Galaxy 26 Gazette
News from Miss Hensley's Class
December 2, 2016
News and Information
Pajama Day- Tuesday , December 20th
Thursday, Dec. 18th is pajama day at Converse. Please make sure your child’s pajamas follow the dress code in the handbook. Also, if the weather allows we will be going out for recess. Make sure your child has sweats to slip on over pj s and shoes to wear outdoors. They may also bring a small blanket or beach towel to sit on, as we will be watching a movie in the gym.
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.
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.
Book It Program: Keep reading for 20 min. each night!
Reading
This week we started a new theme focusing on summarizing and fixing up problems we have when reading. For example when we come to a word we don’t know we can chunk it, look for the parts we already know, use a picture clue and/ or read the rest of the sentence to decide what might make the most sense. We continue to work on fluency, vocabulary, phonics and phonemic awareness each day. We are working on summarizing a fictional text using the prompts- Somebody, Wanted, So, But, Then. We worked on finding the most important parts of the story to include in our summary and wrote them using our own words.
Reading Homework: Read the sight words and practice the fluency passage. Return the fluency passage and show where you stopped after reading for 1 min. each night for 5 points toward your reading grade.
Math
- Subtraction strategies for double digit numbers
Students need to have a "toolbox" of math strategies in order to solve problems quickly, efficiently, correctly and by using different methods. Please be sure that your child is completing their math homework using the strategy for that day in order to be prepared for the next quiz.
- 100 chart strategy
- break apart strategy (breaking numbers down into expanded form and subtracting)
English and Writing
In English we reviewed adverbs and prepositions and took our last English test of the semester!
Spelling Words
** Just 12 words this week!
causesauce
launch
caught
daughter
water
want
because
naughty
taught
wand
wash
Homework Help and Hints!
Data Binders- Look for them Monday
Important Events
December
8 Mega Party for Otis Spunkmeyer winners
20 PJ day
21 Holiday Party/ End of 1st semester
22-Jan. 3 Christmas Break
January
5 2nd Semester Begins
6 Report Cards available on Skyward
16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- no school unless needed for a make up day
February
7 Skating Party 6-8 pm
14 Valentine's Party
20 President's Day- no school unless needed for a make up day
Contact Me
Email: staciehe@ohusc.k12.in.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/ohusc.k12.in.us/miss-hensley-s-class/
Location: 600 E Walnut St, Converse, IN, United States
Phone: 765-395-3341