Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone enjoyed their long holiday weekend! I want to give a big THANK YOU to all of the parents who purchased items for our feast, and the parents who helped serve all of our tots their delicious meal at the feast!

Another big thank you to the families who donated to our Donors Choose project. These donations go toward a  larger ABC rug so we can all sit comfortably during story time and whole group lessons! If you wish to donate to the class, the link is below. 

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/msts-circle-time-carpet/1793634/?rf=email-system-2015-11-proposal_approve-teacher_2000514&challengeid=316622&utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proposal_approve&utm_swu=4258

Looking ahead…

**Report Cards will go home this Friday**

Letter of the Week: P

Sight words of the week: Can, of

I will send home a list of the first marking period words to practice 

Your schedule conference time and date will go home this week. 

During conference days  (Wed. 12/9, Thurs. 12/10, Fri.  12/11) it is early release from school. Dismissal will begin at 1:20.

Please send your child to school with a coat. We go outside for recess as long as the weather is not below 32 degrees. 

Character Assembly

A Big Congrats to our 6 Rockin' Rockstars who showed acts of kindness earning them a character charm! 

Preview of Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is our much anticipated Thanksgiving feast. Today, we got ready for our feast by making Native American Hats. All of my tots were so excited, the quote "Look at me, I'm Squanto" was heard across Room 202! Here's a sneak peak at some of Room 202's Native Americans.

 Thank you to the wonderful Mrs. D for bringing us in special turkey cookies! We got to decorate our turkeys with M&M's marshmallows, sprinkles, chocolate chips and frosting. The best part of all, eating them of course!

If you are bringing something for the feast, feel free to drop it off at Roxbury between 8:45-12:00. The feast is at 12:00, so make sure we have the items by 12, thanks!

Project Donor's Choose

Project Donor's Choose is a site that teachers use to get people to help fund their "projects" for their classrooms. Some projects could be books, centers, furniture or technology.

The project I have created is classroom carpet for morning message, story time and center activities. With the increase in our class sizes this year, our class is very crowded on the carpet. With this large alphabet carpet, we would have personal space and comfort during whole group instruction!
 Over the past two years, this site has allowed our classroom to receive an iPad (which the helper uses daily) a display bookshelf, and Common Core Math Centers.

The site is below. Every donation is appreciated, no matter the amount! If donations are made by Saturday, November 28th using the promo code SPARK, the site matches your donation!!

Thank you for everything you do! Help if you can! XOXO

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/msts-circle-time-carpet/1793634/?rf=email-system-2015-11-proposal_approve-teacher_2000514&challengeid=316622&utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proposal_approve&utm_swu=4258

Scholastic Book Order

If you are interested in placing a scholastic book order before the holidays and didn't send an order to school, you can order online using our classroom code!

Here is the link if you are interested.https://orders.scholastic.com/MB22T

I will send home one more Scholastic flyer in early December if you wish to order the regular way before the holidays. There are many series we've read in school that my tots love!! (Pete the Cat, Giggle Giggle Quack, Llama Llama, Pinkalicious) and also, great sight word readers!

Any questions feel free to email me!

Happy Reading!

Week at a Glance!

This week in Room 202 we finished our five senses books! On Tuesday, we got with a partner and did some editing. We added more details and  labels to our pictures.

They were so proud of themselves for finishing their second story! Each day we take turns sharing our stories in the author chair. My little authors and illustrators rock!

Our next story we'll be working on is an all about me book to go along with our non-fiction unit.

We explored many Thanksgiving and turkey books this week, some fiction for fun, and some non-fiction to help explain the meaning of the holiday.

In math we continued to work on those tricky teen numbers, and met my friend Andy Addition!

We learned that Andy helps join two groups together. We made our first addition problem fun by using turkeys and feathers!

Rebecca was our Celebrity of the Week and she brought in her favorite slap on bracelet. She also told her friends that her favorite food is pizza.

Looking Ahead…

Next week's sight words: yes, no

Next week's letter: Kk

There is early dismissal Wednesday, November 25th, and no school Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Please be sure to send your conference slip back to school ASAP so I can begin to make a schedule.

There is a food drive going on at Roxbury. Please send two cans to school with your child so they can participate in the can dance in gym!

Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to bring items in for our feast. It is going to be great!

Lastly, one of my tots is missing this cozy white vest, and no one will claim it! I thought you might be able to identify it better than them. If it is your child's please just send me an email! :) 

Check back next week for pictures of my little Pilgrims and Native Americans! 

Conference Letter

Please be on the look out for information regarding report card conferences. The letter is going home tomorrow with your child. Please return the bottom half of the letter and check off the day that works best for you by using a first, second, third option.

The conferences will take place Wednesday, Dec 9th, Thursday, December 10th and Friday, December 11th. All of those days will be early release days at school, and dismissal will begin at 1:20.

If you have not returned your signed permission slip, please do so, so I know you reviewed your child's progress!

Progress Reports and Thanksgiving Feast

A letter went home today on green paper. This letter was explaining the progress report that was also sent home. Please review your child's progress thus far, and if there are any questions feel free to email me! Once you have reviewed the progress report, please sign it and send it back so I know you saw it.

Room 202's wonderful room moms put together this sign up sheet online! If you can donate items for our Thanksgiving feast, it would be greatly appreciated! The link was emailed to you by Mrs. Ladd, but here it is again.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48abaa2aa7fb6-thanksgiving

Lastly, please be sure to send your book-in-a-bag back to school each day. Also, once you are finished reading the book with your child, please make  sure to write the title of the book down and initial that they read it, so we can keep track of the books they have taken out.

 If you received a letter bag, please return the bag along with the materials in the bag.

Have a great night!

Recap of the Week

We began our week with Lucas's 5th birthday celebration,

and ended it with the Apex Fun Run! Our class ran their little hearts out surrounded by parents and Apex volunteers cheering them on.

                                                                 We had so much fun!

In reading we began our unit on Non-fiction books! The kids loved learning facts about the way animals move, and have begun writing their own five senses book!

In math we learned about those tricky teen numbers and how the 1 has to go first!!

Looking ahead…

Sight words of the week: on, my

Letter of the week: Jj

If you have not returned your book-in-a-bag signed contract please do so ASAP so your child can start taking out books.

If your child was given an alphabet bag to practice their letters, please return all materials inside the bag ASAP so I can update their bags.

If you have not turned your turkey in, it is not too late! Send it in when it is finished! They look adorable displayed in the hallway!

Be on the look out for an email from the room moms regarding our Thanksgiving feast and donations!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Veteran's Day

I hope everyone enjoyed their day off and thanked a veteran! We had a special Veteran's Day assembly yesterday, and our very own Adrian had veteran close to his heart  come to Roxbury; his dad!

Happy Veteran's Day!

DISGUISED TURKEYS ARE DUE TOMORROW!

If you have not returned your signed book-in-a-bag contract, please do so ASAP so we can begin taking out book.

I haven't Seen any Turkeys...Have You?

Our first disguised turkey arrived at Roxbury this morning and we didn't even recognize him! Here he is as Santa Clause! Nice job, Dominick!!

These are a few more examples from last year's class...

Please send your disguised turkey back to school by Thursday, November 12th!

Raz Kids and Headsprout

I can see many students are able to access RazKids at home which is great! I wanted to let you know there are two games that the students can choose from on the website.

 If you go to the site:

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

It will prompt you for my username which is, rtenk

If you click on your child's name, there is an option for RAZKIDS or HEADSPROUT. Headsprout is phonics activities using letters and sounds. 

Please give it a try at home and let me know if you are able to access it! 

don't forget about Dreamboxlearning.com  too!

HAPPY LEARNING! 

Recap of the Week

Our week kicked off with a leaf hunt! To review the letter Ll, we went on a leaf walk to find beautiful leaves to  use to make the letter L! 

In Reading and Writing, we finished our first story! We wrote our own version of Pete the Cat's Rockin' in my School Shoes. We used the words beginning, middle and end to write a story about our daily schedule at school. We finally got to use the author chair!!

Here our two of my little authors sharing their story with the class!

Our math lessons have been short and sweet due to the Apex FunRun volunteers coming in to talk to us about team work! Next week in math we will learn about those Tricky Teen Numbers.

Looking ahead…

**I posted the wrong letter and words last week, I apologize!** We learned the letter Ii, our letter next week will be the letter Tt

Sight Word Review: and/in New Word: on

No School, Wednesday November 11th- Veterans Day

Turkey Disguise project due Thursday, November 12th

Be on the look out for the book-in-a-bag letter and contract in your tots folder.

Scholastic Book Orders Due Tomorrow!!

If you are interested in purchasing some of these fabulous books for your child, please send your book order in tomorrow so the order can be placed and received before Thanksgiving! The more books that are purchased, the more free resources we get for our classroom!

Apex Fun Run

On Monday, a colorful badge went home with your child. This badge was information on our new school fundraiser which is run by the company Apex. The fundraiser is asking parents and families to find sponsors for their students to run laps at the Fun Run which is next Friday the 13th.

    For example, if someone wants to sponsor your child they can donate a dollar per lap, or two dollars per lap etc. All of this information is in the pamphlet in the badge. So please be sure to take a look, and log into apexfunrun.com using the access code on the front of the badge! It will look like this:

Apex hosted a pep rally on Monday to get the kids excited for the fundraiser!

Please help raise money for Roxbury!! :)