Pioneer Living on November 5

I'm so thrilled that we have the great opportunity to have our class participate in pioneer activities.  The kids will have a chance to pan for gold, play with pioneer toys, make toys, card wool, grind wheat into flour and other fun things.  I will be talking to the kids about this event after Halloween is over next week and anything you can do to discuss these things at home would be great reinforcement.  We will have wonderful time!  Lee School is such a great place!

Friday - Halloween Celebration

This Friday, we will be having a little celebration at school.  We won't be wearing costumes but it would be fun to have a treat and play some games.  If you are interested in helping, please let me know.  I am thinking of letting the kids play some games and having popcorn mixed with halloween candy corn, mallowcreams, and maybe even bob for apples.  Talk to me and let's plan some fun!  The difficult part will be our interruption of P.E. at 2:00-2:30 that day.  We'll begin at 1:30 or so.

Fall Family Festival Night - Thursday October 28, 6-8 pm

I hope to see you at the Family Fun Night on Thursday night here at the school.  It should be a great time.

Reports Begin This Week

Please refer down to the other posts to see the times that your child is to present his/her report.  I am excited to hear them and what they have learned.

******STUDENT SPOTLIGHT*******

Matthew Rugg


Favorite Food:  Chicken Patty Sandwich


Favorite Animal:  Cat


Favorite Toy:  Legos


Pet:  Posey the cat


Matthew was born in Salem and his dad was deployed when he was born so they didn't meet until he was two months old.  He then moved with his famiy to San Diego where he lived until May of 2010.  Matthew visited lots of neat places like Legoland and Seaworld.  He moved to Evertt, Washington where his dad is stationed on the Abrahom Lincoln.  He lived in Everett until August and moved to Salem to be closer to family.  Matthew's dad is currently deployed and won't be home until March or so.


Emma Cordero


Favorite Food:  Strawberries, Sloppy Joes, Pizza,  Grapes


Favorite Animals:  Horses, Cats, Dogs, Zebras


Pets:  Star is our Dog


Cathy is my Mom and Billy is my Dad.  Will is my brother , he is nine.  Lincoln is my brother,  he is three.  I have a Nana and a Pappa and Mimi.  We like to go to the beach and the pool and go camping with our friends.

Report Presentation Schedule

We will begin the report presentations next week.  Here is the schedule in case you wish to come and take some pictures.

12:30 pm, Tuesday, October 26:  Cadence, Toby, Emma, Addison, Madison, Kaden

8:45 am,Wednesday, October 27:  Victoria, Makaelyn, Elise, Justin, Dallon

8:45 am, Thursday, October 28:  Colin, Olivia, Kaitlyn, Tanner, Trevor, Josh

1:00 pm, Friday, October 29:  Matthew, Connor, Logan, Tristin, Leah


Take a look back to see what I will be looking for in the presentation.  The kids are used to sharing their writing during class and do an amazing job of using their "teacher voice" to speak where everyone can hear them.

Report Encouragement

I've had a few calls about their kids being overwhelmed doing the reports and frustration setting in.  Please be assured that your child should do a little at a time.  Take tiny bites and it is less overwhelming.  Have plenty of time to practice giving the presentation holding the written paper low enough for the audience to see eyes.

A few reminders:  If you child can write more than one page, then go ahead and learn more about your endangered animal.  If one page is your child's maximum effort, no problem.  You know when enough is enough.  Some kids have more stamina at this age and drive to do more.

Sickness

Several of our class members have been or are getting sick.  A big thank you to those of you who keep your child home rather than expose the remaining children to illness.  Get Well, Kids!  I miss you!!  Our Class Family is just not the same without every single one of you!

HOMEWORK

I had a good question today regarding homework.  Take at look at the list and pick one item a day or every other day.  Spelling city is a great source for homework and reading should be done every night.  You should turn in about 2-4 pieces of homework per week since the other things take time to complete and your child may become too tired.

This week, add to the choices by simply adding some real life experiences done around the house.  For example, use numbers and words to describe a number sentence.  For example:  Four shoes and four shoelaces makes eight.  AND 4 + 4 = 8.


Begin your work on your presentation for the animal report.  Please, please don't wait until the last minute!!

Practice writing numbers.

Count coins together naming them as you go. 

Count by 5's, 10's, and 2's.

Extension:  Count by 10's on a random number such as 13 - 23.  Help them see the pattern so we can add dimes to random coin collections.  We are doing this in class so the kids should be somewhat familiar with the concept.

********STUDENT SPOTLIGHT*********

Toby Bus

Favorite Foods:  pancakes, waffles, curly fries and sausage

Favorite Animal:  horse

Pets:  Daisy (dog), and Stella (cat)

About Our Family:  We eat dinner together most of the time.  We play together.
                               We went to the Enchanted Forest.  I have two sisters.
                                WE LOVE THE DUCKS!!

Kaitlyn Perkins

Favorite Foods:  Spaghetti, Chocolate, Pizza

Animal Reports

I hope that all of you received the Animal Report paper, research and posterboard for the reports.  We will present the last full week of October so it would benefit you to have it done by the end of October 24.  That way you can spend the next week practicing in front of family, the mirror and the family dog!

If you have questions, please email me to clarify the project.

Thank you,

carey_suzanne@salkeiz.k12.or.us

Animal Reports!

As promised, I will be sending home the endangered animal,  writing paper, poster board and research paper we printed off in the computer lab.  Be looking for this to be sent home on WEDNESDAY of this week.  Please see the posting from last week that details the assignment.  We will be doing the reports the last week of October.  I will post the presentation schedule in a few weeks.

******STUDENT SPOTLIGHT*******

CONNER SIMMONS

Favorites:  Riding his quad on the dunes, going fishing with his uncle and grandpa, watching his uncle surf, playing with his dog.

Pets:  Harley, the 5 year old Border Collie
          Roxy the 4 year old cat

Favorite foods and drinks: crab, Nemo (fish), pizza, salsa and chips, tacos, bug juice, water

Favorite shows:  Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Axemen, Dunefest movies,

Best Memory:  Meeting and hanging out with Cap. Sig Hanson and Caps. Jonathon and Andy Hillstrand from Deadliest Catch.

Siblings:  Katarina 18 years old, Triston 12 years old


MAKAELYN IVIE

Favorite Food:  Macaroni and cheese, Mommy's Potato Soup, cookies

Favorite Animals:  Kangaroos, Horses, Goats

Pets:  Two dogs, Marley a cockapoo and Gracie is my dads dog.  Our cat's name is "Princess Ava".

Family:  Branden is my daddy's name, Melissa is my mommy's name.  My little brother is Dominic and
              he's three years old. My Grandma and Grandpa take me to the carousel, and my Nanny, and my                  
              great grandpa and grandma too.  I like to play with my cousins, Isabelle and Lizzie who live in  
              Olympia, Wa..  My Aunt C and Kylie came to visit and we all went to the beach for three days.

Family Writing

During class this week, we will begin to discuss aspects of our family.  Be talking with your child about things that make your family special.  We will be writing stories about our families that include who the members are and writing things about each family member that he/she likes.  Please talk over these things over with your child and help them think of ideas.

It's Apple Week!

We are going to do a variety of apple activities and we can use two apples brought by your child this week.  Please bring them to school as soon as you can.  We will make apple sauce, count, sort, measure the circumference of apples, measure the weight and make sauce on Thursday.  It's be a hit for sure!

Hey Math Lovers!

It's time to show me your stuff!  I would love to see your amazing numeral writing!  Most of you do a great job with your numerals however when you can see your numbers written backwards and sideways, it's time to review the basics.

 Please work at forming each number according to the workplace station papers.  (The kids know all about what I am talking about.  For example, when forming an eight, start by making an "S" and closing it up.  Also, when making a "0", begin the oval from the top and drawing the numeral counter clock wise around and back to the top.)  Always begin your numbers from the top -- and show the parents what  a good job you do!.