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Click here for online activities for this theme. From this link
you can view a slideshow on this week's theme, two activities, fun spelling and vocabulary
interactive activities and a cute computer literacy activity. Most of the activities are interactive and the directions are
read aloud.
Reading – Unit 2 Theme: Growing
Up Big Book: Growing Up
Sequence
of event, descriptive sentences
Oral Vocabulary: change, learn
High Frequency words:
run, be, ride Grammar – statements, period
Phonics – Short ĭ
Math Topic 2 – Understanding
Addition and Subtraction
subtraction concepts,
test next week
Handwriting without Tears
– y, j, p, r, n, m, h, b, f, q
Last week’s words
of the day
little, what, up, not,
was
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Special Events
Early Dismissal at
1:00 – Wednesday for Staff Development
Teachers will be trained in Effective Teaching Strategies.
Board of Education Meeting – Thursday at Hop Brook
7:00 p.m.
School Photos – October 10
Every student will be photographed and included in our
class photo. Don’t forget to dress nicely and bring the payment envelope
that day.
Next week:
Columbus Day – 10/13
Fall Festival – 10/17
Constitution Day – September 17
Help Wanted
We had wonderful cooperation with the summer math packets. 16 were completed and returned
for a 94% return rate. The most frequently missed question was the question dealing with what is “mostly likely”
to be chosen. Fifteen reading logs were returned on time; the number of books
read ranged from 3 to 55, with an average of 20.8 books. The total number of books read was an amazing 313! Thank you for your help this summer.
Keep sending in any Box Tops
for Education that you have collected over the summer. We will have a contest every 6 weeks for the classroom that collects
the most Box Tops. Our first collection will be on October 10 and will include
the summer collection sheets returned.
Hot lunch payment may be made by the week or even the month. Children
should bring the money to the cafeteria as soon as they get off the bus in the morning. Please put money/checks into an envelope
marked with your child’s name.
Hot lunch
can be purchased for $2.25 each day. At lunchtime, the students type in their PIN number (I
will give them their number on a card if they have not yet memorized it) and the amount is deducted from their account. When
a child is running low on money in their account, the ladies will let them know.
HOMEWORK NOTES
Math Homework
Monday - page 48
Tuesday - page 50
Wednesday - page 52
Thursday - page 54
Weekly
homework assignments are posted on a link from the home page of our classroom web site.
Book It! program began
October 1. October
goal is three books. Please record book titles on the verification form and time read on the October calendar. No other notes are required. All books read will be transferred
to the Classroom Cares poster as Book It! forms are returned.
 Click the logo to see the
Pizza Huts nearest to Maple Hill.
If these children chose pizza rewards,
they should tell the Pizza Hut people
that they are All Star Readers when
they go to redeem their final pizza
coupon. They will receive special
recognition.
Ask your child:
Who
or what is Focus and when is he visiting our home?
Personals
Thank
you so much to Rep. Kevin DelGobbo for speaking at our Constitution Day Assembly.
Many thanks to the PTO for the great assembly with Sadecky’s Puppets.
Welcome to our new staff members!
Miss
Lopez and Miss Karistinos– Gr. 2
Mrs.
Greene – Grade 4
Ms. Quinn
and Ms. Mulhall-Bothroud – All Day K
Ms. Forgue
– Resource Room
Ms. Loomis – Phys. Ed
Thank
you for the boxes of tissues and bottles of hand sanitizer sent in. Thanks also for your wonderful cooperation with returning
the allergy notification.
I’d like to
clarity the Challenge Morning Math printout that is available on the classroom web site. This
is an optional assignment which reviews concepts introduced the previous week. I
print out copies on Monday morning after I have posted the new version, but students are welcome to print out a copy from
the site. Your child may complete the sheet and return it any day during the
week.
Johnny and the Sprites is now being shown on the Disney Channel on Saturdays
and Sundays at 7:30 a.m. and weekdays at 6:30 a.m.
 The Maple Hill Elementary School website
was selected to appear on the Featured Websites Page for
the month of November by the ConneCTkids Committee. You can visit the site at ww.kids.state.ct.us A certificate was presented to our school and
to me in recognition of this honor. I served on a teacher panel at the teachers' catalog Really Good Stuff in Monroe. I got to see prototypes of new items and
even got a new product to test in our classroom.Evergreen Network This charity works with families affected by/infected
with AIDS in the greater Bridgeport area. The money
collected will be put toward the purchase of 150 multicultural
books to be given to the children as birthday gifts.
Reminders
Homework is now two sheets
each Monday through Thursday night. Please read
the directions to your child and help them complete the assignment. After you
check the work, please sign the papers to indicate that you have done so. Remind
your child to return the assignments to school the next day in the homework folder.
If regular homework ever takes more than 30 minutes to complete, please let me know. Returning homework is your child’s
responsibility. If a student does not return an assignment, I make a note of
it and send home a homework reminder note. Simply have your child return the paper the next day.
Please sign and return
all corrected math tests to school.
Children may have a water
bottle on their desks, but they must have a top on them to prevent spills.
Sneakers need to be worn
on Thursdays and Fridays. Library books are due on Thursdays.
Remember to empty the green
homework folder daily and be sure to return it to school every day. You may return your fundraiser as soon as it is ready.
Don’t forget to send
in a small towel or placemat to cover our desktops while eating snack. Children may have a water bottle on their desks, but
they must have a top on them to prevent spills.
Please send back the large
envelope full of forms that came home last Thursday as soon as they are completed. Don’t forget that the insurance envelope
must come back even if you do not wish to purchase it. I am especially interested
in the media permission form. When all these forms are returned, I will be able
to begin posting photos of children with permission on my classroom web site. Remember
that I never post names with photos.
Flip-flops
and backless shoes are a safety hazard and are not to be worn to school. Shorts that are at least as long as the child’s
fingertips are acceptable. Due to fluctuating temperatures, students should wear jackets to school each day. If necessary,
they will borrow a jacket from the nurses’ office if available.
Please remember our new procedures
if you pick up your child(ren) at 3:20. Be prepared with a photo id and sign
out your child before you sit down at the first three tables to wait for your child to arrive at the cafeteria. Students will report to the sign out desk before joining their parents and leaving the building.
If in doubt about homework, you
may check the assignment on a link from the homepage of my classroom web site. Math
pages marked with a “home link” symbol at the top are always homework, unless we cross it out on a Friday.
Our Special Schedule
Monday - Music with Mr. Trosan
Tuesday – Computer Lab with Mrs.
Wilson
Wednesday – Art with Mr. Sciacca
Thursday – Library (Mrs. Wilson)
and Gym (Mr. Evangelista)
Friday – Gym with Mr. Evangelista
If your child does not already have their own library
card, I encourage you to stop into the Whittemore Library soon.You will need proof of residence and your child's
social security number.When your child gets their own library card, please allow them to bring it to school to show to us.
They will then be able to sign our library card poster.
Did you
know that you can check the lunch menu
Have you heard of our five strategies when we come to an unknown word while reading?
We use our fingers to help us remember each hint and the palm reminds us "Does it make sense?"
1. Check the picture.
2. Go back and reread.
3. Get your mouth ready to
make the first sounds.
4. Look for chunks of letters
that you know.
5. Take a guess and keep on
reading.
Birthdays
October Birthdays
Xavier 10/7
Riley
10/10
Abby
10/15
August Birthdays September Birthday
Sydney
8/2 Rebecca
9/13
Danielle
8/14
Finbar
8/29
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