Good Morning Parents,

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, here are a couple house keeping things to go over:

Please fill out this form indicating whether or not you give permission for your child to accept treats from other students on Valentine’s Day: https://forms.gle/ewdv9UR7biAVs5TP7

If you do not fill this out, I will assume that your student does not have permission to participate in the treat exchange and I will have an alternate activity. These treats will not be consumed in class, they will be sent home at the end of the day.

For a treat box, have it big enough to fit on their desk and to hold up to 27 items varying in size. Make sure the opening is 3×5 or 3×6 inches to fit treats through. That morning, your students are welcome to drop off their box in the classroom so they are not carrying it around outside. Please only bring them the day of, not the day before.

Please only address the treats as who they are from. This will allow the exchange to go smooth and quick.

If you are wanting to volunteer for our Valentine’s Party, it is from 12:00-1:00. I am needing 6 volunteers with these activities:
– Game
– Game
– Game/Craft
– Craft

Please email me stating you are wanting to volunteer. It will be a first come, first serve basis.

Thank you!
Mrs. McLaughlin

This week we will be going over:
ELA: Compare and Contrast – I can retell a story by comparing what is the same and what is different in a story.
Math: 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction – I can add and subtract 3-digit numbers using strategies based on place value.
Phonics: R-Controlled Sounds – I can read words with an r-controlled sound (er, ur, ir, or).
Sight Words: Week 4.2 – You can create flashcards, have your students use them in a story, or use them in sentences.

What is coming home this week?
There is a new reading and sight words tracker coming home. It is on a teal blue paper. Please ensure your child is reading and practicing their sight words!
Also coming home this week are your child’s grades and middle of year scores. This will be folded in half with a bright paper on the outside.

Reminders:
– Our library day is on Mondays- please make sure your student’s library book comes back with them after the weekend. Please bring them back tomorrow if your child forgot them today.
– With it getting colder, please make sure you are sending your child with weather appropriate clothing!

Hello Parents!

Here is the link for the PTC sign ups: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAAA82AA7FEC25-54450582-mclaughlin

If there are any changes that need to be made to your time slots please let me know ASAP so I can change them on my end.

Thank you!
Mrs. McLaughlin

This week we will be going over:
ELA: Ask and Answer Questions – I can ask and answer questions that help me think about important details.
Math: 3-Digit Subtraction – I can subtract 3-digit numbers using strategies based on place value.
Phonics: Schwa – I can read words with the schwa sound (short u sound on vowels)
Sight Words: Please review 3.1-3.5. You can do one section of sight words a day or mix them up.

What is coming home this week?
There is a new reading and sight words tracker coming home. It is on a light purple paper. Please ensure your child is reading and practicing their sight words!

We are celebrating:
– Emrie’s Star Student
– Emrie’s Birthday

Reminders:
– Our library day is on Mondays- please make sure your student’s library book comes back with them after the weekend. Please bring them back tomorrow if your child forgot them today.
– Middle of Year testing is this week. Please read with your child and review math that we have covered so far.

This week we will be going over:
ELA: Author’s Purpose – I can identify the author’s purpose with two or more key details.
Math: 3-Digit Numbers and Place Value – I am learning how the digits of a three-digit number represent the amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
Phonics: Long I – I can read and spell words with the long i sounds (i, i_e, ie, _y, igh).
Sight Words: We are on week 3.2. You may make flashcards of the sight words and have your student read and spell each word. For a challenge, have your students write the sight words in sentences or a story.

What is coming home this week?
There is a new reading and sight words tracker coming home. It is on a dark green paper. Please ensure your child is reading and practicing their sight words!

Their 1st math book is coming home. If your child is involved in tutoring or needs extra practice with those concepts, please use the extra pages we did not get to in the book for help!

We are celebrating:
– Drew’s Star Student Week.
– Autumn’s Birthday
– Maysen’s Half Birthday

Reminders:
– Our library day is on Mondays- please make sure your student’s library book comes back with them after the weekend. Please bring them back tomorrow if your child forgot them today.
– If you have not filled out the food permission form, please do so here: https://forms.gle/Qvr453UL576XMp5u9 We would like to have popcorn and some smarties for our Winter Party. We will also be starting Christmas Around the World, where sometimes we will try holiday foods from different countries. This needs to be filled out in order for your student to participate in these things.

This week we will be going over:
ELA: Visualize – I can visualize a poem to understand the theme.
Math: Word Problems with Money – I can solve word problems with money.
Phonics: Consonant Trigraphs (spr, str, scr, shr, thr, spl) – I can read words with consonant trigraphs.
Sight Words: We are on week 2.5. You may make flashcards of the sight words and have your student read and spell each word. For a challenge, have your students write the sight words in sentences or a story.

What is coming home this week?
There is a new reading and sight words tracker coming home. It is on a bright orange paper. Please ensure your child is reading and practicing their sight words!

We are celebrating:
– Gage’s Star Student week!

Reminders:
– Our library day is on Mondays- please make sure your student’s library book comes back with them after the weekend. Please bring them back tomorrow if your child forgot them today.
– Please bring supplies for the diorama this Wednesday!
– If you are able to volunteer with the dioramas this Thursday, please email me! I would like one more person for help.

This week we will be going over:
ELA: Retell – I can read the story and retell in sequential order.
Math: Addition and Subtraction with 2-digit numbers in one-step word problems– I can fluently add and subtract 2-digit numbers within 100 using with one-step word problems.
Phonics: Consonant Digraphs (ch, th, ng, wh, ph, sh) – I can read words with consonant digraphs.
Sight Words: We are on week 2.4. You may make flashcards of the sight words and have your student read and spell each word. For a challenge, have your students write the sight words in sentences or a story.

What is coming home this week?
There is a new reading and sight words tracker coming home. It is on a light purple paper. Please ensure your child is reading and practicing their sight words!

We are celebrating:
– Chloe’s Star Student week!
– Chloe’s Birthday on 11/4!

Reminders:
– Our library day is on Mondays- please make sure your student’s library book comes back with them after the weekend. Late notices for library books will be coming home on Friday.
– Please bring supplies for the diorama next Wednesday!
– If you are able to volunteer with the dioramas next Thursday and Friday, please email me!

Dear Families,

We have an exciting project coming up in science! Each student will create an animal diorama using a shoebox or a box no larger than a small laptop. Your child has already selected their animal and started to do some research. Please help them gather supplies to bring to school on Wednesday, November 13. We will work on the dioramas on Thursday & Friday of that week. The students will then display them the next week, on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 2:20-3:00. Parents are welcome to attend this event. 

We will like some help on that Thursday, November 14th from 2:20-3:00 and Friday, November 15th from 12:20-1:00 to assist with putting together dioramas. If you can volunteer during this time please email me.

Thank you for your cooperation in making this a fun and educational experience for our students!

Supplies: (Bring Wed., Nov. 13)

• Shoe box or smaller box
• Plastic animal (that they researched)
• Rocks, sticks, misc. decorations for the habitat

(Any supplies provided will be hot glued in, please don’t send valuable items)

Here are some examples of what the finished product will look like.