October 24-28

Hello K families! 

This week,  I will be doing PALS testing Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. There will be a sub in our room but I will be just down the hall so I will be able to stop in and make sure everything is running smoothly. PALS focuses on literacy concepts/skills such as letter sounds, beginning sounds, word identification, and so on. I look forward to sharing the results of this screening with you at conferences.


Notes from the PSC: 

Family Skate Night at Skate City
NDLC has reserved the entire rink for a fun night of skating. Bring your family and friends and join your NDLC friends on Thursday, October 27th from 5:30-8pm at Skate City in Kimberly.

*$5 admission includes skate rental (no discount for bringing your own skates)

*No charge for anyone who comes to observe and doesn't skate

The Fall Book Fair is coming! Please sign up to help set up, cashier, or clean up! Slots are only 30 minutes in length to accommodate parent schedules with conferences. Feel free to sign up for more than one slot if you would like. Sign up at...http://signup.com/go/EQHxM2. Email ndlc.psc@gmail.com with questions!


Show appreciation for the NDLC staff by bringing an item or two    For their conference meals. We'll be providing for for our teachers plus support staff and specialists. Thursday, Nov. 10th will be a Taco Bar and Tuesday, Nov. 15th will be Soup and Sandwiches. Please sign up to contribute at... http://signup.com/go/i1k9Qj


Upcoming Events:

• October 24-26: Student Council's hat and mitten drive! 
• October 24-Oct 26: Red Ribbon Week 
• Mon. Oct. 24:  Wear "Red, White, and Blue” …I Elect to be Drug Free!!
• Tues. Oct. 25:  Wear “Active Wear/Sweats”…Stay active and be drug free!!
• Wed. Oct. 26:   District Wide Wear ”RED DAY”… Unite against drugs!!
• October 27 and 28: No School for Students
• October 27: Skate City
• November 10 and November 15: Portfolio Conferences

Reading: This week is the beginning of our most EXCITING reading unit yet: Super Readers! Students will learn that readers are like super heroes because they can use super reader powers. After getting their very own book bins, which contain books at the student’s reading level, they will learn about their super powers! For example, Super Readers can use pointer power to point at each word while reading a book.

Writing: Writers will make sure that they are writing their sight words correctly in their writing. What a great way to transfer our word study into writer's workshop!  They will also learn about adding descriptive words to their writing. 

Math:We will finish up centers from last week and complete a monster glyph to work on shapes. Students will also get a math notebook. These notebooks will track students' math thinking and ideas. Students were very excited to learn about the plus and minus sign next week. We will be sure to practice those signs by drawing math stories in our notebooks. 

Social Studies: This week, we will wrap up our interviews with different school helpers. We have learned so much about the people that work in our school and will be digging even deeper next week when we start our school study centers. 

Word Work: We will continue to work with here, can, we, it, and me. We are excited to start our spelling sorts after the long weekend. 

Enjoy the long weekend!