Weekly Update

Just a quick update....

• Readers Challenge: commitment paper came home today. This is optional and the book reports are on one of our blog's activity websites.
• The girls are not consistently bringing their red homework folders on the first day of each week or their resting mat/towel. Please help them with this responsibility.
• Wednesday is our field trip to Panola Mountain! Please remember to dress your little one for the weather and pack a lunch in disposable containers only (NO lunch will be provided by the school).
• Sign up for parent-teacher conferences on the class writeboard.
• Please review address and phone number with your little darling...we are assessing this week for the first trimester.
• This week we are working on the letters Bb & Kk, day and night, pumpkins, and sequencing. We are also wrapping our "My Place in the World" unit.

Oh, my goodness!!

Wow, I haven't blogged in some time!! I am so sorry about that! There has been so many inconsistencies with sickness, fall break, etc. But here is some general info and updates to get things caught up.

News to Know

• Field trip permission slips and money were due yesterday for our Panola Mountain field trip. If you have not sent those in, we are resending the paperwork. It must be turned in tomorrow to ensure a space for your little darling on the trip. Don't forget to pack a lunch next Wednesday for the trip in disposable containers!
• With the arrival of the cooler weather we are wearing sweaters, coats, jackets, gloves, hats, etc. Please be sure that these are all labeled so that in case they are misplaced, we have a better chance at recovery!
• Noon dismissal on this Thursday, October 22.
• Lunch menus MUST be turned in for November on Thursday as well.
• Saturday is the IWIA International Festival from 3pm - 6pm. Please see the school website for more information.
• Parent teacher conferences are on Thursday, November 12. Check the writeboard soon for a time slot.
• We are low on tagboard (a bit thicker than posterboard, but thinner than cardboard). We use this for templates and stencils. If you come across pieces we can recycle into use in the room, please send it our way....you might come across it as support in a package, dividers in paper, the back of a notebook, etc.

Academic Update

• We are now writing our first and last names on our assignments. Please continue to use the handwriting practice sheet at home with washable markers.
• This week we are continuing with our "My Place in the World" IB unit. We are focusing on living or non-living and rocks and soils. Also, we are continuing our learning of fall with a focus on apples. We will even have a taste test on Friday to see similarities and differences between different varieties. We are working on the letters Ll and Hh, their sounds , and formations and main idea in reading groups. In math, we are reinforcing patterning, number writing, matching numbers to corresponding sets, and graphs.
• Next week: Bb & Kk, pumpkins, day and night, and our field trip to Panola Mountain
• Sight word testing will be completed today for last week and on Monday for this week. No sight word testing on this Friday.....next Monday. Then back on regular schedule.

Class News

• Thanks again go out to the volunteers that have been helping in the classroom. Your time and talent is greatly appreciated!
• Thanks to all of those who participated in the Sally Foster sale! WE WON THE $50 PRIZE for the highest percentage of participants!! YEAH!!
• Please be reminded that IWIA does not accept checks for field trips, etc. Please send cash only!
• We have been working on alternatives to tattling in the class. We encourage the girls to solve their problems on their own by talking to their friend first, telling them what they don't like, or ignoring the problem. They should try these before coming to a teacher.