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Reminders

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1-  Check your child’s blue folder nightly. 

2- Please dress your child properly for the weather.  We strongly recommend labeling coats, gloves, etc. It has turned very cold and is expected to snow.  I cannot stress enough the need to send your student with a warm coat and protective wear.  

3- TUESDAY: Library day- Please make sure your child’s library book is returned Tuesday morning.  

4- FRIDAY: 
   Homework due
   Spelling and sort test

5- Please help your student answer the Question of the Week on our blog.  Each student will have an opportunity to post a question throughout this school year.  This will be part of their technology grade and is part of our technology standards.  Click here: Question of the Week

6- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.

7- How is your moon watching coming along?  We will be collecting these this week if you haven’t already had your student turn them in.  Click here for more information: Moon Watcher’s Journal.

8- Our Scholastic Book Order is due November 19th.  However, I have decided to extend the book order due date until next week, to ensure they are here for Christmas-books make fantastic, inexpensive gifts.  Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books.  And books are great Christmas gifts.  If you are ordering books for a gift let me know and I will allow you to come pick them up in the classroom so they can remain a surprise. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

Homework 11/2-11/6

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1- Math Homework:  
**Please do the ODD problems this week for math homework.
*Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction) regularly by utilizing any of the math facts activities listed here: Math Facts Activities (You might try activity #7: Front Row Ed Fact Practice if you haven’t already.  Students who don’t like being timed are really liking this one!  Our class code is tcri3k)
  
2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids.  Our class Raz-Kids login is: anelson74

Remember we are working on earning “Book It” Pizza coupons.  Students will receive theirFREE personal pizza coupon when they have read 80 minutes a week (or more) for 4 weeks.

3- Spelling City High Frequency Homework: practice worth 20 points.  

**To practice this week’s high fluency words play any game in “Vocabulary Spelling City” under Week 10.  For Spelling City, here are the steps: Go to questac.org> Click on the “For Students” tab>Click on “Student Links”> Scroll down and click on “Vocabulary Spelling City”>Click on the  BLUE Log In tab at the top right corner>Student username is: Firstname.lastname>Password is: rams>Click on “login”>Cick on the RED ARROW next to SPELLING LIST WEEK 10>Click on any game listed.  

4- Weekly Word Sort and High Frequency Word homework.  Here is the link to print our weekly homework form: Weekly-Homework-Organizer-Form

High Frequency Words for this week are:
an
their
there
her
can
REVIEW WORDS:
friend
when
one
SENTENCE
She is with the dog.

SPELLING SENTENCE  7 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word,  1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)
SORT GROUPS: 
RED GROUP: Payton E, Bryton
PINK GROUP: Leah, Peyton S
YELLOW GROUP:  Charlie, Kaylee, Brynn, Kyler, Owen, Jessica, London, Isaac, Isabella, Jake, Saelim, Tegan, Clay, Hannah, Spencer
GREEN GROUP: Bryker, Rosa
BLUE GROUP: Kathlyn, Tenaya, Alexa, Athena
PURPLE GROUP: Adalai

**Note: Many cards are pictures, please encourage your child to spell as much of the word as they can. Pictures are used so the students will listen to the letter sounds rather than just look for the letter that matches their header.**

Homework 10/18-10/22

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There will be ONLY reading homework this week due to it being the end of term and short week.  However, your child can practice with base ten lesson information at home if they like.  

Our Class Halloween Party is Friday, October 30 at 11:30am.  We are requesting a $2 donation to help pay for the party treats and supplies.  You may pay at the Q1 office or online: Quest Online Payments  (please enter the amount of your choice in the OTHER box).

If your child is allergic to sugar cookies, frosting, decorating candies, etc., please arrange to have your child bring a treat for themselves on the day of our Halloween party in lieu of providing a donation.  Thank you!

Also, please sign the below permission slip for our Halloween Party if you have not done so already: 
Halloween Party Permission Slip

1- No Math Homework this week:  
NOTE: Lesson 8 is tricky and your child may need your extra support!  If your child is struggling, have them draw base ten cubes (the orange “rods” and “ones” in the example).  Have them draw an extra ten rod when they need “ten more” or cross off/erase a ten rod when they need “ten less”.  If you have some crafter’s plastic mesh, it can be cut into tens and ones to be used as a manipulative.
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2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids.  Our class Raz-Kids login is: anelson74

3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. Click here: Timed Fluency Practice
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader.  It will also count toward your 20 reading minutes.  Time your student for one minute.  Record the number of words they were able to read in one minute. 

High Frequency Words for this week are:
not
have
this
by
were
REVIEW WORDS:
they
with
from
SENTENCE
They are on the rug.

SPELLING SENTENCE  7 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word,  1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)

Moon Watchers

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Screen Shot 2015-10-08 at 9.50.12 AMYour child can print the “Moon Journal” by clicking above and keep it in the homework folder for about a month, so they will be able to observe the moon either during recess or at home and draw an accurate picture of the shape of the moon they saw that day.  We will continue for about a month or so to give the kids a chance to see the moon as it goes through all of its phases (full, three quarter, half, crescent, and new) and also because there will undoubtedly be some cloudy days that prevent us from seeing the moon.  Thanks for all your help and encouragement!  Happy Moon Watching!
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Where’s the moon right now? 
moonTo see when the moon is rising, setting, and which phase it is in, here’s a great link to follow: Moonrise, moonset, and moon phases
Right now, the best time to see the moon is early in the morning and it’s just a small crescent (the next new moon is on October 12th).  If your child doesn’t get a chance to see the moon for a few days, don’t worry–we will take some time to fill out our moon journals and just do the best we can :) 

Homework Sept. 28-Oct. 2

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1- Math Homework:  
*Complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds) on the worksheets that will be coming home in the homework folder on Monday Sept. 28 (No need to print anything out)
*Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction) regularly by utilizing any of the math facts activities listed here: Math Facts Activities (You might try activity #7: Front Row Ed Fact Practice if you haven’t already.  Students who don’t like being timed are really liking this one!  Our class code is tcri3k)
  
2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids.  Our class Raz-Kids login is: anelson74

3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. Click here: Timed Fluency Practice
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader.  It will also count toward your 20 reading minutes.  Time your student for one minute.  Record the number of words they were able to read in one minute. 

4- Weekly Word Sort and High Frequency Word homework.  Here is the link to print our weekly homework form: Weekly-Homework-Organizer-Form

High Frequency Words for this week are:
are
they
with
be
his
REVIEW WORDS:
for
as
you
SENTENCE
He was sad.

SPELLING SENTENCE  5 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word,  1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)
SORT GROUPS: 
RED GROUP: Payton E, Bryton
PINK GROUP: Leah, Peyton S
YELLOW GROUP:  Charlie, Kaylee, Brynn, Kyler, Owen, Jessica, London, Isaac, Isabella, Jake, Saelim, Tegan, Clay, Hannah, Spencer
GREEN GROUP: Bryker, Rosa
BLUE GROUP: Kathlyn, Tenaya, Alexa, Athena
PURPLE GROUP: Adalai

**Note: Many cards are pictures, please encourage your child to spell as much of the word as they can. Pictures are used so the students will listen to the letter sounds rather than just look for the letter that matches their header.**

Book it & Question of the Week

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pizza hutOur class is participating in the “Book It! Read your heart out” program.  Our goal is for each student to read 80 minutes each week.  Once a month awards will be given to all students who have achieved this goal.  Please print out the monthly reading log for your student.  I will collect them the last school day of every month. Click here to print the monthly reading log: Book It Reading Log Happy reading :)

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: 
** Something new**  Each week we will have a question of the week, posted by one of our students.  Please help your student answer the question by having your student leave a comment on that post.  Thank you!

“What do you like to do with your family?” by Saelim 

Reminders & Tower of Books Challenge

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**Dollar dress down day is tomorrow.  For $1 your student can dress down and not wear their uniform.  Clothing must still follow dress code rules. Clothing must have sleeves, no short shorts, no flip flops, etc. Money is turned into the red POQA Donation bin in the classroom first thing in the morning**
DolllarTomorrow, Friday, September 25th, is a $1 Dress-Down Day and Early 1:00 Release! 
1-  Check your child’s Homework folder nightly. Return them with their ” BOOK BUDDY BAG” every day to get them a new reading book. If their form isn’t signed they read the book, they will keep the same book. (Or if your child doesn’t turn it in the bin every morning with their homework folder)

2– FRIDAY:  
   Reading Homework due
   Spelling and sort test

3- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels

4- Our Scholastic Book Order is due September 25th.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

5- Help support STEM: Family Portrait Fundraiser

6- We have the STEM Lab on Monday afternoon.  There were a handful of students that were “kicked” out of the lab for disruptive, disrespectful behavior.  Please help to remind your students that this is a very neat educational experience that most students do not get the opportunity of having.  Additionally, that it is very important to follow the rules and expectations of the school to respect the school, classroom, others, and yourself.  Thank you for your continuing efforts to assist us curbing this issue. 

Dear Parents,

     Welcome to the Tower of Books Challenge, an independent reading challenge for your child! Here’s how it works:

     The goal for your student is to read all of the books from the categories listed on the paper sent home, with the option of “stacking up” to other lists that will be available.  Each student will check off one of the boxes each time a book is read.  After checking off 5 boxes, it’s time for him/her to add on to… The Tower of Books, which will be displayedTower of Books outside the library for all to see.  When a student is ready to add to the Tower, he/she must complete the following steps:

  1. Bring in his/her list, signed by a parent, to the library

  2. Get a book template

  3. Fill in the information for one of the books read

  4. Fold the template & glue it into its 3-D shape

  5. Receive a prize (Prizes will only be given when the book has been filled out, folded, & brought back to the library.)

     Each class will be competing against the other classes in their grade to see which class will be the “master stackers”.  At the end of the year, the classes with the highest stacks will be awarded certificates & a small prize.

     Your children will hopefully get a “taste” of some different genres of books they may not have read before, all while having fun keeping track of their reading & watching the stacks grow.

  Thank you for your support with this!