Important Announcements:
*Congratulations to: Brendan and Luke for being drawn from
the paw bucket last week and Abigail for being drawn from the paw bucket this
week!
*Our class won the class drawing last week and this
week! The students enjoyed a special
dining area in the cafeteria this week, and next Friday, they will get to eat
with Mrs. Greene!
*Our room mom, Mrs. Fought, is in the process of organizing
our Fall Party that will take place on Wednesday, November 27th from
2:00 – 2:45. If you are interested in
donating anything for the party or coming in and volunteering for the party
please contact Mrs. Fought at lsinclairfought@hotmail.com.
*In
reading this week, I began taking a fluency grade. This grade will be determined by the number
of words your child reads correctly in a one minute timed reading passage. When I enter it in the grade book it will be
entered as Fluency 68, Fluency 69, Fluency 70, etc. The number after the word fluency is the number
of words that your child is expected to read in a minute. That number will increase each week to meet
the end of the year goal of 87 words in a minute. I will convert your child’s score into a
percentage and then enter it in the grade book out of 10 points. For example,
if your child read 56 words, his/her percentage would be 56/68 = 82%. I would enter this is the grade book as
8.2/10. If you would like to practice
timing your child while reading, the Wednesday reading homework would be a good
passage to use to do this.
*Discover
Indy fundraiser started Friday, November 8th and will continue until
November 22nd. The books are
$25.00 each and 40% of the sale comes back directly to the school! Our goal
this year is to have 400 books sold by the end of the sales period.
*We
will be having a book fair the week of November 18th – 22nd. Your child will have a chance to shop at the
book fair on Tuesday, November 19th. That is the ONLY time they will be able to shop. If your child wants to shop, he/she will need to bring money in on Tuesday!
*November
18th – 22nd we will be having the Eliminate Hunger for the Holidays food drive to benefit Brownsburg
families. The class that donates the
most items will win a prize! Items that should be donated are:
Tuna Packets Single-Serving
Oatmeal Packets Breakfast
Bars
Mac & Cheese Chef
Boyardee Canned Meals Pudding
Cups
Cup O’ Soup Ramen
Noodles Soup
Starters
Pasta Individual
Fruit Cups (metal cans only)
** Please, NO GLASS JARS***
*Wednesday,
November 20th will be a Riley Wacky Hair Day. If your child brings in $1 to donate to
Riley, he/she can wear his/her hair in a wacky way!
*Make
sure Monday, December 9th is marked on your calendars! That is the evening of the second grade music
program! It will be a wonderful program
that your child has been working very hard on preparing for you! The program starts at 6:30. Your child will need to be dropped off at the
classroom at 6:15 p.m.
*I believe in building relationships with the children both
inside my classroom and outside the classroom.
If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports,
dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite
me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come!
*The blog will also be updated with this information as well
so if you need to see it again visit http://misswhisman.blogspot.com
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A Look at Next Week:
Science/ Health
Science/ Health
Weather
Spelling
Words with vowel patterns o, oa, ow
Reading
Story: Dear Juno
Skill: Draw Conclusions
Math
Review Unit 4, Unit 4 Test, “What’s My Attribute Rule?”, and
Line Segments
Social Studies
Government
English/Writing
Writing persuasive letters
