Miss Dyer's Newsletter
October 4, 2019
Cardinal Character Recognition
Study Trip to Flat Fork Creek Park
Permission slips were due back today, Friday, October 4.
Please let me know if you need another permission slip and I will happily provide your child with one to be returned as soon as possible.
Note to Chaperones - If you would like to chaperone this study trip, please respond to me by (TODAY!) Friday, October 4. We are able to accept all chaperones who would like to attend. However, we may request that some chaperones meet us at the park due to limited seating on buses.
Riley Dance Marathon
Cardinals, get your dancing shoes ready!
On Friday, October 25, from 3:50 - 5:00, TCE will host our 3rd Annual Riley Mini Dance Marathon. Students will get the opportunity to dance, have a snack, play games, make crafts and cards, and raise money for Riley.
The funds that we raise through this event go directly Riley Children's Hospital to support the work of their team of Child Life Specialists and Oncology Research. It is easy to get involved in this uplifting event! Just turn in your permission slip with the suggested $5 donation by October 23. Want to do more? We would love to have you spread the word about our event and efforts to raise money for Riley. Click the link to learn more of other ways you can do more for this worthy cause:
https://secure2.convio.net/rcf/site/TR/KCS/General?team_id=10069&pg=team&fr_id=4015
Liger Mile
Why Writing Workshop? By the Partnership for Inquiry Learning
You may be wondering why we are using writing workshop for or writing instruction model. This week's topic about writing workshops from an article by the Partnership of Inquiry Learning may help answer some of your questions.
"Writing Workshop values diverse lives and experiences"
Workshop teaching does not assume that all students have the same or similar sets of experiences; rather, it values the differences in language, interests, abilities and experiences that make each of us unique. Workshop teachers build a community of writers around this central tenet. The writers in these communities are both independent and interdependent—they learn on their own, from their teachers and from their classmates.
A Moment with Mrs. Chadwell - The TCE Global Study Instructor
In 2nd grade taking our shoes off sparked an interest in learning where our shoes were made. Majority of the 2nd graders shoes were made in either Vietnam, China or Indonesia and then 1 or 2 students had shoes made from Myanman, Mexico, India, Germany and Cambodia. A couple students were cute when they quickly said “I know where mine were made without looking….Target or Children’s place”. So funny! We did keep a running tally sheet of this information and we located each of these countries on the map.
Mystery Birthday Gift
•School policy states that food may not be sent from home. A great idea is a Mystery Gift: Surprise your child by purchasing a game or book for the classroom on his/her birthday! Have your child bring this wrapped “mystery gift” to the classroom to open with us. I will then write your child’s name in the donated item, and it will be available for each student to use. This is not mandatory; it is only a choice. Your child’s birthday WILL be acknowledged in class, after all, it is a special day!
•If your child would like to hand out pencils, erasers, bookmarks, or any other non-edible item to help celebrate his/her birthday, I will be happy to accommodate a time when this can be arranged.
•It is also school policy that invitations to parties not be passed out at school unless the whole class is invited. Otherwise, they must be mailed from your home.
Library Volunteers
Library volunteers are needed to help with shelving and checking in books in our TCE Library. Volunteering in the library is fun and the schedule is flexible! If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Mrs. Hopper, TCE Librarian (lhopper@hse.k12.in.us).
*A safe visitor background check is required for all school volunteers. For more information on background checks, visit https://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering.
Book Fee/iPad Rental Update
On September 6, 2019 elementary families will be able to view book fees on Skyward. Pat Lines, TCE Treasurer will email families an invoice on Friday evening as well. Book fees and any ipad rentals payments are due October 4, 2019. For those who qualified for café/textbook/ipad free/reduced assistance, you should see a “Textbook Assistance” (TA Code) plus a fee credit (zero balance for 2019-2020 school year).
Just a reminder, for free/reduced assistance families must apply every year on or after July 1, 2019. If you have any questions about this assistance or if you would like a payment plan, please contact Pat Lines, TCE Treasurer at (317) 594-4310 or plines@hse.k12.in.us.
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Important Information for Next Week
Mark Your Calendar!
October 12 - Fall Break Begins
October 21- School Resumes from Fall Break
October 21- Picture Retakes
October 31- Spirit Day - Wacky Hair and Socks
Next Week's Related Arts Schedule
Tuesday, October 8- Day 3: Global Studies
Wednesday, October 9- Day 4: Music
Thursday, October 10 - Day 1: Art
Friday, October 11 - Day 2: P.E.
We Are Learning...
Reading
This week in reading we continued our non-fiction reading unit. We learned non-fiction readers activate their schema, or prior knowledge of a topic, to think about what they already know about that topic. We talked about how we want to look at our books and get as excited as we do when we see a bunch of candy. Wanting to read all the books in our book box super quick might cause us to have a brain-ache just like eating too much candy too quickly will cause a stomach-ache. We all compared reading a new nonfiction book to getting a present. When we get a gift we sometimes try to figure out what it is before we open it. We might lift it, shake it, etc. When we get a new book its important to take a sneak peak of what we will have the opportunity to become experts on. When we are giving a book a sneak peak we look at the front and back cover and think "what about this topic might the author teach me.
Writing
In writing we learned/reviewed the following skills/ topics about writing non-fiction text: editing with a partner, and writing for an audience. We learned this week that our non-fiction writing process looks similar to our personal narrative writing process in that both genres require editing (e.g. looking for appropriate use of capital letters, punctuation marks, bold texts, etc) to refine our writing. We also practiced writing for an audience by thinking of a new topic to write about and then deciding who our intended audience was for our book. Identifying our audience helped us to plan what type of information we could use in our book.
Math
Special Guest!
Briana Dyer
Email: bdyer@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 14642 E 126th St, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 317-594-4310
Twitter: @MissDyer_