Upcoming Special Events / Reminders

Mondays: Formal uniform

Fridays: Spirit shirt or polo and jeans

Big Kahuna Fundraiser! Your scholars were sent home with a packet to fundraise for our school. The goal is to raise $15,000 for our musical theatre program! As they sell items please fill out the papers and send it with them so they can claim prizes! It ends Oct. 8th!

Oct. 5th: Poetry Recitation during Morning Assembly! Please come!

Oct. 6th: Vision and Hearing Screener

Oct. 9th: Mrs. Tucker-Ridge's Birthday

Oct. 28th: Mrs. Chrisman's Birthday

Oct. 29th: Mrs. Carson's Birthday

Oct. 30th: Character Day (In literature we will begin reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. On character day they get to dress up as characters from the story and we'll watch the movie and have a party!)

Oct. 30th: Family Blast 4:30-6:30pm (We have a trunk or treat outside and booths set up in the gym! Families can come enjoy all the fun! If you'd like to run a booth or trunk let your child's teacher know!)

Nov. 2nd: Poetry Recitation during Morning Assembly! Please come!

Kindergarten

Weekly

Newsletter

Orthography

We will work on forming capital letters and discuss when to use them. We will learn to write C, O, G, Q, and S.

Please continue helping your kids read at home every night. Don't feel discouraged if you are stuck on the same book! It is normal for them right now to need help sounding out each letter and blending the word. Just keep slowly going at it and it will get easier over time. Thank you for partnering with us on these readers at home!

Click here to learn more about our curriculum and how to practice at home: All Things Access Literacy

If you'd like an extra resource to practice these skills at home click here.

This is a good resource for tracing letters if your child needs some practice: Letter practice

Syllabi / Classroom Needs

Mrs. Chrisman's Syllabus

Ms. Phillips Syllabus

Mrs. Chrisman's Classroom Wishlist

Math

We will have a test over shapes on Tuesday. On Wednesday we will begin our chapter over measurement discussing height and length.

During our math review time we are starting small groups over numbers 0-20 for those who need some extra practice. For students who are needing a challenge we are working on adding and subtracting within 10.

Measurement Parent Letter

Number writing and counting practice

Number Poems

Science

We will have History this week!

Classical Moments

As your child reads their primary phonics reader at home, one of the most important things you can do is help them sound out each word instead of simply telling them the word. Have your child look at the word and go letter by letter, saying the sound for each letter. Then, have them slowly glue the sounds together to blend the word. For example, for m-a-t, they would say /m/ /ă/ /t/ and then slowly blend the sounds together: “mmmaaatt” → “mat.”

Try not to say the whole word first and have your child repeat it. We want students to learn how to decode words using the letter sounds they know, rather than memorizing words as sight words. When students understand the sounds each letter represents, they can use that knowledge to figure out unfamiliar words they have never seen before. This is an important skill that will help them become confident, independent readers!

History / Geography

We will continue learning about Native Americans. We are also excited to welcome a special guest who will share about their Native American heritage and culture with us .

Poetry / Saying

We will recite one of our sayings "Early to bed" by Benjamin Franklin for our recitation. October 5th will recite during morning assembly and have partner recitations that day for a test grade over "Early to bed" and "It's raining cats and dogs!".

We need some more practice on Gathering Leaves so we will continue working on that poem until our next recitation on November 2nd.

Homework Heroes

These students have shown responsibility, dedication, and great learning habits by completing their homework every day for a whole week or more!

When students get to 4 or 8 weeks they will get a homework pass! They can turn this pass in to not have to do their homework for 1 day!

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Click to see who!

Mrs. Chrisman's Homework Heroes

Ms. Phillips' Homework Heroes

Literature

We will be reading about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the next several weeks. This will gear us up for our Character Day!! Have your scholars start preparing now for what character they would like to represent as we read the story.

Art

Ms. D's Newsletter

P. E.

Coach Mason's Newsletter

Music

Mrs. Ridge's Newsletter

Progress Monitoring Binder

Please watch for binders being sent home periodically. Please review the assessments, sign, and return. Please do not take documents out of the binder. At the end of the year you will get it back to save as their portfolio of all they have accomplished!

Behavior Calendar

A calendar will be sent in the red take home folder. Please look at your child's color daily and initial on it so I know you saw it. If the color is below green I will use a code to explain why. The codes are on the bottom of the calendar and explain the situation. If the child went home on red I will give you a call or email. If it becomes a recurring situation where the student goes home below green we will reach out.

If homework is not completed by the morning it is due the child will start their day on yellow on the color chart.

Understanding Our Classroom Color Behavior Chart

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