Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
October 12, 2018
News and Information
Grandparent's Day Is Coming!!!
Grandparent's Day will be November 7, 2018 from 10:00-11:00 for my class.Invitations are being sent home today . Please pass those along to grandparents! Also, if you could please RSVP to let me know that someone is coming to be with your child I would appreciate it!
Fall Party Thank you!
Thank you to all of the parents who helped with our fall party. A great time was had by all! Special thanks to Mrs. Cates for organizing the party, and to all the moms and family members who were here today!Check out the link to our Fall Party and Fall STEM activity pictures!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3rkgRuZ3XK_LUxuTmRBRDhXNGc?usp=sharing
Welcome!
Welcome to Ryan Spencer who joined our class on Wednesday! We are thrilled to have another student !
Veteran's Day Pictures Wanted!
We would like to honor any Veteran in your family during our Veteran's Day celebration. If you'd like to send a picture of a Veteran to be honored, please fill out the document in the link given below and send it along with a picture. You can email me a picture as well if that is easier. We thank all our Veteran's for their service!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tRW1IaDBoCcsYhR8WY6zAm25kwt1_EWA/view
Book It Program:
Last Monday you received 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.
Book Fair is coming!
Mrs. Strange will be holding our annual Scholastic Book Fair November 5-9th. More info will be sent home later. If you'd like to help with the Book Fair, please let myself or Mrs. Strange know.
Swimming Date Change
Due to pool repairs, our swim date has changed. We will swim March 18- April 2. That will be the week prior to spring break and 3 days after spring break! More info will be sent home in March.
If you’d like to sit with your child at lunch we’d love to have you. Lunch begins at 11:47 a.m. If you wish to eat the school lunch, please call the office to order a tray.
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 continue focusing on the sequence of a story or steps in a technical or scientific process. We are finding those transition words in the text to help us understand the story better. We continue to work on fluency, vocabulary, phonics and phonemic awareness each day.
Math
Geometry
vocabulary: side, angle, vertices, quadrilateral,
polygons
built polygons
composing and decomposing shapes
Rocket Math Goal: Z in Addition by the end of December.
English and Writing
Writing-Continuing with the genre of personal narrative
- 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: singular and plural nouns, common/ proper nouns
Spelling Words
Pretest -Wednesday
Final test- Friday
germ stern herd clerk fern
person batter hammer wiser letter
letters slower paper papers sweeter
keeper sleeper better dinner jerk
Homework Help and Hints!
Data Binders- Look for them Monday
Important Events
October
12 Report Cards posted to Skyward
15-19 Fall Break- No School
November
5-8 Book Fair
7 Grandparent's Day 10:00-11:00
14 Cookie Dough Pick up at Swayzee
14 Midterms posted to Skyward
21-23 Thanksgiving Break
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