Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
November 22, 2019
News and Information
Gift Exchange- Since you may be doing some shopping soon!
Our class will be having a gift exchange during the Christmas Party. We ask that you limit the price of your gift to $3.00. Boys need to bring a gift for a boy. Girls need to bring a gift for a girl. We will be playing a game to distribute the gifts, so on the tag please just have your child sign their name. They may bring their gift in anytime that is convenient prior to Dec. 20th.
Christmas Party
Friday, Dec. 20 8:15-9:00
If you'd like to help with the Christmas party or other activities during the month of December, please check out the notes that came home with you child today. THANK YOU!
Canned Food Drive
Our annual Canned Food Drive is coming up! All of the items brought in are donated to the Converse Church of Christ's Samaritan Room. The drive will run from Mon, Nov. 18 - Tues. Nov. 26 - ending a 9:00 am on Tuesday. The class that brings the most items wins a pizza party! Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Paper Grocery Bags Needed
Each child will need to bring a large PAPER GROCERY (or reusable shopping) BAG to school no later than Friday, Dec. 16. I line the bags up down the classroom and as I take down the holiday decorations they made I walk by and drop them in the open bags. The bag needs to be large, have a flat bottom and be able to stand up on its own. If you have a large collection of paper bags and would like to donate I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Please label your child's coat and accessories with their name!
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.
Homework
Your child's nightly homework: Read 20 minutes every night!
AND math facts for those who have not yet reached LEVEL Z in addition. This was new starting on Tuesday . See the link for the letter that I sent home on Wednesday.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fkBwKuOyVV68xsWborDI4dFNGgNqYHj93X6Gxeum7mk/edit?usp=sharing
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 focused on identifying story elements this week: setting, characters, problem and solution. We also continue to work on comprehension, vocabulary, and decoding.
Math
Comparing 3 digit numbers
Here are the links to the student materials in case you want to review at home.
Student Book
https://teacher-toolbox.com/dam/jcr:2e93cf5c-ec47-43f1-9c39-a96cd7b1f051/CC-2017-IN2M-RI-SE-L12A.pdf
Practice and problem solving book
Rocket Math Facts Goals- all students should be at the following levels by:
End of December: Level Z of Addition facts
March - Level M of Subtraction
May- Level Z of Subtraction
English and Writing
Writing- We continues our unit on opinion writing. We focused on stating our opinion, giving 3 reasons with proof/ evidence and writing a strong concluding statement. We started writing letters to a farmer persuading him why he should not eat us (Turkeys!) for Thanksgiving.
English: reviewed all basic parts of speech over the next before we take the end of the unit assessment next week.
Spelling Words
NO TEST NEXT WEEK
These will be the words for the week of Dec. 2
Pretest -Wednesday Dec. 4
Final test- Friday Dec. 6
cause
sauce
launch
caught
daughter
water
want
because
naughty
taught
wand
wash
Homework Help and Hints!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/children-holiday-stress_b_785513
Data Binders- Look for them Monday !
Important Events
November
27-29 Thanksgiving Break- No School
December
5 Otis Spunkmeyer Mega Party after school
20 Christmas Party
20 End of first semester
21-Jan. 3 Christmas 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