Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
October 4, 2019
News and Information
Grandparent's Day Is Coming!!!
Grandparent's Day Interview Booklets are due no later than Monday , October 7th . Please return it to school ASAP! Grandparent's Day will be either Nov 8th. More details and the specific time will be sent later. Students may invite as many grandparents as they would like.
Fall party help confirmed today!
Confirmation for fall party treats etc. is in your child's mailbox today! Thank you to all of my volunteers !
Our party will be Friday, Oct. 18 from 8:15-9:00. Parents are invited to attend :-)
Book It Program:
Today you will receive a Book It calendar. Please have your child read for 20 minutes each night. Color in each day they read for 20 minutes. Return the calendar to school after October 31st and your child will receive a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Jackets Needed!
It tends to get a little chilly at times in our classroom. Your child is welcome to bring a sweatshirt or jacket to leave at school in the closet so they'll have something to wear if they get cold.
If you’d like to sit with your child at lunch we’d love to have you. Lunch begins at 11:50 a.m. If you wish to eat the school lunch, please call the office to order a tray.
Veteran's Day Info
We now have a Veterans Day link on our school website to help parents know what we need from them as well as what time and date the convocation are.You go to the Converse Elementary website, click on "Converse Calendar" and there you will see a link for "Veterans Day". The link includes a parent letter and a form to collect veteran information.
Homework
Your child's nightly homework: Read 20 minutes every night!
Your child will not have homework this year unless:
1. They are absent and make up work for the day will be sent home.
2. They are falling behind on Rocket Math facts, at which time I will send a letter to inform you there will be homework until they catch up and/ or meet the expected level.
Reading
We finished up our 2nd unit on character traits by reviewing that skill. Plus, we focused on fluency this week- specifically short pauses should be happening when you see a , ... ; or - in the text.
Math
Congratulations to all of my kids- they did a fantastic job on the Unit 1 assessment!
We are started Unit 2 - which will take us into addition and subtraction of 2 and 3 digit numbers with and without regrouping.
Here are the links to the student book and practice and problem solving book.
https://teacher-toolbox.com/dam/jcr:3abf06f3-9d7a-440e-af3a-fc63ebe498f2/CC-2017-IN2M-RI-SE-L07.pdf
And videos about decomposing numbers into 10s and 1s to add - this is a different, but very easy strategy that you didn't learn in school! We will be using it for addition and subtraction.
no regrouping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7fmBOmrQ8
regrouping : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjHid8Hgek&t=83s
Rocket Math Facts Goals- all students should be at the following levels by:
Beginning of October: Level M of Addition facts
End of December: Level Z of Addition facts
English and Writing
Writing-Continuing with the genre of personal narrative
- We are writing about a time we spent with our grandparents. This will be displayed during Grandparent's day!
- using transition (time order) words to help our story flow in order
- Developing a rough draft with the following:
- a catchy hook
- a beginning
- a middle with 3 facts and each fact has evidence that proves it
- a end that sums up the story and tells what you learned through the experience
English skills: nouns and proper nouns
Spelling Words
Pretest -Wednesday
Final test- Friday
start marble farm march spark
sharp part party farther apart
star large art garden charm
barn large yard harm charge
Homework Help and Hints!
Data Binders- Look for them Monday !
Important Events
October
4 End of 1st nine weeks
8 Skating Party 6-8 pm
11 Report Cards Posted to Skyward
18 Fall Party 8:15-9:00
21-25 Fall Break
November
3 End Daylight Savings Time (fall back 1 hour!)
2-8 Book Fair
8 Grandparent's Day for my class
8 Picture Retakes
12 Otis Spunkmeyer Pick up @ Swayzee 3-6 pm
13 Midterms posted to Skyward
27-29 Thanksgiving Break- No School
Contact Me
Email: staciehe@ohusc.k12.in.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/ohusc.k12.in.us/staciehensley/home
Location: 600 E Walnut St, Converse, IN, United States
Phone: 765-395-3341
Twitter: @staciehensley26