Oct 30 - Nov 3

Dates to Remember...

Mon. Oct. 30 - No School  Institute Day
Tues. Oct. 31 - All School Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties
                       Spooky Story Day - Bring a Halloween book from home to read
Wed. Nov. 1 - October reading logs due
Fri. Nov. 10 - Veterans Day Activities
Thurs. Nov. 16 - 2nd grade Music Concert at LV
Fri. Nov. 17 - End of 1st Trimester

Halloween Costumes - Costumes should be brought to school in a bag on Tuesday, Oct. 31.  Costumes should be easy for your child to put on over clothes.  No toy weapons are allowed and make up will not be applied.  Students will be putting costumes on in the afternoon.  

Parade - Our Halloween parade will be held outside - weather permitting.  The parade will begin at 1:00 and everyone is invited!  Our classroom party will follow at 1:30.  Only those parents who have signed up to help may attend.  

Reading - Our focus this week will be Poetry.  We will be reading lots of poetry and learning how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a poem.  We'll also finish writing the final copy of our opinion paragraph.

Vocabulary words will include rhyme, rhythm, regular beats, repetition, figurative language, and alliteration.  

Math - We will begin a new chapter this week, 2 Digit Addition.   

Conferences - It was so nice to meet with all of you this week.  I always enjoy connecting with you and sharing your child's progress.  Thanks for your support!

New Student of the Week -Austin
Estimation Jar Winner - Joseph
Positive Paw Winner - Austin

October 23 - 27

Dates to Remember...
Fri. Oct. 20 - PTO Halloween Party
Oct 24, 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri. Oct. 27 - No School
Mon. Oct. 30 - No School  Institute Day
Tues. Oct. 31 - All School Parade and Classroom Parties
                      Spooky Story Day
Wed. Nov. 1 - October reading logs due

Reading - We will be doing a reading/writing workshop this week and focus on writing an opinion paragraph.  We'll discuss the difference between facts and opinions.  Students will learn to state their opinion, find reasons to support it, and write a concluding statement.  We'll work on editing and using strong adjectives in our writing.  

Reading logs are due on Wed. Nov. 1.  This month the students voted to have a pajama day!  Please encourage your child to read each night for 20 minutes and complete their reading log. 

Spelling test will be on Thursday, Oct. 26 ~ no school on Friday,   

Math - We will be comparing 3 digit numbers this week as well as working on strategies for problem solving.  We'll take a chapter test midweek.  Next up is 2 digit addition!  We'll be taking our 5 minute addition and subtraction tests for the month of October.  Students are graphing their scores on these 5 minute tests.  Hopefully they are seeing their numbers increase each month!  

Continue to practice math facts at home.  It will make adding large sums much easier if students know their facts by memory.  

Thank you to the Dairen Woodridge Fire Dept for coming to Ide this week.  We learned some important things to do in case of a fire in our home.  Remember to have a plan for your family in case of a fire!

Estimation Jar Winner - David
New Student of the Week - Sophia
Positive Paw Winner - Andrea

October 16 - 20

Dates to Remember...

Tues. Oct. 17 - Fire Safety Presentation  
Oct. 24, 25 - Parent Teacher conferences
Fri. Oct. 27 - No School  
Mon. Oct. 30 - No School  Institute Day
Tues. Oct. 31 - All School Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties
                       Reading Incentive Spooky Story Day

Reading - This week we will be reading Tarra and Bella, a nonfiction story about an elephant and a dog who became best friends.  We'll finish our research writing and also focus on the comprehension strategy of cause and effect. 

Grammar focus will be on adjectives this week. 

Math - We will continue to write numbers to 1,000 in different ways.  We'll also use place value to find 10/100 more and 10/100 less than a 3 digit number.  

Science - We will finish our Nutrition unit this week.  We've learned all about the 5 food groups and how eating from all 5 groups will help keep our bodies healthy.  

Estimation Jar Winners - Sophia 
New Student of the Week - Lucy
Positive Paw Winner - Max

October 9 - 13

Picture Day

What a great looking group!!

Dates to Remember...
Sat. Oct. 14 - TEAM 66 Casino Night
Fri. Oct. 20 - Family Halloween Party  6:30 - 8:00 pm
Oct. 24, 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences  
Fri. Oct. 27 - No School  
Mon. Oct. 30 - No School  Institute Day
Tues. Oct. 31 - All School Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties  

             

Kit Kat, our school mascot ~ students raised $1,241.46.  Half of the money will be donated to Hurricane Relief Efforts.  Thanks to everyone who participated in our Penny Wars!  

Parent Teacher Conference sign up was sent this morning via email/link to Sign Up Genius.  Please take a moment to sign up for a time slot.  

Progress Reports will be coming home today with your child.  Please sign and return it to school on Tuesday.  

Reading -  We will continue to work on our shared research paragraphs.  We'll write our final copies this week.  

Grammar focus will be on verbs.

Math - We've started a new chapter in math, Numbers to 1,000.  We'll focus on the place value of each digit in a 3 digit number.  

Spelling - All students brought home a new spelling list this week.  Please take time to go over the words at home.  Our next test will be Friday, Oct. 13.

New Student of the Week - Andrea
Positive Paw Winner - Lucy
Estimation Jar Winner - David

Oct 2 - 6

Dates to Remember...

Mon. Oct. 2 - Sept. Reading Logs due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
                     Please return payment envelope or pay online
Fri. Oct. 6 - Progress notes go home with all students
                  Sign up for Fall Conferences (Oct. 24 & 25)
Mon. Oct. 9 - No School  Columbus Day

Student Planners have finally arrived!!  The students will begin using their new assignment notebooks on Monday.  Look for them in backpacks every night.  We will write assignments in them each day.  No need to sign or initial them.  It's a tool for the kids to keep organized and remind them of important events.  

Reading - Our focus this week will be on collecting research and learning about text features.  Students will be researching either hippos or the Aldabra Tortoise (both characters in Owen and Mzee).  We'll discuss author's message and relate it to the essential question, "How can stories help us learn life lessons?"  

We will focus on shared research.  The students will find important information from both a text and digital source and put those facts into an expository paragraph. 

Grammar focus will be on verbs.

Reading Logs are due on Monday, October 2.  Our class voted to have a Stuffed Animal Day for everyone who returns a completed log.  We'll decide on a day next week.  Please do not send a stuffed animal on Monday... 

Math - We will be counting and looking for patterns within 1,000 this week, then take a chapter test midweek.  Our next chapter, Numbers to 1,000, will focus on place value of numbers to 1,000.  

THANK YOU to our PTO for the wonderful Bucket Filler Assembly this week!  We are officially a Bucket Filling School!  You'll be hearing more about this in the coming days.  Ask your child if they have helped fill a bucket today!

New Student of the Week - Zoe
Estimation Jar Winner - Austeja
Positive Paw Winner - Ben

Sept 25 - 29

Dates to Remember...

Wed. Sept. 27 - Bucket Filler Assembly
                        Early Dismissal  
Fri. Sept. 29 - Go For the Goal Reading Incentive Day
                     Wear your favorite Cubs sports team shirt  😊
Mon. Oct. 2 - Sept. Reading Logs due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
Fri. Oct. 6 - Progress notes go home with all students
Mon. Oct. 9 - No School  Columbus Day

THANK YOU to the families who donated money to purchase books from the Book Fair.  I was able to buy 10 new books for our classroom library!  We love our new books!! 

Reading logs are due on or before Mon. Oct. 2.  Our class voted to have a stuffed animal day as their reward.  All students who returned completed logs will be able to bring in a stuffed animal for the day.  Date to be decided later.

Thank you for filling out the Name Jar information this week.  We had some wonderful conversations about the origin of the students' names.  Students designed their own name stamp and wrote in their journals about their names.  

Reading - Next week we will read the text, Owen and Mzee.  It is a story about 2 animals that formed a bridge of friendship, that also helped them live happier lives.  Discussion will focus around author's purpose and we'll talk about using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words in a text.  

Grammar focus will be on plural nouns.  

Math - This week we'll continue to work on place value with tens and ones.  We will find many different ways to write a 2 digit number and we'll find patterns to problem solve.  

Estimation Jar Winner - Andrea
New Student of the Week - Natalie
Positive Paw Winner - Natalie

Sept 18 - 22

Dates to Remember...

Mon. Sept. 18 - Name Jar paper due
Thurs. Sept. 21 - Book Fair and Ice Cream Social
Wed. Sept. 27 - Bucket Filler Assembly
Fri. Sept. 29 - Sept. Reading Logs are due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day

Name Jar Assignment
All students brought home a Name Jar questionnaire on Thursday.  Please fill it out and return it to school on Monday, Sept. 18.  We will be sharing them in class.  Thank you to those that have already returned it!

Reading - This week we will do a close read of Weird Friends:  Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom.  We will read to determine the main purpose of a text and also discuss how specific images in a book help to clarify the text.  Next we will read, The Name Jar.  The story is about a little girl who recently moved to America from Korea and is getting used to a new school.  

Math - We will begin a new chapter in math this week, Number Concepts.  We'll work with odd and even numbers as well as determining the value of digits in a two digit number.   

Science - We learned about the Fruit Group this week.  We read about Queen Anna Banana and how fruits contain Vitamin C, which helps our skin heal.  We'll learn about the Grain Group next week, represented by Prince Waffle.  

New Student of the Week - Max
Positive Paw Winner - Andrea
Estimation Jar Winners - Max, Tracy, and Ben