Walls's Monkey Memo
October 20, 2014
Weekly Happenings
Greetings Students and Families,
Thank you Keri-Ann, Tanya, and Kristi for driving to the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center and helping the class during our field trip last week. :)
Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for next Thursday and Friday, October 30th and 31st. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone and sharing your student's growth with you.
Math focus:
Reviewing skills from chapters 1-3.
Reviewing Mt. Math skills.
Literacy focus:
Sharing stories from last weeks writing assessment.
Reviewing Mt. Language skills.
Reading Challenges:
Every student has chosen a chapter book within their Lexile and met with me to set their individual challenge. Please help your student be successful by reminding them to have their challenge book and log (pink paper) with them every day.
Spelling focus:
Unit #9 Long e - practice nightly.
*Thank you for checking your child's planner every night and helping them practice organization skills!
Library News
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon! Monday October 27th--Friday October 31th, the Book Fair will be open all week during the school day. The Book Fair is open all day both days of Parent/Teacher Conferences.
Tuesday October 28th 4:30-6:30 is Family and Friends Night at the Book Fair with door prizes and refreshments. Come one and all and help support the library!
The Students go to the Book Fair during their regularly scheduled library classes and during after lunch recess. They may buy books and/or make wish lists that their teachers give to the parents during Parent Teacher Conferences. This gives the parents a chance to see well thought out book requests from their children. Teachers will also pick out books that they wish for in their classroom. Parents and students have a chance to buy a book and donate it to the classroom. A personal placard in the book denotes the donation.
You may go to our Scholastic Book Fair homepage at the following address for book previews, dates, and more:
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/westhomerelementaryschool1
There will be books, science kits, notebooks, posters and more—something for everyone! The students help me run the Book Fair. There will be lots of books and we will have lots of fun!!!!!!!
See you there,
Lisa Whip
Cheryl Illg
PTO News
PTO will be collecting Box Tops this week. Please ask students to bring in any Box Tops they might have in a drawer, cup or box at home. Submission deadline is October 31st.
A huge Thank You to Bobbi Larivee!! She has offered up the use of her students to help count and bag the Box Tops. I will be sure to collect any additional Box Tops on Friday, October 24th, so we can get them sent off in time.
Thanks,
Lynne CottonDates to Remember
Oct. 24 - Spirit Day - Dress like anything on a farm
Oct. 24 - 1st Quarter Awards Assembly 8:45 am
Oct. 24 - Fall Potato Feast & PBIS Assembly 2:00 pm
Oct. 27 - Book Fair begins
Oct. 27 - Book Fair Friends & Family Night 4:30 pm
Oct. 29 - Halloween Parade 12:45 pm
Oct. 29 - Early Release Day 1:45 pm
Oct. 30 & 31 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
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