Welcome to the Staley Review

Welcome to the blog for my class. I hope that all of you will become followers of the blog. I hope to keep up with the blog, even though I post at two other blogs with my hobby of reviewing books online. 

Some things to think about that are upcoming soon:

Fall Festival:

Thursday, September 22, 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Please buy your tickets and plan on coming to Eastlake's Fall festival. This is such a fun event every year and we raise money for our school. I will be there helping out around 4:30 right at the beginning. A white envelope was sent home that you can buy your tickets early and save a few dollars. Come for the fun games and food!

Literacy Spotlight:  Finding Right Fit Books



i-Ready:
We have started the diagnostic tests with the children. It will be a few weeks until everyone is done with the tests. If your child finishes with their tests early, I will send the information home so each child can get started on doing the i-Ready activities at home. 

I wanted to thank all of you for the school supplies sent and the wonderful volunteers that have been coming in this week. It makes our day even better to have parents in our classroom.

Thanks again for contributing to the great start of this new school year!

Books and Reading

Take Home Reading Books:

This is just a reminder about Take Home reading books. Please make sure that you keep the book in the gallon size baggie that it comes home in. It's easier to keep track of the book and the white piece of paper. Then it makes it so easy to take it from the homework folder and put it in the crate where the parent helper will take them to get a new book. Also, make sure that you initial the white paper after your child has read the book and they are ready for a new book. A new book will not be given to your child until the paper has your initial next to the date. Thanks!

 Book Orders:

This message is for all of those that ordered from the Scholastic book order. I'm hoping that the book order will be back before we go off track. If it doesn't get here in time, I will come into school and I will either arrange a time to meet all of you at school one day, or deliver the order to your house. But, I wanted to assure you that one way or another, the books will get to your children in time for them to enjoy reading them while we are off track. 

 

 Library will be this Wednesday!! 

Please make sure that your child's library book is returned to school in the next two days. It's very difficult to call the day of library when they have left the book at home. I've suggested to the children that they leave their library book in their backpack in order to keep track of their book. Thanks for your help with this!

Remember that we will be going off  track on October 9th. We will be off for 4 weeks! During this time I hope that you will make sure that your child keeps reading for 20 minutes every day and practicing their math 36 club facts. Thanks so much!

Fall Festival is Coming Tomorrow after School!

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