Mrs. Newham’s Weekly
Newsletter
the Nutcracker. I will work on having
dates by the end of the week.
Changes in School Pickup
After reviewing our pick up situation,
the teachers have decided to make
some changes to the after school pickup. First, Miss Kang and I will have
Week of October 31stNovember 4th
our students sitting and waiting for
pick up at the furthest north bench.
E-mail: pnewham@rsarts.org
Second, parents who walk up to pick
Phone: 243-7145
up their child will be asked to wait in
A very special thank you to all of the
a parent pick up area which will be
parents who helped drive, chaperone,
located at the middle walking
and prepare/donate foods. I
crosswalk (a sign will be posted). The
appreciate everyone’s help and I hope
teachers will bring your child to you.
everyone enjoyed the trip. I am
Third, if you are in the pick up line,
planning on scheduling a field trip to
you will be asked to drive up to the
KRCR in the upcoming weeks when
furthest point north in line to prevent
we learn about weather and the water
the line from getting backed up. In
cycle and in December a possible field
addition, please do not get out of the
trip to see the children’s version of
car during the pick up line or seat belt
your child while in the pick up line.
near the entrance of the playground if
This week we will practice learning
two-letter phonograms: /sh/,/ar/
and /ck/. Phonogram cards almost
ready to be sent home!
you need to do this or anything else
Sight Words for the Week
Please pull to the furthest point north
that may hold up the line. These
changes are important for the safety
of the students and to provide a
quicker and smoother pick up for
parents and teachers.
that
with
she
was
Words we have learned thus far
are:
I, a, go, is, he, can, we, at, in,
am
School Events
Lastly, we are asking parents who
10/31 School Assembly
have pick up at 3:20 to not enter the
2:45 pick up line until 3:05 when the
line will be less busy.
11/4 Animal Show; 8:15 a.m.
11/6 Turn you clocks back
Yeah! An extra hour of sleep!
Thank you for your understanding.
Homework
Monday – Reading only (optional
due to Halloween)
Tuesday – Saxon 29B & Reading
Wednesday – Saxon 31B & Reading
Thursday – Saxon 32B & Reading
Phonograms for the Week
11/5 PTC Fall Auction @ the
Holiday Inn
11/7 Veterans assembly; will
probably go until 9:15. Minimum
day; dismissal at 12:30
11/11 Holiday; Veteran’s Day
Veteran’s Day Assembly
This is a very special assembly.
Families may invite family
members or friends that are
veterans or are currently serving
our country. We will be singing
patriotic songs along with special
song presentations by some of the
classes. Please send your child in
patriotic clothes or patriotic colors.
Science Project
Tricia is interested in doing
another science project with the
classes this Friday. This time it will
be making erupting volcanoes. In
order to do this we would like to
know if there are any parents who
would be interested in making clay
and or donating any of the items
towards this project. I will send an
attachment of a recipe you can use
or you can use one of your own.
Please e-mail me if you are
interested and I will forward the
information to Tricia.
Jamba Juice
Jamba Juice is Thursdays at the 1:25
recess for our class. Prices are
$2.00 or $4.00. Please send your
child’s money in an envelope or
sandwich baggy with their name
and their teacher’s name.
Scholastic book Orders
In your child’s folder today, you
will find a letter that explains how
you can order books on-line along
with a code for our classroom that
helps the classroom earn free
books. The book order forms are
due today but you can still place an
order on-line after the due date.
Auction Project
A special thank you to Stephanie
Rasheed and Lily Vandyke who
organized and volunteered to do
our classroom project. They are
putting the finishing touches on it
and it will be ready for the auction
dinner on Saturday. Thank you to
those parents who have donated
tools to place in the tool box. If
you would still like to donate
towards the box, please send the
item that was listed on the sheet
that was sent home a couple weeks
ago. We assigned tools so we
would not receive duplicates. If
you are unable, please no worries.

Weekly Highlights
Math
- Some, some more and some,
some went away problems,
- Counting by 10’s
- Writing up to 32
- Completing a calendar;
patterning AB
Reading and Writing
-short /i/ sound
- c-v-c words with short /a/, /e/, /i/
-word families ay, ar, ck
-introduce new reading books
-learn to recognize “ending”
sounds of words
-review all phonograms and all
sight words and review initial
sounds of words
-introduce “I had a weekend”
journal writing
-review spacing
Science –
-completing “parts of the pumpkin”
and life cycle of a pumpkin book
-making volcanoes
Social Studies –
- Sharing Indian tales
- Begin California history
timeline
Volunteering
Thank you for all of my parents
who volunteered in the classroom
and who took projects home. I
currently have and will have some
more take home projects. Let me
know if you are interested.
Box Tops
Please continue to send in box
tops!
Special thank you!
Thank you Sila’s for being our art
docent and for the great history-art
lesson last week. The class really
enjoyed it.
Thank you Nick for helping at
Library time. Thank you Elijah for
cleaning the turtle tank…and Nick
too. Thank you to all who help
weekly in and out of the classroom.
Kristin thank you again for the
purchase of the turtle landing for
the tank. The turtles love it!
Treasure Box Items
Thank you to the parents who have
donated to the treasure box! The
students will love the choices. If
you have any leftover party favors
or any new 0r gently used items
you are interested in donating it,
would greatly be welcomed.
Best wishes for a great week!
Mrs. Newham