Mrs. Sieman's Newsletter
March 1, 2019
Read Across America Day!
Today we celebrated the joy of reading on Read Across America Day! We celebrated by wearing mix-and-matched clothes, sporting wacky hair, and dressing as our favorite book character! We also participated in a school-wide "Drop Everything and Read" time! We spent the day reading favorite books from home and sharing our favorite stories with friends! Thank you so much to our guest readers who came in to read!
Candy Bar Bingo!
TCE Riley Mini-Dance Marathon
Yearbooks are on Sale!
Daily Snacks
WE ARE STILL IN NEED.....Please consider sending a snack to school with your child each day. Our approved list (to keep all of our Cardinals safe - especially those living with food allergies) include:
fruit
veggies
cheese
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish
Skinny Popcorn
We appreciate donations for our students that are without a snack, as well. Thank you for considering!
Background Checks & Anti-Bullying Video
Mark Your Calendar!
March 1st: Read Across America Day
March 1st: Candy Bar Bingo 6:00-7:30
March 14th: 2nd Grade Choir Concert (only for students in choir club)
March 15th: TCE Riley Mini-Dance Marathon
March 16th - 17th: HSEArt Show - come see the artwork of students at all of our HSE Schools at this district art show from 2:00-5:00 at FHS
March 21st: Rock Your Socks to bring awareness and to celebrate the joy of diversity on World Down Syndrome Day
March 21st: Spring Picture Day!
March 22nd: PTO Movie Night
March 29th - April 7th: No school - Spring Break
April 10th: 5:30-7:00 PTO Pancake Dinner, Book Fair is open, and young author books are on display in our gym
*Just a reminder that we have early dismissal every Monday so that our teachers can continue their learning.
Related Arts Schedule for Next Week!
Monday, March 4: Day 3: P.E.
Tuesday, March 5: Day 4: Global Studies
Wednesday, March 6: Day 1: Music
Thursday, March 7: Day 2: Art
Friday, March 8: Day 3: P.E. and Library
Inventor's Box
Some items that we need and brainstormed together are:
plastic bottles
soda cans
yarn
boxes (any size cereal, pop tart, cracker, mac and cheese etc..)
milk jugs
fabric
toilet/paper towel rolls
newspaper
ads
magazines (child appropriate)
bags from kroger, marsh, etc..
string
rubber bands
egg cartons
plastic containers
If there is anything else you would like to send in, we would love to have it!!
Thanks so much for your help with this! We will collect these items all year long!
#turningtrashintotreasures
We are Learning
Reading
This week, we talked a lot about how re-reading your book or parts of your books is so important. Being able to read one thing in your head really well helps the reader with fluency. It also helps with dialogue. When characters have dialogue in a book, you need to think about how that character sounds. We practiced this with a read aloud and the kids practiced this when they read to self.
Writing
Word Study
Below are the sorts we will practice in class!!
Repeated Sort: Students will sort their words. Then check their words using the answer key. Then sort their words again!
Draw and Label: Students choose 10 of their words. Then they will draw a picture of each world and label it.
Blind Sort: Using given guide words, or headers, students spell or write in words in the correct category as a partner calls each word aloud without showing it.
Writing Sort: Students write their words under the correct category.
Speed Sort: Students sort words quickly under the correct categories (use a timer to see how fast they can do it!) Students love to beat records and to set goals for themselves.
Word Hunt: Students hunt through their own reading and writing for words that are additional examples of the sound, pattern, or meaning unit they study!
Buddy Sort: Using the given headers, students sort their words with a partner, then discuss. They will then check their work with their answer key.
Math
Social Studies
This week in Mystery Doug, the topic was, "Is Pluto a Planet?" The kids loved this and they went off again to research more about space and other planets.
Mrs. Lindsey Sieman
Email: lsieman@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 14642 East 126th Street, Fishers, IN, USA
Phone: (317) 594-4310
Twitter: @LindseySieman