{"id":1277,"date":"2018-11-02T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2018-11-02T18:44:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:44:19","slug":"newsletter-week-10-recap-and-new-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/2018\/11\/02\/newsletter-week-10-recap-and-new-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Week 10 (Recap and NEW Info)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scholastic Book Fair will be going on next week!\u00a0 Our preview day is on Monday.\u00a0 If you would like to have your child purchase books from the fair, please place money, title of book(s) and an added 6% sale tax inside an envelope with your child&#8217;s name labeled on the front.\u00a0 If you would like to shop with your child, the book fair will be open on Election day November 6th (10am-3pm) and November 8th during parent teacher conferences (3-7pm).\u00a0 Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/middle.swampscottps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/BookFair.png\" alt=\"Image result for scholastic book fair\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reading bags are coming home on Monday!\u00a0 Please take care of these books\/bags and make sure to read these books for homework\/reading log EACH night.\u00a0 Please use the handouts in the reading bag, while reading with your child at home!\u00a0 Make sure the bags come back to school EACH day.\u00a0 We use the bags during daily 5 and our reading groups.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What we did during our week:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Language Arts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We had a fun week learning about letters H &amp; S \u00a0We learned the letter name, words that start with each letter and the sound each letter makes. \u00a0Next week we will focus on letters I and R:)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn The Letter I | Let&#039;s Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_gJVJvOA3Q?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn The Letter R | Let&#039;s Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W5z941Xx2fM?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Writing: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We will begin to learn about sentence structure in the classroom. \u00a0The students will learn that every sentence starts with an uppercase letter,meatball spaces and a punctuation at the end of each sentence. \u00a0Please practice this strategy at home as well with your child. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/bf\/0d\/28\/bf0d28394400fb185e1f760379c67cac.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for sentence anchor chart kindergarten\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Math<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u00a0We worked on lessons 31-33 \u00a0in the classroom. Next week we will assess students on Module 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D Shapes I Know (solid shapes song- including sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, and pyramid)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2cg-Uc556-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Science<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: For November, we will learn about types of weather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weather Song for kids | &quot;Sun, Rain, Wind, and Snow&quot; | The Singing Walrus\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tfAB4BXSHOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Social Studies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0For November, we will learn about Needs and Wants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Scholastic Reading Club<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Class Code &#8211; RKYTJ<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Order Due Date &#8211; \u00a011\/26\/18<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Support Your Child\u2019s Reading Success!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dear Families,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Did you know? Kids who read for just 20 minutes a day are more successful in school and life. Ordering from Scholastic Book Clubs is an easy way to find the best books that are just right for your child\u2019s grade and interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s how:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Choose books with your child from the paper flyers or online at: <b>scholastic.com\/bookclubs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>To order online, use our class code: RKYTJ<\/p>\n<p><b>Bonus: This month, you can pick a FREE Book (up to $5) when you place an online order of $25 or more!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as your order is delivered to our classroom, I will send it home with your child.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus every order you place earns FREE Books for our class to share.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for your support and happy reading!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Other:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A field trip permission slip is coming home on Monday, November 5th. \u00a0We are having Tumblebus come to the school for the Kindergarten students! \u00a0If you would like your child to participate, please fill out the <\/span><b>front<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>back<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the permission slip, <\/span><b>attach $7 (EXACT cash only)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and place inside an envelope labeled with your child\u2019s name on front. \u00a0The slip and money is due back no later than Friday, November 9th. Thank you! \u00a0Here is a link about what Tumblebus is all about:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVcAi80xoF4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVcAi80xoF4<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A hat day note will be sent home on Monday about the students being 50 days smarter. \u00a0Here is what the note will entail: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello Families, To celebrate the students being 50 days smarter, we are going to celebrate by having a hat day on <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, November 9th!<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0The students can wear their favorite hat to school and keep it on all day. \u00a0We are proud of the progress each student has made thus far and look forward to the continued growth they will make by the end of the year. \u00a0Hats off to our students!<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Parent Teacher Conference reminders are coming home! \u00a0Please keep these reminders handy, so you are aware of your day and time! \u00a0Thank you:)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading bags are coming home this week! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be a note in the bag outlining how these will book bags work. <\/span><b>Just to reiterate, these bags come home and come back to school every, single day. \u00a0Please keep the books inside the book bag. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use these bags during Daily 5 \u00a0instruction. Please read these books at home with your child, and have them work on reading the books independently. We are working on one-to-one finger pointing. This mean that they should be pointing to each word as they read it. We are also working on reading words from left to right, using picture clues to help with \u201cunknown\u201d words, spotting sight words easily in text, stretching sounds out when coming to an unknown word and also retelling the story using the retell rope method! \u00a0Make sure to jot down your child\u2019s reading in the reading log each night! Thank you:)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have officially launched STAR student of the week in Kindergarten! \u00a0Each Monday, I will choose one child to be selected for star student. All week long we will talk about the star student, look at his\/her poster and also write about that student in class. \u00a0At the end of the week, the star student will come home with a published book to keep and read with family! Star student is a great way to highlight all of the amazing kids we have here in Kindergarten! \u00a0It\u2019s a feel good activity and makes the kids really excited about writing and learning new things about their friends! We love our star students in Kindergarten!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/clubs.scholastic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/clubs.scholastic.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0Activation code: RKYTJ. \u00a0The November orders are due by November 26th. \u00a0There are a lot of great books for your child at a very reasonable price and FREE shipping. \u00a0Books make for a great gift or even for a family story night:)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please make sure you are reviewing your child\u2019s classwork each night. \u00a0Monitoring your child\u2019s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn\u2019t finish his\/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. \u00a0Thank you for your support!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Please make sure you are logging onto Reading Eggs\/ RAZ Kids &amp; Mathseeds frequently. \u00a0\u00a0Please teach your child how to independently log onto these sites on their own. They will learn how to type their username\/password in the classroom, so if you could help me out at home with using the same method, I would greatly appreciate it! \u00a0We are super lucky that our school has purchased these learning programs for our students at Haigh. I hope every family utilizes these sites often:)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please make sure to sign up for the Remind App for up to date texts from the classroom:) \u00a0Here is how you sign up: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.remind.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remind App.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0Here is the link and information needed to receive text messages straight from the classroom:) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.remind.com\/join\/mfillm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.remind.com\/join\/mfillm<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Housekeeping items:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday is our library check out date. \u00a0I have a handful of students who do not bring in their books, which in turn leaves a very sad child without a new book for the week. \u00a0If the book is not returned, there will be a cost the parent will have to pay. Please keep the library book in a safe place at home, or you can leave it in your child\u2019s backpack until the next check out. \u00a0Remember: Every Monday is our library check out. Thank you!<\/li>\n<li>The cold\/winter season is upon us, which means cooler temperatures! \u00a0With cooler temperatures comes coats, boots, hats, scarves, gloves, etc. \u00a0It is important to teach your child how to properly put on a coat, zip up a coat, unzip the coat and take the coat off. \u00a0We have a handful of students who constantly need help putting on their coats etc, which means more time is taken away from recess because the teacher is zipping up 24 coats! \u00a0Also, please continue to practice tying shoes with your child. It is very hard to tie 2 pair of shoes X 24 students a day! That equals 48 shoes a day I would be tying, which would take up a lot of time during large and small group instruction. \u00a0We are encouraging students to become independent learners and with independence takes a lot of dedication and teaching your child at home. Thank you for your cooperation:)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! \u00a0Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please pack your child&#8217;s snack SEPARATELY from your child&#8217;s home lunch. \u00a0This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. \u00a0Thank you:)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great news! \u00a0The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. \u00a0I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. \u00a0Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parents.dearbornschools.org\/haigh\/\">\u00a0https:\/\/parents.dearbornschools.org\/haigh\/<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Upcoming Events:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>November 2nd- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bd day for students! \u00a0Students dismiss at 11:40pm!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 5th-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Start of Star Student!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 5th-<\/strong> <strong>NO library check out<\/strong>, due to the book fair!<\/p>\n<p><b>November 6th-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NO SCHOOL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 8th-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Parent Teacher Conferences&#8230;Remember your time. \u00a0Can\u2019t wait to see you! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 9th- Field trip permission slip and $7 due (more information to follow)!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>November 9th-<\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kindergarten and Young 5\u2019s 50th day of school&#8230;Hat Day!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 12th<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Start of Module 2 in Eureka Math!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 13th-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Parent Teacher Conference&#8230;Remember your time. \u00a0Can\u2019t wait to see you! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 15th- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parent Teacher Conference&#8230;Remember your time. \u00a0Can\u2019t wait to see you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 21-23<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; NO SCHOOL. \u00a0Thanksgiving Break!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>November 30th-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PBIS Turkey Bowling!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading Buddies: We were not able to meet with our reading buddies due to the half day. \u00a0We look forward to seeing our buddies on November 9th:)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholastic Book Fair will be going on next week!\u00a0 Our preview day is on Monday.\u00a0 If you would like to have your child purchase books from the fair, please place money, title of book(s) and an added 6% sale tax inside an envelope with your child&#8217;s name labeled on the front.\u00a0 If you would like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsfillmore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}