You may have heard your child talking about contributing to one of our newest community campaigns. There are 3 different optional opportunities for each student to participate.

1. Socks for the Homeless

Help the homeless keep dry feet this winter by donating a pair of new socks (any size ok).

2. Kids Can

We need cans or boxes of non-perishable food. Help us provide the homeless with some meals over the holidays.

3. UNICEF

Those trick-or-treaters can take a donation box with them and earn money for UNICEF. Any money we earn goes to a country that needs clean water, food, school supplies, and even immunizations.

Thanks to everyone for your consideration

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Sweets and Treats basket for Rhythms of the World. We are hoping this is a worthwhile fundraiser for our grade level. Remember to bring your family out this Friday, and perhaps you can even WIN our fabulous basket with your raffle tickets. The Book Fair will be open too so stop by!

Special thanks to the family of…Jesse, Jazilyn, Yusuf, Colten, Raquel, Owen, Elden

Your support is appreciated!

Congratulations to our top 4 finalists for the classroom Spelling Bee – Trevor, Raquel, Sebastian, and Jesse.

We held a tie breaker in class and Jesse Ofoma will represent our class in the schoolwide Spelling Bee. Our alternate will be Sebastian Torres. Both of these gentleman will receive a list to study. Way to go, guys!

I have submitted the Highlights Magazine requests and hopefully your child will receive his/her first issue within the next month (if you chose to order). It’s such a fun and great way to get new reading material coming directly to your house for that 20 min of nightly reading!

Here is what our classroom earned just for everyone turning it in, whether it was a yes or no.

Pizza Fraction Game for Math

Tabletop Dry-Easel Board for Small Group Instruction

Craft Scissors for our art projects

They allow me to pick from a catalog and these are all items that will be beneficial to our classroom. Thanks again for taking the time to return that. 🙂

First off, thank you to ALL the families for making sure your child is prepared and ready for school every day with their necessary materials. That is truly the best form of  support.

A special thanks to the following children and their familes for the class donations. All the “extras” are always appreciated!

Gabriela, Owen, Colten, Jazilyn, Jesse, and Vernon 🙂

Hello everyone! You may or may not be aware that I was out for the last 2 days, so my apologies if you are awaiting my response for something. Please know that I am on a leadership committee for BCM that meets monthly during the school day, and also in a math cohort that requires me to meet 5 times a year during the school day. Let me reassure you that your child will be under the instruction of a consistent substitute with a well planned day.I definitely do not like being away from my students, but the time away is a benefit for your child as we increase the rigor to align our curriculum and teaching practices with the common core standards. I will do my best to update this on the blog under important dates so that you know when I am out.

Yes! You heard correctly! Ms. Yanez took the ALS ice bucket challenge today at our spirit rally. With that, please know that I will use this opportunity and excitement to bring our standards to life. Your child will be involved in a writing project analyzing the ALS craze, along with a service learning project on the drought in order to enrich our science unit on slow changes to the Earth. I am looking forward to this next month of engaged learning. Feel free to share opinions with your child, have discussions, and even send in info you find related to these topics.

WOW! I am happy to report that our classroom received a ton of extra rewards thank to all of your book orders. The order has been placed and we should receive them hopefully in the next week. We also earned free shipping thanks to our online parent order. Here are the other things we will receive…

$15 of FREE books for the classroom – I ordered the NEW Diary of a Wimpy Kid coming out in November, Minecraft, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing to add to our library.

A Poster for each child who placed an order

A teacher goody bag with stickers, etc.. to be used for classroom rewards

A Free book coupon on your next order for ALL students in the class

1200 Bonus points for our next online order to order more books

I just wanted you to know that the books you purchase through Scholastic are very much appreciated! They really do provide us with many perks, and more importantly it’s a quick and easy way to get your kids reading books at home.  THANK YOU!

In our class your child has the opportunity to earn class cash. This is also  means they can lose the money as a consequence. Every Friday we have an auction where they have the chance to purchase goods they are interested in. I wanted you to be aware in case you are wondering where the new stuffed animal, folder, lotion, etc…came from. If you ever have any questions about a particular item or the process, please feel free to contact me. Lastly, PLEASE make sure your child can count money of different denominations. They must know how much they have and should also even be aware of how much change they get. This is a life skill that we can work on with them together. Happy counting…

Thank you to all the families who were able to make Back-to-School Night last night. It’s always great for me to meet the families and get us all on the same page. Your child received a special reward today for your attendance. 🙂 For those who were not able to make it, please check your child’s homework folder. All of the information was sent home and there are forms that should be completed and returned by Monday. Have a great weekend!