September 28-October 2

Happy Fall!!!!

Letter of the Week: Ff

# of week: 6

Stories:

• Group 1: The Buffalo Soldiers
• Group 2: Animal Sounds

Upcoming dates:

10/1/15: CC Public Library trip

10/2/15: Tech day, students can bring their tech device

10/5/15: TRAILS to book fair (students can bring money to buy at the book fair)

10/7/15: Early Dismissal (11:35), Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/8/15: Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/9/15: No school

10/12/15: No school (Columbus Day)

10/16/15: PJ day

10/20/15: Brookfield Zoo trip (more info to come)

10/23/15: Crazy Hair day

Drug Prevention Week

10/26- Sunglasses day- My future is too bright for bad choices!

10/27- Crazy socks- Sock it to bad decisions!/Picture retakes

10/28- Superhero day- Students who make good choices are superheroes!

10/29- Wear RED day

10/30- We make such good decisions it is scary!!  (dress for Halloween)

Reminders:

• Review Edmark Words/Personal info several times a week
• Read with your child 10-15 minutes
• Send a snack each day
• Tuesday is Library day
• Books, Notebooks, Folder, and Completed Homework need to come back EVERY day

First community trip of school year!

We had our first community trip of the 2015-2016 school year today, and it went very well!  McDonald's for lunch, then over to Berkots to do a little shopping.  The kids were working very hard on having "listening ears, watching eyes, and thinking brains."  We talked a lot about how busy the streets are, and how we need to have all those things to stay safe.  We also need to have those things when ordering our food and shopping at the store.

The kids bought the ingredients to make apple nachos!  Peanut butter, chocolate, and apples....how can you go wrong with that delicious combo?!?

When you are at the store with your child (time pending), have them help you find the items on your list.  Have them help count out money at the register.  When you are out to dinner sometime, have your child order his/her own meal and have them help count the money for the bill.  The more the kids practice, the stronger their skills will be for adulthood.

Have a wonderful weekend!

September 21-25

Letter of the Week: Ee

# of week: 5

Stories:

• Group 1: Arthur's Bad News Day
• Group 2: Animal Ears

Upcoming dates:

9/25/15: Community Trip, more information to come

10/7/15: Early Dismissal (11:35), Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/8/15: Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/9/15: No school

10/12/15: No school (Columbus Day)

10/19/15-10/23/15: IS Book Fair, students will be able to bring money and we will have 1 day to shop.

10/27/15: Picture retakes

Reminders:

• Review Edmark Words/Personal info several times a week
• Read with your child 10-15 minutes
• Send a snack each day
• Tuesday is Library day
• Books, Notebooks, Folder, and Completed Homework need to come back EVERY day

September 14-18

Letter of the Week: Dd

# of week: 4

Stories:

• Group 1: Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight
• Group 2: Animal Coverings

*Needed more time on these books  

Upcoming dates:

9/18/15: Picture Day, Scholastic Book orders due

9/25/15: Community Trip, more information to come

10/7/15: Early Dismissal (11:35), Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/8/15: Conferences 4:00-8:00 PM

10/9/15: No school

10/12/15: No school (Columbus Day)

10/19/15-10/23/15: IS Book Fair, students will be able to bring money and we will have 1 day to shop.

10/27/15: Picture retakes

Reminders:

• Review Edmark Words everyday
• Read with your child 10-15 minutes
• Practice Personal Info cards
• Send a snack each day
• Tuesday is Library day
• Books, Notebooks, Folder, and Completed Homework need to come back EVERY day

*I am sending home Personal Info cards to review and practice at home.  

Animals

The class has been learning about animals in Science class.  They have been learning vocab like habitat, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.  You can "quiz" you child at home and ask them what all these words mean, and have them give you some examples.

September 7-11

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend!

Letter of the Week: Cc

# of week: 3

Stories:

• Group 1: Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight
• Group 2: Animal Coverings

Upcoming dates:

9/7/15: Labor Day, No School

9/9/15: Early (11:35) dismissal

9/11/15: Red/White/Blue day

9/18/15: Picture Day

Reminders:

• Dress for weather
• Send a snack each day please
• Tuesday is Library day
• Read with your child 10-15 minutes
• Books, Notebooks, Folder, and Completed Homework need to come back EVERY day

September Public Library Visit

Today (9/3/15) was our first trip to the Coal City Public Library.  September is Library Card month, so Ms. Rene talked to the kids about getting library cards and all the great things you can do with that library card.  After the story, the kids made a bookmark, helped with a few library chores, then checked out books.
I know we are all excited to go back in October for another awesome visit!