Room 2 News and Notes Week of November 16, 2015
Email: Tiffany Gratien tgratien@scsd.us
Monday
Library
Tuesday
P.E.
Mary Mastin mmastin@scsd.us
Specials Schedule:
Wednesday
Thursday
Art
Music
Friday
P. E.
Phonemic Awareness/ELA:
Skills Strand
 Segment and Blend Sounds in Words
 Learns the sounds and how to write ‘a’ for /a/, ‘m’
for /m/, ‘t’ for /t/ and ‘d’ for /d/ as well as the
letters: o, c, g, i, n, h, s, f, v, z, p, e
 Hear above sounds at the beginning, middle and
ends of words.
Reading/ELA:
Listening and Learning Strand
 Plants Unit
o Life Cycle of Plants
o Plants People Eat
o Bees Make and Use Honey
Content: Science
 Social Studies Unit 3: Getting Along with Others
o Problem-Solving
Math:Shapes
 2-Dimensional Shapes - triangles, squares,
rectangles, hexagons, and circles
FYI
 We will have Show and Tell every Friday during morning meeting. Your child can bring in something they’d
like their classmates to see or learn about.
 Please send your child with sneakers on Tuesdays and Fridays for P. E. during this marking period.
 Please remember to send in your child’s turkey. The ones we have are very unique!
 No Say Yes afterschool program on Wednesday, 11/18 and Thursday 11/19.
 Thursday, 11/19, Dismissal at 10:45; followed by scheduled Parent/Teacher Conferences in the afternoon and
evening.
 There is no Say Yes the week of 11/23. There is no school for Thanksgiving Break 11/25-11/27.
 Tuesday 11/24 Room 2 will be making Vegetarian Stone Soup. Please send in a can of your child’s favorite
vegetable.
 Tues 12/1 students will be having a hearing screening.
 STUDENT COUNSEL FUNDRAISERS AND ACTIVITIES:
 The first fundraiser for the Ed Smith Student Council will be held at Sky Zone! Tuesday, December 1st - 4pm
to 8pm for Elementary Students (K-5)
 Ed Smith’s Annual Food Drive for the Salvation Army MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH to FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 18th! Wish List includes: Canned Beans, Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables, Jelly (NO GLASS
PLEASE!), Milk (Dry or Canned), Canned Soup and Tuna Fish. These can be brought to the classroom.
 Holiday Candy Cane Sales: Pre-Orders taken and paid for during lunch MONDAY, DECEMBER 7th –
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10th. Candy Canes will be delivered on Monday, December 21st. $0.50 per candy
cane. All candy canes will have a tag/ribbon attached.
Ed Smith K-8 Vision:
To be the most improved school in the district ~
Where EVERY child learns & grows