Halloween Schedule of Events

Halloween is next week Thursday!!  We have a fun-filled day packed full of Halloweenish activities! We do have to take care of a small amount of business in the morning first for about 30 minutes, though.

8:15 - Sparkle & Spelling Test
8:30 - Read to Self time
9:00-11:00 - 2nd Grade Halloween Rotations

• Mrs. Wimmler - Halloween Literacy
• Mrs. VanderVelde - Halloween Games
• Mrs. Taylor - Halloween craftivity
• Mrs. Rozeveld - The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

11:10-11:45 - Lunch

11:45-12:30 - Halloween Math

12:30 - 1:00 - Costumes & Halloween Fun Pack

1:00 - 4th Grade Wax Museum & School Halloween Parade

1:45ish - Classroom Party, Snacks, video, games, 

2:30 - All School Recess

2:55 - Dismissal

You are welcomed to join us for any of the afternoon activities!!! Because of the fact that there will be a movie showing in my classroom for the morning rotations, I really won't need parent help for that, though.

Thanks!

Dig Pink

The JV/Varsity Volleyball Teams would like to invite our McBain Families to our Dig Pink Volleyball Match on October 29th at 6pm against Pine River. All proceeds from the game go toward our fundraising efforts for breast cancer screening at Mercy Hospital. There will also be a bake sale and Dig Pink T-Shirts for sale that evening. T-Shirts are also available in the athletic office.

This Week (Oct. 21-15)

This week we will also be having a Math Test and a Reading Skills Test.  Because of Delayed Start, both will be on Wednesday--Reading in the morning and Math in the afternoon.

We will be working through a Math Study Guide that will come home with your child on Tuesday afternoon.  Please take a few minutes to go over this with your child and practice these skills.

We will be working through the Reading Test in parts.  The students will have the test to read through, without a pencil, on Tuesday so that they can be familiar with the texts.  They will then receive the same test back on Wednesday to read again and complete the test.  For this reason, I will not be sending a reading study guide home.

Thanks for your support this week!!! (And every other week, too)

Reminders & Up and Comings

Title 1 Family Night
Our Family Reading Night was so fun!!!  Thank you to all who were able to come out and enjoy some good food and math and reading activities with us!  If you were not able to come, I still have your child's login cards for Everydaymathonline.com and Raz-Kids.com and I will be sending those home.

Delayed Start
Our October delayed start day is tomorrow, October 21.  School will begin at 10:00am.

Halloween
Halloween is quickly approaching--next week!!  We will be doing our annual Halloween parade through the school and, weather permitting, around town for a short ways.  The 2nd grade will be doing a set of Halloween rotations in the morning.  This will run sort of the same way as our Johnny Appleseed day did.  The students will rotate through the 2nd grade classrooms and do something Halloweenish in each room.  In our classroom we will be watching The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, so it's looking like I won't really need parent help for that part, but if you'd like to join us for the parade, you are welcome.  There will be more information on time next week.  

**Please send your child to school in regular clothes that day.  They will have time to change into their costumes right after lunch, prior to our parade.  Also, if they have any face paint that they would like to use, please send only what they are able to apply themselves as I will not have enough time to paint 25 faces.  If they have weapons of any kind (even if they're completely plastic) DO NOT SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. Please save that part for trick-or-treating at night.  Thanks for your help with this!! 

And since we're already in our costumes, we will also be enjoying some treats in the afternoon.  Because Halloween is such a 'candy and sweets' holiday, I would like to keep this part sort of low key.  I'm thinking apple slices with carmel dip and a trail mix.  If you would be willing to help with some of the ingredients, that would be great!  

1 bag of apples - sliced (peeled if you want to, but you don't have to)
2 containers of carmel dip
1 bag of candy corn
1 bag of pumpkin candies
2 boxes of Chex cereal
1 bag of pretzels
1 bag of mini marshmallows

I will also be sending home a note to see who is able to help.

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Conferences will be on Thursday, November 14th this year.  Our office staff will be working on the schedule and we will do our best to schedule sibling conferences as closely as we can.  As soon as the schedule is made we will get that information out to you.

For Your Calendar

November 1 - No School; Teacher Professional Development
November 14 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (more information to follow)
November 15 - No School; Deer Day!! :)
November 18 - Delayed Start
November 24-25 - No School Thanksgiving Break

Reminders and Up & Comings

Reading Folders & Home Links
Thank you, thank you for reading with your child each night!!  I just get so excited when I check their folders each day!!  Just a reminder to take 5-10 minutes to read through their take home book with them and mark your initials on the date.  Keep up the great work!

Home Links, too!  Almost everyone has been very faithful about completing and returning their Home Links.  Even more faithful than I have been in sending them home...sorry for the multiples sometimes.  Thank you for your time and effort to work with your child at home and help them to practice their skills.

Title 1 Family Night
Family Night will be next week Thursday, October 17th from 5:30-7pm.  Invitations were sent home.  If you have sent yours back either to me or with a sibling, thank you.  If not, please remember to RSVP so that we know how many to plan on for supper.  Supper will be pasta and will be served from 5:30-6pm.  Then classroom activities will be from 6-7pm.

Delayed Start
The October delayed start day is Monday, October 21.  School will start at 10:00am.

Halloween
Halloween is quickly approaching!!  We will be doing our annual Halloween parade through the school and, weather permitting, around town for a short ways.  Instead of a class party, the 2nd graders will be doing a set of Halloween rotations.  This will run sort of the same way as our Johnny Appleseed day did.  The students will rotate through the 2nd grade classrooms and do something Halloweenish in each room.  In our classroom we will be watching The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, so it's looking like I won't really need parent help for that part, but if you'd like to join us for the parade, there will be more information to follow.

Have a great week!!