November 9 - 13

School Board Appreciation Day ~ Mon. November 9

We appreciate our school board members!

Dates to Remember
Fri. Nov. 6 - No School
Mon. Nov. 9 - No School  Institute Day
Nov. 10, 11, 12 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Wed. Nov. 18 - Picture Retakes
Thurs. Nov. 19 - 2nd Grade Musical  7:00 pm at Lakeview


Thank you to the following families that sent in food, drinks, and paper goods for the Halloween party last week: Clinton/Williams, Dewart, Miski, Flannery, Durkin, and Kosinski families!

Thanks also to Mrs. Hines, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Pecoraro, and Mrs. Hanneman who volunteered to help with the party.  We had a great time playing games, having our picture taken with a special Halloween frame, and eating!  Great afternoon!

Positive Paw Winner - Ariana
Estimation Jar Winners - Olivia and Ariana
New Student of the Week - Jake

2nd Grade Musical is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 pm.  Please read the following letter from Mrs. Brockman regarding "costumes" and help needed.

Dear Second Grade Parents:
The musical is approaching very very quickly now and we are still in need of a few volunteers to help organize costumes.  The costumes are not very difficult but do require a little bit of time.  As you know, each class is a different animal.  Instead of doing full animal costumes we are just making headbands with the appropriate colored ears and accessories.  To be on the safe side, we need 25 headbands for each class.

Mrs. Onorato's class are Black Dogs.  Black and white floppy ears (think Dalmatian spots) would be perfect.

Mrs. Walega's class are Red Hens.  I believe there are yellow foam visors in the music cabinet from a previous show.  If someone could glue some red feathers and doctor them up a bit, I think they would work great for the Red Hens.

Caroline Durkin and Pam Hines have volunteered to lead the charge for Mrs. Oliver's class, but they could use some help getting the Brown Horses put together.  Please talk to them about how you can help.

Michelle Brown is organizing the White Sheep ears for Mrs. Schultz's class. Once again, if you can help her out I'm sure she would appreciate it.

And finally, Tracy Moriarty has agreed to help make the Gray Donkey ears for Mrs. Holtrup's class.  This is the largest class and I know she would appreciate another set of hands to make their headbands.

The kids are doing a fabulous job and are going to sound wonderful.  Now we just need to make them look as great as they're going to sound!!  Thank you in advance for helping us out!

Amy Brockman

 Reading - This week we will be doing a Unit 1 Assessment on skills learned during our Friendship Unit.  We'll also be working on collective nouns (flock of sheep, gaggle of geese).

We will also read a story called Chick 'n' Pug, as part of a Nearpod presentation on our iPads.

Reading Logs - Nearly every student was able to participate in show and Tell Day for returning their reading logs.  Thank you parents for encouraging them to read and helping to complete the reading logs.  For November, the students voted to have a Stuffed Animal Day as their reward.

Math - We will continue working on 2 digit subtraction with and without regrouping.  We will also be estimating differences and learning to check our answers with addition.