Mrs. Tally September 16, 2013

Dear Families,

Welcome Monday!!!!  Last week was a very busy time in Room 524 for Tally’s Treasures.We have divided our year into a pie with four pieces and discovered  this week that one half of the first piece of second  grade pie is already over.OH MY!!!! Time flies when you’re having fun, and we ARE!!  Grandparent’s Day was wonderful and hopefully, all the Grandparents had as much fun as we did. It was so wonderful watching the interactions between grandparents and grandchildren.

 Language Arts –   We continue to talk about the setting and characters of the story. Mrs. King is doing a great job on Word Builders each day and I can already see the children applying these phonetic strategies during our reading groups and classroom reading. Going over Word Builders at home a couple times a week will be very helpful. Remember these words only need to be blended and read, not spelled. We are still defining all the elements of a story: characters, setting, problem, solution, beginning, middle and end.

Math –  This has been a challenging chapter for some, which is the foundation for regrouping. The chapter review will come home on Monday, Sept. 16th and will be due on Wed. Sept 24th. Please continue being faithful in doing Math Drills.  One four minute drill an evening is plenty, and if consistent you will see the pay off. When Math facts are memorized it just makes work in our contract so much smoother and more easily mastered.          

Social Science – We are nearing the end of the chapter, Land Around Us, which will also be completed this week.The chapter review will come home on Thursday, Sept 19th.  Our first Social Science test will be on Wed. Sept 25th.

Science – The children are enjoying the study of apples. We are working on an apple book as well. We are also learning what the different parts of the apple are called. The children will need to be able to label the parts of an apple as well as sequence the life cycle of  an apple tree. We have watched a video on how Washington apples get from the orchard to the grocery store. It is quite a process!!

Bible -. We will be studying Isaac – God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah. We will learn that God ALWAYS keeps his promises.

Character Building –WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD on first time obedience in our classroom. This has been a real struggle for so many in our midst. Following the rules which we laid out in our Care Agreement, is very challenging.  We have some very independent spirits,  but we are working together to encourage and support one another in becoming obedient followers of Jesus who use good self control.We are learning that we do not need to say everything our brain thinks!!!  Any support and encouragement you can give at home  in these areas will be much appreciated.   Thanks!

Show and Tell – This week is Team A.  Your child can bring something to share two times during the week.

Homework Folders – Because of the chapter reviews for Social Science and Math, I will not be putting any skill sheets in the Homework Folder this week.  The only item in the folder will be their Reading Log. The Fiction Book Project is due September 27th.We have some eager beavers who have already completed their project and turned it in!!!!  Way to go!

Field Trip – We will be going to Single Palm Pumpkins on Thursday, Oct. 24th.  We will learn about the growth of pumpkins, see farm animals, take a tractor pulled hay ride, do a  hay and corn maze and pick a large pumpkin from the vine.  The chaperones will cut the pumpkins off the vine for the children. We will be riding the bus, leaving at 10:30 AM and returning by 2:00 PM.  We will have lunch there at the farm.  The children have already paid and the chaperones are free.  If you want to pick a pumpkin to take home, the cost will be $5.00

Conferences –   Thank you for confirming your conference appointment time by sending back the notice in the work envelope.. If the scheduled time does not work out for you, please call Mrs. Roberts at  (299-1695  ext 103)  to reschedule. Conference week is September 23- 27.  School is dismissed at 12:00 P.M. each day that week. I look forward to sharing with you.

Class T-Shirts – Each child has a class t-shirt now.!  We will be wearing them on our field trips and on Spirit Fridays. For every child who wears spirit wear, we get a point.  Last week we earned 29/30 pts.  The class who has the greatest percentage of kids wearing their shirt will get to have the Eagle mascot in their classroom for a month.  Goooo Tally’s Treasures!!!!

Boxtops For Education – This year we will again be participating in the Box Tops for Education fundraiser. Each Box Top collected is worth cash for our school. As an incentive, we will be having a class contest. The class bringing in the most Box Tops at the end of this promotion will receive a “prize.” We will post class totals monthly in the Office window and on our Campus News located on our website: fresnochristian.com. Please hand in your trimmed Box Tops in a Ziploc bag or envelope, labeled with your child’s/teacher’s name and the amount of Box Tops, to your teacher or school office. You can find a list of Box Tops online at: www.boxtops4education.com. Thank you for your support.

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Fall Session: September 21 – November 23

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HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK !!

9-18 – School dismissed at 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice

9-23 – Happy 8th Birthday Kaleb Marquez

9-25 – Happy 7th Birthday Mallory Loeffler

9-27 – Happy 8th Birthday Paige Deffenbacher

9-23-27 -Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences- School dismissed at 12:00 PM

10-7 -11 – Elementary Cheer Clinic

10-8 – Elementary Picture  Absentee and Re-takes

10-11 – End of Quarter 1

10-16 – School dismissed at 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice

Bible Verse -September 16-20

In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9  17 pts.