Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
March 15, 2019
News and Information
Swimming is Monday March 18!
Each child will need a swimsuit and towel daily. One piece suits for girls please! If you'd like to watch swimming you will need to meet us at the high school pool doors by 8:20. After that time you will not be able to get in the building.
Winter Blues Dress Up Days
Mar. 22 Island/ sunglasses day
2nd Grade Spelling Bee
Cohen, Kora, Ryan P., Charlie and Garrett will represent our class next Friday in the 2nd grade spelling bee. It was a close contest, going 7 rounds- we have some great spellers! A shout out to Elayna and Emma who are our alternates!
Wax Museum Is Coming Up Soon!
April 12th is the date of the wax museum. Please start working on your child’s costume. I need the costumes at school no later than Friday, April 5th. Please don’t spend lots of money on the costume. It is nice to shop at Goodwill and other thrift shops to find pieces that will make the costume special. Just get as close as you can to the look and time period of the character and be creative!
Coats Needed
Please continue to send a coat with your child. Morning recess is still quite chilly and we want everyone to be dressed safely for the temperature.
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.
Report Cards
Reading
We started our new reading unit. We are focusing on cause and effect and making connections to the text. We continue to practice and review comprehension strategies, phonics, and fluency on a daily basis.
Math
We finished up our unit on time. We moved on to data and graphing.
Data and Graphing
building a bar graph
identifying parts of the graph- title, labels, data, numbers
analyzing the data
Those who have not made it to level M of subtraction will start having fact homework on Monday to finish all subtraction levels by the end of the year.
Goals for Subtraction Facts
Level M by March 8-
Level Z by May 22
Once a student reaches Level Z and can do at least 95 out of 100 subtraction problems in 5 minutes they move to multiplication facts.
English and Writing
In writing, -- Speech writing is complete! They will be sent home Monday ! Start practicing those speeches- there is a lot of information and it will take some time to get them down. Tip- work on 1 section (or even a couple sentences) then add another section (or sentence) until they are able to recite the entire speech.
English skills: subject / verb agreement, past tense verbs, subjecty and object pronouns
Spelling Words
TEST THURSDAY, MARCH 21st - NO PRETEST OR CHALLENGE LIST THIS WEEK
sigh
night
fight
light
tight
bright
might
bye
type
high
slight
fright
Homework
Your child's nightly homework: Read 20 minutes every night!
Homework Helps and Hints
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Important Events
March
15 Report Cards posted to Skyward
18-22 Swim
25-29 Spring Break
April
1-3 swim
12 Wax Museum
19 Good Friday- We WILL have school
May
3 Children's Museum Field Trip
24 New Last day for students
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