No School

Just a reminder that there is no school October 14^th, 15^th and 16^th.  School will resume on Thursday, October 17^th.

Concussion and Possession of a Weapon Forms

Some of you signed these forms at Open House.  If you did not –  these forms are being sent home in your student’s red folder.

The Concussion form needs to be on record here at school by October 17^th or your student may not be able to participate in gym class or play on the playground.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Halloween Party

We will hear shortly from our room parents about our plans for a Halloween party – but yes it will involve a costume!  For your planning purposes please plan appropriate costumes that your student can easily put on over clothes.   Toy weapons (guns, swords) will not be allowed.   Thank you!

Read To Self

We are building our stamina!!!!!  We have made it to seven minutes of silent reading!

If your student has a special book (or books) from home that they would like to read and put in their book box at school they are more than welcome to bring them.  Please label the books with the student’s name.

What We Did This Week

• A special thank you to the parents that were able to Chaperone our field trip to the Apple Orchard!
• Benny Bear, Letter Bb was our Alpha Friend this week.
• We practiced making patterns with pumpkins.
• We are working on forming our numerals with a special song!
• We continue to add details in our Writer’s Workshop.
• We will wrap up our study of Fall next week with some apple activities and then move onto studying “Our Five Senses”
• Keep reading with your October Reading Log – and earn a pizza at the end of the month!
• There is another Math Home Link coming home today (about patterns), this is due Thursday, October 17^th.

Have a nice (long) weekend,

Mrs. Ruselink

Just a reminder that our field trip is tomorrow, Wednesday the 9th.

Please remember a bag lunch – disposable with no glass containers.  Please write your student’s name on the outside of the bag.

Chaperons please plan to arrive at 9:30 a.m.

The school bus will leave at 9:45 a.m.

Remember chaperons will need to drive themselves.

Thank you!

Just wanted to share some pictures from September.  Some of the pictures show “Read to Self” – “3 Ways to Read a Book” anchor chart and a “Read to Self” anchor chart (all parts of our literacy program).

Enjoy!

Field Trip

Don’t forget our field trip the Plymouth Apple Orchard will be Wednesday, October 9^th.  Please be sure to dress for the weather.  The bus will leave school at 9:45 a.m. and return to school at 2:30 p.m.  Parent Chaperones must drive themselves.  Please plan to arrive at school first at 9:00 a.m. to see which children will be in your group.

*Remember to pack your student a bag lunch, no containers and no glass!  Please mark the lunch bag with their name.

Scholastic Book Orders (October)

The deadline to order books from the Scholastic Book Club for October is October 11^th.  Directions on how to do this online can be found on our classroom Blog under “Scholastic Book Club.”

No School

Remember to mark your calendars.  There is no school:  October 14^th, 15^th and 16^th.  School will resume Thursday, October 17^th.

October Reading Logs

Hope you are finding time to read and color Reading Logs!  Reach our class goal and students can earn a personal pizza from Pizza Hut at the end of the month.

Math Home Links

Coming home today is our first Math Home Link about Patterns!  These are due Monday.  Parents can help the student record (or students can draw) what they did on the back of the paper.

What We Did This Week

• Our Alpha Friend this week was Tiggy Tiger – Letter T
• We added a poem about Tigger Tiger to our Poem Books and circled all of the T’s!
• In math we continue to work on our number grid and discuss pattens.
• In Science we continue our study of Fall.  This includes reading many stories about Fall, reciting our Fall poems and sorting leaves by shape.
• Ask your student to draw “Mat Man” for you.  We have been practicing drawing him as we learn about shapes, body awareness and adding details to our drawings in Writer’s Workshop.

Tuesday, October 1st – PTA meeting, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 1st – PBIS Popsicle Party

Wedenesday, October 2nd – Late Start, School will begin at 9:35 a.m.

Friday, October 4th – Popcorn Friday!  $0.25!  (Suggestion- pack the quarter IN your student’s lunchbox)

Have a good week!

PBIS (Positive Behavior System) Reward

Students who stayed on green and had less than 6 yellows (warnings) during the month of September will be rewarded with a Popsicle party on Tuesday, October 1^st.

Later Start

There is a late start Wednesday, October 2^nd.  School will begin at 9:35 a.m.

Family Picture Wall

We are still finishing framing and hanging our family pictures and there are a couple families missing!  Please send in a family picture if you haven’t done so already.

Scholastic Book Orders

Please find in the red folder a letter regarding a Scholastic Book order and the directions for ordering online.

Book orders for October will be due October 11^th.

BLOG Additions

Please find on our classroom blog new pages with resources for PBIS, Scholastic Book Club directions and Classroom Resources.

Under classroom resources I have posted a link for an Alpha friends alphabet chart.  Feel free to print and hang on the fridge! J

Field Trip

Please find in the red folder a field trip permission slip for the Plymouth Apple Orchard!  Permission slips and payment are due no later than October 4^th!

October Reading Logs

Read with your student at least 20 out of the 31 nights in the month of October and your student will be rewarded with a personal pizza from PIZZA HUT!

What We Did This Week

• Our new Alpha Friend was “Reggie Rooster” – Rr
• We continued to write stories in our writer’s workshop books.  We are working on our pictures and adding more detail.
• We worked in our Poem Books
• We are reading about  and discussing the season of Fall.
• We made Fall trees.
• We sorted leaves.
• In Math we continue to practice counting on our Number Grid.  We are also learning to use our whiteboards so we can learn and practice writing our numbers.
• In Math we will also begin exploring patterns.
• We began “Read to Self” and our class has 3 minutes of stamina built!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Ruselink

Just a reminder that library books are due Tuesday!

Picture Day is Thursday, Sept. 26th.  School picture order forms came home last week.

Friday night is the PTA’s first BINGO FOR BOOKS!

Have a good week!

PBIS (Positive Behavior)

We continue to work with with our positive behavior marking system this week.  If a student breaks a classroom rule the following will happen:

1^st time a rule is broken they will move to yellow =  “SLOW DOWN” (warning)

2^nd time a rule is broken they will move to orange =  “Contact Co-Pilot”  (time out or time out from recess)

3^rd time a rule is broken they will move to red =  “Turbulence”  (sent to the principal)

At any time if the student is found improving their behavior they may move their clip back .

Your student’s behavior report will come home daily on the back of their red communication folder.  Please sign and return the behavior chart daily.

*** Our first reward for the month of September is extra playground time and POPSICLES!  The student earns this reward by moving their clip less than 6 times.  This reward will happen at the end of September.

Water Bottles

Students are welcome to bring and leave water bottles in their locker for throughout the day.

Special Classes

The following is our special class schedule.  Please remember gym shoes on gym days!

MONDAY:  Gym, Computer Lab

TUESDAY:  Music, Library Book Check Out

THURSDAY:  Gym

FRIDAY:  Music, Art and Media Center

Open House

Thank you for coming to Open House.  I know it was a busy time (in a small room!).  I hope your student was able to tell you about the parts of our classroom and routine.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact me by email or phone:

ruselij@dearbornschools.org

827-1003

Family Picture

We would like to decorate our classroom and make it feel “like home.”  Please send in an unframed 3×5 picture of your family at your convenience.  We will be making and decorating frames in class for them.

Library Book Checkout

Remember library books are due each Tuesday.  Students will not be able to check out a new book until the previous one is returned.

Curriculum

• Our  Alpha Friend this week was Mimi Mouse and the letter Mm.
• We added our letter Mm and letter Ss poems to our poem books
• In Math we continue to count on our number grid, explore our pattern blocks and geometric shapes, and we worked with matching quantity to the numbers 1-5.
• We still are working on our classroom rules and routines.
• In “Daily 5” we continued to talk about the “3 Ways to Read a Story”  and we also picked stories to go in our book boxes.  We will begin Read to Self next week.
• I am still assessing all of the students on their alphabet letter identification and sounds.  Soon we should be able to form reading/literacy groups.

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