Please join us for a Halloween Parade at McDonald Elementary on Tuesday, October 31st.    We would like to invite all parents and grandparents to come see our parade at 1:45 p.m. outside on the track.  Students can wear a costume, dress in orange and black or choose to just wear their regular clothes.  The PTA would like to remind you of the following to make this day safe and enjoyable for our students.

• Please donate as much candy as you can, starting now thru Monday, October 30th to ensure that all students receive an enjoyable amount of candy.
• Students CAN wear their costumes to school over their regular clothes or bring it with them but NO mask or large props such as (swords, brooms, toys, wands) etc.  As always toy guns are never permitted to be brought to school.  In the event of bad weather we will continue on with the Halloween parade indoors.  Let’s hope the sun is shining!

Please have your child practice putting their own costume on and taking it off for when they have to use the bathroom.

• Parent volunteers are needed at 1:30 to help in classrooms and be part of the parade.  Please return the sheet that was sent home today, if you would like to volunteer and be part of the Halloween fun!

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us make this day a special, safe school day!oogl

Dear Families,

This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 10/26/17. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: R8XL8.  

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Happy Reading,
Mrs. Harrison

Hello Wonderful Kindergarten Families!

Your children have been working so hard!  Continue working with your child using the materials in the book bag and make sure it is returned to school everyday.  This week, I started sending home a star chart.  This needs to be in your child’s folder everyday.  At the end of the day, your child colors in the star of the day with the color they are at on the behavior chart.  At the end of the week, please initial that you have seen it.

Here is what we’ve been working on this week:

Reading:  We read 2 different versions of “The Three Pigs.”  We focused on who are the characters, what is the setting, and how to use this information to retell a story.

Writing: We have been focusing on narrative writing, or telling a story that relates to ourselves.

Sight Word:  We learned how to read the word “Like”

Hand Writing/Letter Identification: We learned how to identify, say the sound, and  write the letters Gg and Ii.

Math: We continue learning how to write our numbers 0-5 and understand the quantity related to the numbers.

Science: We continue to learn about forces.  In Enrichment, Mrs. Farhat had the children experiment with how much force it would take to knock a wall down with a small wrecking ball without knocking down the surrounding houses.

Please read with your child, have them write there names, and help them with letter identification and sight words.

Today, a group called Brainstormers came to visit us.  We learned about narrative, opinion, and informational writing through their fun and high energy show.

Today, I am sending home scholastic book order forms.  If you want to order, please send the paper form back to school or order online by Thursday October 26th.  To order online go to www.scholastic.com/newparent and enter the code “R8XL8” to create a new account.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18th is a late start day.  Please have your child to school by 9:35.  There will be no breakfast beforehand.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

The children absolutely loved going to Oakman today to go shopping for brand new clothes!

Tomorrow, Friday, October 13th is a half day of school for all students.  Please pick your child up by 11:45am.

Thank you to all the parents who attended our parent meeting this morning!  It was a huge success!  Below is a summary of what was disscussed.  If you have any questions, please let  me know!

• Early bedtime– Please have your child go to bed early so they are well rested for the school day.

• Read every night-It important that you or another family member read with your child every night.

• Please let your child put their own jackets on and take them off  and get their folders and book bags out of their back backs.

• Please check your child’s folder every single night.  Anything that is on the keep at home side of the folder, keep at home and anything on the return to school side, send back to school.

• Book bags are sent home every night.  Please have your child spend about 15 minutes total reading the books and practice their names or sight words.  They are to return everything the next day.  If books are missing, it will be a $5 charge per book.

• Snacks brought to school must be healthy.  No cookies, chips, or candy bars.

• If you want us to celebrate your child’s birthday in class, please send a healthy treat or goodie bag.  Cake, cupcakes and juice are not allowed.

Parent Meeting for Kindergarten and Young Fives

Tuesday, October 10th

8:35-9:05 am

We will be having a mandatory parent meeting tomorrow morning to discuss kindergarten and young fives expectations for the year. Please meet in the Media Center on the 3rd floor at 8:35am after dropping your child off in the gym.

We look forward to seeing you!

Ms. Shaheen

Ms. Jacobs

Mrs. Harrison

Mrs. Bondy

This is a recap of what we have been working on this week.

Reading: We have been learning about various text features.  Things like where to start reading and to point under words.  We learned how to read the sight word “see”

Handwriting: We learned how to write the letters “Ee” and “Ss”

Math: We continue to practice counting by 1’s and 10.

Science: We continued to learn about the forces of pull and push.

Please continue having your child practice writing their name and naming the letters.

Tomorrow, Friday October 6th there will be no school for Young 5’s and Kindergarten.

What a fun week!  This week, in preparation for our field trip, we learned many things about how apples grow.  Below is a recap of what we learned.  Please spend time reinforcing these concepts.

Reading-We began to learn the difference between fiction and nonfiction books.  Also, we learned what an author and illustrator is.

Handwriting-We continue practicing how to write our names.  Also, we focused on how to write the letters “Hh” and “Dd”

Sight Word-the

Math-We focused on how to write the numbers 0-10

Science-We began talking about the forces, pushes, and pulls.

Social Studies-We continued talking about rules and learned what an authority figure is.

Friday October 6th, there will be no school for kindergarten and young 5’s students

Below are a few pictures from our field trip to Wiards Apple Orchard.  Thank you to the parents that chaperoned!