Week 4

 

Collaborative work as students created posters to show our our School Rules

We began the week with some collaborative work as students had to work with a small group to plan, create, and present posters about our school rules.  These will hang in our classroom throughout the year to remind us of classroom expectations.  Thank you to everyone who came out for our Open House on Thursday evening!  It was so wonderful to welcome you all into our classroom and to see the excitement as students proudly talked about some of the work and showed their families our classroom!  

Students continued drafting their small moment narratives.  This week they lessons included: crafting a powerful beginning, editing, and setting daily goals.  I am working through the reading assessments.  Ms. Bourne and Ms. Tibbitts who work in the MES Literacy Lab joined us on Wednesday to help with the process.  

During Math students are currently reviewing addition and subtraction strategies.  Our Math menu is running pretty smoothly at this point, as students are learning the expectations of independent work time so that I can work with grade level groups.   

On Friday we had a Fall science lesson about why leaves turn colors in the fall, and we were lucky to catch our final butterfly hatch from its chrysalis. 

 Thank you to the Reynold's who provided us with a delicious Chicken Soup, Elmore Mt. Bread, and Birthday cupcakes for dessert on Friday!  

Please email me you lunch orders ASAP this week!

Friday Family Hot Lunch will be pizza, salad, and fruit, provided by the Fuller Family!  

Announcements:

• Please send extra shoes or slippers for indoors
• Students need sneakers for PE on Thursday
• No School, Wednesday October 5th (Yom Kippur)
• We will begin having ECO on Thursday, October 6th (Every Thursday thru December and March thru June) - Please fill our and return the permission form found in last weeks Friday Folder.  
• Parent Teacher Conferences, Monday October 10th (No School) please call the school to sign up if you have not already scheduled an appointment.
• Field Trip to The Elmore Fire Station on Friday, October 14th.  

leaf rubbings

Hermit Island Campground crew!