BIRTHDAYS
FELIZ CUMPLEANOS to these students in febrero:
Jovonne-13th
Ryan-28th
Book Orders
Student book orders will be due on Friday,
September 18th. I prefer you write checks to Scholastic Books. Cash
should NOT be sent! You may also order books now online by entering the
website www.scholastic.com/parentordering . Then enter username: Winchell4
password: cannon . Any orders done on-line will
result in a free book donation to the classroom from Scholastic.
Skip for School
Tuesday, September 29th from 3-4pm, students may
participate in the fundraiser "Skip for School", to help the funds of our
fabulous Education Foundation, which helps support our Eagle Bluff trip each
and every year. It also help support programs that are innovative and
"different". Students will ask for donations to help them in their efforts to
be active and healthy!
Friday Folders
Friday Folders will be sent home eacher Friday,
containing your child's graded work and the weekly newsletter. Sometimes
fliers come home in them also. Be sure to read the directions posted inside
the folder and ALWAYS SIGN and RETURN EACH MONDAY! Thank you!
AR READING-QUARTER 1
BOOK GOALS
Students need to try to meet either their point
goal AND/OR their book goal for Quarter 1. They can earn up to 40 tickets for
school store if they meet both goals. Also, students will be graded on their
two highest AR tests for 1st Quarter. Please make sure they are reading 15
minutes each night. This will help them become better readers and students,
achieve more of their goals, and complete their assignments!
Early Release on Wednesday,
September 30th
There will be an early release on
the 30th due to teacher's inservice. Please make arrangements for your child
ahead of time. Thank you!
Spelling
Spelling will
probably be a little different for your child this year.
I believe
in implementing differentiated spelling-meaning your child’s list will be made
according to what is best for them, not the whole class. Each student will
take a spelling pretest each week and will only do a final test on those words
missed. If
your child struggles with spelling and gets very little right, then he/she
will only study the first 10 words OR how ever many wrong they got. If your
child only misses three words, then usually I will give him/her 2-4 more
challenging words to work on for the week. So each week, your child will have
a different amount of words to test on, depending on how hard or easy the list
is. It will be a little confusing at first, but they (and you) will catch on
quick! If
you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me here at school.
Poetry Academy
We will recite poetry every week as
another form of helping us with our oral reading fluency. Students will bring
home a new poem each week, and they are expected to rehearse it at least 5
times, attain initials from those who listened to them, and perform them each
Friday. They will then self-assess themselves on their progress and
performance, as I will too. Hopefully you'll enjoy our poems!
Donations
I am looking for some age appropriate prizes for
the school store box. Some examples of things I usually buy for it are:
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toys/items from $ bin at Target
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$ store items
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things your child likes
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baseball/football cards
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waterbottles
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landyards
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stickers
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candy (individually wrapped)
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pop
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juice
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art supplies--fancy pens, pencils, crafty
things, etc.
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etc.
VOLUNTEERS
I am looking for some steady volunteers for the
school year, for the "to-do" list gets long very fast! I know some people do
not have a steady schedule, so if you can only come every-other week, that
works too! Please e-mail or call me if you are interested in helping out. I
would appreciate any help I can get!
M
P