Don’t forget there is a half day of school tomorrow.  Dismissal is at 11:45 a.m.

Hello Families,

I can’t wait to share with you the basket our room parents have put together to be raffled off at the Holiday Boutique!

Our room parents have worked hard to get many donations.

We asked families to donate 10.00 and there is still time to do so.  Please send donations to school in a marked envelope.

Thank you ahead of time.

School picture re-takes will be Tuesday, November 1st.  If you are planning on taking a new picture please return the first school picture packet on this day.

If you would like to order pictures please find an order form in the school office.

Thank you.

News and Information

Calendar Items

Friday, November 4^th – Half day of school

Tuesday, November 8^th – No School

Wednesday, November 16^th – Late Start

Wednesday, November 23^rd – No School

Thursday, November 24^th – No School (Thanksgiving)

Parent Teacher Conferences

You will soon receive an invite to meet for parent/teacher conferences.  Please fill out the slip and return to school if you are available to meet.

What We Did This Week

Our Alpha Friend was Hattie Horse, letter H

We worked in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We worked on “Read To Self”

We practiced our numerals

We practiced our cutting and sorting by shape

We worked in our Handwriting Books

We worked on fine motor activities

We worked with Mr. Iversile (the school social worker) on attentive listening skills

HALLOWEEN

Monday is our Halloween Party!

Students are welcome to wear their Halloween costume to school (please wear appropraite clothes underneath because we will be taking costumes off at lunch time).

The costume parade will begin through the hallways at 9:00 a.m.  Many parents stand in the downstairs hallway to watch – you are more than welcome to stay at arrival time.

We will enjoy games and a craft in the cafeteria and then head back to our room for a snack and movie.

Everything will be over by lunch time and costumes will come home in the student backpack.

Many things are due tomorrow:

PTA Raffle Tickets

Box Tops

School Mall forms (if you are participating)

Milk jug craft for Haunted School (if you choose to participate)

Also, Haunted School is tomorrow evening.  Tickets are available before school or at the door.

Thank you.

We will be celebrating Halloween in the classroom on Monday, October 31st.  At 9:00 a.m. students will parade around the school in their costume.  Students are more than welcome to wear a costume to school that day.  Costumes should be slipped on over clothes.  We will be taking costumes off at lunch time and putting them in our backpack.  Please no toy weapons.

We will enjoy a craft and games in the cafeteria afterwards.  There are still some items we need donated for the party – please see the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C44AEA72EA0F85-halloween

Then we will eat in the classroom and watch a short movie.  We will also hand out treat bags. Each student is encouraged to bring a small treat to pass out.

Our Halloween Party will be Monday, October 31st beginning at 9:00 a.m. with a costume parade around the school.  Please no toy weapons or scary masks.

We will then participate in games and crafts in the cafeteria followed by a snack and movie in the classroom.

Below is a link for party donations.

Thank you ahead of time.

https://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C44AEA72EA0F85-Halloween

If you are available to volunteer and help with activities please email me.

ruselij@dearbornschools.org

News and Information

Haunted School

Friday, October 28th at 6:30.  There will be “scary rooms” and “mild rooms” to trick-or-treat through.  There will be food, dancing and crafts.

Calendar

November 4th – 1/2 day of school, 11:45 dismissal

November 8th – No School, Election Day

November 16th – Late Start, School will begin at 9:35 a.m.

November 23rd – No School

What We Did This Week

Our AlphaFriend this week was Benny Bear, letter B

We worked in our Poem Books

We wrote in our journals

We read Robert Munch stories (the students seemed to enjoy the humor in his stories)

We practiced our independent reading stamina with Read to Self.  Next week we will rotate through “Read to Self”, “Work on Writing”, “Listening to Reading” and “Letter Work.”

In math we continued to practice writing our numerals, sorting, and identifying numbers 1-10

We attended a choir assembly and heard our highschool students perform

We worked in our handwriting workbooks

We went to gym, art, music and media class

Please remember to return library books on Monday so that your student can check out a new one.

Have a good weekend.

Don’t forget!

Popcorn Friday is tomorrow.  1 quarter buys 1 bag (limit 2 per student).

Place the quarter in the red folder and I can collect it in the morning!

News and Information

Parent Night, Leader in Me

You are invited to attend Parent Night and learn about the 7 Habits that are behind our Leader In Me program Thursday, October 20th at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium.

Haunted School

Haunted School will take place at Lindbergh on Friday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets can be bought at the door.

Calendar

November 16th – Late Start, school will begin at 9:35 a.m.

What We Did This Week

This week our Alpha Friend was Dudley Duck, letter D

We wrote in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We continued to read books about Fall

We practiced our “Read to Self” (part of our Literacy program).  We are up to reading our books 6 minutes independently.

We continue to practice counting, making simple patterns and this week graphed our “Favorite Apple.”  We also continue work on our whiteboards learning how to write our numbers.

We worked on our “3-finger” squeeze and tripod grip in our handwriting books

We enjoyed our trip to the apple orchard!

Have a great weekend!