shorting shapes

Other: Participating in small and large groups

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Koziol's Room:

Reading focus: Stay in the room and listen to a story read aloud.

Letter/ Word Work: Matching letters

Math: Interacting with numbers and objects

Other: Participating in small groups

Dates to Know:

September 16th: PSO Event - Welcome back party at 6:00 pm

September 27th: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Picture Day

September 28th: Grade 2 and Grade 3 Picture Day

The Night Before the School Year 22-23

'Twas the night before the school year

All the teachers and students were ready

The parents have had a long summer

Let's get back to a routine and get things steady...

(A poet, I am not.)

Just a few last minute reminders:

Please be sure you have the app PikmyKid on your phone. If you are picking up on a typical day (not the scheduled days that you have already told me about), you will NEED THIS APP to declare when you arrive. You can only declare your arrival when you are in line in the parking lot.

Please remember to pack a lunch, a snack, and a water bottle for school tomorrow!

You may want to pack a sweatshirt or long sleeved tshirt for your child to keep at school. The building gets chilly (I have waited 20 years without AC in the old buildings to say that), and your child might want something to put on.

Please know your bus numbers and what time they arrive! When your child arrives at school tomorrow, an adult will be getting them from their vehicle.

Miss Kolis will get car riders.

Mrs. Vajda will get kids from Bus 43.

Mrs. Martin will get kids from Bus 6.

Mrs. Rizkala (aka Ms. Maha) will get kids from Bus 5.

Once all of our kids are in the building, we will trade them AND then...

Mrs. Vajda will go with second grade to Mrs. Jean's room.

Mrs. Rizkala will go with first grade to Mrs. Berchtold's room.

Mrs. Martin will go with kindergarten to Mrs. Koziol's room.

Miss Kolis will go with kindergarten to Mrs. Thacker's room.

We will all start the day in homeroom doing Morning Meeting with our peers before going to B106 or our related therapies.

On the return trip home, your child should bring a red folder in their book bags each night. We will try to limit the paperwork we send home. On night one, you will get a dismissal plan to fill out and a photo permission form. Please fill out both and send back the next day.

Thank you!

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!!!

Beginning of Year Info.

Did you get the email from our principal, Mrs. Toth?

If you did not receive the email, you can sign up here.

I have also included much of the information below.

Dates to Know:

Parent Orientations

Tuesday, August 23rd

Kindergarten - 6:00 - 6:45pm

Grade 1 - 7:00 - 7:45 pm

Wednesday, August 24th

Grade 2 - 6:00 - 6:45pm

Grade 3 - 7:00 - 7:45 pm

Thursday, August 25th

Grade 4 - 6:00 - 6:45pm

Grade 5 - 7:00 - 7:45 pm

Wednesday, September 7th

Preschool - 6:00 pm

Meet the Teachers

Tuesday, August 30th

Kindergarten: 5:00 - 5:45 pm

Grade 1: 6:00 - 6:45 pm

Wednesday, August 31st

Grade 2: 5:00 - 5:45 pm

Grade 3: 6:00 - 6:45 pm

Thursday, September 1st

Grade 4: 5:00 - 5:45 pm

Grade 5: 6:00 - 6:45 pm

Friday, September 9th

Preschool AM & All Day Classes: 10:00 am

Preschool PM Classes: 11:00 am

September 2 - Elementary Tailgate Night, 5-7 pm

September 6 - First Day of School (grades 1-5)(For the B106 Kindergarten students, please ignore the info you get about "Phase-In." The students of room B106 will all start on Tuesday, Sept. 6)

September 9 - First Day of School (Kindergarten)

September 12 - 5th Grade Orchestra Informational Meeting, 6:30 pm

September 13 - First Day of School (Preschool)

PSO Meeting @ 9:30 am

September 14 - 5th Grade Band Informational Meeting, 6:30 pm

September 16 - Welcome Back Party

Lastly, if you are a Facebook User, the school has a PSO page set up that is often helpful. The group is called "Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School PSO."

School Fees

School fees for all elementary students in grades Kindergarten through five are $75.00 ($45 instructional fee and $30 Technology Fee). You may pay these online at https://www.payschoolscentral.com or send a check payable to BBHES. School fee waivers are available to those families who qualify. An application must be completed. Please review the application information here.

Important Forms and Documents

Elementary School Handbook

Dismissal Plan for 2022-2023

2022-2023 District Calendar

BBHES Calendar of Events - Events, dates, and times subject to change

Final Forms

All families must log into Final Forms to complete and sign all forms for the 2022-2023 school year. If you have any questions please contact Karen Chalupa, chalupak@bbhcsd.org, 440-740-4113.

Note: Mrs. Colleen Toth will be our principal. Should you have a question that Miss Kolis cannot answer, please contact Mrs. Toth at tothc@bbhcsd.org.

B106 Weekly Newsletter

Each week, on Friday, this page will be updated with details from the previous week along with information about the upcoming week. Photos (with permission) will be posted on the Photos 22-23 page. The most recent posts will be found at the top of the page. Older newletters will still appear below the most current post.