Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break with family and friends. I had a lovely and lazy break with my darlings and am also happy to be back at school with yours 🙂 I wanted to thank you all once again for all your help and beautiful donations to our Friendsgiving feast! We had such an amazing meal and wonderful time together. We appreciate you so much. Here are a few things to know this week as we finish up the end of November lessons and head into December. How did that happen so quickly? Life is sweet I guess when you work with such wonderful children every day!

Important Dates and Information:

DuVall Book Fair is here: Yesterday we went to the DuVall bookfair and previewed all the great books it has to offer! Your child picked out some very special titles they liked and wrote down the prices. Please don’t forget to add tax! I will only send them back during school hours if they have money to spend now. So you can help by making sure they have their book fair money in an envelope or plastic baggie with their name on it and also have your child bring back the slip with the book titles for the ladies to help them locate the books 🙂 If you would prefer to visit the book fair with your child after school we have been told it will be open until 4:15pm (ish!).

*Homework: We have completed all the homework pages for module 1 in math, so this week we have sent two homework games for your child to add to their binders! Yay! Now your child has 12 games to play with every night! Make sure they are in sheet protectors before writing on them to ensure that your child can play them over and over again this year!

*Popcorn: This week there will be popcorn sales so bring those quarters at 8:35 am! 

*Library check out: No check out this week because the library is filled with the wonderful books for the book fair! Your child may enjoy their library books for one more week!

*Reading Packs: Make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the books, letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week!

LA Book: Sneezy the Snowman

Writing Topic: A Snowman Should Not…

Letter(s) of the week next week: W,J, Y,X

Words of the Week: here, you

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has, for, are

*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather cont. (working on a weather tracking sheet this week!)

*Social Studies: Continue New Unit on Needs and Wants. This week our focus is on how needs and wants can be satisfied by purchasing “Goods and Services”! You can help by sending in more pictures of goods and services for us to sort, discuss and learn about this week! In addition, when you go to the store from now on with your child you can discuss and review if you are purchasing a good (something that I can touch, possibly hold in my hand and take home with me) or a service (something that someone does for me that helps me). Thank you in advance for all your continued support. Here are a few examples that we sorted yesterday:

Goods: vegetables, dolls, chicken breast, a doll house                    Services: mechanic, teacher, hair stylist, chef, dog walker

Dear Families,

I hope this message finds you well and wanted to wish you a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for my wonderful job filled with the most special children. I am so blessed that I get to spend every day with your precious child and I thank you for your hard work and support on our journey this year. DuVall is a wonderful school and I am so proud to be a part of this community.

I am looking forward to our “Friendsgiving” meal this afternoon and just wanted to send out our blog post this morning to remind everyone coming of the last minute details. In addition, I wanted to THANK YOU again for your generosity and time you have given to help make this new tradition a success!

*Friendsgiving is from 2:00pm to 3:00pm

*Parents are welcome to join! Please just sign in at the office and get a visitor’s pass

*If your child is donating anything to the meal you may send it in the morning, or drop it off in the office in a bag labeled “Ross 106” at any time before or at 1:45pm. Your child may also walk it in at 8:35 am if that is most convenient for you!

*If you’d like to leave with your child after we eat that is fine, please just remember to sign them out in the office before leaving because I don’t have the authority to dismiss students early 🙂

Important Dates and Information:

*Homework:. A new packet was sent home last night.

*Conferences: Conferences are back to back so please be prompt 🙂 Make sure to check your child’s reminder slips and back of the folder for your highlighted date/time on the behavior sheets 🙂

*Popcorn: This week there is no popcorn sales but next wee we have popcorn sales so bring those quarters at 8:35am! 

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on today. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: I know it’s hard on a vacation to remember to read, but make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the books, letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Reading progress is coming along SO WELL! I am so proud 🙂 Thank YOU ALL for all you do at home with your child!

Letter(s) of the week next week: W,J

Words of the Week: here, you

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has, for, are

*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather

*Social Studies: Continue New Unit on Needs and Wants. THANK YOU to all the students that have been bringing in pictures from magazines that were examples of “needs and wants.” We have really enjoyed discussing the difference between the two and sorting them on a t-chart! Thank you again for all your support!

Dear Families,

Hello November! As we begin this week there are a few important things to remember. Here is what you need to know for this week. Have a wonderful week and I’ll update you if there are any changes or additions to our plans and schedules.

Important Dates and Information:

*No School Tuesday November 6th: Mid Term Election day

*Thursday, November 8th Conference Day #1: Please check your child’s permission slip reminder sent home on Friday (or Monday if your child was sick on Friday Morning last week) or behavior calendar for your child’s conference date and time. I look forward to discussing your darlings progress with you on your scheduled date! Please remember to be prompt because conferences are back to back 🙂

*Homework: The homework packet from last week is due on Monday the 5th. A new packet of lessons 23-27 will be coming home tonight along with a new math game! This week in math we will be working on regular lessons to finish module 1.

*This week in social studies we will begin a new unit on “needs and wants”. Please help us gather materials for sorting and writing activities by printing or cutting pictures of needs and wants from magazines, computers, newspapers etc. and sending them in in zip lock baggies or envelopes. We thank you in for helping us make these lessons clear, hands on and realistic!

*Popcorn: This Friday popcorn sales will be back on, so bring your quarters!

*Library check out: Your child will visit the library again on Tuesday morning. Please make sure that your child’s book is in their backpack Monday night ready to be returned this next morning. Any lost or damaged books front he DuVall library will need to be replace by the individual child’s family. Thank you for helping your child become a responsible penguin!

*Reading Packs: Thank you for sending them back every day and spending about 10-15 minutes a night on the letters/words you find in there. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there this week because they will be switched for one to two more this week! Woohoo these students rock!

Letter(s) of the week: U, L

Review letters: S,M,R,T,N,B,a, A, D, O, I, C,G, H, F, P, E, V, Z

Words of the Week: for, are

Review words: I, can, see, the, to, like, look, at, come, and,a,we, go, in, he, my, is, has

*Science: Begin Unit on Climate and Weather

*Social Studies: Begin New Unit on Needs and Wants

Dear Families,

I can’t believe it is November already! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween and relaxing weekend 🙂 I wanted to share a few Halloween Pictures with you from our party and to THANK YOU ALL once again for donating all our party items and helping us during the party. it was such a success and ran so smoothly because of all of your help! I appreciate you so much and am so lucky to have your child in my class this year. Enjoy the pictures, the kids were so adorable! Ps more emails have come in from parents pics. Thank you for sharing them. I will continue adding pics today so feel free so share any through email if you want to!  ☺️

Dear Families,

*Tomorrow is a half day. Please remember that if you are going to donate items to the troops, tomorrow morning it is all due 🙂 Teachers will be stuffing the stockings tomorrow after school. I want to thank you in advance for all your support and for all the travel wet wipes and tissues that have been sent in so far!

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Every year, DuVall sends extra Halloween candy to troops overseas. This year, DuVall penguins will be sending the troops Christmas stockings along with extra Halloween candy! Every grade has been assigned something different to donate for the stocking. Kindergarten has been asked to donate travel size tissues and travel size wet wipes. If you can and would like to help donate to the troops, please send in these items (travel size tissue and wet wipes, and extra candy) by Friday, Nov 2nd. Or, place a monetary donation in an envelope with the name of the student label the envelope “donation for Christmas stockings.” Thank you in advance for all your help and support!

-The DuVall Staff and Students