October News

Hello families, 

Happy Friday! I hope you are doing well and that your house did not sustain too much damage from Wednesday night's storm. We have been busy working regardless of the early release and delayed opening. It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of the first quarter of school. 

Conferences

Please follow this link to sign up for a November conference. If you do not see a time that works for you please reach out and let me know. I can generally be flexible with my time. Grades close on Friday, October 25th and report cards will go home on Friday, November 1st. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4CAEAB2AA6F85-november3

Cornstalk Characters

I cannot wait to see all the characters you have created at home! This is always such a fun, community event. 

Field Trips

We have two upcoming field trips. The first is to St.Vincent de Paul. Thank you to all those that have sent back permissions slips and donations for us to bring to the food pantry. Your generosity is appreciated! There is still time if you would like to send in an item for us to donate to the food pantry. They are looking for any of the following items: 

deodorant             tea

soap                     canned beef stew

baked beans        coffee

cookies                crackers

boxed pasta         snacks (granola bars, peanut butter crackers, fruit cups, etc.)

No donation is too small!

The second field trip is to Legoland and the permission slip is coming home today. 

Spelling News

After several weeks of spelling, we have decided to change the timing of our spelling pretest and posttest. The students have been doing well with our Journeys stories and we do not think that we need the full two weeks to complete a story. Look for more information when the next pretest goes home. 

I have truly enjoyed getting to know your child these first months of school and I look forward to the rest of the year. 

Summer

Happy Summer Everyone! 

I cannot believe we have reached the end of another school year! Spend timing reading, playing outside, swimming, hiking, or whatever it is you love to do when you are not in school. I cannot wait to see you next year as fourth graders! 

December

Winter is here! Please make sure that your child is dressed to play outside. Students have been coming to school without jackets! Students should have jackets, hats, and mittens. It can get cold out there, especially when the wind is blowing! Once we have snow cover the students will also need snow pants and boots in order to play in the snow! Please let me know if you need help obtaining any winter clothing items!

Please continue to work with your students on both their addition and subtraction facts to 20 - if they are not automatic with those facts. Students can get extra practice through XtraMath!! Students should also be working on becoming automatic with their multiplication and division facts as well. We have been working on many strategies to help them with facts they are not yet automatic with! 

We are working on learning about our ecosystems and their characteristics. We will be presenting to our small groups this week. Then we will begin to learn about the Native Americans that lived in that ecosystem! 

Any questions!! Just ask!

November

We have reached November and that means report cards and parent conferences! Report cards will be sent home on Friday, November 2nd. Conferences are schedule for Tuesday, November 6th. If you would like to sign up for a conference and have not yet, there is still time! Follow the link to sign up. If you do not see a time that works for you, please email me and we can work something out! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4caeab2aa6f85-november2

November 6th - Teacher In-Service (Parent Conferences)

November 12th - Veteran's Day

November 21, 22, 23 - Thanksgiving Break

Science

We have begun our science unit on biomes. Students will learn about animal classifications, food chains and webs, photosynthesis, and the various ecosystems in our world. 

Math

Please have your student practice their addition and subtraction facts if they are not yet fluent. They can use our class link to XtraMath. It is a great way to practice and it only takes a few minutes a day!

https://xtramath.org/#/signin/classroom2?c=X82258RH

Any questions! Please call me 775-8879 or email jharrington@sau16.org