Tomorrow is Eastlake's Fall Festival. I encourage you to come and support the PTA in this fundraiser for the school. You can buy tickets when you get to the school. All of the fun will start at 4:30. I will be there for the first hour volunteering at the wristband pick-up area so come and say, "Hi". If you've never been to the Fall Festival, you must come and join in on the fun. There will be a lot of games, good food and you can bid on some wonderful items at the Silent Auction.
I'm finally done with the Guided Reading testing and have all of the reading levels for all of the children to start the new year. This means that finally we can get the take Home reading Program going for the class. The books will be sent home in gallon size baggies with your child's name on it and a sheet with the books your child may be bringing home on their GR level. Please make sure to initial next to the book your child's reads or a new book will not be sent home. Also, please try to keep the book in the baggie. It's easier to transfer the book from homework folders, to the reading crate for the parent volunteers, switch books upstairs and then new books back into baggies and then homework folders. I've found that books won't become lost if you follow this system. Be on the lookout for these books probably next week. Thanks!
Book Reports: The Whale Book Report: Your child needs to write 2-3 lines about whatever book they have read this week. They may also color a picture to go with the report.
****Please make sure that your child's name is on ALL of their homework before sending it back to school. It's hard to try and figure out who the papers belong to when several are sent in with no name. Some times the children can't even identify their own homework, so if you wouldn't mind checking to make sure their name is on all of the pages this would make all of us very happy! :) .
Thanks everyone for the continued donations that have come in to school. We are always still in need of donations for our class store. We will be holding store next week and the children are very excited. They have been trying hard to earn Dragon Bucks in the classroom. Dollar Store items, individually wrapped purchased snacks, or gently used items from home are the things we are looking for to "sell' at the store.
Remember that the best way to get in touch with me is through my district e-mail at sheila.staley@jordandistrict.org
Fall Festival:
It's almost Fall, and with that we have Eastlake's annual Fall Festival this Thursday, September 11th 2014, 4:30-7:30. You have until Tuesday, September 9th to order Fall Festival wristbands at the pre-sale price
of $8. Turn in your Fall Festival envelope with the money for the
number of wristbands you would like to purchase at the $8 price. They
will be $10 at the gate the night of Fall Festival.Nearly 30 different games, 4 prize stations, large silent auction,
delicious bake sale, and student Pop art contest! A greater variety of
yummy food will be available at the festival for you to purchase for
your families. Wristbands are $10 at the door. Adults and children
under 3 are free. Please support our PTA. This is a great family event
and the only PTA fundraiser for the entire school year. I will be there helping out and it will be good to see all of you there!
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This Weeks Homework:
-Reading Fluency Practice and comprehension questions on the back
-Book Report #3
-Word of the Week:Solstice
-Math Pages
-Spelling Words/Dictation
-Reading: 20 minutes every day
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Scholastic Book Orders:
Due This Wednesday September 10th, 2014
Book orders were sent home last week. If you want to order books, you can either fill out the order forms and return them with a check or money order made out to Scholastic. Please do not send cash or make a check out to me or the school. Or, you can order them online which is the easiest way to order and view additional items not seen in the order forms.
Here's what you do...
- VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub
- ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code:
HLCVM
- SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks
- SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom
- All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
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Homework Score Sheet:
As I said in my e-mail earlier today, I'm using a loner computer for a few days. The sheet was on the other computer, so I'm typing up another one. This will be going home tomorrow with the homework turned in from last week or today. I also checked the Road to Success website at the end of school today for last week's reading days totals. So, everything should be up to date as far as things that were turned in. I will always accept late work as long as it's within the current term.
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Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers that have come in,on time and on their assigned days! It has been fantastic to have you helping out and getting to know the class. The kids love to have you there with us as do I.
As always, if you need to send me information or want questions answered, the best way is through e-mail= sheila.staley@jordandistrict.org
