Update on Mr.Horne

Hi everyone,

With all the busyness of the last day of school, we forgot to send home a note regarding Mr. Horne's return.  As of yet, Mr. Horne is NOT well enough to return to work. I will continue in the classroom until January 27th or until Mr. Horne's return.

Have a great holiday!

Sitka's Visit

 On Wednesday, Charlotte and her Mom, Colleen, brought their new puppy, Sitka to come meet and visit with the class. Sitka is a black lab and was six weeks old. Sooooo cute, thanks for bringing him in!

More on Daily 5

 As part of our Daily 5 program, the students have the choice to do 'Word Work'. One of the activities that they can choose to do is play Boggle. Often two students will get together to play with or against each other to see how may words they can find! Each week the letters are changed so they can play again.

Grace, Hannah, and Jacob are working together
on a 'Word Work' sheet at their desks. 

Vanessa is 'Listening to Reading'

Kyra is 'Listening to Reading'.

Aidan, Nic, and Cage are practicing "EEKK" which means
Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee. This is the position they
sit in so that everyone can see the book and follow along
as they read.

Nancy and Jen are at the 'Word Work' station
working on "Write It, Stamp It" which is a work
sheet where they can practice writing and then
stamping their spelling words for the week.

Mustard Seed Donations!

As we near the holiday season at Roger's Elementary we want to encourage everyone to be thinking about those who are less fortunate than us.
We are working hard on preparing our mittens for the Bolivia Orphanage (and they look great by the way), but we also want to be thinking about and remembering those in our city who are in need at this time of year!

If you have non-perishable foods that you could donate to our Mustard Seed bin (located outside the office) it would be much appreciated by those in our community that are in need!

What we are up to in Literacy!

Over the past two weeks, we have been learning about and starting to use the Daily 5 system. The Daily 5 is a system that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working independently that will lead to a lifetime of literacy independence as well as a joy of reading and writing. 

This a chart with all the literacy activities that the
students can choose from. Each student has a clothes
pin with their name on it, they indicate which activity
they will do by putting their clip on the activity. 

Students choose where in the class they would like to read.

So far, the students are working hard and making sure that they are following a set of guidlines that we developed together which will ensure that all students get the most out of their learning time at school.

Here are some pictures of division 9. The boys and girls in these pictures are either "reading to self" or "reading to a partner".
Keep up the good reading division 9!

Holiday Care Package

As we get closer to the holidays, its important to remember that there are many boys and girls that do not get gifts at this time of year.....if you can bring one or two new items for our holiday care package, it would generous and would bring a smile to a child this holiday season!


What could you bring:
- a small toy (jacks, yo-yo, cards, etc.)
- school supplies (pencils, erasers, pencil crayons, pencil sharpener, etc.)
- personal hygiene items (soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, hair brush, etc.)


Thanks so much to those who have already brought items in!!!!!