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Bastoky News 11/16-11/20 Academic Update: Writing We are finishing up our small moment/personal narrative unit this week. We hope to have all our finished writing up and displayed on the writer’s wall by Friday. This was our first writing unit that we went through the whole writing process that consisted of picking a topic and writing it down, making a web, completing a graphic organizer, and before working on the final draft, each student had to submit a rough draft and then go through the peer and teacher editing process. The students worked hard on their writing and their writing process is kept in their writing folders. If you are curious to see our steps to writing, please come in and take a look. We will start our next writing unit on “how to” after the Thanksgiving Break. Spotlight on Shakespeare Last Friday, we were fortunate enough to have Jessica Augusten from the Denver Center Theatre Academy come and do a Shakespeare dramatic performance workshop with our class. They got to participate in a lot of fun activities that helped them have fun acting the text and understanding a little more about Shakespeare's world. It was a fun and educational time for all as it will help us prepare for auditioning for the DPS Shakespeare Festival that takes place in the spring! Class Thanksgiving Feast Thanks to all those parents who are turning in their fest slips for next Tuesday. I am updating the items being brought on the website. Please have your forms turned in by this Friday so I can see what remaining items we need! Thank you for your help with this. We are working on our Class Thanksgiving Quilt that will be display outside our classroom starting Thursday morning. This shows the Southmoor Community what the students in Room 8 are thankful for. Weekly Homework Nightly Reading for 1st/2nd graders: 20-30 minutes Monday: Spelling packets passed out today and due on Friday- test on Friday Math: 1st grade, home link 4.2; 2nd grade, study link pgs.29-30 Tuesday: Work on spelling packets Math: 1st grade, home link 4.3; 2nd grade, study link, pgs. 31-32 Wednesday: Work on spelling packets Math: 1st grade, home link 4.4; 2nd grade, study link pgs. 33-34 Thursday: Spelling packets due tomorrow and study for test Math: 1st grade, home link 4.5; 2nd grade, study link pgs. 35-36 Bastoky News Week of November 2-6 I enjoyed meeting with you at our parent teacher conferences. Thank you all for a successful October family night. It was fun making the graham cracker houses! Our next family night will take place in early December. I will have more information regarding this in the next couple of weeks. October book orders will be passed out early this week. November book orders will go out in Thursday’s take home folder. Happy November! Weekly Homework Homework: Week of November 2-6 -Nightly Reading (Monday-Friday) 1st grade: 10-15 minutes per night 2nd grade: 20-25 minutes per night Monday November 2: -Spelling packets passed out and due on Friday -1st grade math: home link 3.8 -2nd grade math: study link pg.28 Tuesday November 3: -Work on spelling packet -1st grade math: home link 3.9 -2nd grade math: study guide for Chapter 3 test on Thursday Wednesday November 4: -Work on spelling packet -1st grade math: home link 3.10 -2nd grade math: study guide due tomorrow; Chapter 3 test tomorrow Thursday November 5: -Spelling packets due tomorrow; study for spelling test -1st grade math: home link 3.11; study guide for Chapter 3 test due on Tuesday (Chapter 3 test will be on Tuesday) -2nd grade math: sign and return chapter 3 math test Class Thanksgiving Feast There is an attached handout regarding our class thanksgiving feast that will take place on Tuesday November 24th from 11:30-12:30pm in our classroom. Bastoky News October 19-23 Family Night is tonight, Monday October 19th from 6-7pm in our classroom. Please join us to make graham cracker haunted house and socialize with the other families! Parent Teacher Conferences will take place this week. Please check the schedule online to verify your scheduled time slot. Homework: Week of October 19-23 -Nightly Reading (Monday-Friday) 1st grade: 10-15 minutes per night 2nd grade: 20-25 minutes per night Monday October 19: -Spelling packets passed out and due on Friday -No math homework due to Family Night from 6-7 tonight! Tuesday October 20: -Work on spelling packets -1st grade math: home link 3.5; 2nd grade math: study link pg.25 Wednesday October 21: -Work on spelling packets -1st grade math: home link 3.6; 2nd grade math: study link pg.26 Thursday October 22: -Spelling packets due tomorrow; study for test -1st grade math: home link 3.7; study link pg.27 Bastoky News October 12-16 *** Early Release Day this Friday October 16 (School is from 9-12:45) *** ACADEMIC UPDATE: TECHNOLOGY We are starting a weekly routine to visit the tech lab and play everyday math games on the computers. This is a great way for students to enrich and enhance their mathematical abilities in a fun and hands on way. During parent teacher conferences, I will show you how the students can play their everyday math games at home. I am asking each parent to please send in a pair of headphones with their child so they can listen to the sound on the games without disturbing others. I will keep them in a bin with their name on it and store it in the tech lab. I appreciate your help with this! OCTOBER FAMILY NIGHT: Monday October 19th (6-7pm) If you haven’t already RSVP’d, please do so by this Friday so I can get enough supplies for the activities! If you need an extra REVP form or flyer, you can print one off the family night link located on the website. It should be a fun night for all involved! PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: The schedule was passed out last week and is available online. Please sign up for a conference ASAP if you have not already done so. Please email me if we need to change the day or time. Thank you for your help with this! Homework: Week of October 12-16 -Nightly Reading (Monday-Friday) 1st grade: 10-15 minutes per night 2nd grade: 20-25 minutes per night Monday October 12: (Sign and return math tests!) -Spelling packets passed out; they are due on Friday and test is on Friday -1st grade math: home link 3.1; 2nd grade math: study link pg.21 Tuesday October 13: -Work on spelling packets -1st grade math: home link 3.2; 2nd grade math: study link pg.22 Wednesday October 14: -Work on spelling packets -1st grade math: home link 3.3; 2nd grade math: study link pg.23 Thursday October 14: -Spelling packets due tomorrow; study for test! -1st grade math: home link 3.4; 2nd grade math: study link pg.24 Bastoky News 10/5-10/9 The Week in Review….. Monday-Spelling packets handed out and due on Friday; spelling test Friday Tuesday-Anderson Farms Field Trip (9:15-2:00pm) Please send your child with old shoes and clothes, a sack lunch, and a jacket if it’s chilly! Friday-Spelling packets due and test today; October book orders are due today October Family Night Our 1st family night of the year will take place on Monday October 26th in our classroom from 6-7pm. The theme of the family night will be “Fall Fun” and will feature fun activities geared toward the autumn season. A flyer will be passed out later this week with more details and an RSVP slip. Mark the date-our family nights are truly a blast! Weekly Math Homework Monday-1st grade: home link 2.10; 2nd grade study link pg.18 Tuesday-1st grade: home link 2.11; 2nd grade study link pg.19 Wednesday-1st grade: home link 2.12; 2nd grade study link pg.20 Thursday-1st grade: home link 2.12; 2nd grade study link pg.21 (Chapter 2 study guides will be passed out on Wednesday and will be due next Monday, the day of the Chapter 2 test) Parent Teacher Conferences I will be sending out confirmation slips this Wednesday and will be posting the schedule online under the conference link by Wednesday afternoon. If you haven’t sent in your conference slip or need to check your time, please check online first then email or send me a note. Please contact me if you need to schedule a morning conference; I will be happy to accommodate! HAPPY OCTOBER! Bastoky News 9/28-10/02 The Week In Review…. Monday-Spelling starts this week! Packets are handed in on Monday and due on Friday. There will be a spelling test on Friday. If your child wants to hand in their packet early, the spelling words will be on the website under the spelling link by Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday-Moose is Loose walk pledge forms are due; you can turn them in to the take home folders and I will collect them. Thursday-Donuts for Dads in the cafeteria, 8:00am Friday-Spelling packets due and spelling test today Academic Update: Guest Speakers Last week we were fortunate to have two guest speakers come in and talk to our class regarding two different academic content areas. We had a guest speaker come and talk to us about basic money skills. She explained to us all about the different types of banking options for children and also reviewed the basic amounts of money and the importance of saving! The students also engaged in a fun and interactive game involving figuring out the different amounts of coin values. We also were fortunate to have another guest speaker come in from the Dumb Friends League and help introduce our new science unit on animals. The students learned all about how to take care of animals and the importance of giving them a good home. The students also learned about which animals make good pets and the steps involved to take care of them. Both of these speakers did an excellent job of informing, educating, and motivating our students. Anderson Farms Field Trip A reminder that our Anderson Farms pumpkin patch trip is next Tuesday October 6th. We depart at 9:15am and we will return to school no later than 2:00pm. We have enough parent volunteers for this trip-thanks for the support! Please send your child with a sack lunch and good walking shoes for this trip. Also, a water bottle would be a good idea to send if it is a warm day. Please send in your $6.00 for this trip by this Friday if you have not already done so. Thank you for your help with this! Important Reminders *September book orders have arrived; I had a couple order forms with no names on them. Please send me an email or note if you have not received your scholastic book orders yet and I will send them home with your child ASAP *Please return the parent teacher conference slips ASAP to get one of your top time slots. I will do my best to accommodate all conference requests. As soon as I have generated the schedule, I will be sending home confirmation slips. *I hope to see you all at the Moose is Loose Walk and Carnival this Saturday October 3rd. It should be a fun time for all! ***ALASKA DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! THANKS FOR ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND FOR ALL THE DONATIONS OF ITEMS. WE HAD A BLAST!!!*** Bastoky News for 9/21-9/25 will be posted and sent home tomorrow! Bastoky News September 14-17 Remember that Friday September 18th is a non student contact day; there will be no school for students this Friday! ABC FUNDRAISER This year’s school fundraiser to raise money for class supplies is the ABC Fundraiser. The catalog sent home last Thursday contains many goodies, gifts, magazine, wrapping paper, and much more for sale. The students can even win cool prizes for participating. This is an optional fundraiser; however, I encourage the students to sell at least one item from the catalog to help raise money for our school and class supplies. I am offering an extra incentive as well. Each student who sells at least one item through the catalog will earn 1 Bastoky buck for the class. Happy selling! ACADEMIC UPDATE: SOCIAL STUDIES We are entering our second week of our social studies unit on family and community. Our first week’s lessons focused on getting along with each other and problem solving when conflicts arise at school. We got a chance to sing and learn a “getting along” song, identify and role play different conflict resolution situations on the playground, help solve the problems of irresponsible goats! Through a story, and learn about fairness, respect, and cooperation. This intro to our social studies unit is a valuable lesson in teaching the character values of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and honesty to the class. We look forward to continuing our social studies lessons! STEMAPALOOZA This is a field trip we took as a class last year and I was looking forward to going again. However, due to the field trip being on an early release day we cannot attend as a class. I wanted to pass the information along to you if you get the opportunity to attend on your own. It is a fun and educational experience! Mark your calendars! STEMapalooza is a two-day event that is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, October 16th and 17th, 2009, 9am to 4pm, at the Colorado Convention Center featuring over 100 exhibitors from around the state of Colorado that support Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math programs for students and educators and employ hundreds of thousands of jobs in STEM related careers. It will be a fantastic two-days for students of all ages to engage in hands-on, minds-on activities, such as Fast-Track Racing, Robotics, Gaming, Film Production, Staging, Rocketry, and much, much more. **** We will be having phonics packets this week. They will be due on Thursday because of no school on Friday. We will be having show and tell on Thursday this week instead of Friday**** Bastoky News September 8-11 THE WEEK AHEAD… Tuesday September 8: Class Picture Day Thursday September 10: 2nd grade SPREE field trip to Bear Creek; leave school by 9:15 and return by 2:00pm. Please send comfortable walking shoes and a sack lunch. Friday September 11: 1st grade SPREE field trip to Commons Park; leave school by 9:15 and return by 2:00p.m. Please send comfortable walking shoes and a sack lunch. LET’S PICK A PUMPKIN Sent home in today’s take home folder is information regarding our pumpkin patch field trip to Anderson Farms on October 6th. This trip ties directly in with our 1st and 2nd grade science standards regarding plants and animals. On this trip, the students will not only get to learn all about how pumpkins are grown but also visit and get up close with different animals. The highlight is that each student will take a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch and pick their very own pumpkin! This should be a great and fun learning experience for us all. The cost of this trip will be $6.00; please send your money in an envelope to Mr. Bastoky before October 1st. Thank you for your help with this! I will be able to take the first 4 parent volunteers who email or send me a note on the bus with us. Mrs. Gilbert’s 1/2 class will be joining us on this trip! ACADEMIC UPDATE: MATH The chapter 1 test for both 1st and 2nd graders will be on Monday September 14th. A study guide for the test will be passed out in Wednesday’s take home folder and will be due on the day of the test. This will help the student prepare for the chapter test. Each grade level has their own specific study guide for their chapter test which is based on the everyday math lessons. Reviewing the home links is also good practice to study for the test. The 2nd graders have received their study links books and were passed out in class today. The study links books will be used this year instead of the home links last year. They are a great resource and practice guide that will help supplement our everyday math lessons. PARENT VOLUNTEERS: Thank you to all the parent volunteers who signed up at back to school night. I will be sending you a note home confirming your volunteer day and time sometime this week. Due to the short week and field trips, we will be starting parent volunteers next week. Thanks again! AUGUST/SEPTEMBER BOOK ORDERS: August/September book orders were placed last week and should be arriving in the next couple of weeks. I will send them home in the student’s backpack with the order slip as soon as they arrive! October book orders will be sent home sometime later this month. HAPPY SEPTEMBER! BASTOKY NEWS 8/31-9/4 CURRICULUM NIGHT Curriculum Night for our class is this Wednesday September 2nd from 6:30-7:00pm in our classroom. Parent volunteer sign up forms and information on our academic curriculum will be available and discussed. I also hope to answer any questions that you might have regarding academics or other areas of interest pertaining to our classroom. I look forward to seeing you there. Remember, this night is for parents only! If you cannot attend, please let me know and I will send home a curriculum packet with your child in their take home folders. SPREE FIELD TRIPS Thank you to those parents for returning your field trip permission slips so quickly; if you haven’t returned yours yet, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you and I appreciate your help with this! **1st grade SPREE trip to Commons Park w/ Mrs. Gilbert (Friday September 11) Leave school at 9:15; Return to school around 2:00pm **2nd grade SPREE trip to Bear Creek w/ Mr. Bastoky (Thursday September 10) Leave school at 9:15; Return to school around 2:00pm Please remember to send your child with comfortable walking shoes, a sack lunch, and sun screen applied before the field trip if it is a warm day. Thank you! PARENT VOLUNTEERS I will be welcoming parent volunteers in the classroom the week of Monday September 7th. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up on curriculum night or stop by the room to sign up for a slot. I will be looking for volunteers to help with reading groups during reading time (9-10:30); one on one or small group reviewing various math concepts (10:30-11:50) and help with photocopying (a time that is convenient for you) I will always provide the materials and directions for you to make volunteering as easy as possible! I always appreciate, welcome, and value parent volunteers in the classroom. PICTURE DAY Student Picture Day is Tuesday September 8th. Picture forms went home in last Thursday’s take home folder. If you are interested in purchasing pictures for your child, please return the form prior to Tuesday September 8th. Bastoky News 8/24-8/28 Academic Update: Writer’s Wall We had a great 1st week of school and are very busy into our daily routine. The writer’s wall is now up for viewing. Feel free to stop by our room and check out your child’s spot on our writing wall. You can find their spot by locating their picture! The current writing sample on display is the students “Meet Me” books. Also on display outside our room is your child’s “All About Me Tee” posters they created last week during the first few days of school. Please check them out! The writing wall and outside wall will be changed with new items every few weeks or so. Homework Update: This week we will start our daily homework routine that will continue until the end of the year. There will be homework on a daily basis Monday-Thursday nights. The assignments will always be posted on the website. Please email or send in a note if you would like a hard copy of the weekly homework assignments. Nightly Reading: Every night there will be nightly reading. Recommended times for 1st graders are 10-15 minutes per night and 2nd graders are 20-25 minutes per night. Books that can be used consist of any books at home, classroom library books that can be borrowed, or library books. Math: Every night there will be a home link worksheet that will be due the next day. Each student has a home link book. Please leave the home link in the book, not ripped out. Every night, the home link book should be brought home and returned the next day to be checked. There will be no home link the day before a test or on the night of the test. Before each test, I will give a week’s notice and a study guide before the test. Spelling/Phonics: For the first month of school, I will pass out a phonics packet of activities geared toward the appropriate grade level on Monday. This packet will be due on Friday. Packets can be turned in earlier! At curriculum night, I will address how I instruct spelling, spelling packets, and spelling tests. I understand and respect the busy schedules of 1st/2nd graders and their parents! Please let me know if you have any concerns or comments regarding homework. Unless there is a frequent problem with late homework, I do not give consequences for late assignments. I do reward the students with a Bastoky Buck for each packet turned in on Fridays (they can also receive the buck if it is turned in late) My main purpose for homework at these grade levels is to instill a routine of homework and give them a nightly practice for the core academic areas. Water Bottles and Snack Break: I encourage parents to send their child in with a water bottle to be used during the day. This helps out with fewer trips to the drinking fountain and is helpful on warm and hot days! Each day we have a short snack break from 10:30-10:35. Feel free to send your child in with a healthy snack. If your child forgets to bring in a snack, don’t worry! I always have an extra snack on hand, usually a hand full of cereal or some crackers! Bastoky News 8/17-8/21 TAKE HOME FOLDERS Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year! I look forward to a great school year. The Bastoky News will be posted every Sunday on my website and a hard copy will be passed out every Monday in the student’s take home folder. Each night the take home folder is brought home, please return it the next day with your child. Thank you for your help with this! CLASS WEBSITE http://teacherweb.com/CO/SouthmoorElementarySchool/MrBastoky The class website will be updated daily with homework assignments. In addition, the website provides the weekly class newsletter, field trip information, class behavior policy and other important information, an email link to my email address, and links to great educational websites where you can even print your own extra homework sheets, such as phonics and math related activities if you are interested! BACK TO SCHOOL PACKET Sent home today is our class back to school packet that contains very useful and important information. On the back of the packet is a contract saying that you have read and understand the information included in the packet. Please sign and return in your child’s take home folder as soon as possible. Thank you for your help with this! All this information is also included on the website. CLASS SCHEDULE Attached to the newsletter is a hard copy of our 2009-2010 class schedule. Our library time will be on Thursday’s at 3pm. Students will be able to check out books starting next week; please send library books that need to be returned with your child on the next Thursday morning. SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS Each month, I will be sending home scholastic book orders in the take home folder. These are completely optional. If you are interested in purchasing books for your child, please return a check made out to Scholastic Book Orders on the return date listed on the monthly book order form. The August book orders will be due on Friday August 28th.
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