Newsletter Week 2 (Recap and NEW Information)!

NUTRISLICE: Please make sure to download the Nutrislice app on your phone!  It’s a fast and easy way to remember what’s on the lunch and breakfast menu for each day:)  

Library Check Out will be on Mondays! Children will check out one book each week as long as they have brought back their book from the previous week. Children will bring home their library book on Monday to read the entire week and will keep their book until the following Monday!   The library book does not go into your child’s reading bag. It will stay in their backpack or at home. Thank you:) 

Open House note came home on Thursday!  Please read over to understand the purpose of this awesome night! Thank you:) You are invited to Open House on September 12th, 2019 from 6-7:30pm.  The purpose of Open House is for your child to show you around the classroom and the school.  This will allow for you to see where your child goes to gym, art, music and where they eat lunch in the cafeteria.  With open house being only a couple weeks into school and for confidentiality reasons, please save all questions about your child’s progress for conferences, which will be at a later time. There will be sign up sheets, in the classroom,  for Parent Teacher Conferences in November. Conferences are the time where we can talk together about your child and how they are doing so far. Thank you so much for your cooperation. We look forward to meeting you at Open House and getting your child excited about school!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We are learning the rules and routines for Daily 5!  Next week we will learn how to write, recognize and know the sounds of letters A & Z!

Writing:   We are learning how to write our names and trace letters/numbers.  Next week we will learn how to write letters A & Z inside the lines:).
Math: We are learning how to count to 100 and how to recognize and write numbers to 10!  Next week we will start our first lessons in Module 1: Lessons 1-4. Please make sure you are following along in the Eureka math homework book and completing the lessons at home with your child:)

Science:  For September, we will focus on the 5 senses.

Social Studies:   For September, will will focus on rules and procedures. We will learn to use our whole body for listening by following the rules: looking eyes, hands to self, inside voices, listening ears and walking feet.

GREAT NEWS!  We have a book club online at scholastic.com!  Each month there are awesome deals with latest and the most reasonably priced books online!  All you do is order at the link below, use the code and your books will be sent home to you within 5 days:)  It’s a great way to build your child’s library at home and books also make great gifts as well:) All the information is below!  Happy reading!

Scholastic Reading Club: Class Code – RKYTJ     Order Due Date – 09/27/19

Dear Families, This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 09/27/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ

Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore

Other: 

•  Homework packets will come home on Monday!  Please read over the direction page and complete a half sheet each day.  The packet is due back to school every Friday! Homework is part of parent participation and I also use the homework to see how your child is doing at home:)  Thank you!
• Please make sure you have completed a background check in order to participate in the classroom and or school field trips!  Background check forms are in the office:) Thank you!
• Eureka math homework books will come home on Monday as well!  Please follow the lessons that will be on the communication log and also I will post the lessons on the blog as well.  This book STAYS at home! It does not come back to school. Thank you:)

• Make sure to bring in the money and form for our Kindergarten shirts by Friday, September 13th!  I can’t wait to see Kindergarten spirit in the classroom! 
•  Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Activation code: RKYTJ. The September date to order books will be by September 27th.  I’ll post October dates to purchase once we get to October! 

Housekeeping items:

• Please make sure to pack a healthy snack each day!  No chips, juice, cookies are to be brought into the classroom.  We are trying to promote healthy eating choices in the classroom!  Even the teachers are eating healthy snacks with the students as well:)
• Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack.   We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!  
• Please talk about what your child is doing for lunch each day.  We are still having some trouble with students not understanding the DIFFERENCE between snack and lunch!  I appreciate you taking the time and talking with your child:)
• The special schedule is located on the blog!  Please visit the link that says “Special Schedule” so you are aware of what day your child has gym class:) Library check out will be on Mondays:)
• Warmer weather is still here, which means our classroom will become very warm as well!  Please make sure you dress your child appropriately for the hot, sunny days! Please do not send your child to school with open toed shoes!  Thank you!
• Please make sure to go through your child’s folder each night, look at  your child’s work (see how they did), look at behavior, read any notes and sign in each day.  Looking at your child’s work and behavior will give you an idea of how your child is doing in class.  If your child is unable to complete any work in class, it will be sent home for homework and expected to be brought back the next day completed.  Thank you for your cooperation!  

Upcoming Events:

September 9th- Homework packet sent home, Eureka homework book and T-shirt note!  Make sure to go through your child’s folder every night:)

September 12th-  Open House from 6-7:30.  Please come prepared to walk around the school with your child and sign up for November Parent Teacher Conferences!

September 13th- T-shirt money/form DUE and homework!

September 20th- ½ day of school!  Students are dismissed at 11:40 a.m.

September 25th- LATE start!  Students arrive an hour later at 9:35 a.m.

September 27th- NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten/Y5 only! 

PICTURE TIME: -This week we learned the rules and procedures for Read to Self and Work on Writing. The students were able to use flashlights during Read to self as they read their stories. We learned 3 ways to read a book: read the pictures, read the words, retell the story. Please practice this at home as well when reading stories with your child:) During work on writing, the students sat in flexible seating and traced their names with expo markers and socks. They loved it! Enjoy the pictures from this week:) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0r4AFWN21XMBjTkdt9RpgwWVOPxy2HO