Happy December to everyone:) It’s going to be a great month!

Holiday Party: Please visit this link if you would like to donate to our classroom holiday party. Thank you to the parents who have already donated:) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a45a8af2ea5f85-winter

SeeSaw: We were not able to log in this week due to technical difficulties. I am hoping this gets resolved by next week. If it’s not fixed, we will not be able to do SeeSaw next week as well. Let’s hope for the best because we love Seesaw!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: This week we learned how to write, recognize and know the sounds of letters L & O!  Next week, will learn the last letters of the alphabet M & N! Please make sure to work on identifying letters/sounds if your child needs extra practice.  Thank you!  

Writing:   This week we learned how to write letters L & O inside the lines:). Please make sure your child is practicing at home how to write inside the lines; especially on their homework!   Next week we will work on the last letters of the alphabet M & N!  

Math: This week we focused on Module 3: Lessons  1-7. Next week we will complete lessons 8-14.  You will notice that you will have to double up on some lessons or you can do the extra lessons on the weekend.  It’s up to you:) Please make sure you are following along in the Eureka math homework book and completing the lessons at home with your child:)  

Science:  For December, we will focus on weather elements.

Social Studies:   For December, will will focus on economic goods and services.

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 – 12/13/19

Dear Families,

 This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 12/13/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore

https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=611465

Other: 

•  A homework sheet will come home on Monday!   The sheet is due back to school every Friday! If there is no school on Friday, the homework will be due on Thursday.  Remember, reading with your child 15 minutes a night is also a part of our homework! Make sure to fill out the monthly reading log each night!  
• Make sure to go on the learning websites that Haigh has purchased for all of our students! These websites are great extension activities in Math and Reading that are full of fun and learning! Make sure to visit: Raz-Kids, Reading Eggs, Math Seeds and Zearn during the week and weekends!
•  Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Activation code: RKYTJ. The December date to order books will be by the 13th.   You will have the chance to buy something from our book order each month:)

Housekeeping items:

• Please provide a healthy snack for your child each day!  No chips, candy, cookies/cupcakes or juice are allowed for snack. Thank you for your cooperation in promoting a healthy lifestyle for your child:). 
• Make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack.   We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation! 
• 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.  
• Every Monday is library check out!  Please make sure your child is returning his/her book so they can check out a new book for the week.  If you misplace this book or lose it, there will be a cost for the missing book!  
• Every Friday will be Kindergarten/Haigh t-shirt day! We love being in the same shirts and showing our Kinder pride at Haigh!  If your child forgets to wear their shirt, it’s ok, they can wear a Haigh shirt instead (if they have one). The Haigh Owl Pride committee is going around to each classroom each Friday to tally up how many kids are in spirit wear!  The class with the most participants for the month wins a trophy to keep in their room!! Let’s show Haigh that Room 42 has the most spirit! 🙂  
• Spare change challenge- The PTA has come up with a fun way to collect loose change at school! The intent for the challenge is to raise money to go back to each grade level.  In order to include the specials teachers, we will take a small amount from each grade level and divide that between the specials teachers. The money raised may be used for whatever the teachers feel they need for their classrooms.
  The contest will continue until the bottles are filled, but the first grade level to fill all of their bottles wins an Ice Cream Social.

Upcoming Events:

December 16th- Items due for our classroom party! Thank you for your donation<3.

December 18th- Late start!  Students arrive an hour later @ 9:35a.m.

December 18th- Items due for our Polar Express party! Thank you for your donation<3

December19th- PJ Day/ Polar Express Day & special gift from Mrs. Fillmore and Mrs. Bolger!  More information to come:)

January 6th- School Resumes.  Welcome Back:) 

January 6th- December reading logs due!  January logs will be sent home!

January 6th- Spelling words start! List 1: the, I, a, cat, bat, rat, mat, sat, fat

January 10th– First spelling test! 

January 21 st- NEW Succeed Homework book sent home! Modules 4-6. 

January 22nd– Start Module 4 in Eureka Math!  

January 23rd– Timeline project due!

Reading buddies: We were not able to meet this week due to the 4th graders being on a field trip. We will catch up with them next week:)

Pictures- We launched our December math review rotations in the classroom. We love math time!

Hello Families! Our winter classroom celebration is coming up very soon! In order to make this day very fun and special for the students, I am asking for some donations and volunteers for this day:) Any donation is greatly appreciated. The students and I can’t thank you enough…we love your support! Here is the link where you can donate/volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A45A8AF2EA5F85-winter

If you signed up at the above link to donate, I have posted some of the items I am looking for, to help make the shopping easier:) You do not have to purchase them on Amazon, I just wanted to give my parents an idea of what we need! You may look at Target, Michael’s, Walmart, etc. Click on the item you signed up for and it will take you to the link:) Remember, the items aren’t due until the morning of December 16th. Thanks again for all you do!

Gingerbread picture frames

White Beads

Red Beads

Green Pipe Cleaners

Clear Plastic Ornaments (24 pack)

Small white foam balls

Red ribbon

Little jingle bells

Assorted holiday buttons

Buttons Galore

Hello Families,

As you finish up the November reading log tonight, please take the reading log OUT of your child’s reading bag and place the log IN your child’s folder for tomorrow! Thank you for you cooperation!

Also, our SeeSaw messages are rolling in! Please make sure you connect to your child’s account to listen to the SPECIAL message from your child<3

There will be no homework or newsletter this week. Please work on the items discussed at conferences with your child at home. Enjoy your 5 day break:)

Next week reminders– Next week we only have a 2 day school week. There will be no homework, but your child is expected to read every day and turn in their reading log on Nov. 26th:). Please review all concepts covered at conferences, with your child at home during the week and 5 day break. Thank you!

Seesaw- If you haven’t already, please make sure to connect to your child’s Seesaw account to view their weekly activities! They will have a special message on Seesaw next week:)

Parent Teacher Conferences- I have enjoyed meeting with all 24 families!  It is my pleasure working alongside all of you as we partner up to make this an incredible learning experience for your child.  I enjoyed all of the stories these last 2 weeks and I thank you for supporting your child’s lifelong, academic success! I am thankful for each and every one of you and I hope everyone has a nice break with loved ones:)

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: This week we learned how to write, recognize and know the sounds of letters K & P!  Next week, will be review week. Please work on what we discussed at conferences with your child at home! 

Writing:   This week we learned how to write letters K & P inside the lines:). Please make sure your child is practicing at home how to write inside the lines; especially on their homework!   Next week will be review week. Please work on what we discussed at conferences with your child at home! Every child in our classroom needs help with writing complete sentences with spaces. Thank you for your continued support:)!

Math: This week we focused on Module 2: Lessons  9-10. On December 2nd we will start module 3: Length/Weight/Capacity.  Please make sure you are following along in the Eureka math homework book and completing the lessons at home with your child:)  

Science:  For November, we will focus on weather elements.

Social Studies:   For November, will will focus on needs and wants.

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 – 12/13/19

Dear Families,

 This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 12/13/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ

 Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore

https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=611465

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! If there is no school on Friday, the homework will be due on Thursday.  Remember, reading with your child 15 minutes a night is also a part of our homework! Make sure to fill out the monthly reading log each night!  
• Make sure to go on the learning websites that Haigh has purchased for all of our students! These websites are great extension activities in Math and Reading that are full of fun and learning! Make sure to visit: Raz-Kids, Reading Eggs, Math Seeds and Zearn during the week and weekends!
•  Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Activation code: RKYTJ. The December date to order books will be by the 13th.   You will have the chance to buy something from our book order each month:)

Housekeeping items:

• Please provide a healthy snack for your child each day!  No chips, candy, cookies/cupcakes or juice are allowed for snack. Thank you for your cooperation in promoting a healthy lifestyle for your child:). 
• Make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack.   We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation! 
• 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 the box each day.  
• Every Monday is library check out!  Please make sure your child is returning his/her book so they can check out a new book for the week.  If you misplace this book or lose it, there will be a cost for the missing book!  
• Every Friday will be Kindergarten/haigh t-shirt day! We love being in the same shirts and showing our Kinder pride at Haigh!  If your child forgets to wear their shirt, it’s ok, they can wear a haigh shirt instead (if they have one). The haigh pride committee is going around to each classroom each Friday to tally up how many kids are in spirit wear!  The class with the most participants wins the trophy for the month! Let’s show Haigh Room 42 has the most spirit! 🙂 
• Spare change challenge- The PTA has come up with a fun way to collect loose change at school! The intent for the challenge is to raise money to go back to each grade level.  In order to include the specials teachers, we will take a small amount from each grade level and divide that between the specials teachers. The money raised may be used for whatever the teachers feel they need for their classrooms.
  The contest will continue until the bottles are filled, but the first grade level to fill all of their bottles wins an Ice Cream Social. Thank you to all of my students who brought in change this week!!! We really are working hard for the ice cream party:)

Upcoming Events:

November 26th- November reading logs due!

November 27th-29th– NO SCHOOL…Thanksgiving break! 

December 2nd- Start Module 3 in Eureka Math

December 18th- Late start!  Students arrive an hour later @ 9:35a.m.

December 19th- PJ Day/ Polar Express Day!  More information to come:)

December 23-January 5th- NO School!

January 6th- December reading logs due!

January 6th- School Resumes.  Welcome Back:) 

January 6th- Spelling words start! List 1: the, I, a, cat, bat, rat, mat, sat, fat

January 10th– First spelling test! 

January 23rd– Timeline project due!

January 22nd– Start Module 4 in Eureka Math

Reading buddies: This week we disguised a turkey with our buddies! It was a lot of fun to see what the groups came up with…we have some creative children at Haigh:) After, we enjoyed eating a small snack with our buddies. We are so thankful for Ms. Cronin and her class<3.

Picture time:  This week we learned about turkeys!  We finished a can/have and are chart, wrote an informational writing piece on turkeys and did a thankful turkey craft. Make sure to ask your turkey expert some facts they learned from the week. Enjoy the pictures:) 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XIC6TmgNE876o0FHdqnzuTO6aa3uKznH

Hello families! We have been working on Seesaw in the classroom. Seesaw is an interactive tool that we use to bring in technology in our learning! Today, your child will come home with the log-in information in their folder. You will be able to log in and view your child’s activities he/she is doing in class, make comments on your child’s activities and figure out ways you can help your child at home (if you see they are struggling in some areas).

My goal is to complete one lesson a week until we feel completely independent in this new learning tool and will eventually build up to 2-3 lessons a week:) I think it’s a neat way to see how your child is doing in school and also gives you great insight into what they are learning. I hope you enjoy looking at your child’s work online:)! Don’t forget to make comments and “like” your child’s work. They will be able to see that in the classroom:)

<3 Mrs. Fillmore:)

• Name writing/circle homework is due tomorrow (Tuesday). Directions are in your child’s folder.
• Gizmo Night and Dearborn Shine Information is coming home today. Please look for it in your child’s folder:)
• Reading logs-Please make sure your child is reading a book every day and recording each day read on the reading log. When meeting with groups today, I noticed some acorns have not been colored in and students are not reading at home. Your child should be reading everyday:) RAZ kids and Reading Eggs does count for a day read as well. At home, we should encourage, to our children, the importance of reading and how reading is a powerful tool that will lead us to an amazing future! I will collect the November reading logs on November 26th. Thank you!
• Spare change challenge~ Thank you to Rahaf, Essa and John for bringing in spare change! We have a ways to go, but I know we can do it. Here is a current picture of our coke bottle. If we reach the spare change to the top, we win a ice cream party! Woo Hoo!

• Seesaw log in information will be sent home in your child’s folder tomorrow. Be on the lookout:)
• Every Friday will be Kindergarten/Haigh t-shirt day! We love being in the same shirts and showing our Kinder pride at Haigh!  If your child forgets to wear their shirt, it’s ok, they can wear a Haigh shirt instead (if they have one). The Haigh Owl Pride committee is going around to each classroom each Friday to tally up how many kids are in spirit wear!  The class with the most participants for the month wins a trophy to keep in their room!! Let’s show Haigh that Room 42 has the most spirit! Oh, Yeah:)

Hello Families,
Today, your child is coming home with white circles.  Please assist your child in writing each letter of their name on each circle, IN PENCIL only!  For example, if your child’s name is J-o-h-n, your child is coming home with 4 white circles and will write an Uppercase J on a circle, with lowercase letters to follow.  I placed the correct amount of circles in your child’s bag, according to their first name.  I did place a ‘mistake’ circle, just in case a mistake is made at home:). After your child has completed writing the letters in their name, please cut out each circle and place the circles  back in the bag and return to school the next day (Tuesday)!  Also, please have your child color the hat and cut the hat out as well and place back in the bag. In the classroom, we are working on cutting and writing our names with an uppercase letter and all lowercase letters that follow:)  These circles and hat will be placed on their lockers, once the project is complete! Thank you, Mrs. Fillmore

Coats & boots- As the winter season approaches, more layers are necessary to stay warm!  I am asking for some help from my families to help make this season enjoyable at arrival and dismissal. Parents, please teach your child how to take off and put on their coats independently. If you send them to school with gloves, hat and a scarf, please make sure they know how to put this on before leaving the house. A lot of students don’t know how to put their gloves on LAST, so they are having a difficult time zipping up their coats while wearing gloves.  Please teach them to put their gloves on last because they need their hands to do all the work. Lastly, if your child comes to school with winter boots on, please pack them an extra pair of school shoes to wear in the classroom! We are trying to prevent snow, water and mud from coming into the classroom and making a messy and dangerous situation. Again, your child must know how to take off their boots and put their shoes on independently! I do not have the manpower to help 24 students get ready each and every day. I would have to stop teaching an hour before dismissal to help each child and I personally cannot cut that much instructional time from our day. Thank you for your support and understanding in growing independent children!

Parent Teacher Conferences- If you missed Tuesdays conference due to the snow day, I have sent home a letter explaining the new conference date. If you are unable to make the make-up conference, please email or Remind App me and we can schedule a phone conference. Thank you!

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: This week we learned how to write, recognize and know the sounds of letters J & Q!  Next week, we will focus on letters K & P. 

Writing:   This week we learned how to write letters J & Q inside the lines:). Please make sure your child is practicing at home how to write inside the lines; especially on their homework!   Next week we will focus on letters K & P. We will also start Start Student writing in the classroom.  The students will learn how to write complete sentences with spacing and punctuation at the end. Please practice writing sentences at home with your child! Thank you!

Math: This week we focused on Module 2: Lessons  4-8. Next week we will complete lessons 9-10 (one lesson a day).   You will notice that, we will come to the end of Module 2. I will administer some assessments in the classroom and then start module 3 on December 2nd. Please make sure you are following along in the Eureka math homework book and completing the lessons at home with your child:)  

Science:  For November, we will focus on weather elements.

Social Studies:   For November, will will focus on needs and wants.

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 – 11/20/19

Dear Families, This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 11/20/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ

 Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore

https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=611465

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! If there is no school on Friday, the homework will be due on Thursday.  Remember, reading with your child 15 minutes a night is also a part of our homework! You may use the reading websites (I sent home earlier this week), to complete the reading portion of homework as well:) In November, we will start having a monthly reading log sent home!
• Make sure to go on the learning websites that Haigh has purchased for all of our students! These websites are great extension activities in Math and Reading that are full of fun and learning! Make sure to visit: Raz-Kids, Reading Eggs, Math Seeds and Zearn during the week and weekends!
•  Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Activation code: RKYTJ. The November date to order books will be by the 20th.   You will have the chance to buy something from our book order each month:)

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:)
• Make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack.   We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation! 
• 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!  
• Be on the lookout for volunteer opportunities at Haigh via signupgenius.com.  I’ll post a link to the blog for different opportunities to donate items to the classroom or to come and help out! 
• Every Monday is library check out!  Please make sure your child is returning his/her book so they can check out a new book for the week.  If you misplace this book or lose it, there will be a cost for the missing book!  
• Every Friday will be Kindergarten t-shirt day or Haigh wear day! We love being in the same shirts and showing our Kinder pride at Haigh!  If your child forgets to wear their shirt, it’s ok, this is optional for everyone:)
• Spare change challenge- The PTA has come up with a fun way to collect loose change at school! The intent for the challenge is to raise money to go back to each grade level.  In order to include the specials teachers, we will take a small amount from each grade level and divide that between the specials teachers.  The money raised may be used for whatever the teachers feel they need for their classrooms.
  The contest will continue until the bottles are filled, but the first grade level to fill all of their bottles wins an Ice Cream Social.

Upcoming Events:

November 20th- End of Module 2 testing!

November 26th- November reading logs due!

November 27th-29th– NO SCHOOL…Thanksgiving break! 

December 2nd- Start Module 3 in Eureka Math

December 18th- Late start!  Students arrive an hour later @ 9:35a.m.

December 19th- PJ Day/ Polar Express Day!  More information to come:)

December 23-January 5th- NO School!

January 6th- December reading logs due!

January 6th- School Resumes.  Welcome Back:) 

January 6th- Spelling words start! List 1: the, I, a, cat, bat, rat, mat, sat, fat

January 10th– First spelling test! 

January 23rd– Timeline project due!

January 22nd– Start Module 4 in Eureka Math

Reading buddies: This week our reading buddies created slide show presentations on turkeys for our Kindergartners! The 4th graders gathered facts about turkeys and then taught the facts to the students. It was a great day for non-fiction learning! Thank you buddies! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11KGT6OLrjykhYkW3_3-H_XlS_ynuhDZ8

Picture time: We launched our November review math rotations in the classroom! The students enjoyed the new stations very much…gobble, gobble!

The PTA has come up with a fun way to collect loose change at school! The intent for the challenge is to raise money to go back to each grade level.  In order to include the specials teachers, we will take a small amount from each grade level and divide that between the specials teachers.  The money raised may be used for whatever the teachers feel they need for their classrooms.
The contest will continue until the bottles are filled, but the first grade level to fill all of their bottles wins an Ice Cream Social.

PTA

Hello families! Students will be able to shop the book fair tomorrow. Tomorrow is also family night at Haigh, so you are able to shop the book fair after school! Please make sure to place the money in an envelope and label your child’s name and teacher name. If your child brought in money today, I will hold it in the classroom until tomorrow. Thank you!