Week 11

Upcoming events:

Nov. 3:  Election Day holiday

Nov. 4:  field trip money due

Nov. 11:  Veteran's day program 9 a.m.

Nov. 19:  Chick-fil-a spirit night

Nov. 20:  school spirit day

Nov. 23:  interims sent home

Nov. 25-27:  Thanksgiving holidays

What are we learning?

Sight words:  he, she, up, down

Reading: describe setting

Writing:  simple sentences 

Math:  numbers 0-20

Science:  fall

How can you help at home?

Review anything marked on the weekly assessment.

Review sight words each night.  Can you think of a word that rhymes with them?

Read 100 book challenge nightly.

Count objects in sets of 0-20, write the corresponding numeral.  

Practice writing simple sentences using previous sight words.  For example, I see a cat.  Be sure to use spaces, capitals, and periods.  You can use your sight word chart (in your folder) to help you spell words.

Week 12

Upcoming events:

Field trip:  October 29th 

Fall festival:  October 29th 

Election Day holiday:  November 3rd 

What are we learning this week?

Sight words:  to, do, on, for

Math:  numbers 0-20

Writing:  writing simple sentences

Reading & fall:  reading & learning about pumpkins

How can you help at home?

Review anything missed on the report card & the weekly interim.

Next week we celebrate Red Ribbon Week

A look ahead at the week of October 26th as we celebrate Red Ribbon Week: 

Next week, we will celebrate Red Ribbon Week as we encourage our students to “Believe, Achieve & Succeed…Drug Free!”  Here is a sneak peek of next week’s events:

 

• Monday – Bulldog Spirit Day (wear red & black)
• Tuesday – Dress for Success (dress in your best)
• Wednesday – College, University, & Military Day (wear a favorite college/university/military shirt)
• Thursday – Career Dream Day from 8:30-10:30am (dress in clothing that matches future career)
• Friday – OES Spirit Day (wear an OES shirt or school colors)

Week 10

Upcoming events:

Oct. 19:  book fair visit for our class

Oct 20 & 22:  parent teacher conferences, be sure to sign up online

Remember Disney items for our fall festival basket

Oct. 23:  no school for students

Oct. 29: fall festival

What are we learning this week?

Sight words:  red, yellow, blue

Reading:  main idea

Reading Strategy:  make the first letter sound, use your fish lips to say the first letter sound

Writing:  I write one word for each word I say.

Science:  fall season

Math: numbers 0-18

How can you help at home? 

Review any areas missed on the report card sent home at conferences.

Practice sight words & read 100 Book Challenge each night.  

Need a new way to practice sight words?  Let your child spell them and read them using play dough.

Review numbers to 18 by writing them and counting objects in sets 0-18.

Look for and talk about signs of fall.  How do you know that it is fall?  What signs do you see?

Reading:  identify the main idea while reading.

Writing:  practice writing simple sentences.  Be sure to write one word for each word you want to say on your paper.  Here is an example of what we typically see in student writing:  Students often say "I see a frog." is written on their paper, but they have only written "frog."  They do not realize they must have one written word to match each spoken word.

More Boosterthon Fun

Our principals were duct taped to a pole because we met another goal.  They will also be dressing up like their least favorite college mascot since we met our overall goal.  Dr. Patterson will be a gamecock while Mrs. Skinner will be a tiger. 

Our fun run!

Looking ahead to week 9

Looking ahead

Upcoming events: 

Oct. 16:  school spirit day, wear an OES shirt

Oct. 19:  book fair visit

Oct 20 & 22:  parent teacher conferences, be sure to sign up online

Remember Disney items for our fall festival basket

Oct. 23:  no school for students

Oct. 29: fall festival

What are we learning this week?

Math:  numbers 11-15

Reading/writing:  identifying main idea

Sight words: review all previous words

Letter combinations:  -ck, qu-, -ss, -ll

Science:  fall 

How can you help at home?

Review anything missed on the weekly assessment.

Read a story, pick out the main idea.

Review all sight words, letters, and their sounds.

Count objects in sets 0-15, write the number to match.

What a busy week!

It has been a very busy week here at OES!!  Thanks to our Boosterthon fundraising goals we have had an exciting week.  Dr. Patterson and Mrs. Skinner rode tricycles around the lunchroom on Monday.  

On Tuesday, they danced on the roof.  

On Wednesday, we had BSHS athletes here to help us "walk to school."  Our class earned their extra recess time for fundraising.  Our next goal to reach for our class is a shoes off day.  We need about $4 more per lap before reaching that goal.  Thanks for all of your support this week for our fundraising efforts.  Remember Friday is the fun run; we will wear our pirate shirts.

Firefighters visit OES

We finished up our community helpers unit with a visit from the BS fire department.  They asked that each student check their smoke detectors tonight for homework.  We learned a lot about fire safety.  

Week 8

Upcoming events:

Oct 5:   Wear a bandana

Oct 6:  wear sunglasses

Oct. 7:  Walk to school day, dress like a pirate

Oct 8:  wear black clothing

Oct 9:  Boosterthon fun run, wear school pirate shirts

What we are learning:

Sight words:  stop, go, in, dog

Math:  reviewing for our numbers 0-10 assessment

Phonics:  Ee, Oo, Uu

Reading:  use your owl eyes to read picture clues

Writing/science/reading:  reading and writing about what science is, what scientist do, what is fall

How can you help at home?

Review anything missed on weekly assessment.  Practice sight words daily; try one of the activities in the homework folder.  You may also want to try the sight word wallet described in the blog.  Review numbers 0-10, count objects and write the corresponding numeral.  Go for a nature walk.  What signs of fall do you see?  Read 100 Book Challenge each night, use your owl eyes to figure out hard words.  

Community Helper visits

Today Mr. Ben came to tell us all about his job in the Air Force.  We had an opportunity to ask him questions about his job.  Tomorrow we will have a visit from the fire department.  

Boosterthon kick-off

We kicked off our Boosterthon fundraiser yesterday at a pep rally.  Please help us raise money for our school.  You will be receiving more information via email and call outs.  Thanks for your participation.