Weekly Update

Hello, 

What a week! You can read all about it below... or in your kiddo's Family Communication Journal!

Tuesday the 25th is our Get Stuffed for Thanksgiving day. Everybody can bring ONE stuffed animal that can fit in his/her backpack. 

Book orders are due that same day.

Thank you to the volunteers for our fieldtrip. I will be getting more information to the three who are going with us soon.

Have a wonderful weekend!

PE on Monday, Music on Tuesday, NO SCHOOL on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY!

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November 21, 2014

Dear family`s,

                                 This week in cursive we learned capital cursive A, C, H, and K. Everybody thought the h would be the hardest but it actually turned out to be pretty easy once you got the hang of it.

                                                   In reading we finished the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret. In the bibliography it turned out Shirley died of polio a few years after Peg was discharged from Sheltering Arms. Dorothy graduated from high school, was married and had 7 children and lived a happy life. Renée finished high school and for many years wrote a weekly column in her local newspaper. Alice also graduated from high school too and moved to a center for people with disabilities. Sadly Alice died of cancer in 1993.

                  In math we had to take a test of multiplication facts. Ms. Baxter said not to think of it as a test but of what we already know.

              On Friday we had pajama day. It was really fun because we got to wear our slippers around the room. We also got to go to a share fair in Ms. Mathes room. They had published their personal narratives. Also everybody in their class got a miniature book with everybody’s personal narratives in it.

                                                                                                  In specials on Monday we had library. On Tuesday P.E. On Wednesday music. Thursday art and Friday we had library again.

                                                             Sincerely,

                                                                                     Connor

Weekly Update

Hello!
At the time of writing, I have been able to meet with 17 families for conferences! 17 for 17 scheduled conferences! I can't wait to finish up the last 10 conferences tonight and tomorrow morning :)

A few quick notes and reminders:
If your student is interested in participating in PTA Reflections, please check the office or contact Heather Myers (hmyers@cpsk12.org) to find out more! Categories include dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. The deadline for entries is December 5th.

Book Order for November is coming home today! Contact me for the class code to order online or if your order will be a gift for your child. Orders are due by November 25 (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving). As of now I AM planning on an order in December, too.

November 25th is a student council sponsored day: Get Stuffed for Thanksgiving. Students may bring one stuffed animal to spend the day with. Their animal must fit in their backpack.

Specials next week are:
Monday - Media and Library Check Out
Tuesday - PE
Wednesday - Music
Thursday - Art
Friday - Media and Library Check Out

I think that about covers it on my end. Don't forget to read your student's Family Communication Journal to learn about the things we've done in school this week! Below is our student update submitted by Braden.

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Dear parents,

This week we got a new student and her name is Lisa she is rely nice and she is from Texas. We started all capital letters for cursive.so we’ve learned O ,A ,E ,C . IN math we started a project with recete paper and a marker and cubes. In riting we started efrmashin riding.  

Braden                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Weekly Update

I can't wait for next week! I get to meet with all of you parents and brag about how awesome your kids are and share about the great things they are doing in class... so exciting! Please let me know if you will be unable to make your conference time. I will send out an e-mail with the link to the google doc that has my conference schedule.

Next week is also our Scholastic book fair! That's why I haven't sent out a book order yet this month. I will send home November book orders after the book fair concludes. If you are interested in giving a little of your time to help run the book fair, please let me know and I can put you in touch with Kim Dampier, our book fair chair person.

We have a couple of other exciting things going on next week, too (conferences, book fair, AND MORE)! All week, student council will have bins set up in the commons to collect shoes (new or used) to donate to the Shoeman Water project. Shoes must have a match and should not have any holes, but they can be any kind of shoe... even flip flops! Check out www.shoemanwater.org for more information about this philanthropic project.

On Tuesday, the 11th, we will have a celebration for students who did not receive any office referrals for the first trimester. Students may bring a non-electronic, quiet game to play with friends on the 11th if they did not receive an office referral through the first trimester.

Reminder: There is no school for students on November 14th (Friday) due to conferences.

Specials next week will be Media and library check out on Monday, PE on Tuesday, Music on Wednesday, and Art on Thursday.

I think that about covers it... as always, let me know if you have any questions or if I can help with anything. I'm excited to chat with you next week!

Below is our weekly update from Sydney.

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Dear reader,                                                                                                   November 7, 2014

This week we had a whole bunch of fun!

Pretty much everyone got new reading books, they are so cool. Gaines got cooperating cougar because he must have done a good job this week! Our personal narratives are done and they are hanging up on the wall. OHH! This week we did a lot better on our talking and self control.

Our whole class did a 100 no excuse word test .Don’t forget we had school off on Tuesday.

In cursive we started capital letters. And on Thursday we got a lot of cougar compliments.

Well that’s all the fun things we did this week that I remember.

-          Sydney K.

Weekly Update

Whew! What a fun day! Thank you everybody for treats and guest reading! I think the kids really enjoyed it and it was a nice break from our routine :)

Your child should be coming home with three new books! One from Scholastic (for placing a book order this month, they sent a class set of books!), one from our amazing PTA, and one as a special gift from me. After a lot of trading around, I think everybody wound up with something they were happy with!

In your child’s Friday Folder is a note with your scheduled conference day and time. If, for some strange reason, this note doesn't make it home, please let me know ASAP so we can confirm your time!

Next week: No school on Tuesday! It's a teacher work day. Don't forget to get out there and vote!

Specials:
Monday - Media and Library Check-Out
Wednesday - PE

Thursday - Music

Friday - Art

Below is Eddie's update for the week!

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Dear family’s,                                                                                               Oct. 31, 2014   

It was a great week. On Monday it was normal. Morning work, handwriting, math, recces, lunch, and writing. But we started word work. On Tuesday it was normal except that for math we started inches and centimeters. We didn't do too bad.  On Wednesday we were almost finished with our personal narratives. It was very exiting. We also had a no talking day. On Thursday we got assigned seats at lunch. For science we did a cool science project about mucus. We spread fake mucus on a plate to see how many fake germs it could catch. It caught a lot of them. Today we had a reading assemble. We are going to have a couple of parent readers. At the end of the day we will finally be able to go home and wait for Halloween to strike.       

Weekly Update

Hello,

The kids did a great job this week! Amazing what a difference being able to be outside made. Today was Mizzou Black and Gold day. I didn't get a chance to get a picture. We were working hard to get things done all day! Most of us finished our Graphing Posters. They are currently on display in the hallway. We also are almost ready to publish our personal narratives! We have been working hard editing and conferencing. We did a lot with the iPads and laptops this week. And we started our health unit. Ask your child about germs, viruses, bacteria, and infectious diseases. Maybe they can tell you about what white and red blood cells do, too!

Next week is our big celebration of reading on Friday! I am so excited! We have a lot of parent volunteers coming in to read to us throughout the day. Don't forget to dress up like your favorite book character! I have my costume all ready to go... but it's a secret! 

Don't forget to sign up for a conference time with me if you haven't done that yet! 

http://goo.gl/forms/K6vSJtCt9u

I've had 19 responses already! You guys are amazing! I hope to confirm times with everybody next week... but it will depend on if I get a chance to coordinate times with other teachers for siblings' conferences, too. 

We will have a DABCD week next week, so specials are Art, Media (and library check-out), PE, Music, and Art (in that order). 

Below is our student post this week so keep on reading!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

                                                                           10/24/14             

Dear Class,

              We had a magnificent week! We had two drills.

Brandon got corporation conger. We got iPads.

       We ordered books. We will start multiplication .We are starting small steps. We played four corners. 

We started health.    

       Small steps is a girl that has polio. In health we learned about germs and disease.

      

From,

Andrew      

Our Week

Hello!
Specials next week are...

Monday - Music
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday - Library Check Out and Media
Thursday - PE
Friday - Music

Don't forget to be getting your book character costume ready for the 31st!

Student blog post is below!

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This week was ruff  but werd. On Monday we  had a sub Mrs.mucalend .on Tuesday we celibate Makala’s birth day.

On  Wensday  we had a math test.                                                          

On Thursday  we had the worst day ever!   

Today we had heavenly hats day. We also watched a video about preschool kids

Eating  marshmallows.

                                                 Then we started math.

It was awesome!

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Back to Makala’s’ birthday, her treats were donuts. That was my favorite.             

We did around the world.

Around the world is a game we play. HOW YOU PLAY

Is with flash cards and a race who can beat the most people out of the flash cards .

I hope you like this.

Sincerely, Bode  

Lots of Notes and News

Dear families,

There is a lot of important information this week! 

I’ve discussed with the kids a few times this week, but wanted to let you know also that I will not be at school on Monday. Our substitute will be Mrs. McClelland; she has worked in our building for many years and may be a familiar face to some! 

Book orders are due on Monday, but I will also accept them on Tuesday. Don’t forget that you can order online, too! The class code is L922Y to order online. Hopefully you saw the $5 coupon for a free book if you order $10 or more. This was a wonderful gift from Scholastic.

In Blue Take Home folders this week, there is a copy of the 100 No Excuse words. Words that are circled are words that your child missed back in August. Please help your child practice these words. We will reassess three more times this year (before each conference time and at the end of the year). It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to share this information with you, so I apologize for the delay in getting it to you. 

Last week, there was a paper in Friday Folders explaining how students could log into www.pearsonsuccessnet.com with their computer log-in and a password. The password was handwritten on the paper. I apologize for any illegibility or confusion about the password. I have taken some time this week to change all the passwords to cougars01. This will be easier for the students to remember and much easier to read and type! 

Every Friday we take time to reflect upon our week and write in our Family Communication Journal. Each week one student gets to reflect upon our week in a  more public forum on our blog (www.missbaxtersnews.blogspot.com). Please take a few minutes of your time to respond to your child’s letter to you, demonstrating proper friendly letter format. I read each one before it comes home and have students fix some mistakes or rewrite for clarification, but please keep in mind that these are pieces of writing that have been conferenced on, revised, and rewritten. 

I also wanted to take a couple minutes to let you know my process in checking over papers. If it is completed in class, I usually check it over and look at it to provide as immediate feedback as possible. This allows me to see if a student is struggling with a particular task and help them on the spot. I also typically check homework the day it is due. There is no point in assigning work if I don’t plan to check it and use the information to adapt my teaching to the needs of the students. That said, I wanted to let you know that we don’t pass papers back and send them home everyday due to the amount of time it takes to pass papers out. I don’t want you to think they are sitting in a pile ungraded on my table though! 

Next week, there is a non-perishable food drive being held at school sponsored by Student Council. Ending the week on the 17th, there is a Student Council sponsored Heavenly Hat day. For $1, students may wear a hat at school on Friday the 17th. Donations will go towards the Heavenly Hat Foundation. More information on these two events can be found in Friday Folders this week!

One more thing… there is a flier in Friday Folders about PTA Reflections. The theme this year is “The world would be a better place if….” What a fun theme! Check the flier for more information about PTA Reflections!

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you with or if you have any questions.

Please read below for Matthew's summary of our week!

Monday - PE
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Art
Thursday - Library Check Out and Media
Friday - PE

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Friday October 10, 2014

Dear parents,

I am 9 years old. I was lunch tub this week.

I had fun at school picking my friends for lunch tub this week.

Lucy was my best kid to pick for lunch tub. She was also our

Cooperating couger this week. My class also started a new read aloud called, NO TALKING. I hope you have a great day. We learned how to subtract by regrouping. In specials today I did fast math.

We did the pacer test in p.e.  IN writing we learned how to use paragraphs.

We did reading buddies with ms. Reinkemeyers class.

Love,

Matthew