Math

In math your child will be working on various addition strategies in the upcoming weeks such as:

• Count On's
• Doubles
• Doubles+1
• Fast 9's
• Ten Facts

Upcoming Dates

Friday, Nov. 3rd- Monthly Reward-Bring a stuffed animal to school
Monday, Nov. 6th- Teacher Workshop Day- No School
Thursday, November 9th- Book Orders Due
 

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Nov. 7-10

One-Syllable Words

1. bright

2. pie

3. sigh

4. high

5. flight

6. lie

Two-Syllable Words

7. brightly

8. lightning

9. tighten

Math Problems of the Week

Keep having your child study his/her addition and subtraction facts at home. Your child is tested weekly on how well he or she knows their facts.

           6+4=                                     3+7=                                     7+3=

           4+6=                                     10+0=                                    8+2=

           0+10=                                   9+1=                                      1+9=

 

Guided Reading

This week during whole group reading instruction and during small group reading instruction our class worked on identifying the main idea and supporting details to go along with the main idea. Please remember to sign your child's yellow guided reading sheet for reading and for math every night. Thanks for continuing to promote a love of reading with your child!

Upcoming Dates

Saturday, Oct. 28th- Halloween Carnival (3:00-5:00)

Phonics

In phonics your child worked with words that had the

long o sound within them as in boat, show, and toe. We spent a lot of time this week focusing on the letter patterns oa, oe, and ow within words.

Spelling Words

Oct. 30-Nov. 3rd

One-Syllable Words

1. dream

2. feel

3. yield

4. cream

5. wheel

6. field

Two-Syllable Words

7. greedy

8. increase

9. relief

Fall Festivities

On Tuesday, October 31st, some academics for the day will focus around Halloween/Fall. Throughout the day our class will go to Mr. Hammerschmidt’s classroom, Mrs. Skay's classroom, and our classroom to do several Halloween/Fall related academic activities. If your child chooses, he/she may change into their Halloween costume at 2:20. Please note that having your child wear a costume is entirely up to you. If you choose to send candy to school on this day, just remember that all candy brought to school must be store bought! There are 16 students in our classroom.

Happy Halloween!

    

Guided Reading Bookbags

Please make sure your child reads the assigned book in his/her bookbag each night. Please note that most of the time students will meet with me every other day for reading groups. If your child has the same book in his/her bookbag for two nights please do a reread with that book. If your child has the same book in his/her bookbag for more than two nights then just have your child select a book from home to read for enjoyment until your child gets a new book from school. Every night that your child reads at home please initial the yellow reading sheet in your child's bookbag.

Math

In math students have been working on being able to read, write, and represent numbers up to 1,000. Students have also been working on number sense by being able to identify numbers that are 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less when given a three digit number. Students have also been comparing numbers using the greater and less than symbols and students have been putting three digit numbers in order from least to greatest.

Pizza Hut Certificates

Throughout the year your child may receive the following Pizza Hut certificate for getting his/her yellow reading sheet signed daily. The following certificate can be used at any Pizza Hut and the certificate can also be used for 1 free game of bowling at the Annandale Bowling Alley. Thanks for continuing to foster a love of reading at home!

The Change in Seasons

The chilliness has arrived in the air.  Please start sending to school with your child a hat, mittens/gloves, and a warm winter coat!

Mr. Ronnenberg's Blog

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Soccer fun! I am so sorry for the late blog post on soccer...  I am attempting to post some videos of our time in PE and struggling, but it will work out.  Until then... Primary grades worked on kicking, passing, trapping, and even goal tending.  We have spent time working on understanding our right from our left and figuring out which side we prefer to use.  Intermediate grades are expanding on their skills with fun lead up games like "Endline soccer" and "Solf"!  We culminated our soccer unit with small sided games. at the end of September Here are some of the pics from the end of September.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Oct. 16th- Evening Conferences
Tuesday, Oct. 17th- Evening Conferences
Wednesday, Oct. 18th- Elementary No School, All Day Conferences
Thursday, Oct. 19th- No School
Friday, Oct. 20th- No School

Math Problems of the Week (Do not need to be turned in.)

¨ Draw a picture and write a story about 9+7.

¨ Using some coins at home have your child make: 

.21cents, .54cents and .76cents.

¨ Have your child circle all of the even numbers: 14, 25, 37, 43, 58, 61, 79, 80, 99

Social Studies

In social studies your child has been learning about communities by building a business community. Students also made workers to go along with each of the businesses they built and students spent time writing job descriptions for each worker made. 

Unity Day

Unity Day is set for Wednesday, Oct. 25th. Students are encouraged to wear orange to school on this day to let people know that we don't allow bullying at Maple Lake Elementary School...instead we share kindness!

Spelling Words

No spelling words next week due to a short 2 day week!

Oct. 23-27

One-Syllable Words

1. float

2. doe

3. grown

4. boat

5. shown

6. toe

Two-Syllable Words

7. below

8. yellow

9. toenail

Nonfiction Book Project

In reading your child is learning about various parts of nonfiction texts such as: the Table of Contents, Bold Print, Diagrams, the Glossary, Headings, Photographs and Captions, Maps, Charts, Graphs, and the Index.

Book Clubs

If you would prefer to order books online through the monthly book clubs I send home each month, the online code is: GZKRD.

Scholastic Book Fair

Check out the following link for the Scholastic Book Fair currently at our school:
http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/2017-fall-es-video

SkyDome Planetarium

On Wednesday students were taken on a 45-minute journey through the universe from the comfort and security of MLE.  A portable, inflatable planetarium took students on a tour of the solar system. Students entered the dome and were introduced to a "star filled" sky. A digital planetarium projector and a laser pointer guided students through the stars of the Northern Hemisphere. Students learned how to identify every planet in our solar system in dramatic "flights" towards each world. They were introduced to Greek mythological characters and how these heroes of the past can be found in the stars. Students witnessed the night sky in different seasons and from different global perspectives. Be sure to ask your child all about this cool presentation!

Character Focus this Month...

T.H.I.N.K.

T= is it True

H= is it Helpful

I= is it Important

N= is it Necessary

K= is it Kind

This and That

• Friday will be Picture Retake Day. Be sure to return your previous picture package if your child is doing retakes.  
• Our Book Fair began on Wednesday. Books always make for great gifts or stocking stuffers so check out the Book Fair if you are able! A percentage of the Book Fair money collected is given back to our school to purchase additional books for our library.
• If you have not yet signed up for my classroom blog, please do. It is quick access to what is going on in the classroom and throughout the school. If you sent back the form from earlier in the year, I have signed you up but you need to accept the request from Feedburner. My blog will then be sent directly to your email so you don't have to go into my classroom webpage or wait until my newsletter is sent home. 
• Second graders were informed of the Battle of the Books a couple weeks ago. This is a great opportunity to have your child read some great books and work with a partner to answer questions about each story. They have from now until early February to read. Any questions about Battle of the Books let Mrs. Kath or myself know. 

National Hot Lunch Day

National Hot Lunch Day National Hot Lunch Celebration October 10, 2017 GRADE                               LUNCH TIME               RECESS First                                          11:00                     11:25-11:50 Second                                      11:15                      11:40-12:05 Third                                         11:30                     11:55-12:20 Kindergarten                             11:45                     12:10-12:35 Fourth                                      12:00                    12:25-12:50 Fifth                                        12:15                     12:40-1:05 Sixth                                        12:30                    12:55-1:20 REMINDER:  Visitors may not go out to the playground with our students

National Hot Lunch Day

Next Tuesday, Oct. 10th is National Hot Lunch Day. Just a reminder that visitors are not allowed to go out to the playground for recess with students. Thanks for your understanding and I hope to see some of you next Tuesday!

Writing

In writing our class worked on coming up with different ideas to write about which is the first step in the writing process called Prewriting.