October 30, 2017

                                 Math Explorations                            Scientists

  

This week's news:

~Our Student Council will be sponsoring our Annual Canned Food Drive starting next week Oct 30 - Nov 3.  When you're out this week, feel free to pick up any of the items on the attached list.  Thank you so much for supporting Hamilton County Good Samaritans.

OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Register Veterans who will attend the Celebration 

~Click on the link to view the Chatter.



~Carmel Education Foundation’s Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K Run/Walk
The Carmel Education Foundation’s Annual Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K Run/Walk and the CHS Wellness Committee’s Wellness Fair is October 26, at the CHS Field House. Come join this school and family fun event! All ages and costumes are welcome. Register at carmelghostrun.com.

~What a great idea for a word wall at home! As your child brings home new high frequency words and you see them in the weekly newsletter you can add them to your word wall at home. This can be used when practicing words, or doing any writing at home. 

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October 23, 2017

                 

Lunch Bunch Winners!

                         

This week's news:

Registration opens today at 10:00 am!

Register Veterans who will attend the Celebration

~Click on the link to view the Chatter.



~Carmel Education Foundation’s Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K Run/Walk
The Carmel Education Foundation’s Annual Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K Run/Walk and the CHS Wellness Committee’s Wellness Fair is October 26, at the CHS Field House. Come join this school and family fun event! All ages and costumes are welcome. Register at carmelghostrun.com.

~What a great idea for a word wall at home! As your child brings home new high frequency words and you see them in the weekly newsletter you can add them to your word wall at home. This can be used when practicing words, or doing any writing at home.

OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

~2nd Quarter specials schedule: http://hwiselog.wixsite.com/camp-wiselogle/schedule



~Free Friday Downloads- sign up for email notifications at these sites for free Friday app downloads! http://www.theworldaccordingtoe.com/smartappsforkids/  and/orhttp://www.appymall.com/blog/. 


~Shoe Tying Challenge!

Who: Room  9

What: To be able to tie our shoes

When: Our goal is to have 23 shoe tie-ers by Winter Break!

Why: First graders will be able to tie their own shoes.

How: Practice, practice, practice!

So far, we have 4 students who have completed the challenge!





~Report Cards will be emailed this Friday, October 20th.  Please keep in mind our goal is for students to reach a 5 by the end of first grade. At this point in the year we hope to see mostly  2's. Any areas marked a 1 would be an area in which to support and focus upon this coming quarter. 

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October 17, 2017

Writing Partners Revising

                           

                             



This week's News:

~Next Week is Socktober!

Kid President’s Socktober Video: https://goo.gl/N9ZkjC

~2nd Quarter specials schedule: http://hwiselog.wixsite.com/camp-wiselogle/schedule



~Free Friday Downloads- sign up for email notifications at these sites for free Friday app downloads! http://www.theworldaccordingtoe.com/smartappsforkids/  and/orhttp://www.appymall.com/blog/. 


~Shoe Tying Challenge!

Who: Room  9

What: To be able to tie our shoes

When: Our goal is to have 23 shoe tie-ers by Winter Break!

Why: First graders will be able to tie their own shoes.

How: Practice, practice, practice!

So far, we have 3 students who have completed the challenge!





~Report Cards will be emailed this Friday, October 20th.  Please keep in mind our goal is for students to reach a 5 by the end of first grade. At this point in the year we hope to see mostly  2's. Any areas marked a 1 would be an area in which to support and focus upon this coming quarter. 


OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

~Sign up for optional Fall Student Led Conferences here!

~Mystery Reader- there are still slots left! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4da5ad2-mystery

~Optional October Homework and reading log :

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October 9, 2017

                  

 

                                     Acting out our writing!         Preparing for cross text discussions 

This week's news:

~Sign up for optional Fall Student Led Conferences here!





~Scholastic book orders are due October 12th !  Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub

One-Time Class Activation Code: L6ZVP

~Mystery Reader- there are still slots left! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4da5ad2-mystery

~Optional October Homework and reading log sent home last week:

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OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

~Check out your Youtube sensations HERE!

~Students really enjoy the brain breaks on gonoodle.com! Try Go Noodle at home!


~I love this article about using everyday activities at home as an opportunity for reading together. Reading Relationships: The Power of Parents

October 2, 2017

                              Officer Broadnax Visit               Top Secret Folder Reveal!

~This week's news:

~Check out your Youtube sensations HERE!


~Sign up for optional Fall Student Led Conferences here!




REMINDERS FROM THE OFFICE:

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TUESDAY is SPIRIT DAY!  Wear Red/White/Blue or your new spirit wear to school and show your school spirit!
WEDNESDAY is "International Walk To School Day"  Students can walk from home or if that's too far, you can be dropped off behind the Starbucks next to Subway on 131st and Hazel Dell by 7:30 a.m. to walk with the Principal and several teachers.
THURSDAY - Fall Family Fun Night from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. - Come and enjoy food, games and family tailgate outdoor fun with your friends!  Bring your own lawn chair!  All food is free, which includes hotdogs, chips, cookies and drinks.

ALL WEEK - Support our Hamilton County Coat Drive  - send in your gently used coats by Friday for this worthy cause.

~Students really enjoy the brain breaks on gonoodle.com! Try Go Noodle at home!


~I love this article about using everyday activities at home as an opportunity for reading together. Reading Relationships: The Power of Parents



OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

~Click on the Chatter to read all about the activities going on at Cherry Tree.

Check out this week's tweets!

September 25th, 2017

              Math Coaching                             Author Interviews

This week's news:

~Click on the Chatter to read all about the activities going on at Cherry Tree.

Check out this week's Tweets!

OLD NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

~We have been working A LOT on growth mindset thinking and talking... here are some good talking points for home!



~Word wall at home-I love the idea of making a word wall at home!! The goal is for all high frequency words/sight words can be read and spelled by the end of the year. With that being said, the word wall is to be used as a resource. Since most words in the wall are not "rule followers" and therefore cannot be sounded out, we do want to use the wall as a resource to help us spell and/or check our spelling. At this time students are encouraged to use the word wall to help them and check their work. These words can be find in each weekly newsletter and are also on the list I passed out at Back to School Night. 

~Weekend Work: Throughout the week we have work that we start and sometimes do not get finished in an allotted time. When this happens it gets put in the blue work folder in the student’s desk. Throughout each day students have opportunities to work on items in their blue work folders. This week we have really been working on Habit 2- Begin with the End. Our goal was for all of our work to be complete by the end of this week. And for those who had work that wasn’t finished the plan was for it to be completed over the weekend. We will continue to work on time management in the classroom and I am sure this will not be a weekly event of needing to bring work home. If your child brought home weekend work last  Friday please know we are working hard to make it a goal that this week there will not be any work to bring home on Friday! 

~Just a reminder that Top Secret folders were due Friday, September 15th ! I do not want to pass them out until each student has one. Let me know if you have any questions.