October 30, 2015
Dear
Families,
Happy
Halloween! This week just sped by. I can hardly believe it is almost November!
I want to thank all of you that helped organize and run our Halloween
activities at the party. Mrs. Johnson took on the role of party organizer and
did a fantastic job. Thank you to her great team – Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Hilyard, Mrs. Saenz, Mrs. Martinez and Mrs. Shults. Also thank you to all who donated items for
our party.
I truly feel blessed with the most
wonderful group of parents. It isn’t hard to see why your children are caring,
supportive of each other and eager to learn and help. I want you to know that I
appreciate what all of you do every day.
I picked the volunteers for the
November 10th field trip. Please contact me if you haven’t received
information about whether you are going or not. I have not received all the
permission slips (a new one will come home in the Friday folder if this
pertains to you) and/or money for the trip. If you are having trouble paying
online, just send in cash or check. If you already paid, I have received
confirmation.
We have been going to the library individually
when needed. In the classroom, we are reading for 20 minutes (Read to Self). That
is followed by 5 - 12 minute rotations of Word Work, Work on Writing, Listen to
Reading/Library Visit, Raz-Kids (or other literacy computer based program) and
Read to Partner. The goal is to be on-task and productive throughout reading
time. Many children meet these goals daily. They are the ones who are becoming stronger readers and writers. Periodically, I assess
each child to assure they are reading right at their instructional level.
Sometimes it means moving the whole group slower or faster. At other times, it
means one or more students will change groups to meet their needs. With
flexible groupings, no one is forced to catch up to others or slow down to
wait.
Our Everyday Math 4, Unit 3
continues for another week or so. Last week the Unit 2 packet of benchmark
papers and grades went home. I hope you have had a chance to review it with
your child. The grades have also been posted. Let me know what you think about
having access to grades.
A message
from PTO:
We are kicking off our winter drive early this
year due to the need of our sister school North Mor. They are in great
need of gently used or new winter coats and boots. With the fast
approaching cold weather the drive will be from October 26th until November 16th. The collection box is in our
room.
November 5th: fundraiser deliveries: please make sure you have someone to help your child if your order is large or contains frozen food.
November 12th: 1-item parties from 12:35-1:55 pm - more details to follow.
November 13th: Limo rides from 1-2 pm - more details to follow.
November 17th: Chipolte spirit night from 4-8 pm.
We were focusing on the phases of
the moon this week. Since the sun was not very cooperative this week, we
skipped the sun portion of our Patterns in the Sky.
Please send in your pumpkin
recording sheet. I’ll accept it all next week. The November recording sheet will
come home in the homework folder.
