Lowell, Issue 7
Editor in Chief Edie Mileham
Room 122 Friday News
October 17, 2008
Headlines From Our Class
This week we filled our marble jar and invited Ms. Viglianti’s class over for indoor recess!
We’ve decided that when we next fill our jar, we’ll visit Ms. Galle in her new classroom.
Bug award winner: Kira Gottschalk for always doing her best work. Today was Ms. Galle’s
last day in the classroom. We really enjoyed having her! We are also excited to welcome
Ms. Schmidt to our class. Her introductory letter is attached to the newsletter. She has
been student teaching in one of Lowell’s early childhood classrooms and is excited to
graduate to kindergarten!
Literacy Highlights
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This week we enjoyed two non-typical literacy/writing projects. We made and labeled
monster faces after reading our new favorite book Go Away Big Green Monster. These
creative projects will be displayed in our school showcase starting in November. Our
other writing project occurred on Friday when EVERYONE decided to write Ms. Galle an
“I’ll Miss You” card. Some of us had extra time and were able to write someone else a
card as well.
This week, we all learned the new word “is” although most of us continued practicing some
of the other words we’ve learned so far such as “like,” “I,” “the,” “no,” “yes” and “is” in
addition to our new word. If you, as a parent, can also help with studying these words at
home, it will really help your child succeed!
Math Spotlight
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In math this week, we measured lines with little worms, practiced our numbers, played a
shape memory game, made ABB patterns with two different shaped beads, dotted AAB
patterns, added “pumpkin seeds” together, used linking cubes to make identical shapes,
put the life cycle of a pumpkin in order, and read a book called Inch by Inch about an
inchworm who has his life spared when he measures various parts of birds. As a follow up,
we discussed how big an inch is and different ways (ruler or inch long tile) to measure
something in inches. We also estimated the length of bird beaks, tails, legs, and bodies,
then measured them to see how long they really were.
Announcements
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Our class has REALLY LOVED the Go Away Big Green Monster book in our classroom. I
noticed it was for sale in the Sept. issue of Scholastic. I think I can still place an order
for this book (it’s hard cover and only 7$ instead of 10$ at stores) if you’d like it. But
because this is a LAST minute order, please let me know if you’d like this book by Monday!
Upcoming Dates!
Monday, Oct. 20 – Ms. Schmidt’s FIRST day in our classroom! Help us to welcome her.
Tuesday, Oct. 21 – FREE field trip to the Madison School Forest
Monday, Oct. 27 – Pumpkin Patch field trip (morning and lunch) at Treinen Farms
Thursday & Friday, Oct. 30 & 31 – NO SCHOOL, teachers at WEAC convention
Thursday, Nov. 13 – NO SCHOOL – Parent/Teacher Conferences (see reverse for schedule)
Miss Mileham’s Conference Schedule
Thursday, November 13th
Some parents were able to sign up for a conference time at the Open House on Tuesday
night, but if you missed the sign-up or weren’t able to attend, here is my current availability
(subject to change, of course, as more parents request times). You can call me at 204-6632
to schedule a time or you can write your name in on this form and return it to school (make
sure you clear EVERYTHING ELSE out of your child’s folder so I can easily find it!)
TIME
8:00 am
8:20 am
8:40 am
9:00 am
9:20 am
9:40 am
10:00 am
10:20 am
10:40 am
11:00 am
12:20 pm
12:40 pm
1:00 pm
1:20 pm
LOCATION: LOWELL SCHOOL
STUDENT NAME
PARENT/
GUARDIAN
NAME
Ariel
Diana
Clara
Erika / Tony
PHONE NUMBER
XXXXX
XXXXX
Ally
Paul/Tammy
XXXXX
Kira
Joy
XXXXX
Lucy
Emily
XXXXX
Aroob
Miriam
Halem
Cynthia
XXXXX
XXXXX
LOCATION: SALVATION ARMY
TIME
2:00
2:20
2:40
3:00
3:20
3:40
4:00
4:20
pm
pm
pm
pm
pm
pm
pm
pm
STUDENT NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Donneyah
Jamiah
PARENT/
GUARDIAN
NAME
Sophia
Cheryl
Isabella
Kyle
Harry
Jair
Tiffany
Brady
Karen
David/Marisol
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
***Christian’s conference will be scheduled on another date***
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XXXXX
Special Scholastic offer! This book, Go Away Big Green Monster, is now one
of our class’s favorite books of all time. I just realized that it was for sale
on the September Scholastic book order form. If you’d like to order it (it is
only 7$ instead of the 10$ I saw it listed for at Borders), I think I can still
put an order in as long as you get me your order in by MONDAY. You can
give me a check for Scholastic Book clubs or pay cash. Either way is fine. I
think your kindergartner could probably read it to YOU by now as it is so often requested!
There is no obligation to buy this book. It is also available at the public library!
Special Scholastic offer! This book, Go Away Big Green Monster, is now one
of our class’s favorite books of all time. I just realized that it was for sale
on the September Scholastic book order form. If you’d like to order it (it is
only 7$ instead of the 10$ I saw it listed for at Borders), I think I can still
put an order in as long as you get me your order in by MONDAY. You can
give me a check for Scholastic Book clubs or pay cash. Either way is fine. I
think your kindergartner could probably read it to YOU by now as it is so often requested!
There is no obligation to buy this book. It is also available at the public library!
Special Scholastic offer! This book, Go Away Big Green Monster, is now one
of our class’s favorite books of all time. I just realized that it was for sale
on the September Scholastic book order form. If you’d like to order it (it is
only 7$ instead of the 10$ I saw it listed for at Borders), I think I can still
put an order in as long as you get me your order in by MONDAY. You can
give me a check for Scholastic Book clubs or pay cash. Either way is fine. I
think your kindergartner could probably read it to YOU by now as it is so often requested!
There is no obligation to buy this book. It is also available at the public library!
Special Scholastic offer! This book, Go Away Big Green Monster, is now one
of our class’s favorite books of all time. I just realized that it was for sale
on the September Scholastic book order form. If you’d like to order it (it is
only 7$ instead of the 10$ I saw it listed for at Borders), I think I can still
put an order in as long as you get me your order in by MONDAY. You can
give me a check for Scholastic Book clubs or pay cash. Either way is fine. I
think your kindergartner could probably read it to YOU by now as it is so often requested!
There is no obligation to buy this book. It is also available at the public library!