Ms. Shelly's News September 7

Book fair and grandparent lunch begin next week.  Our day to go to the book fair as a class is Tuesday 9/11 @ 12:30. We would love to have you come be with us at the book fair if possible. Visitors are welcome at lunch any day and may take students to the book fair once they have finished eating and walk them back to my classroom when they have finished shopping.  STEAM night is a lot of fun!  It is free to participate and the book fair will be open that evening for those who are not able to come during the day. Ice cream and toppings are helping to raise money for our school library.

iMom breakfast is Monday morning beginning at 7:20.  They will have several of these breakfasts throughout the year for K-2.

MAP scores are coming home in their folders today.  Please continue to practice sight words nightly for homework! It really makes a difference with their reading. Everyone has color and number words.  New lists will be coming home soon!

Our school is working hard to improve overall attendance.  Below is a reminder of the county policy regarding absences and tardies.  Please try to plan long trips around scheduled breaks whenever possible. We receive a class award each month for the highest % of class attendance per grade level.  Our class has set a goal with our Rocket buddies to achieve this for September.  All we have to do is be present every day for school! Easy Peasy!

Attendance/Tardy Reminders

Excused Absences

1.  Excused Absence for Medical Reasons: Absences for which a student requires attention from a health care professional (i.e. doctor, dentist, psychiatrist, etc. . .) will always be excused when a note from the professional is provided to the school.

2.  Parent Note Excused Absence--Maximum of 5 Parent notes per semester; 10 total for the year.  

Unexcused Absence: Any absences beyond the ten (5) parent excused absences, except those supported by documentation from a health care provider, are considered unexcused

Tardy: A student is tardy if he/she arrives after the start of the school day or leaves before the end of the school day, missing no more than three (3) hours. Arriving late or leaving early for a medical appointment can be an excused tardy as long as documentation from a medial professional is provided.

Wish list: 
baby wipes (to clean up after ice cream Fridays!)

Week in Review:  

• Letter I, i short and long sounds and letter formation
• Sentence formation
• Community Helpers 
• CGI math (Cognitively Guided Instruction) 

Activity Snapshot: 

• We made a graph to see how many letters were in all of our names and displayed it
• Counting activities- We counted the letters in our name with numbers, unifix cubes, ten-frames, and tally marks. We made numbers out of playdough and matched with number of playdough balls.
• Met with our 5th grade Rocket Buddies

Sneak peek at the week:

• Ways to represent numbers
• Letters F, f (Firefighter Fred) and V,v (Vicky Violet)
• Finish up community helpers
• Continue learning about Writer's Workshop
• Rhyming words/blending

Star Student: Eureka Zhu

Reminders and Announcements:

• Sept. 10 iMom breakfast
• Sept. 10-14 Fall book fair/Grandparent lunch (please make sure any visitor is listed in PowerSchool that you listed on the paper you returned to school)
• Sept. 11 Fall picture make-up
• Sept. 11 STEAM night and Ice cream social
• Sept. 24 RBES spirit night @ Zaxby's