We made it to Fall Break! Woo-hoo! I hope you all have some nice and relaxing plans over the next week. I can't wait to hear all about it when we return! I'll be working on checklists and conference prep for the first few days of break. I look forward to meeting with each of you about your awesome children!
- Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up for 2B with Mrs. Dombrowski and Ms. Smith,
- Specials Teachers Conference Sign Up
- Reading and Math Group Volunteers
- Friday Folders
Scholar Shout-Outs: I'm sad to say I missed taking pictures of these neat things!
Thank you Aidan P. for sharing a part of your family with us during History this week!
Thank you Alexa for sharing something from China!
Thank you Payten for reading us an awesome book about Friendship called These Shoes.
Thank you Sydney for bringing in a book that has the SAME author (Charles Dickens) as our Poem of the month!
Our snack time has naturally turned into a show and share snack. If your child has anything particularly interesting at home that ties into our beautiful curriculum, or if it's just sweet and useful (like a book about Friendship), we would love to have them share! It's been a lot of fun seeing what they bring in and they are so excited about it too!
Shout Out to ALL of our Scholars for spelling the word CITIZENSHIP! They earned a Popsicle Party from me and we also watched Charlotte's Web on Friday!
Checklists for Quarter 1: Please keep in mind when you receive your child's checklist for Quarter 1 that the numbers indicate your child's proficiency in each skill as well as my proximity to your child.
"4" would look like: Your child displays confident success in that skill without any further support. I can be working with another student and your child is able to independently show accurate proficiency without further instruction.
"3" would look like: Your child is showing proficiency in this skill, and benefits from occasional support. I am walking throughout the classroom, occasionally stopping by his desk to monitor progress, and when I do so, he or she is successful.
"2" would look something like: Your child is able to complete that task, but is in need of additional support. I am sitting right behind him or her, looking over their shoulder, whispering reminders, and with that support they are able to be successful.
"1" would look like: Your child needs my full attention and continual support in order for him or her to be successful in that skill. I am sitting right beside them, holding their hand, pointing with my finger to help track those words as they read, etc.
NA: Means that the skill has not been covered or assessed yet.
Please reach out to me with any questions you may have about the checklists! We can also talk about them at conferences too.
Homework Survey: Thank you to all who participated! I have seen the results and want to thank you for providing feedback. Please let me know if you are having homework concerns and how I can best support you in this effort at home :-)!
Poetry: A copy of our new poem Merry Autumn Days was sent home this week in your child's folder. Thanks for practicing at home! Poem recitation grades for Something Told the Wild Geese were sent home in Friday Folders today.
Typing Master: Students have been working hard at Typing Master! Please reinforce keeping all fingers on the "home row" when your children are working on their computer or laptop at home. The "home row" is asdfjkl;
Spalding words next week:
Monday: once, one, own, before, know, no, were, where, there, here (10 words)Tuesday: dead, leave, early, close, close, flower, flour, nothing, ground (9 words)
Wednesday: lead (the way), led (the way), lead (pencil), such, morning, however, mind, shall, alone, order, third (11 words)
Literature: We will begin reading The Boxcar Children the week of October 24th. Please send a copy of this to school as soon as you can!
Writing: We will read an exceprt from Nurse Matilda and practice writing commas in a series.
Grammar: We will continue to classify sentences. We will also spend time reviewing parts of a complete sentence as well as our capitalization and punctuation rules.
Math: We will start our unit on Measurement!
Science: There will be no new Science information introduced due to our half days and parent/teacher conferences. We will continue to closely observe our caterpillars as they form their chrysalis and our Lima Beans that are still taped up in our window!
Science: There will be no new Science information introduced due to our half days and parent/teacher conferences. We will continue to closely observe our caterpillars as they form their chrysalis and our Lima Beans that are still taped up in our window!
History: Due to half days and conferences we will take a break from History next week. Ask me all about my learning of Ancient India!
Happy Fall Break 2B!
Love,
Mrs. Dombrowski
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