Newsletter - 11/1/16

November 1, 2016

                                                                                                                                
Dear Parents and Guardians,

Halloween is over and a new month has begun.  The kids had fun during Pumpkin Day learning about pumpkins through math, science and art.   Ask your child about some of the stations.   Please do not send in candy to school for snack time as we are focusing on eating healthy snacks to energize our bodies and stay focused on learning.  Sharing time at the morning meeting will stop for the next two months (November and December).  Please remind your child not to bring toys, trading cards or other items that become a distraction.  Thanks for your help in making sure your child gets his or her homework done promptly and turned in on time.  The new November Reado was sent home and math home links continue Monday through Thursday with the exception of Wednesday nights which is reserved for Math Games! 

In the Classroom

    

In Writer’s Workshop, the students did a great job writing their Halloween Clues and sharing them with their classmates.  They wrote adjectives to describe their costume and it was fun when they read their clues and the kids tried to guess what they were going to be for Halloween.

In Reader’s Workshop, the focus in guided reading groups has been on Informational Text (non-fiction) and learning about the text features.  The read aloud book, The Boxcar Children helps to reinforce character traits, and story elements.  The kids have also been enjoying LadyBug books and voting on them after each story is read. 

https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/ladybug.html

As always, please feel free to contact me if there is anything I can do to attend to your child’s educational needs.  My contact information is below.

Sincerely,                                                                                                      Email: nreagan@sau17.org
Mrs. Reagan                                                                                                 Phone: (603)-642-5272 X 135

Important Dates

November 2 - Picture Retake/Make-up Day
Please bring back your pictures to have them retaken.

November 3 - Spooktacular, 5-7pm

November 4 - NO SCHOOL - Prof. Dev. Day

November 11 - NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day