Dates to Remember

Wednesday, December 7 – Santa’s Workshop – Students will visit Santa’s Workshop to purchase gifts for the holidays at 9:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 8 – Family Math night 6-6:45 p.m. Come and join us and create a math game to take home and participate in a raffle to win a family game.

Monday, December 12 – Family Holiday project due.

Thursday, December 22 – Students will wear their P.J.’s and board the Polar Express. We will watch the classic movie, Polar Express and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies in the afternoon in Mrs. Polgar’s classroom.

Friday, December 23 – Mrs. Polgar’s class will have their holiday party in the morning at 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. We will need volunteers to help at stations. Please let me know, if you are available to help out at the party. In the afternoon, all classes will be watching a movie and enjoying a popcorn treat for our PBIS celebration.

Peek at the Week

Sight words of the week – you, me.

Science – Last week we ended our unit on Push and Pulls in Physical Science. We start learning about gravity and force. We will begin a STEM project with Christmas trees. Students will build/construct a tree with cups/poms, poms and straws and clay later in the week. These science-math-engineering units have been amazing for students. I have seen such growth with student questions and conversations in math and science.

Social Studies – We will continue working on our economic unit. This week we will learn about the concept of trade along with reviewing social studies vocabulary- needs, wants, goods, services.

Writing – We will begin a new unit on informational writing on reindeer.

Daily Five – Students will learn strategies on punctuation. Sentences can end with a period, question mark and exclamation mark. Review rhyming words and producing rhyming words. Continue working on beginning sounds and ending sounds to help us write and read words. Lastly, students will work on comprehension and learn that narrative stories have events/problems.

Math – We will begin a unit on subtraction. Students have worked on different ways to solve addition problems now we will look at solving subtraction problems. We continue to count by ones, tens, fives, and  recognize numbers on number charts. Writing numbers is focused daily by practicing writing our numbers 1-20.

Reading – This week some student book bags will be going home. A note will be sent home regarding how book bags are checked out and how to read with your child at home. In the book bag will be a reading log for parents to sign.

Thank you to all who helped out at the Reading Committee Bake Sale or donated baked goods.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, November 21 – Science Workshop – Wacky Water Workshop visits our classroom from 8:45 – 10:00 a.m. Please make sure your child is on time for school the workshop will start promptly at 8:45 a.m.

PBIS celebration – Game/Technology day will be held in the afternoon on Monday. Students may bring  a game board or technology such as; as Game boy, Nintendo, I-pad, etc. to school to play in the afternoon during our celebration. Please note that students are responsible for any electronics. I will have some board games and computers available for children to play with.

Tuesday, November 22 – The district School Improvement Team will take a walk through each classroom in the afternoon to observe what our students are learning and what activities are students are engaged in.

Wednesday, November 23 – Friday, November 25 – Thanksgiving Break – No school.

Turkeys -Our disguised turkeys in the hallway are so cute! We have been getting many compliments as well.

Letter of the Week – Nn

Sight Word of the Week – me

Have a joyful day!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Parents,

On Monday, November 21 we will have Science Made Fun visit our classroom at 8:45-10:00 a.m. They will be hosting a Wacky Water Workshop. Students will follow the water cycle and discover how cool water really is. They will identify the types of precipitation, explore water pollution and learn how our drinking water is cleaned. The cost for the event is $5.00 per student. This is considered an in class field trip. A portion of the event has been funded by the school.

An in class field trip permission slip will be going home today. Please return the slip by Thursday, November 17 with the enclosed fee of $5.00 in an envelope with your child’s name. If there is anyone who needs financial assistance for this event, please let me know.

Thank you.

Mrs. Polgar

Dates to Remember

This week we will celebrate Nowlin Spirit Week. Also, don’t forget to bring in canned goods for CAN drive. The last day will be Thursday to donate canned goods.

Monday – Disney Day -Dress as your favorite Disney character or wear your favorite Disney gear. Family Project Disguised Turkeys and Homework packets are due.

Tuesday – PJ Day– Wear your favorite pajamas.

Wednesday – Nerd Day -Dress up as a geeky nerd. Late start day – students arrive at school one hour later at 9:35 a.m. and are dismissed at regular time 3:35 p.m. Parent-teacher conferences are held after school 4:00 – 6:40 p.m. We will not have library due to late start, however, students still need to return library books on Wednesday.

Thursday – Nowlin Pride Day – Dress in all of your Nowlin school gear or wear school colors blue and white. Parent-teacher conferences are held after school 4:00-6:40 p.m.

Friday – Mustache Day – Draw it on or stick it on.

Thanksgiving Break – No school on Wednesday, November 23, Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25.

Peek at the Week

Letter of the Week – Mm   New Sight Words for week – my, is

Please review sight words with your child on note-cards, flash-cards or a system that your child can practice reading and writing their sight words. Previous sight words learned will always be printed on the homework packet.

Math – Counting goals for 2nd card-marking by ones – 1-50, by tens, 1-100, by fives, 5-50. Writing numbers 1-20. Recognizing and counting numbers by different modalities such as; ten frames, tally marks, number lines, objects in groups. We will focus on tally marks and odd/even numbers along with understanding the one’s and ten’s place in two digit numbers. Ending our week with addition number stories.

Social Studies – We have begun an economic unit on needs and wants. This week we will learn about goods and services and how we use them in every day living.

Science – We have started a unit on physical science on motion/forces. This week we will focus on push/pulls and we will take a look at how things move.

Daily Five – This week I will introduce Listen to Reading. Students will focus on listening to stories on computer and the CD player. We will continue to work on building stamina and fluency during Daily Five. Each week we have been reviewing upper-case and lower-case letters along with sounds. Additional focus is on sounding words out in reading and writing; identifying first sounds of words and last sounds of words.

Writing – We will begin a new unit on informational writing on turkeys. Students will learn facts about turkeys and write factual information about turkeys that is important to them.

Enjoy your day!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

 

 

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, November 7 – Parent-teacher conference reminder’s will go out in your child’s blue folder.

Tuesday, November 8 – No school. Professional Development Day.

Wednesday, November 9 – Library check-in and check-out.

Thursday, November 10 – Parent-Teacher Conferences after school from 4:00 – 6:40 p.m. Please be sure to be on time. Appointments are scheduled every 20 minutes. Report cards will be disbursed during conferences.

Letters of the Week – Kk, Ll   Sight Words – we, to

 

 

 

 

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 31 – Mrs. Polgar’s Halloween Party – 12-1 p.m. Students will bring their Halloween costumes to school and change into them after lunch at 11:35 a.m. Volunteers will arrive by 11:20 a.m. to help set up stations and help students with costumes. Parents are welcome to attend the party, but no siblings.

Homework packets, red and blue folders are due on Monday.

Wednesday, November 2 – Library check-in and check-out.

Friday, November 4 – Half day of school. Dismissal at 11:45 a.m. No lunch.

Tuesday, November 8 – No school. Teacher Professional Day.

Scheduling Parent Teacher Conferences for November 10, 16 and 17 – Conferences are held after school from 4:00 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. Conferences are held for 20 minutes. If you feel you need more time to meet with me we can schedule a separate time. I will have a conference sign-up sheet on my front table on Monday for parents to sign-up or you can let me know in person/e-mail to schedule a time. As a reminder the following parents have signed up for the following times:

Thursday, November 10

5:20-5:40 – Anthony Dietrich

5:40 – 6:00 – Elizabeth Woolley

Wednesday, November 16

5:40 – 6:00 – Adam Mazloum

6:00 – 6:20 – Cruz Rodriguez

Thursday, November 17

5:40 – 6:00 – Lucas Murray

6:00 – 6:20 – Luke Thormann

Peek at the Week

Letter of the Week – Jj

Sight Words – (can, and)   Reviewing sight words – I,a,see,the,like, at.

Math – We will be estimating pumpkin seeds and learning about estimating with calendar activities. We continue to practice counting by 10’s to 100, and counting 1-30. We will be also learning about teen numbers and why they start with a one with math activities. Practicing writing and reading numbers 1-20.

Daily Five – We have been practicing reading and writing new sight words with activities. Stretching letter sounds in words; especially first letter sounds in words. Matching upper-case letters with lower-case letters. Practicing writing our letters Aa-Zz. Recognizing sight words in emergent readers.

Writing – We will finish up on our writing unit on opinions. Students have practiced writing with a picture plan. Students are starting to use sight words in their writing and we continue to practice stretching sounds to form new words in our writing.

Science – We will be finishing up on the Five Senses unit this week.

Social Studies – We will be starting a new unit – How Do I Get What I Need and Want? Students will focus on new vocabulary – needs, wants, economic wants, trade, fairness.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Polgar

 

 

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 24 – Return homework packets, blue and red folders.

Wednesday, October 26 – Library Check-in and Check-out

Friday, October 28 – Nowlin Fall Fest 6-7 p.m. Last week, tickets went home in your child’s blue folder for the Fall Fest. It is a fun family event sponsored by PTO. So, come and join us for the FALL FUN!

Monday, October 31 – Mrs. Polgar’s Halloween Party 12-1 pm. Several volunteers have signed up on E-vite, I had 6-7 stations to sign up for. If you would like to help out at the party, please come join us at the party. Volunteers will be helping out setting up stations at 11:20 while students are at lunch. When students return from lunch at 11:35; we will get dressed in our Halloween costumes and the festivities will begin.

Peek at the Week:

Science – We continue our unit on the five senses. This week we will study the sense of touch and explore pumpkins with the five senses.

Social Studies – We will end our unit on How Do I Get Along with Others? with an assessment.

Writing – We have started opinion writing and will write opinion’s on our favorite book by Eric Carle, our favorite special – gym, music, library, art, or media. We will also learn to plan our writing with graphic organizers/planners in the writing process stages.

Math – We will continue practicing counting by ones to 30, by tens to 100, number correspondence, looking at teen numbers and practicing writing our numbers 1-10 in the correct formation.

Literacy and Daily Five – Last week, I introduced Read to Someone and we practiced building more stamina in reading, writing and word work. The kids really enjoy Daily Five and I enjoy it as well. During Daily Five I work with small groups in reading and writing while students are independently working on reading, writing or word work. We have been practicing reading our sight words in emergent reading books. Students have their own book boxes and keep their emergent readers with sight words we have learned in their book box.

Homework Packets – Last week, I sent home a packet to help you and your child with homework; an ABC sound chart, number chart and letter formation chart. Use these charts as helpful aids to assist you and your child with their homework. I would like to stress that the purpose of the homework packets is for you to work with your child with some guidance on skills being taught in school.

The beginning stages of writing is picture drawing and writing some beginning letter sounds. Have your child tell you what the first sound they hear in the beginning of a word is and have them write it down. To retell a story have your child draw a picture for the beginning, middle and end. Additionally, have your child practice reading and writing their sight words this will help them build fluency when reading and writing.

This is the beginning of the year and the beginning stages of reading and writing and more. So, we begin the year with training wheels in learning and during the school year the training wheels come off at different times for learners. I suggest doing a page a night for homework. Doing the whole homework packet at once is overwhelming and will tire your child. If your child is struggling with the work, please let me know.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Polgar

 

Families,

Thank you for donating baked goods for the bake sale and thank you to those who helped volunteer after school on Thursday.

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 17 – October “Pumpkins” project is due and homework packets are due. Please return red and blue folders. On Friday your child brought home a book to read, “Bounce Bounce.” Please make sure they have practiced reading their book 3 times and return the book on Monday. I will be adding the book to their book bag in their book boxes.

Wednesday, October 19 – Library check-in and check-out.

Monday, October, 31 – Halloween Party 12:00-1:00 p.m. I have sent out a volunteer sign up on-line. If you would like to volunteer, please let me know .

Friday, October 28 – Nowlin Fall Fest 6-7 p.m.

Peek at the Week

Sight word for the week – like    Review sight words – I, a, see

Letters of the week – Gg, Hh

Math – Introduction to Daily 3 Math – Math by Self and Math with Someone. Working on apple ten frames, writing numbers 0-10, working with number boards and identifying numbers, counting by tens to 100, counting by ones to 30, matching numbers with groups/sets.

Social Studies – Finishing up on unit – How Do I Get Along With Others?

Science – Working on Five Senses – Sense of Smell.

Writing – We will start a new writing unit on Opinion writing. Students will use pictures and words to tell what they think about a topic or a book.

Daily Five – Introducing Read to Someone. Working on strategies; identifying the first sound in a word, when finished with left page move on to the right page, building stamina and fluency. Introducing emergent reader; I Like.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Polgar