Sunday, October 19, 2014

Newsletter 10-15-14

Our language arts story for the last week and a half has been Tara and Tiree.  It’s about two dogs that save their owner when he falls through the ice.  We’ve been talking about safety and what to do in an emergency.  We’ve also been studying nouns and cause and effect.

We have been practicing expository writing with animal reports.  After learning about elephants in our Scholastic News, we’ve been writing about these amazing animals.

We used the extra time this week to practice fluency and speaking skills with Reader’s Theater.  All of our students performed in front of our class.  They had fun and did such a good job!






We finished our unit on subtraction, and we’re starting a unit on basic multiplication.  Remember to have your child keep practicing basic facts.  Their Reflex Math passwords are in the front of their planners. 

We’re excited for our Halloween party!  Thank you to our parents who volunteered to help.  Students should arrive that day in costume, but please remember that they cannot where masks or have weapons of any kind.  We will send more information later.

Thank you to all of our mom helpers and watchdog dads.  We love having you in our classroom!  I’m including another copy of our schedule.  If you have an unpredictable schedule but still want to help, feel free to email me on a day when your schedule allows.  We'd be glad to have you!

Parent Volunteers
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1st Monday:  Debbie Mertens
1st Tuesday:  Rachael Felsing
1st Wednesday
1st Thursday: Amy Boulette

2nd Monday:  Renee Deremiah
2nd Tuesday:  Amy Boulette
2nd Wednesday
2nd Thursday:  Nichole Lambert

3rd Monday: 
3rd Tuesday:  Rachael Felsing
3rd Wednesday:  Heather Allen
3rd Thursday:  Mylisa Graham

4th Monday:  Lynette Baird
4th Tuesday  
4th Wednesday:  Heather Allen
4th Thursday

1st Friday:  Heather Allen
2nd Friday:  Katie James
3rd Friday:  Katie James
4th Friday:  Katie James