November 2-6

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!  I can’t believe busy October is over and it is already November!  Where has this school year gone?!?

Letter of the Week: Ii

# of week: 10

Stories:

Animals Can Move

Castles

Upcoming dates:

11/5/15: Public Library visit

11/10: Mother Son Ball @ CCIS 6:00-7:30

11/11/15: No school: Veterans Day

11/13/15: November Book order due

11/17/15: Grandparent’s Day in Library 1:20-1:50

11/18/15: Early dismissal

11/25-11/29: Thanksgiving Break, return to school on 11/30

Reminders:

• Please make sure students are dressed for cooler weather at recess
• 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

Trick-or-Treat!!

Happy Halloween!  Today we celebrated Halloween at CCIS.  Lots of wonderful and spooky costumes came through the doors this morning.  Along with our Halloween parties, we also walked to the high school to see part of the fall play The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  The show runs this weekend: click this link for more information. Sleep Hollow

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Halloween!

New Behavior Plan

Starting next week, November 2-6, there will be a new behavior plan in the classroom.  I wasn’t 100% loving the one we’ve been using, so I am going back to a similar one I used last year.  The students will get more opportunities to earn Vahle $’s throughout the day, and buy everyday.  I like this system better because it’s all about pointing out all the positive things the students do all day.  Plus, they can actually see their reward, a Vahle $.  

There are still levels to this system, so the students will put a color dot in their notebook at the end of the day like always.

$1-$5: Yellow

$6-$10: Green

$7-$15: Blue

$16-$20: Purple

Each level has a reward, so at the end of the day when students buy, there is something at each level.  The higher the level (blue/purple) better the reward, so students will want to work really hard to get up to the higher levels for the better rewards.

I think the students will really like and do well with this new behavior plan.

Please contact me if you have any questions about this new plan.  I’m super excited about it! :)

Miss Vahle

October 26-30

We will not have a letter/number this week, we need to catch up on a few things.

Letter of the Week:

# of week:

Stories:

School Bus Safety

Scholastic News: Bats

Upcoming dates:

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), HS Play, 11:35 dismissal

11/13/15: November Book order due

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

10/30: We will be walking to the HS to see a play.  Please make sure your child has appropriate shoes, even with their Halloween costume.

Brookfield Zoo

Today (10/20/15) was such a beautiful day to visit the Brookfield Zoo.  The weather was perfect, behavior was excellent, and the animals were fun to see.  We weren't able to see all the animals, but I know we saw almost all of them.

Before our visit, we read a story in News-2-You about two snow leopard cubs at the zoo who were born in June.  We were fortunate enough to be able to see the two cubs (Mayla and Daania) and their mom (Sarani).

On our trip to the zoo last year, we were able to see the new baby gorilla.  This year, we were able to see that baby (more like a toddler) and a brand new baby gorilla who was born in September!  The kids were also very excited to see the large silverback gorilla, who they called Ivan.  Ivan is the silverback gorilla in a story we are reading called The One and Only Ivan.

Here are some highlights from our great day!

As you can see, a fun and exhausting day at the Brookfield Zoo!!

October 19-23

Today (10/16/15) we walked to the high school to see the middle school students perform The Lion King. What a great show!!! If you are able to get out and see it this weekend, you won't be disappointed!

Have a nice weekend!!!

Letter of the Week: Ii

# of week: 9

Stories:

News 2 You: School Bus Safety Week

Scholastic News: A Cave Under the Earth

Upcoming dates:

10/20/15: Brookfield Zoo trip: students need a sack lunch

10/21/15: Wear pink to support Breast Cancer awareness

10/22/15: Candy Apple pick up day 3:00-4:00

10/23/15: Crazy Hair day, Community trip to Wal-Mart and Corleones in Morris: students need money for lunch

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), HS Play, 11:35 dismissal

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

*Tuesday, October 20th is our trip to the Brookfield Zoo.  Please dress for Chicago weather, wear comfortable shoes, and send a completely disposable lunch.

*Friday, October 23rd is our community trip to Wal-Mart and Corleone’s in Morris.  Students need money (about $8) for lunch.

October 12-16

Letter of the Week: Hh

# of week: 8

Stories: Due to the short week, no reading stories

• Group 1:
• Group 2:

Upcoming dates:

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

10/16/15: PJ day, MS Musical

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

10/21/15: Wear pink to support Breast Cancer awareness

10/23/15: Crazy Hair day, Community trip to Wal-Mart and Corleones in Morris (more info to come)

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), HS Play

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

A busy week!

This was a very busy week at CCIS: fire safety, half day, PBS and fire safety assemblies, Parent Teacher Conferences, and Friday off!  Monday, the Coal City Fire Department came and gave the students a tour of the fire trucks.  The students were even allowed to climb up and sit in the truck.  Wednesday, the fire fighters came back and did a presentation for the kids.  Today we had the Angry Birds PBS assembly, which is always a big hit!  This morning we also did some cooking.  We made apple nachos!  The kids did a great job following directions while cooking and enjoyed eating them!  Here is the recipe for the apple nachos: Apple Nachos

After a busy week, it's nice to have a 4 day weekend!  Have a great weekend and I'll see the kids on Tuesday, October 13th!

Library Visit

Thursday, October 1 was our second trip to the Coal City Public Library.  Ms. Rene read a book about autumn and the kids made a fall leaf art project.  The kids job this visit was to check the markers to make sure they still work.  The kids were able to check out autumn books.  It was another wonderful trip!!

October 5-9

Letter of the Week: Gg

# of week: 7

Stories: Due to the short week, no reading stories

• Group 1:
• Group 2:

Upcoming dates:

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