October 25, 2013

Happy Friday! We’ve been busy learning about North America this week. We’ve been making political and physical maps and learning about the different plants and animals found there. Thank you for all the extra snacks and snack supplies that came in this week! It is greatly appreciated by all! School photos went home yesterday in Thursday folders and retakes will be on November 1^st.

This Friday is Denali’s fall carnival! We still have some openings to help out with face painting, so if you are coming to the carnival, please stop by and help out. We will be at the end of the primary hall. I hope to see you all there and I can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes! (I have been hearing all about everyone’s costumes this week.)

Upcoming Dates:

• October 25^th, 6:00-8:30pm: Denali Fall Carnival. (Come help us paint faces!)


• November 1^st: Picture retakes.


• Next week’s snack schedule:

Monday: Curtis

Tuesday: Danielle

Wednesday: Liam A.

Thursday: Talia

Friday: Heike

 

Have a great weekend!

October 17, 2013

Happy Thursday! We’ve had a busy, but short week in the classroom. It has been great meeting with everyone and discussing your child’s progress. Homework for this week is going out today and will be due a week from tomorrow. This week’s spelling words are a review of the last five weeks. The chapters listed for GoMath on this quarter’s homework log reflect the chapters the district’s pacing guide for the curriculum.

Our classroom snack supplies are dwindling. If you happen to be in the store, please think of us. We could use more extra snacks and things to serve snack in (small plates, bowls, coffee filters, concession boats, etc.) The snack calendar is also posted on the website on the calendar page. http://www.denalischool.org/room183/calendar/

Ms. Amanda’s and our class will be hosting the face painting booth at the fall carnival coming up on October 25^th. We are looking for volunteers, who would be willing to help us paint. There is a sign up form on the bulletin board outside the classroom. The sign up times are for half an hour running from 5:30pm (for set up) through 8:00pm (for clean up). If you have some time during the carnival and want to get artistic, please stop by and sign up to help or send me an email letting me know you’d be interested in helping. Thanks!

 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 18^th: In Service (No School)


• October 25^th, 6:00-8:00pm: Denali Fall Carnival. (Come help us paint faces! J)


• Next week’s snack schedule:

Monday: Kendon

Tuesday: Piper

Wednesday: Evan

Thursday: Pia

Friday: Gabriel

Have a great weekend!

October 10, 2013

             Happy Thursday! We’ve been busy in the classroom learning about timelines and making our personal timelines detailing our lives. Yesterday, we went to the museum to learn about the Dena’ina culture and create our own string calendars. We have also been learning about the continents and Pangaea. We have started our language study and are working on nouns and writing in complete sentences. There will not be normal homework and spelling next week, since it is a short week with two half days. The only homework I am giving is to have an enjoyable weekend with your child and have him or her write a letter to me about it. Regular homework folders will go out again next Thursday for the following week. Thanks for all the wonderful snacks that have been coming in and the helpful parent volunteers in our classroom and on our field trips!

 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 10^th, 6:30pm: Museum Night at Denali!


• October 11^th: End of Quarter (No school).


• October 16^th: Half day (dismissal at 12:30) and Parent Teacher Conferences.


• October 17^th: Half day (dismissal at 12:30) and Parent Teacher Conferences.


• October 18^th: In Service (No School)


• October 25^th, 6:00pm: Denali Fall Carnival.

 

Have a great weekend!

Field Trip Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is our field trip to the museum! We will be leaving around 9:40am and walking there, so remember to dress warm and for the weather. Hopefully the rain will let up by tomorrow. Thanks again to all the parents who volunteered to chaperone, we could not do these trips without you!

Friday, October 4, 2013

Happy Friday! We’ve had another busy week in the classroom. October is a busy month. Parent teacher conferences are coming up on the 16^th and 17^th. Your scheduled meeting went home today, if you will not be able to make it at that time, please let me know and we can work an alternative time out. I am happy to announce I’ve been working on the classroom website and it will now be updated with classroom news. You can find it at http://www.denalischool.org/room183/. There are also links on there to Spelling City, Lexia reading, and TenMarks math. These are all resources you can use with your child to reinforce skills in spelling, reading, and math. I have also included a calendar with upcoming classroom and school events and soon I will be posting picture from the classroom and field trips.

Thanks again all who have taken the time to assist with the classroom, your time is incredibly valuable to us!

 

Upcoming Events:

 

• October 9^th, 10am: Field trip to the Museum to learn about sting calendars. Please make sure to return your permission form and $5 for the class.


• October 10^th, 6:30pm-8pm: Museum Night at Denali.


• October 11^th: End of Quarter (No school). (Spelling test will be on Thursday!)


• October 16^th: Half day (dismissal at 12:30) and Parent Teacher Conferences.


• October 17^th: Half day (dismissal at 12:30) and Parent Teacher Conferences.


• October 18^th: In Service (No School)

 

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Ashleigh