Monday, October 20, 2014

This Week

Happy Monday,

I have a few reminders for you this week. First, be on the look out for your child's school photos! I am sending them home today.  Picture retakes will be held this Wednesday, October 22. Please let me know if you child will be getting a retake.

Our field trip is coming up on Monday October 27th. Please make sure you have turned in the permission form. I will be sending out an e-mail to a few of you as a reminder!

Grandparents/ special friend day is on Tuesday October 28th. Grandparents/ Special friends will be invited into our classroom from 10-10:45. For this event we will be having a small fall celebration! If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Conferences are approaching. If you have not signed up please contact me.

Classroom Supplies
Our class is looking for highlighters! This is a tool that we use throughout the week. I would love to have one for each child.
Many of you have heard about our classroom BINGO board. I use this as a positive behavior reinforcement. On Friday's there are two bingo winners that get to select a small prize from the prize box. The more prizes in our box the better! Examples would be dollar tree items, pencils, erasers, toy cars, notepads, bouncy balls, etc.

I hope that you all have a wonderful week!

Ms. Forst

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Art Auction

First I want to say thank you so much to all the parents that came to the meeting! It was very productive and I feel good about where our project is going. For those of you who could not make it and are interested in coming in to help produce the project here is some information:

Anna Dvortcsak (our room parent) will be creating a google doc in which you can sign up for a day to come in and help. Helping will including pulling children out in small groups to complete portions of the project.

We have decided to create a portland skyline painting! Here is an image that was found online to give you an idea of what it will look like..

The kids will be using watercolors to paint the skyline, while a very artistic parent (Brandin) has offered to use her skills and create Mount Hood and the back drop :)

I'm very excited about the project and I hope all of you are too!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 8th

Happy Wednesday!

This week..
Math: We are working on sorting and graphing bugs.

Reading: We are practicing the strategy of re-telling. You can reinforce this strategy at home by reading with your child and then asking them to "re-tell" what happened throughout the story. Prompting their brains with a "picture walk" (turning the pages and looking at the pictures to remind them of the story) is a good way to re-tell the story.

Writing: What is a Writers workshop? What does it look like, sound like, and feel like? This week we are setting up our writers workshop environment!

Parents,
Next Monday, October 13th, I would like to hold a short meeting at the end of the day to discuss the Chapman Auction. For the Auction, our class will be producing an art project to sell during the live auction! It's time to get the ball rolling to figure out a project for our class. I really need a parent(s) who would like to lead this project, along with volunteers to help produce it. I have a few ideas, but I would love to hear some other creative ideas from my parents. This idea needs to be turned into the Auction committee asap.

There is no school this Friday, October 10th.

On October 27th, we will be taking our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Please turn in your child's field trip permission form and money to me as soon as possible. There are scholarships available if you need one; just let me know.

If you have not yet signed up for a conference time please e-mail me! I will be sending out a reminder of your time and date as we approach the 29th and 30th.

SNACKS! Our snack supply is low. Our class needs some more healthy snacks. We have access to a refrigerator, so those kinds of snacks are fine. A few different suggestions are string cheese, fresh fruit such as apples/oranges, baby carrots, etc.

Remember to check the blog at least once a week!!

Ms. Forst


Friday, October 3, 2014

Star of the Week Schedule

Star of the week will be on Tuesdays. Your child will bring home directions and supplies a week prior to their date. I will also send you a reminder a few days prior :)

Hadley                  Oct. 7
Autumn                Oct. 14
Preston                 Oct. 21
Addie                   Nov. 4
Cameron              Nov. 18
Alyssa                  Nov. 25
Moses                  Dec. 2
Avery                   Dec. 16
Melia                   Jan. 6
Carter                  Jan. 13
Luna                    Jan. 20
Katharina            Jan. 27
Henna                 Feb. 3
Jacob                  Feb. 10
Lexi                    Feb. 17
Griffin                Feb. 24
Grey                   Mar. 3
Mark                  Mar. 10
Azuri                  Mar. 17
Kylan                Mar. 31
Lily                   Apr. 7
Keira                 Apr 14

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Friendly Reminders

Hi everyone,

Just a few quick reminders as we come to the end of our week. Tomorrow, Thursday we will be having Library. Please send your child to school with their library books to be returned. Also coming home is a field trip permission form. We will be going to the Pumpkin Patch on October 27th! I am so excited! Please turn them in whenever they are filled out and complete.

As I said before I am in the process of creating our parent volunteer schedule. If this is something your still interested in please make sure to get me your availability.

Friday- Round up will be in the morning as usual. Just wanted to remind you to take your child straight the to auditorium where I will be waiting to meet them. I will remember to tell the kids as well!

Thanks :)