Busy Bees

Hello Parents!

Thank you to all the parents who attended our conferences, last Thursday. I look forward to others that are coming up on Tuesday and Thursday.

Our Hive Plans:

Spelling: (long e patterns: ee and ea) Our words are: queen, keep, speed, sheet, three, seat, mean, dream, clean, and least. Our bonus words: scream. freeze, and speak. Our silly sentence is: For one week, three sweet queens had to keep their rooms clean.

Reading: Continuing with non-fiction—summarizing and main ideas

Writing: Informational piece—Dearborn

Math: Place value/ greater than, less than

Science: Earth changes -erosion

Tidbits:

Wednesday, Nov. 13th: P.T.A. meeting. 7:00pm

Please continue to send in Box Tops—we’re still collecting them!!!!!

Happy weekend and stay warm!!!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

Thank you to our families who kindly donated tasty items for our Halloween party. The class enjoyed them all!!!! Yum!!!

Hive plans:

Spelling: long o patterns (oa, ow, oe) Our words: foam, soap, toast, low, mow, crow, grow, doe, toe, and goes. Bonus words: float, roast and throw. Our question is: Can the crow throw soap and toast as it goes home? Please continue to encourage correct letter formation while practicing your child’s spelling words at home. I’m seeing improvements. Every little bit helps.

Reading: We’ll remain working with non-fiction. Author’s purpose and comparing/contrasting two different books, but same topics.

Writing: We are completing our persuasive pieces–Tom the Turkey. The children’s home projects were quite impressive. The children typed their stories and once we share them with our classmates, I will then display them in the hallway.

Math: Module 3—Continuation with place value—comparisons, 10 more/less, 100 more/less, greater than, less than and equal to

Social studies: Positive and negative consequences and community government

Tidbits:

*Monday, November 4th: Final day for Halloween candy donations

*Tuesday, November 5th: No school, Election Day

Happy Weekend!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello!

This past Friday we enjoyed our first field trip and it went very smoothly thanks to all your well behaved children and wonderful parent drivers/chaperones. Thank you for sharing your time with us!

Our busy last week of October:

Spelling: (Long i patterns): Our words are: try, fly, cry, dry, pie, die, lie, tie, mild, and wild. Our bonus words are: child, spy, and tried. Our silly sentence is: A mild child tried to fry a pie in that pan.

Reading: Continuation with non-fiction: main idea and supporting details along with utilizing text features to better understand the topic.

Math: Our mid-module 3 assessment will be this week. Please watch your child’s planner.

Writing: Final copies of our opinion pieces and then onto a persuasive writing piece. An assignment came home on Friday—Tom the Turkey. These are not due until November 4th, but certainly may come in sooner.

Science: Our class had fun sharing their Properties of Matter Projects. Some very clever ideas.

Tidbits:

*Thursday, October 31st: Halloween Party 1:00, Parade 2:00 Children are asked to bring their costumes in a bag and they will change into them after lunch.

*Wow—thank you for the great donations for our troops. We will continue to collect up to Nov. 4th.

*Candy collection for troops through November 1st.

*Friday, November 1st: Half day

*Tuesday, November 5th: No school, Voting Day

Happy Haunting!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

A huge thank you to our popcorn popping moms—Mrs. Heaton, Mrs. Knight, and Mrs. Varacalli this past Friday. We certainly appreciate all your work and time spent at the popcorn machine. Thank you!!!!

Another huge thank you to Mrs. Saylor for setting up our Halloween Party Sign up Genius. All slots are full, so more thank yous to all parents who donated items for our upcoming Halloween party.

October 31st will be busy in the Hive. Our party will begin at 1:00 pm and end at 2:00 pm, at which time our parade will begin. Our class then goes to gym at 2:45. If you choose to, your children may bring in a treat to pass out to classmates (25 students) at our party. Children are being asked to bring their costumes to school, changing into them after lunch.

Our first field trip is this Friday, October 25th. For parents who are driving, all paperwork should already be submitted to the office, if not PLEASE be sure to fill it all out this Monday!!!! We will be back to school in time for lunch, so we will follow our regular lunch routine.

Now onto our Hive plans:

Spelling: (long a patterns: ai and ay) Our words are: main, sail, tail, wait, train, jay, hay, may, pay and stay. Our bonus words are: brain, today and yesterday. The silly sentence is: Today the painted train will wait at the main gate.

Reading: Non-Fiction reading continues—using the glossaries for new vocabulary, selecting interesting facts and continued emphasis on main ideas/details.

Writing: Working toward our final copies for our opinion papers—Kit Kats or Skittles, which do you prefer? Some creative reasons for choices made.

Math: Working with 3 digit number using place value, expanded form, word form, and standard form.

Science: Properties of Matter

Information on DoVall Club projects:

OPERATION Desert Angel

For many years we have been collecting extra Halloween candy and sending it to the troops. This year we are also collecting donations for Desert Angel. What this means to you is that each classroom will be collecting goods that will be sent overseas to service troops that are serving our country.  We will begin collecting NOW. All items need to be collected by October 30^th. Thanks in advance!     

K-chapstick/individual Kleenex pkgs.

1^st – decks of cards/lifesavers

2^nd – granola bars/cereal bars

2/3 – trail mix/ramen noodles

3^rd trail mix and ramen noodles

3/4 – sunflower seeds and gum

4^th – sunflower seeds and gum

5th-slim jims/beef jerky

Operation Gratitude Halloween Give-Back 

Campaign Underway Candy for a Cause  Teaching children the value of giving back by donating Halloween candy in support of Operation Gratitude is a win-win for kids and parents . This Halloween, local trick-or-treaters will join kids across the country when they donate their extra Halloween candy to Operation Gratitude at DuVall Elementary. The sweet treats will be included along with handwritten thank you letters in Care Packages sent to U.S. Service Members deployed overseas, and hand delivered to Veterans and First Responders serving in their local communities. Americans spend an estimated $2.5 billion dollars on a whopping 600 million pounds of Halloween candy each year. In 2018, more than 440,000 pounds of candy was donated to Operation Gratitude and distributed to America’s heroes in signature Operation Gratitude Care Packages and local deliveries around the country. “Operation Gratitude’s mission is to thank all who serve, forging strong bonds between grateful Americans and the Heroes who serve and protect them,” according to Kevin Schmiegel, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret.) and CEO of Operation Gratitude. “The Halloween Candy Give-Back Program provides every American child the opportunity to learn about service, sacrifice and generosity.”

 We will be collecting candy in the office November 1^st-4^th. 

Some of our students have already contributed to these wonderful programs. Thank you!!!!

That should cover this upcoming week and a bit beyond!:)

Have a wonderful week!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hi Parents!

Thank you for getting your child’s permission slip and money in on time for our field trip to MJR Westland Theater. Also, a huge thank you to the parents who volunteered to drive/chaperone. I need all who volunteered! If you haven’t filled out the paperwork in the office, you must do so on Monday, for processing purposes!!! 🙂

Our Hive Plans:

Spelling: (initial patterns: sk, sl, sp, st) Our words are: skin, skip, slope, slip, slug, spell, spin, step, stone, and stand. Our bonus words are: skate, staple and student. The silly sentence is: The silly student wanted to spin, skip, and step down the slope. One way your child can practice his/her list at home is to have mock spelling tests. This helps them to hear their words and some extra practice printing them. I do put notations on your child’s test designating possible letters to work on at home. Another printing concept is to try and keep their words on the lines. Children will have words marked wrong on their spelling tests if they use capital letters incorrectly. Just a few pointers to assist with your child’s success on their spelling tests.

Reading: Continuation with non-fiction text features. They are becoming expert detectives spotting and utilizing the various features within their non-fiction books. We will continue identifying the main idea and details that support it.

Writing: Opinion writing has begun. We worked on a practice piece and this week we will begin our new topic with a graphic organizer and first draft.

Math: Begin Module 3—Place value, counting and comparison of numbers to 1,000. I will be returning your child’s Module 2 test this week.

Science: Properties of Matter

Reminder Tidbits:

*Wednesday, October 16th: Late Start

*Friday, October 18th: Our class is selling popcorn, so bring those quarters! I left my list of volunteers at school, so Monday, I’ll send those parents a reminder email.

*Thursday, October 24: School Pictures

*Friday, October 25th: Field Trip (a.m.)

Another busy October Week!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello!

First of all, thank you to all parents who volunteered to chaperone and drive for our upcoming field trip to the the MJR Westland Theater on October 25th. PLEASE, PLEASE be sure that you fill out all the necessary paperwork by the end of the school day, tomorrow. Thank you so much!

Hello Parents!

If you haven’t had the chance to walk past the DuVall Butterfly Garden, please do so. It is filled with all the children’s kindness rocks that were colorfully decorated with peaceful messages. It’s quite impressive!

Our Hive plans:

Spelling: (Long and short u) This week’s words are: cut, jump, cub, nut, bump, cute, tube, cube, rude, and use Our Bonus words are: must, glue and tissue. Our silly sentence is: The cute cub was rude when he cut the nut in two.

Reading: Introducing non-fiction text features, table of contents, captions, index, glossary, bold print for new vocabulary, photographs, etc.. and how these help to better understand the information related to the topic of a non-fiction book.

Writing: Our “Boo Boo” stories are completed, have been shared in class and are now hanging on our bulletin board. Ouch!!! Next, we will be working on an opinion piece utilizing a graphic organizer and then writing our first drafts.

Math: Completion of Module 2 is just around the corner, so our assessment will likely be near the end of the week—watch your child’s planner.

Social Studies: Continuation with Dearborn

Hive Tidbits:

Friday, October 11th: Half day of school

Wednesday, October 16th: Late Start

Friday, October 18th: DuVall Halloween Dance, 5:30-8:30 pm.

Thursday, October 24th: School Pictures

A huge thank you to all parents who worked with their children on shoe tying. Last Monday, most children came to school eagerly ready to tie their shoes. Now there’s less tripping. A handful of students still need to complete this task, so please continue to assist with this. Check out You Tube tutorials for some creative ways to tie shoes. They may help. Those dangling laces are a hazard. Thanks again for all the tying practice!

That about does it—-Happy week ahead!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello There!

I hope your child told you about decorating their kindness rock this past Thursday. The rocks will be a wonderful addition to the DuVall butterfly garden. Sending another thank you to Mrs. Hammoud and Mrs. Darwish for volunteering their time to assist our class with this school project.

Our plans for this week in the Hive:

Spelling: long and short o Our words are: fox, lock, pop, box, rob, poke, cone, robe, joke and bone. Bonus words: alone, throne, and produce. Our silly sentence is: The fox in the box told us a funny joke.

Reading: We will continue to answer comprehension questions in complete sentences at the conclusion of their fiction books. We will review comprehension, accuracy and fluency strategies and your child has a strategy that they are individually working on as he/she reads.

Writing: Completion of our “Boo Boo” stories. We will be sharing them in class and then hang them in the hall, bandaids included.

Math: We’ve been measuring a number of objects using centimeters and meters, along with mental benchmarks (a pinky nail as one centimeter, arm span estimation for one meter). Continuation with incorporating measurement into addition and subtraction story problems. (tape diagrams and decomposing)

Social Studies: Dearborn our unique community. Some focus will be on our local government. Pages will continually be added to our notebooks.

Tidbit for the week:

*Thursday, October 3rd: Celebrating Peace Day–wear pink

*Practice tying shoes!!!!!!!!

That should do it for the first week of October.

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke