Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fall Conferences are here!

Tuesday, Oct. 22

Thursday, Oct. 24

Thursday, Oct. 30

Westwoods sent out the sign up last Friday. However, if you haven't signed up yet, please click on the link below. Find McNitt, then find the day and time that works best for you, and enter your child's name. Please let me know if you have any difficulty doing this.

Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up

Journeys Lesson 6

Hello Unit 2!!

In our new unit, students are going to be pushing their thinking and using new skills and strategies to grow as readers, writers, and even speakers.

We have two new anchor texts this week.

Animals Building Homes

Whose Home Is This?

Genre: Informational Text

Some key objectives derived from this text will be identifying text and graphic features and using content to determine meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. They will also be comparing and contrasting animals and their homes in both selections and using text features as subheadings in bold print to clarify the meaning.

Journeys Week 5

Within our last lesson of Unit 1 we have two new texts.

Teacher's Pet

Genre: Realistic Fiction

We are reading as well as practicing to identify the problem and solution in this realistic fiction text. The story demonstrates the elements of a story's structure through both the words and the text, using a familiar topic. Students will be able to identify the elements of a story's structure and understand how the author's word choice creates meaning in a story.

Next time you read a story with your child, ask them to identify the characters (who), setting (where and when) and plot (what happened).

See Westburg by Bus!

Genre: Informational Text

Children will regularly encounter informational text in textbooks and on the internet. This informational text gives children experience with reading a map and applying the information to real life scenarios. Students will be able to follow information in a pamphlet and apply information found on a map.

Halloween Field Trip

Gallaughers Farm Market

Field Trip

Oct. 31

In lieu of having a Halloween party we are going on a field trip!

Students can dress warm, but please leave all costumes at home. 

Please click on the link to get more details and to fill out the permission slip.

Field Trip Permission Slip

Bully Prevention Week

Monday

Wear BLUE

The first Monday of October is World Day of Bullying Prevention™! Students, schools, and communities all over the world go BLUE together against bullying. 

Tuesday

Purposeful Acts of Kindness

Students are encouraged to set and achieve a kindness goal for the day

Wednesday

Sit with someone NEW

Sit next to someone you have never sat with at lunch and find things that you have in common. Reach out and be kind any time you see someone eating or playing alone.

Thursday

Random Acts of Kindness

Look for opportunities to do something kind for someone. When someone does something kind for you, pay it forward by doing something kind for someone else.

Weekend Homework

Homework is coming home this weekend! 

Please have your child find time over the next three nights to squeeze in their story companion for Diary of a Spider. 

This is due on Monday.

Here is the story link if anyone needs to see the story again for cause and effect.

Diary of a Spider

Thank you!

Move A Thon

Even though it was a bit on the chilly side it was dry and sunny! GREAT day to get outside and move!! All did a great job!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October Scholastic

Coming home today is the October Scholastic Book Order!

 

I will send home book orders the beginning of each month.

If you would like me to place your order by sending the catalog order back to school then please follow directions stated on the catalog. Please also remember to write a check with any orders made out to Scholastic Book Club for the exact amount. (One check for the total amount).  
Please NO CASH

If you would like to turn in an order please have it back to school by

Monday, Oct. 7th

If you are completing your order online, you are welcome to make your order when you want, whenever you want, as many times as you want.  

Our Class Activation Code HFPT3

Also, if you are ordering any books as gifts please let me know ahead of time. I can set those books aside and get them to you at a separate time.

Thank you!! 

Lesson 4: Getting Along With Others

October

All October FUN calendars came home on Monday!