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REMINDER: NO School Monday, September 6th due to Labor Day!

Memory Books:

Over the next few weeks, students will be creating ‘memory books’ as part of an expository writing activity based on Mem Fox’s book; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Students will be required to bring in artifacts, or ‘memory triggers’ to Use as a focal point for their paragraphs. Please help your child select 5 things he or she can bring to school, to be the topic of a piece of writing. We will take a picture of the item so your child can insert the picture into his or her paragraph. We will return the items after taking a picture, or scanning the item when  completed. If you prefer to not send in the item, you may send a digital picture, or an actual picture of the item and we can scan the picture and send it home. Our goal is to share the completed Memory Books at Fall conferences.

Spelling Groups:

Through baseline assessments from Words Their Way, students have been placed in developmental spelling groups. They were given their first pretest and spelling sort on Thursday and will have the posttest on Mondays (Tuesday this week due to the holiday). We touched on Spelling Club at Back to School Night, but essentially, if your child misses 5 or more words on his or her post exam, they will need to be spending extra time working on their words with one of the teachers. Please take the time to review the pretest and practice your child’s spelling words with them over the weekends.

Out of this World:

This past week students began their first FOSS science investigation on the Solar system.  We will continue exploring ‘new frontiers’ in space throughout the up coming months. We are excited with the quality of information provided through these lessons and look forward to seeing what the students can take away from the lessons.

Football Math:

As part of a math measurement activity, our students mapped out, sectioned off, and created a miniaturized football field for the playground. We hope you can stop by and take a look at their accomplishments. They are proud and excited about their new field!

Novel Groups:

Now that all the baseline testing, and Growth Assessments are completed, we will begin forming our first  novel groupings. We will be placing students in various Newbery books Students will receive the list of books to choose from next week. As a group, they will decide on what book they group will read. Once the group choices are made, and multiple copies are acquired, novel groups will commence.

Repeat/Update: Wyoming Heritage Expo:

As off Friday morning, we have drivers to transport 23 students to the Expo next Friday. We are in need of about 4 more drivers! As is tradition, we will be attending the EXPO on Friday, September 10th.  We will be leaving the school at 8:30 as the event opens at 9:00.  We encourage our children to get in line for the canoes first to avoid the rush.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch or request that the school provide one at the school lunch meal cost.  We will eat there and then return to the school for our 12:15 dismissal.  Volunteer drivers are needed to drop off and pick up students.  If you would be able to drive please fill in the form below and return it to the UI classroom.

I,___________________________________,can transport_______students on Friday, September 10th.

Sack Lunch Reminder:

It is too late now to request a sack lunch from the school and we didn’t have any requests come in last week. Please make sure you send a lunch with your child on Friday for the Expo.

Back To School Packets

We provided packets of information on the policy and procedures for UI Pod at the Back TO School Night on Thursday. For those not attending, we provided a copy in your child’s Friday Folder. If you have any questions about any of its content, feel free to stop in and give us a visit.