Busy Bees

Welcome Back, Parents!

I hope all our families enjoyed the extra days off for our Thanksgiving Break!

This week’s plans:

Spelling:  (ch, sh, th, and wh patterns)  Our spelling words are: chase, chest, chill, sheep, shape, think, thing, while, what, and white.  Our bonus words are:  whisper, chapter, those.  Our question is: What white shape could whisper while the sheep chased a fly?

Reading:  Back to fiction

Writer’s Workshop:   Brainstorming for our narrative pieces of writing and begin our story boards.

Math:  Completion of Module 3—our assessment will be at the end of the week.

Social Studies:  Map skills/adding pages to our folders

Tidbits:

*All parent drivers for our field trip—-The office needs a copy of your current insurance and driver’s licence.  PLEASE be sure to do that by this Wednesday!!!  THANK YOU!!!!!

*Scholastic book orders are due this Tuesday

*Please be sure to label all your children’s winter gear with their name or initials.  Temps fluctuate, so please be sure your child has his/her gloves/mittens and hats everyday.  Recess can be quite cold if your child is not dressed appropriately.

That should be it for now:)

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hi There!

A quick little note for our quick little week.

Spelling:  We will review our past lists, so no spelling test this week.

Reading:  Enjoying some Thanksgiving books

Writing:  Narrative writing tied to our community

Math:  Continuation with Module 3

Social Studies:  Map Skills

Tidbits:

No school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. School resumes on Monday, November 26th

Reminder to parents driving for our field trip on Monday, December 3rd. Please be sure to stop by the office prior to our trip , so Ms. Anne can make a copy of your driver’s license and car insurance.  Thank you in advance!

Enjoy your extended weekend—Happy  Early Thanksgiving!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

There sure was a great deal of excitement on Friday, our first SNOWFALL.  We took advantage of the white “stuff” and made a mini snowman.  I’m sure it’s the first of many to come.

This week’s plans in Hive 108:

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

Reading:  Continuation with non-fiction and using text features and  identifying the main idea/details to improve comprehension.

Writer’s workshop:  We will be working on an informational piece of writing utilizing facts that we learned.

Math:  Continuation with place value, number lines

Social Studies:  Map Skills and maps related to our community

Tidbits:

From the DoVall Club: This year’s fourth annual Battling Against Hunger drive is a cooperative effort between Dearborn, Edsel Ford and Fordson high schools with help from the elementary and middle schools that feed into those buildings. We will be helping Edsel Ford with collections.  The drive runs from Nov. 12-Nov. 16.  The goal is to collect 30,000 canned goods for Zaman International and $7,600 for the Amity Foundation.  The class that collects the most cans at DuVall will win a pizza party. Thank you for your help!

Please be sure to send your little ones to school with gloves/mittens. We do go outside and their little fingers are chilling up!!! Thank you!!!

That should do it for this week.

Bundle up!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

As I mentioned in my earlier post—-our class won the Box Top contest—-a pizza party. We have decided to have it this Thursday, so your child does not have to bring a lunch to school on Thursday, only a drink.  I do have apple cider, so if they like that, they won’t even have to bring a drink.  I will provide a little dessert, so we should be all set to celebrate our reward.  If your child does not like pizza, please send a sandwich or they can get lunch from the cafeteria.  Thank you again for sending in so many tops!   Keep them coming for round two!!!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents,

I have a few thank ” you’s” to send out!!! First, thank you to all the parents who donated an item for our Halloween Party! Everything was yummy and the children enjoyed making their marshmallow/toothpick sculptures.  Next, we had great news on Thursday—-We won the pizza party for having the most Box Tops.  AWESOME!!!! The class was soooooo excited and happy!  Watch your child’s planner to see which day we choose to have this.  It will probably take the place of lunch, so your child will only have to bring a drink on the selected day.  I will provide a little dessert.  Again, thank you and keep those Box Tops coming in for round 2:)

Our Hive Plans:

Spelling: ( Long “o” with the ow, oe, oa patterns)  Our words are:  grow, crow, mow, low, toe, doe, goes, foam, soap, toast and our bonus words are: float, throw and roast . Our question is:  Can the crow throw soap and toast as it goes home?

Reading:  Continuation with non-fiction—text features and how they increase our comprehension of our topic. We will also reference to the author’s purpose.

Writer’s Workshop:  Most authors have completed their final copies of their opinion papers—a few final touches and then they will be up on our bulletin board.

Math:  Our mid module assessment will be this week, probably on Wednesday (no school on Tuesday).

Social Studies:  We will be working on map skills

Our Hive Tidbits:

*Tuesday, November 6th—-No school

*Thursday, November 8th, Tuesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 15th—-Parent/Teacher Conference dates. Your child will be bringing home a reminder for you scheduled time.  Looking forward to meeting with you!

*If you signed up to be a chaperone for our theater field trip (December 3rd)—-please be sure Cathy/Anne have a copy of your driver’s license and current car insurance.

That should do it for now.

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Thank you for sending in your child’s permission slips—I can now order tickets.  Also, a huge thank you to parents who volunteered to drive/chaperone.  Please be sure that all your paper work is updated in the office.

Next, I let your children know that I will be “testing” them on shoelace tying.  Many  of the children are walking and running around with untied shoes, not knowing how to tie.  Please work on this if your child needs practice.  I told them that the shoe tying test is November 1st. Click on this link if needed.

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Just a friendly reminder that if your child has not returned his/her permission slip for our December field trip (tickets are being purchased this Friday), please do so by tomorrow.

Thank you much,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

The anticipation and excitement of Halloween’s arrival is beginning to rise in our hive.  We discussed Halloween treats for our party on Halloween Day.  Mrs. Ferrell will be setting up a Sign up Genius for donations for our celebration.  Thank you in advance for your donations.  We will have a DuVall Halloween Parade at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31st and our party will follow.  Your children may change into their costumes after lunch.  Mr. Attee will be sending out costume guidelines in the DuVall blog.

Now for our plans in Hive 108:

Spelling:  Long a with the “ai and ay”  patterns. Our words are:  main, wait, sail, tail, train, jay, hay, may, pay, stay and the bonus words are:  today, yesterday and brain.  This week’s sentence is:  Today the painted train will wait at the main gate.

Reading: Continuation with non-fiction, paying attention to text features and relating them to the topic.

Writer’s Workshop:  Continuation with our opinion pieces, first drafts, revising and editing then onto our final copies.

Math:  Continuation with place value, counting, and comparisons to 1,000.  Please be sure that your child is completing their math homework and returning it to school the next day.  We do review it for extra practice.

Science:  Properties of Matter—projects are due this Thursday, October 25th.

Extra Tidbits:

*Permission slips are due this Wednesday, along with $10 per student and per chaperone.  Thank you to parents who have already volunteered to drive for this trip.

*We will continue to collect Dried Fruit and Lifesavers for our troops, along with any extra Halloween candy until November 2nd.

*Friday, November 2nd—half day of school

Enjoy your week!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke

Hello Parents!

We have definitely felt a change in temperatures, so please be sure your little ones are dressed appropriately.  We do go out for recess in the morning and afternoon.

The hive plans for this week:

Spelling:  (beginning blends:  sl, sk, sp, st)  Our words are: skin, skip, slope, slip, slug, spell, spin, step, stone, and stand.  Bonus words:  skate, staple, student.  The sentence is:  The silly student wanted to spin, skip, and step down the slope.

Reading:  Continuation with the elements of fiction—using graphic organizers.  Then onto non-fiction and working with various text features and how they help with comprehension of the topic.

Writing:  Working on an opinion piece—comparing two different types of candy.  Brainstorming and first drafts this week.  Being sure to include reasons for our choice.

Math:  We will have a review today and most likely a test on Tuesday or Wednesday. Watch your child’s planner.  Practice tape diagrams at home.

Social Studies:   Your child’s test will come home this week.

Science:  Properties of Matter

Our tidbits:

*Late Start, Wednesday, October 17th

*Picture Day, Friday, October 19th—Have those smiles ready:)

*Animal Shelter Bake Sale, Friday, October 19th

*Box Tops—Keep sending them—Thank you for those that have already been sent in!

*Dried Fruit and Lifesaver Candy—Collection through Nov. 2nd—A HUGE THANK YOU to our families who have donated for such a great cause!!! Keep them coming!!!!

Busy, busy bees!

Have a great fall week!

Fondly,

Mrs. Burke