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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Don’t forget tomorrow is the first popcorn Friday.  Students can buy a bag of popcorn at lunch for .25 cents!  Pack a quarter in your student’s lunchbox!

Your student visited the book fair today and created a wish list!  If you wish to purchase a book off their wish list payment can be sent back to school in their red folder OR you can visit the Book Fair as a family this Thursday evening at OPEN HOUSE.

Don’t forget to return library books tomorrow!  We have book checkout tomorrow.

Thank you!

PBIS (Positive Behavior)

We started 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 to green = “GREAT JOB!  FLYING HIGH”

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.

Snack vs. Lunch

Please remember to pack 1-2 small snacks daily.

Please discuss with your child what is packed for snack and what is packed for lunch.  Please try to label their snack or pack it separate from the lunch box.

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

TUESDAY:  Music, Library Book Check Out

THURSDAY:  Gym

FRIDAY:  Music, Art and Media Center

Open House

Open House for Lindbergh Elementary will be Thursday, September  19^th 6-7:30 p.m.  Come tour your student’s classroom and the school building and meet teachers and staff.

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.

**We would like to do this in time for Open House!

Library Book Checkout

We visited the library and checked out our first library book this past Tuesday.  We discussed how to take care of our book and keep it safe from damage.  These books need to be returned every Tuesday in order to check out a new book.

Book Fair

We will visit the Scholastic Book Fair on Monday the 16^th.  Monday is our “browsing” day.  Your student will come home with a “wish list” and prices.

Curriculum

• This week your student met their first Alpha friend, “SAMMY SEAL.”  Ask them what sound letter “S” and Sammy Seal make!
• In Math we explored the names of our pattern block shapes, we explored measuring with paper, getting to know our Number Grid and practicing our route counting.
• 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 modeled that with our Read Aloud stories.
• We completed a name assessment and name craft.
• I will begin assessing the children on their alphabet knowledge and some basic other literacy tasks next week.

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Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Ruselink

Just a reminder that T-shirt orders are due tomorrow, Friday the 13th.

One more reminder!

Tomorrow is our first LATE START.

School will begin at 9:35 a.m. with the same dismissal time (3:35 p.m.)

Hello Families!

Just a reminder there is a PTA meeting this evening at 7:00 p.m.

Thanks!

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