Dingess

 

Conference week was fantastic!!  Thank you for sharing your beautiful children with me!! :)

I can't wait to see all the Wonderful Book Characters on Monday for our Parade!!  Make sure your child is dressed and in the room by 7:45 so we won't be late for the parade.  I hope you were able to use all this extra time this week to finish-up the costumes and story board. Also, remember to send in your child's book that goes along with the character so we can share and have a fun reading day of sharing!!  We would love our parents to park early and line the halls to watch. I want to thank Nate's mom in advance for agreeing to be our story mom that morning.  It's going to be awesome!

We will finish-up our study of magnets next week. The children have loved all the fun magnet activities!  Next week, we will also begin our study of sound. On THURSDAY, we will be have High Touch High Tech come in and teach us all about sound. Thanks to PTA/Foundation for this in school field trip. Please have your children wear their class  t -shirts that day.

In math we're continuing place value and comparing numbers We will be using number lines and a hundred's grid to help with place value.

You should have all received the Raz-Kids program letter explaining the program and how to log-in at home.  I hope you will utilize this wonderful program to increase your child's word call, comprehension and fluency skills! Thanks goes out to the PTA/Foundation for purchasing this program for our classes. :)

Also, I'd like to Thank my helper parent, Rylan's mom and my story parent, Liam's mom, this week.  Next week, I have Jack's mom as my helper on Tues. and Maggie's mom as story parent on Thurs. I have a meeting downtown on Wed., so I will be out working and the class will have a Wonderful Substitute along with Mrs. Keller, our TOSS student from KSU.  Mrs. Keller will be in our classroom full-time for the next 4 weeks as she prepares for her student teaching duties.  She is an excellent teacher and resource for all of us, and we LOVE having her in our class!! :)    I have attached the November calendar to the newsletter, so hopefully, you will not miss anything important! Let me know if you need a paper copy.

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HAVE WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

It is hard to believe that it is the 49th day of school and we are starting our 2nd 9 weeks!  The students have learned so much already!  We sure are enjoying learning about magnets.Thank you for sending them in!  Ask your child about the things that attract and repel magnets.  In math, we will continue to review addition to 18 and working on more place value.  In language arts we will continue to create stories, READ, and focus on nouns and verbs. 

Next week is Conference Week and the students will start dismissal at 12:20 all week. Don't forget that they will all be eating "lunch" early too...9:30, so they will be hungry when they leave each day!  I look forward to talking with each of you to share how much growth your child has made!  Since we are on a tight schedule, please be on time... thank you! 

Next week is also Red Ribbon Week.  Below is the schedule.  Show your school spirit!

Red Ribbon Week:

Red Ribbon week coincides with Conference Week.  The daily themes are as follows:

• Monday, 10/24:  Team jersey Day
• Tuesday:  10/25:  Be a JEANOUS and wear jeans.
• Wednesday, 10/26:    Wear red clothes
• Thursday, 10/27:  Smarties for smarties.  Make smart decisions and wear your ribbon.
• Friday, 10/28:  Hat Day. 

REMINDERS:  Library day is on WEDNESDAY!!  Several students forget their books every week and/or have books that are now Overdue!!

If you are purchasing a yearbook and/or Square art, please put the payment in correct envelope and fill it out.  Also, the Square art Stickers are yours for FREE!!  You keep them even if you don't want to order anything.  So, if you don't want to order anything, DON'T send anything back.  If you do want to order the lovely art...it makes wonderful grandparent gifts, send the order form in and check and I'll get it to the correct box.

Reminder that I Love a Book Day is scheduled for Monday, October 31st. The parade through the school will start at about 8am....parking will be a challenge. Get here early and line the halls!  I hope all the Dalmatians are working on their"sandwich board" and character costume. When they are completed, you may send in the board and I'll hold it until the parade day.  They should be able to tell these things about their book:

1. Title and author/illustrator

2. Main characters

3. Setting

4. Main idea 

Have a great weekend!

Chick-fil-A Spirit Night Tuesday!

Please join us for our monthly Chick-fil-A Spirit Night on Tuesday, 10/18, any time between 5pm and 8pm!

While we dine and socialize, we will also be working on writing letters to service men and women as a part of The Bert Show's Big Thank You!  We will have paper and pencils available, and you will leave the letters with us.  We will make sure the letters get delivered.  More information on The Big Thank You, click here. 

Our goal is to have Sope Creek submit at least 1,100 letters!!!  If you would like to write letters at home, you are welcome to have your child bring them to the front office before October 26th.  They must be hand-written on 8.5 x 11'' paper and contain no political messages.

Thank you for supporting our school (a percentage of all proceeds help to fund field trips and staff development) and for supporting our troops!

 

As you can see we have become completely enthralled with Ben Franklin

We were fortunate to have a real live Ben Franklin come to our classrooms and share his life's accomplishments! We were able to ask him questions and share what we know to conclude our studies of our first American hero.

Next week we will begin our study of magnets. If any of the children have magnets they would like to bring in, please have them do that next week.

Also, we will reviewing ABC order, synonyms/antonyms, writing a seasonal story, math fact families, and place value. Along with reviewing consonant digraphs: /ch/, /sh/, /wh/, /th/, and /ck/.

Don't forget, the I Love a Book Day Parade is on October 31st at 8am. The children will be dressed up in their favorite storybook character and we will have a parade around the school. If anyone did not get the 2 poster boards, please let me know.  The parade should take about 20-30 minutes, so you can get to work after that. Don't forget your cameras!

We are excited to use the new hand held I-Respond "clickers" as we get to know this new technology for our first graders. We'll do several different exercises to practice  how to sign on and place our answer. The children are loving this new technology!

REMEMBER: 1. Library day is on WED. Please send in your books on that day so you can check out new books on your child's level!  Please let your child know that they have to check out one book they can read themselves and one "Fun" book to enjoy with you!

2.  In 2 weeks, Oct. 24-28th, the kids get out at 12:20 for Early Release all week, so we can conference with all the parents about how GREAT your child is doing in school!! :)  make arrangements!

Have a FANTASTIC Fall Weekend!! I can't wait to hear all the FUN things your child did over the weekend in their weekend news journal on Monday!

Testing is Over!!

 

 The kids did a WONDERFUL job this week with the COGAT testing.  They used their active listening skills and really tried their best!  I am so proud of them all!! They got a special treat today for finishing!!  The scores will be back sometime in December, I believe.

We sure did enjoy Invention day!! What creative minds we have!! They all worked together in a team to build their invention.  On Monday, we will finish them and present them to the class.

Next week, Rylan's mom and Alex's mom will be our two Parent Volunteers for our first teacher training for the PVS on Thurs., Oct. 13th from 11:25-1:30.  Please stress with your child on how to behave when we have guest here.  This week, we had a dad come to eat with the class, and some of the Dalmatian friends were rude and not polite to him.  I hope we have learned how to act around any and all adults and be on our best behavior all the time.  Thank you ladies for volunteering your time to sub in the class while I will be out.  Also, thank you for Nathan's mom for being our story parent and Jack's mom for being the helper parent this past week.  Next week, we will have Sofia's mom as our helper and Jack's mom as our story parent.  Library day is on Wed...so send in those books!!

Next week, I will send a poster home on Tues. about "I love  Book" Day on Oct. 31st.  Your child can start thinking about what his/her favorite character is in a book and they will be dressing up like that character.  Also, they will make a "book jacket" on the poster that I provide to wear around their neck for the parade on the 31st.  It is always so much fun!!  I need a parent volunteer to come in on that day to read their favorite book to 3 classes, and dress up like your favorite character in the book if you like! So please let me know if you are avail. for that morning from about 8:30-9:30am.

Next week, we will be giving the subtraction test on Monday, so review that chapter that came home today!! Also, we will continue to Retell stories (with a beginning, middle and end) and write about them.  We will go over some fact Families and finish up our inventions and Ben Franklin. 

Enjoy this beautiful Fall weather and thank you for all your help and support.  I truly love my job every day!!

 Conference letters will be coming home on Monday. Please send them back signed as soon as you can. If you find the time won't work, let me know that and I will give you another time.

COGAT testing started Wednesday.  Your kids are doing such a great job!!  Please make sure that they go to bed EARLY and wake up early enough to eat a healthy breakfast and drink some water/milk so they are Alert and ready for the last test tomorrow!!  Also, make sure your child is all the way down to our door Before the 7:50 bell rings.  If they are late to school, they have to sit in the office and make the test up later.  This is an abilities test to see how your child thinks..and listens and follows directions... it is not a test you can study for. 

I Love a Book Day is scheduled for Monday, October 31st. Be thinking of a book your child loves. You will receive detailed information about this "do at home project" on Monday.

We have been busy studying Ben Franklin and went to the Media Center today to research him.  The students learned about Pebble Go and brought home directions on how to access it at home so that they can show you! Tomorrow, your child and his or her partner will have a chance to make their own invention!  I sent home the "planning" sheet so you and your child can discuss some possible materials they may have around the house to send in tomorrow and share.  Let your child SHINE with his/her creativity!!  Next Tuesday, we will have a surprise visit from Mr. Franklin. Please be sure to ask your children all about the visit.

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