Friday, September 26, 2025

- Mark Your Calendars - 
  • Picture Day: Monday, September 29th

  • After School Activities (Fall Session) begins 9/29 and runs through 11/14
    • 4-H Club - Monday
    • NAHS Wearable Art - Thursdays
    • Run Club - Thursdays
    • Chess Club - Fridays
    • NHS Study Group - Fridays
  • Fun Run - Thursday, October 2nd
  • No School - Friday, October 10th (Teacher Workshop) and Monday, October 13th (VI&PR Friendship Day)
  • VI Junior Duathalon - Sunday, October 19th at Altona Lagoon 
  • Friday, October 24th: Fall Conference Day (more information to come)
  • Halloween Fun! October 31 - Costume Parade (school day) and Boo Bash 4 - 7 pm  

Ask Your Child About - 

  • Community Building
    • What makes our classroom work?
    • How to be a good friend.
    • Fun Run Pep Rally
    • September Birthdays - Zaina, Lujain, Zayn and Ares!!
  • Math
    • Numbers and number system
      • counting and sequences
      • negative integers
      • coins and time review
      • understanding place value
    • STAR testing
  • Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
    • We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
    • Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds
    • Island Born by Junot Diaz
    • The Third Grade Reader by Curious Bee
    • Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross
    • Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
    • Spelling words in class work (2 wks) - no, know, hatch, stitch, scratch, lunch, crunch, stretch, write, should, witch, which, squash, wash, have, bolt, spring, scold, child, grind
    • Understanding "glues letters" to build words
    • Writing an opinion paragraph about their favorite day of the week and stating reasons why.
    • STAR testing
  • Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
    • Where do clouds come from?
    • The water cycle.
    • Creating a Storm Spotters Guide
  • Homework 
    • Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes
    • Fundations worksheets
    • Math Games


Social Emotional Learning with Ms. Bird - 3rd Grade worked on how to deal with their different daily emotions.




Birthday Celebrations Zayn and Ares!




September Birthday!!


                                                                     Fun Run Reward Days!


Fun Run Pep Rally!




Saturday, September 13, 2025

  Ask Your Child About - 

  • Community Building
    • Morning Meeting
    • Created Classroom Contract
    • First Fire Drill - successfully accomplished the task!
    • Celebrated 2 Birthdays this week - Zaina Abdelghani and Lujain Farraj
    • Friday Gathering 9.5.25 - New Student Intros (Welcomed Kitami, Rodney and Quin!)
  • Math
    • 2nd Grade Review
      • Money
      • Time
      • Fact Families
      • Word Problems
      • Math Stations
  • Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
    • Do Unto Otters, By L. Keller
    • Be Kind, By P. Z. Miller
    • The Recess Queen, By A. O'Neill
    • I Promise, By L. James
    • Maybe Something Beautiful, BY F.I. Campoy and T. Howell
    • Writing and creating projects from each book read in the classroom
  • Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
    • Observed and studied termites (via video) learning the steps of being a scientist.
    • Student scientists took over the class to predict, observe, record, investigate, and share.
  •     Homework 
    • Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes
- Announcements - 
  • Tuesday, 9/16: STAR Math Assessment
  • Thursday, 9/18: STAR Reading Assessment
  • Thursday, September 25th @4pm: Parent Information Afternoon (meet in Pavilion for greeting from Admin and light refreshments and then pick up your child from the playground and meet me in our classroom!)
  • After School Activities (Fall Session) begins 9/29 and runs through 11/14
    • Run Club - Thursdays
  • Friday, October 24th: Fall Conference Day (more information to come)








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