Writing

In writing students are beginning to learn about Personal Narratives.

Math

In math students are working on addition strategies such as:

• Count Ons
• Doubles
• Doubles +1 or Near Doubles
• Fast 10's 
• Fast 9's

Upcoming Dates

Monday, November 4th- No School, Teacher Workshop Day

Spelling Words

Nov. 4-8

One- Syllable Words

1. smart

2. scar

3. shark

4. start

5. star

6. spark

Two-Syllable Words

7. market

8. garlic

9. party 

 

 

Morning Movers

Since 2010, Maple Lake Elementary has been out walking around the playground from 7:45-8:00 every morning. Morning Movers is a program designed to provide more movement opportunities for students throughout the school day. Morning Movers is simple, yet an effective initiative. The rules are:

1. Walk or Jog
2. Stay on the Path
3. No Touching Others.

The benefits of Morning Movers are numerous...

1. It gets the brain going.
2. It is a great way for older students to connect with younger students and it creates a sense of pride and belonging.
3. Students who are active tend to have more focus following the activity.
4. And the list could go on...

November Word of the Month

Acceptance- Appreciating and recognizing people for who they are

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 about every other day for reading groups. 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. Students can also read Battle of the Books or library books at home also.

Guided Reading Bookbags

Please make sure you are signing your child's guided reading yellow sheet daily for both reading and math.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, October 31st- Halloween
Monday, Nov. 4th- Teacher Workshop Day, No School

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Oct. 28-Nov. 1

One-Syllable Words

1. bright

2. pie

3. sigh

4. high

5. flight

6. lie

Two-Syllable Words

7. brightly

8. lightning

9. tighten

Fall Festival Celebration

On Thursday, October 31st, some academics for the day will focus around Halloween/Fall. Throughout the day our class will go to Mrs. Skay's classroom and our classroom to do several Halloween/Fall related academic activities. If your child chooses, he/she may bring in their Halloween costume to wear for part of the day. Please note that having your child wear a costume is entirely up to you. Just a reminder that all candy brought to school must be store bought! We have 24 students in our classroom.

Guided Reading

During whole group instruction time your child has been working on identifying the main idea and details within various stories.

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 coat!

Battle of the Books

Second graders were informed of the Battle of the Books last week. This is a great opportunity to have your child read some great books and work with a partner to answer questions about each story. If your child chooses to be in the Battle of the Books they have from now until early February to read all or as many of the books as they are able. If you have any more questions about the Battle of the Books feel free to reach out to me or Mrs. Thomas the school librarian. Happy READING!

Book Fair

Students may buy books at the book fair on Monday if they bring money to school!

Rachels' Challenge T-Shirt

Good Morning.  The web address on the t shirt form from Rachel's challenge that was sent in Wednesday envelopes, is incorrect.  The link to the store to order the t shirt is on our school website in the electronic Wednesday envelope.

or 

https://maplelakeracheleschallengetee2019.itemorder.com/sale  

Upcoming Dates

Friday, Oct. 11th- Picture Retake Day, Wear Orange to Stop Bullying
Monday, Oct. 14th- Evening Conferences
Tuesday, Oct. 15th- Evening Conferences
Wednesday, Oct. 16th- All Day Conferences, No School
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17th & 18th- No School
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd- Unity Day, Wear Orange

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 focusing on the letter patterns oa, oe, and ow within words.

Writing

In writing our class worked on adding details(adjectives) to our writing. Your child also worked on beginning every sentence with a capital letter and ending every sentence with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. We also continued learning more about nonfiction books.

Good Readers...

This week during Daily Five our class revisited some CAFE strategies to help students become even better readers such as:

• Good readers use pictures, graphs, and charts to figure out unknown words.
• Good readers reread.
• Good readers look for known chunks within words.

Newsletter

I will not be sending home a newsletter next week due to a short 2 day week!

Guided Reading

This week your child continued to practice his/her STAMINA as he/she practiced rotating through all of the daily fives. We are just starting to get into the routine of Guided Reading bookbags. If your child has the same book in his/her bookbag for more than 2 nights then have your child pick a book from home to read and write that book down on your child's yellow reading sheet. Please also make sure your child is practicing his/her math skills at least 4 times a week and initial that on the bottom of your child's yellow reading log sheet as well.

Guided Reading Bookbags

Bookbags are just starting to be introduced. After next week bookbags should be coming home daily!

National Hot Lunch Day

National Hot Lunch Celebration

October 8, 2019

GRADE                                                 LUNCH TIME               RECESS

Kindergarten                            11:00                     11:25-11:50

First                                        11:15                      11:40-12:05

Second                                     11:30                     11:55-12:20

Third                                        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 students.

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, Oct. 8th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear Irish Attire, National Hot Lunch Day
Wednesday, Oct. 9th- Book Orders Due
Friday, Oct. 11th- Picture Retake Day, Wear Orange to Support No Bullying

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Oct. 7-11

One-Syllable Words

1. float

2. doe

3. grown

4. boat

5. shown

6. toe

Two-Syllable Words

7. below

8. yellow

9. toenail

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: .21C, .54C and .76C.

¨ Have your child circle all of the even numbers: 514, 25, 937, 43, 258, 61, 679, 80, 99

Birthday Treats

We have several students within our classroom that are only able to have gluten free snacks and treats. If you could try to only send gluten free birthday treats it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for understanding! 

Writing

In writing students are learning about the steps in the writing process.

• Prewriting
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

October Word of the Month

Kindness- being gentle and considerate of others