Peek at Our Week

 

What a fun week of dress up days and a homecoming pep fest with football players, cheerleaders, and the cool marching band! This afternoon the students made a math game to play with you at home for the weekend.

 

It's fire safety week. Please do a practice drill in your home so your child knows what to do. Do you have a safe meeting space outside your home? At school we talk about it feels good to know where to go. Knowledge is power!

 

Conferences start this week. I can't wait to visit with all of you again! This experience of looping with students for another year has been so cool as I watch the kids continue to learn and grow. : )

 

Have you voted yet? Early voting for the levy is still going on! Last year only 39% of NP school families voted. Please get out and vote. : )  Voting goes from Sept.19-Nov. 3.

 

Important Dates:

Sept. 19-Nov. 3 ....Early voting for school referendum (District Office Board Room) Please vote!

Thur. Oct. 9...........Conferences 4:30-7:30

Fri. Oct. 10............Picture Retakes

Mon. Oct. 13.........Conferences 4:30-7:30

Wed. Oct. 15.........Conferences 9:00-4:00

Thur-Fri Oct. 16-17...MEA - no school

Fri. Oct. 31............Harvest Parade and Party - more info coming soon.

 

Please help your child get a good night's sleep each night and start the day with a healthy breakfast. We've got lots of learning to do. Have a great week!

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This is what we'll be learning this week...

READING/Writing

• Phonics- suffix endings: s, es, ed (different sounds) ing, er, est
• Sight Words - done, goes, pretty, again, please, animal  reading and spelling
• Comprehension Skill - Character traits/ Beginning, middle, end
• Writing - Expanding sentences - making them long and strong
• Grammar : Capitalization, punctuation, abc order, nouns, proper nouns

 

MATH -

• Comparing numbers
• Reading and writing numbers through 1,000.
• Finding the place value of a number up to 3-4 digits
• Expanded notation

 

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS (2nd Step) -  Recognizing bullying - Bullying is mean or hurtful behavior that
keeps happening. Bullying is not safe, respectful, or kind. It is against the rules. Recognizing bullying is the first step in getting it to stop.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES- Citizenship

 

SCIENCE - 

 

HEALTH - FIre safety

 

Click our  Peek of the Week to see more information about all the cool things we'll be learning.

 

Have a great week! 

Kara