*REACH* Leadership Academy: Look into our week: Unit 2-week 3: 11/6-11/19

Good afternoon parents and guardians,

Be sure to check out the new school calendar, notice the change for Thanksgiving break.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22 is a full day of school with NO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.

Be sure to check out our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite.

Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students reviewed their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.

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Please help me reinforce the following hand signals and rules:

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during both recesses, lunch and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

November Family Project ideas:

11/1: Parent Conferences Information went home
Dates: 12/4-12/7
Click on link to sign up for a date and time
Mrs. Gil's parent conference Sign up link

11/7: Fall Pictures (Uniform Only)

11/10: NO SCHOOL-Veterans Day

11/14: 50th day of school

11/15: Wacky Inventors Wednesday

11/17: Jog-a-thon

11/22: Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast
More information to come

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Language Arts: Unit 2-week 3

CVC reading test -THURSDAY

5 points- student reads word without sounding it out loud "Cat"
4 points-student sounds out word then read it-"c-a-t...cat"
3 points-student only says sounds in word "c-a-t" is not able to read word or says wrong word
2 points-student is only able to produce 2 sounds in the word "c-a"
1 point-student is only able to produce 1 sound in word "c"

Theme: Pumpkins
Story of the week: "The biggest pumpkin" "Pete the cat and the 5 pumpkins"
Poem of the week: "5 little pumpkins"