Walls's Monkey Memo
November 10, 2014
Weekly Happenings
Greetings Students and Families,
My goodness, Thanksgiving break is only in 2 1/2 short weeks! The class has been working very hard at being Respectful, Responsible and Safe. Last week the class earned an all time weekly high of 112 Orca Bucks!! Wow!
Math focus: Understand Multiplication
Monday - Problem Solving and making Tables
Tuesday - Multiplication to find combinations
Wednesday - Hands on - Combination Tables
Thursday - Chapter 4 Review
Friday - Chapter 4 Test!
Literacy focus: Target skill - Clarify
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco. Strategies for learning new words within text.
Constructive Response with less teacher modeling.
Test on Tuesday!
Poetry Mini Unit
Eating Snow art project
Reading Challenge:
Please remind your student to bring their independent reading book and pink reading log to school every day. New pink reading logs and books (for those who are finished) will be starting on Friday of this week.
Spelling focus: Unit #11 Long o - Practice, practice, practice! Please use words in a sentence when helping your child study their list.
*Remember to check your child's planner every night! This nightly routine helps form good habits and fosters responsibility.
Library News
The Book Fair was a great success—thank you so much for all your support! The students helped out a lot –they love to read! Many books were put into the library, the classrooms, and into our students’ hands.
We had so much fun!
Thank you again.
Your Librarians,
Lisa Whip
Cheryl Illg
Veteran's Day Memorial Wall
Veteran's Day is November 11th
PTO would like to celebrate Veteran's Day by honoring those who have served or are currently serving in the United States military services.
Stars are being sent home on Monday, November 03, 2014 with students. Write down the name of a person in your family who has served or is currently serving in the United States Armed Forces. (Additional stars are at the front office it needed.) All the stars will be displayed on the wall beside the art room. Let's fill the wall and honor those who have and continue to protect and serve the Unites States.
You may include any of the following information on your star(s):
Branch of military
Number of years served
Dates served
Any wars they served
Stars will be collected from November 04th - November 11th
Family Fun Night!
$5 for a book of 5 games
or
5 books for $20
*Single sheet for $1
Bingo Highlighters available for $1 or you can bring your own Bingo marker
Concession stand with treat will be available
Prizes:
Bingo Bucks
Merchandise
Gift Cards
etc.
Grand Prize:
Thanksgiving Turkey
Friday, Nov 14, 2014, 06:30 PM
West Homer Elementary School, Soundview Avenue, Homer, AK, United States
Dates to Remember
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Nov. 14 - Family Fun Night - Bingo
*6:30 - 8:00 pm
Nov. 26 - Early Release Day 1:45 pm
Nov. 29&28 - Thanksgiving Holiday
*No School
West Homer Elementary PTO
· Next Meeting – Nov. 13 at 6:30PM