November 3-7

I hope everyone has a safe and warm Halloween! Don't eat too much candy! :)

Word of Week (WOW): Get

# of Week: 11

Letter of Week: K

Books: The Cinnamon Bun Mystery

   Bee

Upcoming dates:

11/4/14: Trip to the Brookfield Zoo with 4th Grade

11/11/14: Veterans Day-No School

11/12/14: Early Dismissal

11/14/14: Scholastic Book orders due

11/26/14-11/30/14: Thanksgiving Break….School resumes 12/1/14

Reminders:

• Dress properly for cooler weather
• Please review the district's policy on illness.  If your child is sick or not feeling well, please keep them home.

• Review math/reading flash cards
• Make sure hw, books, and notebooks come back to school each day
• Tuesday is Library day
• Give your child jobs to do at home

Community Trip

It was a chilly, but good community trip today!  McDonald's was a hit...chicken nuggets were the lunch of choice!  We had 2 surprise visitors: Mrs. H and her grandson.  It was nice to see old friends!  Berkots was business as usual.  The kids had a shopping list of items to find for our Halloween Party on Friday.  After finding the item, they had to write the price of the item on their paper.  We are going to use those papers for some continued math lessons next week.

We will continue to have community trips through out the school year!  The learning the kids get out in the real world is priceless!  Please take time when out and about to have those "teachable moments" with your child. :)

October 27-31

Word of Week (WOW): For

# of Week: 10

Letter of Week: J

Books: Darb’y Birthday Party

   Rabbit

Upcoming dates:

Red ribbon week is 10/27-10/31

10/27/14: WEAR RED

10/28/14: Sunglasses "Too bright for making bad choices"

10/29/14:  Crazy sock day "Sock it to making bad choices,” Community Trip: McDonalds/Berkots

10/30/14: Team day "Teaming up against making bad choices"

10/31/14:  Halloween- please bring in a non-perishable food item (if you are able to) in order to dress up

11/4/14: Trip to the Brookfield Zoo with 4th Grade

Reminders:

• Dress properly for cooler weather
• Please review the district's policy on illness.  If your child is sick or not feeling well, please keep them home.

• Review math/reading flash cards
• Make sure hw, books, and notebooks come back to school each day
• Tuesday is Library day
• Give your child jobs to do at home

Upcoming Community Trip

Community Trip

When? Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Where? McDonald’s and Berkots

Time? 11:30-1:30

What?      Lunch and Halloween Party shopping

Who?    TRAILS

Skills?  

• Community Safety
• Following directions for a specific route
• Listening Skills
• Reading
• Nutrition/Food Groups
• Social Skills

                    

Other?      

• Please dress for weather (we will be walking)
• Students need money to purchase lunch at McDonald’s  
• Students may bring a small list and money to purchase items at Berkots

Questions? Contact me:svahle@ccu1.net, (815) 634-2182, ex 1366

October 20-24

I can't believe it's almost the end of October! I feel like we just started school! This year is just cruising on by! :)

Word of Week (WOW): At

# of Week: 9

Letter of Week: I

Books: The Disappearing Moon

   Fish

Upcoming dates:

10/22/14: TRAILS goes to Book Fair: students may bring $ to buy a book on that day

10/22/14: Pickup is from 3-4:30 in the south gym

10/23/14: 11:35 Dismissal, 4:00-8:00 Parent/Teacher Conferences

10/24/14: No School, 9:00-1:00 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Red ribbon week is 10/27-10/31

10/27/14: WEAR RED

10/28/14: Sunglasses "Too bright for making bad choices"

10/29/14:  Crazy sock day "Sock it to making bad choices"

10/30/14: Team day "Teaming up against making bad choices"

10/31/14:  Halloween- please bring in a non-perishable food item (if you are able to) in order to dress up

Reminders:

• As the weather gets cooler, please make sure your child is dressed properly
• Please review the district's policy on illness.  If your child is sick or not feeling well, please keep them home.

• Review flash cards
• Make sure hw, books, and notebooks come back to school each day
• Practice skip counting by 2’s (for the students this applies to)
• Tuesday is Library day
• Give your child jobs to do at home

Worker Bees!

This school year my students have taken over the job of sorting and delivering the weekly CCIS Newsletter.  Each week Mrs. Bailey or Ms. Talty copy the newsletter and deliver them to my classroom.  The students then get a post-it with a teacher's name and number of students, and start counting out newsletters for that classroom.  We then deliver them to peoples mailboxes.  The students are working hard on number identification, counting, checking their work, and sorting.

Along with counting/sorting the newsletters, we have been helping Mrs. Vignocchi with the Book Fair letters.  The students had to pull apart all the flyers, staple a note on the front, then count/sort them for each homeroom teacher.  Again, this is a great job for working on number identification, counting, checking their work, and sorting.

With all the work the kids have been doing, we have been having some fun too!  Today (10/10/14) we went over to CCHS to see the Middle School perform High School Musical 2.  The MS students did a GREAT job!!  Coal City has some very talented students!  My kids loved the show and seeing their friends from the STEPS program.

October 13-17

Have a nice loooong weekend!

Word of Week (WOW): Into

# of Week: 8

Letter of Week: H

Books: Changes

  Bird

Upcoming dates:

10/13/14: No School

10/17/14: Crazy hair day/t-shirt orders due

10/22/14: Apple pickup is from 3-4:30 in the south gym.

Red ribbon week is 10/27-10/31

10/27/14: WEAR RED

10/28/14: Sunglasses "Too bright for making bad choices"

10/29/14:  Crazy sock day "Sock it to making bad choices"

10/30/14: Team day "Teaming up against making bad choices"

10/31/14:  Halloween- please bring in a non-perishable food item (if you are able to) in order to dress up

Reminders:

• As the weather gets cooler, please make sure your child is dressed properly
• Please review the district's policy on illness.  If your child is sick or not feeling well, please keep them home.

• Review flash cards
• Make sure hw, books, and notebooks come back to school each day
• Practice skip counting by 2’s (for the students this applies to)
• Tuesday is Library day
• Give your child jobs to do at home

Apples!

This past Thursday, we went over to the CC Public Library to have some fun, learn about the library, and check out a few books.  Mrs. Norris read a couple books about apples, did a few activities, and checked out a book.

We have also been talking about apples in our class.  Two weeks ago we had an apple taste test between red/yellow/green apples.  Last week we made a super yummy dip for our apples.  If you know me, cooking is not my thing, so of course it took a little detour from what I had originally thought, but it turned out great and tasted DELICIOUS!!!

Last week we also made our fun little apple faces to bring a little Autumn into our classroom!

October 6-10

Word of Week (WOW): on

# of Week: 7

Letter of Week: G

Books: Bonk at the Barbershop

 Cat

Upcoming dates:

10/6/14: Fire Trucks @ CCIS

10/7/14: Fire Prevention/Bullying Assembly

10/8/14: Early dismissal

10/10/14: Wear Pink, Book orders due

10/13/14: No School

Reminders:

• As the weather gets cooler, please make sure your child is dressed properly
• Please review the district's policy on illness.  If your child is sick or not feeling well, please keep them home.

• Review flash cards
• Make sure hw, books, and notebooks come back to school each day
• Practice skip counting by 2’s (for the students this applies to)
• Tuesday is Library day
• Give your child jobs to do at home:

feeding pet

making bed

helping with laundry

helping wash dishes/putting clean dishes away

picking up toys

packing book bag

putting clean dishes away

putting clean laundry away

make beds

etc.