Dates to Remember
Thursday, October 31 – Halloween Party
Ms. Gale’s classroom will join Mrs. Polgar’s Kindergarten class for the Halloween Party. At 12:30 Kindergartners will change into their costumes and the party will take place from 1-2 pm. Homeroom moms will be calling for volunteers to work at stations and help with costumes. We need at least 12 volunteers for the party. First graders will join Mrs. Dika’s classroom for their Halloween party. First graders don’t forget to wear orange and black for the party.
Thank you to all who have donated to our class party fund.
Library – every Wednesday of the month your child has library check-in/out for library books. Please remember your child has a whole week to enjoy their library book. Some students have been returning library books the following day after visiting the library.
Conferences – Conferences are scheduled in November on Thursday, November 14, Wednesday, November 20 and Thursday, November 21. If you have not scheduled a time for a conference, please contact me to arrange a time soon.
Math Test – First graders will take Unit 2 math test on Tuesday, October 29. A study-guide note was sent home so you can help your child prepare for the test.
PBIS – We will have our October PBIS celebration for students who have had made good positive behavior choices for the month of October. We will celebrate with a Halloween movie on Friday, November 1st in the late afternoon.
Star of the Week – Thank you Calum Carscadden for doing a fine job as Star of the Week! This week our new Star of the Week is Sophia Collazo. Congratulations!
Star of the Month for November is Dylan Evitts. Dylan keep up the good work and behavior! You have been setting a good example of what a star student is at Nowlin.
A Peek at the Week:
Kindergarten
Handwriting Letter of the Week – Jj Letters and Sounds A-M
Sight Words to review: a, I, see, the, is, my
Math – Recognizing and writing teen numbers, estimating objects in a jar and comparing, beginning number stories – adding and subtracting, symmetry painting. I will be finishing up on Math testing for Card Marking 1.
Daily Five – We have introduced all the Daily Five areas – Read to Someone, Read to Self, Work on Writing, Work on Word and Listen to Reading.
We continue to work in these Daily Five areas and build areas of Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding our Vocabulary so we can become better readers and writers.
Science – We will review our Science unit on Earth Science.
Social Studies – We will review our Social Studies unit on family, school, and our community. We enjoyed studying family traditions/celebrations.
Reading – Students are learning concepts of print, sight words and reading strategies during shared reading. Students will continue to bring home emergent readers- paper back books to read at home. Please sign these books on the back for to indicate; parent read along. I also have been testing students in reading for Card Marking 1.
First Grade
Spelling – ut and ug family
cut, shut, bug, hug, rug
High frequency words
run, jump, but
Reading – I have sent home reading logs for students to log-in for 20 minutes every night. This is reading homework. I will finish testing students in reading for Card marking 1 this week. As students progress in reading in the next month, students will be given reading response sheets in book bags to check for comprehension.
Math – Test Tuesday. Please use student password and log-in to Every Day Mathematics for games and review of units. I will finish up on testing students this week in math for Card Marking 1. We are working on counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s and counting by 1’s to 120. Writing our numbers accurately is very important. We will work on number stories, adding/subtracting, making patterns and extending patterns, and working with odd and even numbers.
Science – We will review our unit on Life Science with Animals
Social Studies – We will review our unit on History – family, school, community, environment. We enjoyed studying family traditions and looking at other family celebrations/traditions.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Polgar