Thursday, September 26, 2013
Mrs.Becker
Parents, I just wanted to let you know Mrs. Becker has started her maternity leave. The best way to contact me is through school email, hillarystout@lindberghschools.ws. I will let you know when her baby arrives. -Mrs. Stout
Buddy day
Today we met with our third grade buddies to share our writing we have been working on. We also took a break from learning to dance for Jam Day.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday Message
Sorry, I know it's Tuesday!
First of all, thanks to everyone that joined us for Eckert's on Friday. It wasn't the best weather but I think everyone still had a good time. Our next field trip will be to the Magic House on October 9th. I know we have three field trips that are pretty close together but the Magic House only offered us dates in early October. If your child wore their yellow field trip shirt home please return it to school as soon as you can. Also, please email me any photos you took on our trip.
We have now completed our first math book which worked on numbers 1-10. This week we started our next unit in math working on number bonds. We will learn how to use number bonds to decompose numbers. The students work with workmats and manipulatives to help them do this. They are excited about this.
We continue to work on letter sounds and sight words. Please make sure that you are practicing sight words for a short time each evening. Most students are doing very well with their sight word tests. Also, be sure that when your child is writing in their homework that are stretching their words if they are not sight words. They are expected to spell sight words correctly but all other words should be stretched. This means they should be writing a letter for each sound that they hear in the word.
This weeks events...
Thursday is the JAM World Record day. JAM stands for Just A Minute. For one minute our entire school (and thousands of others around the world) will be physically active. We will be dancing to one of our brain breaks that we learn in P.E. Students are invited to dress in exercise or comfy clothes.
Thursday is also Grant's Farm Night. This is one of my favorite nights of the year. Grant's Farm is open to Sappington Families only and it is a blast. There's a DJ, face painting, and other activities. The weather looks perfect and parking is free!
Friday there is no school for students. Teachers will be attending professional development sessions all day.
Please have homework complete by Thursday since we do not have school Friday. We will also go to library and have our sight word tests on Thursday.
First of all, thanks to everyone that joined us for Eckert's on Friday. It wasn't the best weather but I think everyone still had a good time. Our next field trip will be to the Magic House on October 9th. I know we have three field trips that are pretty close together but the Magic House only offered us dates in early October. If your child wore their yellow field trip shirt home please return it to school as soon as you can. Also, please email me any photos you took on our trip.
We have now completed our first math book which worked on numbers 1-10. This week we started our next unit in math working on number bonds. We will learn how to use number bonds to decompose numbers. The students work with workmats and manipulatives to help them do this. They are excited about this.
We continue to work on letter sounds and sight words. Please make sure that you are practicing sight words for a short time each evening. Most students are doing very well with their sight word tests. Also, be sure that when your child is writing in their homework that are stretching their words if they are not sight words. They are expected to spell sight words correctly but all other words should be stretched. This means they should be writing a letter for each sound that they hear in the word.
This weeks events...
Thursday is the JAM World Record day. JAM stands for Just A Minute. For one minute our entire school (and thousands of others around the world) will be physically active. We will be dancing to one of our brain breaks that we learn in P.E. Students are invited to dress in exercise or comfy clothes.
Thursday is also Grant's Farm Night. This is one of my favorite nights of the year. Grant's Farm is open to Sappington Families only and it is a blast. There's a DJ, face painting, and other activities. The weather looks perfect and parking is free!
Friday there is no school for students. Teachers will be attending professional development sessions all day.
Please have homework complete by Thursday since we do not have school Friday. We will also go to library and have our sight word tests on Thursday.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Meet Mrs. Stout
Mrs. Stout will be the guest teacher in our room while I am on maternity leave. She has been the LTA ( literacy teacher assistant) for kindergarten all year so the students are very familiar with her already. On Monday she spent the whole day with us to see how we have been doing things. I am not leaving yet but when I do she is ready!
Mrs. Becker baby shower
Mrs. Becker was surprised today by a baby shower given to her by her students and the other kindergarten teachers. The party included pin the bow tie on the baby, baby bingo, opening gifts and a snack. Fun was had by all! -Mrs.Stout
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Monday Message
Good Afternoon,
First a few reminders....
If you have not returned the permission slip for field trips please try to do so by tomorrow. We need all money turned in so that we can have everything ready for Friday. If you are chaperoning the trip (THANK YOU) please arrive at school not later than 8:45. You will want to bring a lunch too. Parents should be able to ride the bus with us unless it becomes too crowded. In that case parents usually car pool together. Your child must ride the bus to Eckert's with us but you can take your child home at the end of the trip if you'd like. You will have to meet us back at the bus to sign your child out.
Please be sure to send a sack lunch with a drink for the trip. Also, please send an extra bottle of water for your child. Eckert's does not have drinkable water and this is a long day outside. Please label lunches and water with your child's name.
Don't forget Wednesday is our first early release day. Students are dismissed around 1:40. Everyone has indicated on their form that their student will be following their typical dismissal procedure. If this is not true please let me know ASAP.
Homework went well again this week and our first sight word test were very successful. Please remember that your child should be sound spelling in their homework anytime it is NOT a sight word. Please do not tell your child how to spell the words. They should be stretching the words very slowly and writing down the sounds that they hear.
Friday is the last monkey coupon day for the fundraiser. Since we will be gone all day students must turn in their blue monkey coupons on Thursday.
Thanks so much for all your help!
First a few reminders....
If you have not returned the permission slip for field trips please try to do so by tomorrow. We need all money turned in so that we can have everything ready for Friday. If you are chaperoning the trip (THANK YOU) please arrive at school not later than 8:45. You will want to bring a lunch too. Parents should be able to ride the bus with us unless it becomes too crowded. In that case parents usually car pool together. Your child must ride the bus to Eckert's with us but you can take your child home at the end of the trip if you'd like. You will have to meet us back at the bus to sign your child out.
Please be sure to send a sack lunch with a drink for the trip. Also, please send an extra bottle of water for your child. Eckert's does not have drinkable water and this is a long day outside. Please label lunches and water with your child's name.
Don't forget Wednesday is our first early release day. Students are dismissed around 1:40. Everyone has indicated on their form that their student will be following their typical dismissal procedure. If this is not true please let me know ASAP.
Homework went well again this week and our first sight word test were very successful. Please remember that your child should be sound spelling in their homework anytime it is NOT a sight word. Please do not tell your child how to spell the words. They should be stretching the words very slowly and writing down the sounds that they hear.
Friday is the last monkey coupon day for the fundraiser. Since we will be gone all day students must turn in their blue monkey coupons on Thursday.
Thanks so much for all your help!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Busy Busy Writers!
We are really enjoying writer's workshop! Today we began stapling pages together to make books. Students were very excited about this. We talked about how each page should be a detail about the same topic. Our books are intended to teach someone about something. Some students are teaching us about their rooms, their favorite games, even their families. This class is really getting good at adding details to their pictures and many are even adding word labels. Our sound spelling skills are really developing! Ask your child to show you how we sound spell!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Class Books
Class books will start coming home today. The first book we created as a class is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Class books will always contain many sight words. The purpose of these books is for students to practice reading the sentences independently. Students should touch each word as they read it. They may need a little help with the first couple pages but should be able to read the rest to you. If there is a book in your child's backpack please take the time to read it with your child and return it the very next day for another family to enjoy. Thanks!
Pajama Day
This Thursday Sappington will be having pajama day to raise funds for the Gapsch family. For any donation students are invited to wear their pajamas to school. Please be sure to have your child wear tennis shoes with their pajamas. Thanks for your support.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Monday Message
Good Afternoon,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Homework is off to a good start. Don't forget that your child should be sound spelling the words on their own. Please do not tell them the letters to write. They are all doing very well with sound spelling in class and should be able to do it for homework as well.
This week we also begin sight words. Please help your child practice their words at home each night so that they are ready for the assessment on Friday. Remember the sight word packet that came home today is optional. It is a great way to practice the words but feel free to practice them in any way you choose. The packet does not have to be returned to me.
Tomorrow some information regarding our big fundraiser for the year will come home with your child. Please look for it in their folder.
Field trip dates for the year are set. Our first trip is to Eckert's Fun Farm in Millstadt, Il. We will need SEVERAL parent volunteers for this trip on September 20th. We will leave by 9am and return by 3pm.
Our second trip is on October 9th to The Magic House. We will need a few chaperones for this trip as well. This is a half day trip from about 8:45 until 11:30.
Our third trip is to Stuckmeyer's Farm on October 25th. This is also a half day trip and we will need a few volunteers. We will be gone from 8:45 until 11:30.
Our last trip will be with our third grade buddies. On May 22nd we will go to Suson Park to celebrate the end of a great year.
The permission slip for all field trips will be coming home in the next couple days. You have the option to pay for all field trips in one lump sum with this form. If you prefer to pay for one trip at a time that is fine as well. The paper will also have a place to indicate whether or not you would like to attend the field trip with us.
Thank you for working on homework and sight words with your child. It was obvious this first week that everyone made homework a priority. Thanks for the support!!
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Homework is off to a good start. Don't forget that your child should be sound spelling the words on their own. Please do not tell them the letters to write. They are all doing very well with sound spelling in class and should be able to do it for homework as well.
This week we also begin sight words. Please help your child practice their words at home each night so that they are ready for the assessment on Friday. Remember the sight word packet that came home today is optional. It is a great way to practice the words but feel free to practice them in any way you choose. The packet does not have to be returned to me.
Tomorrow some information regarding our big fundraiser for the year will come home with your child. Please look for it in their folder.
Field trip dates for the year are set. Our first trip is to Eckert's Fun Farm in Millstadt, Il. We will need SEVERAL parent volunteers for this trip on September 20th. We will leave by 9am and return by 3pm.
Our second trip is on October 9th to The Magic House. We will need a few chaperones for this trip as well. This is a half day trip from about 8:45 until 11:30.
Our third trip is to Stuckmeyer's Farm on October 25th. This is also a half day trip and we will need a few volunteers. We will be gone from 8:45 until 11:30.
Our last trip will be with our third grade buddies. On May 22nd we will go to Suson Park to celebrate the end of a great year.
The permission slip for all field trips will be coming home in the next couple days. You have the option to pay for all field trips in one lump sum with this form. If you prefer to pay for one trip at a time that is fine as well. The paper will also have a place to indicate whether or not you would like to attend the field trip with us.
Thank you for working on homework and sight words with your child. It was obvious this first week that everyone made homework a priority. Thanks for the support!!
Friday, September 6, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Hat Day
Thanks for your participation in hat day. The donations for the Gapsch family were very generous and much appreciated!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Monday Message
I hope everyone enjoyed the three day weekend!
It is a busy week here at Sappington. Homework starts today. The packet will be in the home folder. Don't forget to complete five activities before Friday. Also, be sure to read for fifteen minutes every night. Sight words will start next week.
Tonight is also our first SPTG meeting. Students are welcome and will be supervised on the playground.
Tomorrow Sappington is holding a fundraiser for the Gapsch family. Mia and Maci Gapsch (sisters) are former Sappington students. Last week they suffered a house fire that took the lives of Maci, her father, and her grandmother. As a Lindbergh family we are trying to do anything we can to help. Tomorrow, for any monetary donation, your child can wear a hat to school. All proceeds will go the surviving sister, Mia. We are also collecting donations of fun-size bags of M&M's. Sperreng students will be hosting M&M'S for Mia and Maci on Saturday morning. Please help if you can.
Friday is Back to Football Friday. We will have an all school assembly to kick off the NFL's Play 60 program. This program asks students to pledge to be physically active for sixty minutes a day. Students are encouraged to wear Rams or football gear to school on Friday. (Shirts, hats, face paint, etc.) We will take a class photo showing our NFL spirit. It will be a fun day!
It is a busy week here at Sappington. Homework starts today. The packet will be in the home folder. Don't forget to complete five activities before Friday. Also, be sure to read for fifteen minutes every night. Sight words will start next week.
Tonight is also our first SPTG meeting. Students are welcome and will be supervised on the playground.
Tomorrow Sappington is holding a fundraiser for the Gapsch family. Mia and Maci Gapsch (sisters) are former Sappington students. Last week they suffered a house fire that took the lives of Maci, her father, and her grandmother. As a Lindbergh family we are trying to do anything we can to help. Tomorrow, for any monetary donation, your child can wear a hat to school. All proceeds will go the surviving sister, Mia. We are also collecting donations of fun-size bags of M&M's. Sperreng students will be hosting M&M'S for Mia and Maci on Saturday morning. Please help if you can.
Friday is Back to Football Friday. We will have an all school assembly to kick off the NFL's Play 60 program. This program asks students to pledge to be physically active for sixty minutes a day. Students are encouraged to wear Rams or football gear to school on Friday. (Shirts, hats, face paint, etc.) We will take a class photo showing our NFL spirit. It will be a fun day!
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