Friday, October 30, 2015

October 30, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we discussed how weather can affect how we dress. (Sylyss)
We reviewed this weeks new words (Annie, at, has, not) and letters d and s.
We used our imagination to write what a scarecrow would do if it came to life! (Skyler)
We used Mrs. Pandov's old wallet to practice solving addition and subtraction word problems. (Xavier) We called this pocket problems.
We talked about the ways some of our families celebrate Halloween (our traditions). (Mia)
**I gave the kids a Halloween post card with safety tips! We will talk about Personal Safety next week so this was a great introduction!
Have a great weekend!

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please click on the November Newsletter/Homework tab above if you have not already done so!
*Please return small group books in blue folders on Monday if your child still has it at home. I collected most today. (I will begin assessments next week so I will not be meeting with all groups, just an FYI.)
*The Can Food Drive ended today! Thank you so much for helping us with this community service project!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

October 29, 2015

Dear Families,
Due to our late start day, I am writing our email.
Today we heard the Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything song! Then students used all the pictures they colored yesterday to make the scarecrow the little old lady saw in the story!
We practiced writing complete sentences.
We looked at water that was frozen in different shapes of containers. We observed how the waters solid shape differed in each container.

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please click on the November Newsletter/Homework tab above!
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! I will collect these books on Fridays!
*The Can Food Drive will end tomorrow! Thank you for helping us with this community service project!

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

October 28, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we went to the computer lab! (Anthony)
We watched a video showing the way water freezes in the freezer! (Jack)
We found words in our poems that start with the letters d and s! (Rachel)
We worked on our stories in writing workshop! (Annie)
A dancer came to our class today and taught us a dance as a form of expression! (Ariana)
We reviewed the names of shapes and found them on our scarecrows in math.
We heard the story the Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything! (Iris) We colored some pictures of things from the story.

Reminders/Class Information:
*Tomorrow is Collaboration day! Remember school starts at 10:40am.
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! I will collect these books on Fridays!
*The Can Food Drive will end on Friday! Thank you for helping us with this community service project!
*Today was the last day to order Square 1 Art.
*Please sign the top line on the Report card envelope and return the envelope! You can keep the white report card!

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

October 27, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we went to art and made self portraits! (Stella)
We heard the story Leaf Man! (Beckett)
We made our own Leaf Man characters out of leaves! 
We practiced writing the letters d and s! (Jaxson)
We got to see our class t-shirts designed on our shirts! (Hyrum)They turned out super cute! If you ordered a shirt, they will be in your child's backpack today! 
We used counters to help us solve some number stories in math. (Jada)
We watched ice change into a liquid then a gas! (Alicia)
We went to library! Please remember to leave library books in backpacks so our kids can get new books on library day.

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! 
*The Can Food Drive will continue this week! Thank you for helping us with this community service project!
*Please place your Square 1 Art orders by October 28 if you are interested. Also check student picture packets if you are interested in ordering pictures.
*Please sign the top line on the Report card envelope and return the envelope! You can keep the white report card!

Monday, October 26, 2015

October 26, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we talked about places we see water and ways we use water! (Skyler)
We learned about the letters d and s! (Kenna)
We read the story Dog Breath and focused on the stories illustrations. (Kap) We could see the characters expressions in the story.
We talked about the importance of finishing an illustration before starting another illustration in our own stories. 
We started working on number stories in math! (Eric)
We investigated the parts of a leaf! (Josie)

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! A lot of our kiddos are not having them when I call their group. (I will reassess reading levels in a few weeks.)
*The Can Food Drive will continue this week! Thank you for helping us with this community service project!
*Please place your Square 1 Art orders by October 28 if you are interested. Also check student picture packets if you are interested in ordering pictures.
*Please sign the top line on the Report card envelope and return the envelope! You can keep the white report card!

Friday, October 23, 2015

October 23, 2015

Dear Families,
We practiced writing Xavier's name and our new sight words (are, here, look, have, my). (Alicia)
We made a cloud picture using our cotton balls from yesterday! (Anthony)
We practiced listening for beginning sounds in words! (Jack)
We focused on using color to add detail to our illustrations in writing workshop! ( Hyrum)
In math, we worked on writing the numbers 19 and 20. (Kenna)
We talked about our sense of taste. Then we got a 5 Sense sort! (Stella)

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! (
I will reassess reading levels in a few weeks.)
*The Can Food Drive will continue next week! Thank you for helping us with this community service project!
*Please place your Square 1 Art orders by October 28 if you are interested. Also check student picture packets if you are interested in ordering pictures.

*Please sign the top line on the Report card envelope and return the envelope! You can keep the white report card!

Thursday, October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015

Dear Families,
We practiced writing complete sentences. (Skyler)
We are focusing on adding details to our pictures in writing workshop! (Rachel)
In math, we worked on writing the numbers 17 and 18. (Mia)
 If students finished early, they got an October calendar missing numbers. Check to see how they did independently.
We reviewed what we have learned about clouds! 
Then we pretended cotton balls were cumulus clouds and used straws to see who could blow their "cloud" the fastest! (Josie)

Reminders/Class Information:
*Please remember to leave small group books in blue folders DAILY so they can be switched out easily! If your child does not have their take home folder, their book will stay at school. 
***I will reassess reading levels in a few weeks.
*The Can Food Drive started this week! Please help us with this community service project!
*Please place your Square 1 Art orders by October 28 if you are interested. 

*Report cards are going home today! Please sign the top line on the envelope and return the envelope tomorrow! You can keep the white report card!
*Fall pictures are going home today too. Ordering information is inside the packet!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

October 21, 2015

Dear Families,
We started the day in music! (Jada)
Then we went to the computer lab! (Xavier)
We practiced writing the letters a and g. (Annie)
In math, we worked on writing the numbers 15 and 16. (Kap) If students finished early, they got a September calendar missing numbers. Check to see how they did independently.
We talked about ways clouds can be measured and drew our observations in our science notebooks. (Megan)

Reminders/Class Information:
*As you know, I started my small reading groups. After I meet with your chid's group, I will send home the book I instructed on in take home folders. Please read these with your child but return in blue folders DAILY so it can be switched out easily!If your child does not have their take home folder, their book will stay at school.
***If their book seems easy, please remember we work on various phonic skills and comprehension skills in addition to reading them together! Levels change very quickly. I will reassess levels in a few weeks.
*The Can Food Drive started this week! Please help us with this community service project!
*Please place your Square 1 Art orders by October 28 if you are interested. 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

October 20, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we talked about our sense of sight and how it helps us observe things around us! (Josie)
We found a and g words in our poems! (Eric)
We talked about using shapes in our illustrations! (Cash)
We practiced writing 13 and 14 and making their sets. (Ariana)
We discussed how clouds can change! (Anthony)


Reminders/Class Information:
*This week I am starting my small reading groups. After I meet with your chid's group, I will send home the book I instructed on in take home folders. Please read these with your child but return in blue folders DAILY so it can be switched out easily!If your child does not have their take home folder, their book will stay at school.Thanks so much!
*The Can Food Drive started yesterday! Please help us with this community service project!

*Today I'm sending your child's Square 1 Art packet. If you are interested in ordering, you can until October 28. 

Monday, October 19, 2015

October 19, 2015

Dear Families,
This week we are talking about our five senses!
Today we talked about our sense of touch. (Jada)
We learned about the letters a and g!(Ariana)
We are focusing our attention on our illustrations in writing workshop!
We practiced writing the numbers 11 and 12. (Stella) 
We started our weather unit on clouds today! We drew our cloud observations in our science notebooks! (Kenna)

Class information:
*This week I am starting my small reading groups. After I meet with your chid's group, I will send home the book I instructed on in take home folders. Please read these with your child but return in blue folders DAILY so it can be switched out easily! If your child does not have their take home folder, their book will stay at school. Thanks so much!
The Can Food Drive starts today! Please help us with this community service project!


Wednesday, October 14, 2015

October 14, 2015

Dear Families,
 Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to meet with me. I had a great time meeting with you! Your time and involvement is appreciated! I hope you and your families have a great fall break!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

October 13, 2015

Dear Families.
We went to PE! (Cash)
We read the story Grumpy Cat! (Kap)
We looked at the illustrations and talked about how important they are to readers!
We made a graph showing how many people carve pumpkins! (Hyrum)
More people in our class have carved pumpkins!
We matched pictures to their seasons! (Xavier)
Please remember no school tomorrow!

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please remember the conference date/time you signed up for on SignUp Genius. I look forward to seeing you!
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/or send $10 in cash or check to school to get a class shirt!  If you are sending cash or checks please put $ in an envelope with the size of the shirt needed somewhere on the envelope. Please place your orders by Tuesday, October 13th! Thanks so much for your patience with this process!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food Drive:  October 19th – 30th.  

Monday, October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we used our wind gauges to measure wind! (Anthony)
We practiced putting sentences in order in our new Fall booklet! (Alicia)
We talked about the importance of our illustrations in writing workshop.
Then we drew our own illustrations for JWE's yearbook cover contest! (Jack)
We used 10 beads on a string to help us make numbers lots of ways! (Megan)
We talked about the season Fall!

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please remember the conference date/time you signed up for on SignUp Genius. I look forward to seeing you!
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
or send $10 in cash or check to school to get a class shirt!  If you are sending cash or checks please put $ in an envelope with the size of the shirt needed somewhere on the envelope. Please place your orders by Tuesday, October 13th! Thanks so much for your patience with this process!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food Drive:  October 19th – 30th.  

Friday, October 9, 2015

October 9, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we made a wind gauge! (Iris)
We practiced writing the letters c and o, along with the words am, my, and Jaxson! (Eric)
We wrote about a way we can take care of our bodies. (Rachel)
We played a card game in math. (Annie)
We reviewed what we have learned about our skeleton, brain, heart, and lungs. 
We went to the ABL lab! (Mia)

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please remember the conference date/time you signed up for on SignUp Genius. I look forward to seeing you!
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! 
Currently 11 students have purchased shirts! The deadline to order has been extended so please order if you haven't done so yet! If you are having trouble ordering online, call Elaine Asher at 918-299-4415 X5601. Sorry for the difficulties!  

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food Drive:  October 19th – 30th.  Flyer will be available on Peach-Jar soon.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

October 8, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we watched a video on wind and drew our observations in our science notebooks! (Josie)
We practiced writing complete sentences with capitals, spaces, and ending marks. (Megan)
We cleaned out our writing workshop folders today! (Jaxson)
Please check take home folders today to see writing workshop stories your child wrote this quarter! They can be kept at home!
In math, we practiced writing the numbers 6-10! (Skyler)
We talked about our heart and lungs today! (Beckett)

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please remember the conference date/time you signed up for on SignUp Genius. I look forward to seeing you!
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! October 9th is the last day to order! If you are having trouble ordering online, call Elaine Asher at 918-299-4415 X5601. Sorry for the difficulties!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food Drive:  October 19th – 30th.  Flyer will be available on Peach-Jar soon.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

October 7, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we went to Art! We created a landscape and got to paint!
While we were in computer lab we had an unexpected evacuation. There was a gas leak but our class was safe in building D until the problem was resolved.
We talked about our brain and skulls! We found out our brain is an organ that tells other parts what to do!
We found words that start with c and o in our poems.
We read our revised stories to our friends in writer's workshop.
We practiced writing the numbers 0-5 in math.
Today we started our weather unit on wind!

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please remember the conference date/time you signed up for on SignUp Genius. I look forward to seeing you!
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! October 9th is the last day to order! If you are having trouble ordering online, call Elaine Asher at 918-299-4415 X5601. Sorry for the difficulties!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food Drive:  October 19th – 30th.  Flyer will be available on Peach-Jar soon.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

October 6, 2015

Dear Families,
We worked with our friends to make a rain gauge! (Stella)
We will use them on rainy days!
Today we practiced writing the letters c and o correctly. (Iris)
We worked on final revisions in writers workshop. We checked to see that we are using lowercase letters in our writing not just capitals!
We made a birthday graph as a class. October has the most birthdays! (Anthony)
We also learned a new dice game!
We learned that animals have skeletons too! (Mia)

REMINDERS/Upcoming Events:
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! October 9th is the last day to order! If you are having trouble ordering online, call Elaine Asher at 
918-299-4415 X5601. Sorry for the difficulties!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com
*Canned Food DriveOctober 19th – 30th.  Flyer will be available on Peach-Jar soon.

Monday, October 5, 2015

October 5, 2015

Dear Families,
We learned about the letters c and o! (Kap)
We worked on final revisions in writers workshop by focusing on our words.
We talked about our skeleton today. (Rachel)
We found out it has 3 functions: gives us shape, allows us to move, and protects our organs!
We practiced putting numbers in sequence. (Beckett) You can do Home Link 7-14 to practice this skill at home.
We celebrated Ms. Allison's birthday!
We used a rain gauge to measure rain! (Annie)
We started our new IB unit on Expression!

REMINDERS:
*Please go online to buy our class shirt for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! Some of you contacted me saying you had problems ordering. I just logged on and it looks like the kinks have been fixed. You should be able to find my name with the other teachers (it's not in ABC order) AND you can pick shirt sizes! October 9th is the last day to order!

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com

Friday, October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we practiced writing this weeks words (and, the, I, you, Corbin) and letters (i,u) on our tables! (Jada)
We watched a video on precipiation! (Skyler)
We drew our observations in our science notebook.
We worked on revising our stories in writing workshop. Adding more words and detail to pictures was our focus. (Jack)
We used our calculators to skip count! (Cash)
We finished our IB booklets on healthy lifestyles today!
We went to the ABL lab! (Ariana)
Have a great weekend!

REMINDERS:
*You can buy our class shirt online for $10! https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/
Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! 

*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com

Thursday, October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015

Dear Families,
Happy October! Since our afternoon was busy due to Jog-A-Thon, I told the kids that I would send today's message!
Today we heard a story called Julia and Teresa's Wacky Weather Day. We discussed the word precipitation and identified the kind of precipitation that happened in the story!
We practiced writing complete sentences on our dry erase boards.
We ran at our Jog-A-Thon! Thanks to all our parent volunteers and for all the donations from our families! Our class raised $624.69!
We discussed revision in writer's workshop. We talked about the importance of adding more words and more details in our pictures.
We practiced counting by 2's using our 100 chart!
We drew a picture of an active exercise and an inactive activity!
**Our class earned our 5th star as a class! To celebrate they voted on bringing a favorite stuff animal that fits in their backpack to school tomorrow!

Reminders:
*Please click above to read our October newsletter! I sent the October family craft paper mentioned in the newsletter in folders yesterday!
*Our class still needs 10 2 liter bottles and 6 paper towel rolls for some science experiments next week. I do not need paper towels just the rolls! If you have any please send to class!
*You can buy our class shirt online for $10! 
https://ok-jenks.intouchreceipting.com/

Purchasing a shirt is not mandatory, however we will have opportunities this year to wear them together!Parents are free to buy a shirt also! 
*Please make sure to email Jesse Crain our room mom so she can have your email address! I am having trouble sending her your emails! crainarama@hotmail.com