End of September

 Greetings from Room 6!

Tomorrow (October 1) we are saying good-bye to our wonderful Teaching Assistant, Monique Thompson. We will be honoring her in our assembly, and having lunch with her in the classroom.  If your child can bring his/her lunch to school we can spend more of our lunchtime in the room together.  

A few requests before I get to our class update:  

• ·       Students seem very hungry in the morning.  Please keep encouraging a big breakfast, and send in a couple of snacks to get them through our long morning.
• ·       We have already started to see illnesses popping up, so we will be wiping desks every day.  To wash desks we need either wipes, or a spray bottle with vinegar and water and a rag. Any contributions are appreciated!
• ·       Please check this conference schedule to make sure you have the time of your child’s conference on your calendar.
• ·       Finally, thanks to those of you who sent in the permission form for our upcoming field trip.  I will notify chaperones this week who is coming, since we had such a great response!

We are busy getting up to speed and having fun doing so in many areas, here is an “update”:

• ·       In writing we have begun getting ideas for our Personal Narrative writing unit, using “Teeny Topics Notebooks”. You never know when ideas for great stories might come your way, so students can record ideas anytime! Please have them returned to school each day in their Homework Folders.
• ·       September 21 was our first of two fall “Harvest Days”... and thanks go to Scarlett’s mom Laura for chopping, serving and cleaning up in the cafeteria.  Thanks also to Connor’s mom and Jacob Choi’s mom for sending in supplies. You will see an article in the next “Holler”, with pictures!
• ·       Speaking of pictures... the ones below were taken during our “getting to know you” activity with our 4^thgrade Buddies.  Ask your child about their buddy!

• ·       In math we are working on math facts up to 20, using strategies such as doubles, make 10’s, skip counting and even and odd numbers.
• ·       Our Weather unit will include our first field trip to the Blue Hill Weather Observatory in Milton, MA on October 16.  Meanwhile ask your child to watch or listen to a weather report with you.  They can learn so much that way!
• ·       Finally, thank you to Judy Chan and Connor for putting together Monthly Message folders for our students at home.  We hope to send home the first one this coming week! We have many other volunteer opportunities, including helping during Math Stations and helping in the gardens.  Just let myself or the room parents know what your availability and interests are!

Thank you... we welcome your feedback!
Deborah Niles and Monique Thompson