Smorstad's Scoop- October 30th

**WEEKLY SCOOP!**

I can’t believe that November is just around the corner! This week we had a busy week with the half-day and our Pumpkin Party. In math we started a Geometry unit, they have been so excited to study shapes. I have been encouraging them to find shapes all around. This weekend I hope that you can take time to go on a shape hunt around your house!

Classroom Facts:

· Thank you for making our Pumpkin Party a great success! I appreciate those of you that volunteered at the party and donated items.

· I have enjoyed meeting with most of you for parent teacher conferences!

· Our class enjoyed learning all about our star student, Kenzie, this week! She was a great helper!

Homework Preview

Please read with your child Monday through Thursday evening and fill out the reading log to turn in with the homework on Friday.

They will resume with normal spelling homework this week.

Your words will be:
leg

beg

men

hen

let

get

hop

hot

who

some

BONUS: leaves, November

~UPCOMING EVENTS~

Now If you have items for Gavin’s Goodies please send them to school!

Nov. 25-28 Thanksgiving Break


SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday: Art
Tuesday: Music/Gym
(Library Checkout)
Wednesday: Gym/Music
Thursday: Computer
Friday: Library

Pumpkin Patch

We had an excellent time at the Bi-water Farms Pumpkin Patch last week. We could not have asked for better weather and I am so thankful for all of our adult volunteers. The kids had a great time picking pumpkins, strolling through the corn maze, and eating a picnic lunch. Everyone was exhausted when we returned but we were excited to write about our field trip memories the next morning!

Showing off our pumpkins- big and small!

Posing for a picture... smiles from all!

Sleepy students on the ride home :)

Smorstad's Scoop

**WEEKLY SCOOP!**

I hope that you all had a relaxing fall break. Our school is doing a service project… can you help? Please see below:

Our 4^th and 5^th grade Leadership groups are collecting store-bought, individually packaged treats for “Gavin’s Goodies.” Gavin Carr is a 6-year-old boy who has leukemia. He takes treats with him each week to the other children at UK Children’s Hospital. Our students at WES are collecting items to send with him for the children undergoing treatments. The items cannot be home-made; they have to be in individual packages. The items can be put in the boxes outside Mrs. Shouse’s room or outside the cafeteria doors. Thank you for your help!

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Classroom Facts:

· We completed our 9^th SMART chart and celebrated with having a shoes off day on Friday. I was so proud at the way our class returned from fall break ready to show SMART behavior.

· Our class enjoyed learning all about Elijah this week! He was our star student and did an excellent job.

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Homework Preview

Please read with your child Monday through Thursday evening and fill out the reading log to turn in with the homework on Friday.

They will resume with normal spelling homework this week. Your words will be:

hop, top, log, lot, hog, hot, one, they, sand, sink

BONUS: pumpkin, does

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~UPCOMING EVENTS~

Oct. 26^th Report Cards will come home on Monday!!!

Oct. 28^th Early Release Day

Oct. 30^th Dress Up Day and Pumpkin Party

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday: Gym/ Music

Tuesday: Computer

Wednesday: NO SPECIALS

(Early Release Day)

Thursday: Library

Friday: Spanish

Why... a classroom blog?

I have decided to create a classroom blog. And you ask WHY????

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I am going to use this blog as a way to better communicate with my parents and students. In being good stewards of our Earth many of us have started taking steps to recycle and reduce the footprint we leave on our planet. Teaching is a profession where we use a lot of paper and at times it is simply too much. Many of us are very tech savvy in this generation and keep up with relatives, news, and entertainment through the internet so I thought I would allow you have that same option through our classroom blog.

So if you choose to go paperless (other than student work) I will respect that by offering you this avenue of classroom information. Each week I will post the newsletter onto the blog- with a weekly review, upcoming dates, specials schedule, and a homework preview. I will also be sure to include mid-week reminders, cool links for your children to explore, and updates for you in case of school closings due to weather or sickness.

You will be able to access these documents at any time so even if you choose not to go paperless you can always have a place to look if you misplace important papers. If you are not familiar with blogging it is easiest to keep up with new posts by becoming a follower of this blog. If you have questions on how to do this please email me at sarah.smorstad@jessamine.kyschools.us

I hope that you find our classroom blog helpful throughout the rest of the school year!