Newsletter: November 3

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - PE

Tuesday - STEAM

Wednesday - Music, Library

Thursday - Art

Friday - PE

Coming Up...

• Breakfast with Books: November 7 from 8:15-8:45am
• Parent Teacher Conferences: November 8 and 14
• Book Fair: November 10, 13, & 14
• Bauer Parent Club Meeting: Tuesday, November 14 @ 7pm
• Jet's Pizza Night: Tuesday, November 14 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Square 1 Art Orders Due: Thursday, November 16
• Hat Day/Popcorn Day: Friday, November 17
• Thanksgiving Break: November 22-24
• Bauer Holiday Program: Tuesday, November 28 (Students will be shuttled by school bus in the morning to and from Fair Haven for rehearsal.)

Kindergarten Progress Reports:

Students in grades 1-5 will take home a formal report card on Monday, November 6.  Kindergarten students do not take home a formal report in November.  Parents of Kindergarten students will receive a progress report at Parent-Teacher conferences.  I look forward to meeting with you and sharing your child's progress with you soon!  

Halloween Party Pics:

A big thank you goes to Sofie's mom, Mrs. Nienhuis, for planning and organizing the Halloween party.  Thanks also to Mrs. Nolte, Mrs. Spoolstra, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. VandeBunte, and Mrs. Brong for helping with the party too.  It was great to have so many parents attend the party and jump in to lend a hand.  It was a great party!!

Writing:

We began writing like scientists this week!  We first talked about what scientists do.  One of the things scientists do is make observations.  We made an anchor chart about properties to to help us with our observations.  We will use this chart throughout our unit as we study our fall items, draw them, and use descriptive words to write about them.

To help us prepare for this unit, please send in ONE leaf in a baggie labeled with your child's name (due Tuesday, November 7.)

Also, I need your help collecting an assortment of fall items for this writing unit (such as pumpkins, gourds, leaves, acorns, feathers, etc...)  I would like each table to have their own basket of fall items to write about.  Fall items are needed by Friday, November 10.  Thanks so much! 

Math:

In Math, we continue to work on building number sense for numbers 6-10.  One day this week, we used pennies to represent numbers, making sure to use a five-group when appropriate.