A Week In Review: The Week of October 31st

So much happened this week that it seems like Halloween was months ago!  This week I am going to start with some school news!

WLE Spirit Wear

Order Your Walled Lake Spiritwear Today!

Show your Tiger Pride and order your spiritwear today! All orders must be placed by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21st! You may order by simply filling out the order form that was sent home with your child and returning it to the school OR ordering online at the link below!

https://walledlake.itemorder.com

PTA NEWS

PTA NEEDS YOU!  PTA has asked me to find a parent that would be our classroom representative.  As a representative, you would have to attend 1 meeting a month to help the PTA makes decisions about for school community. If you are willing to donate your time as a PTA classroom representative, your child will get FREE POPCORN FOR THE YEAR!  Please let me know if you would be willing to be our classroom rep.

SOCKTOBER CONTINUES: A WLE 5th Grader on a Mission

Check out this incredible video featuring our Fifth Grade students as they support their classmate, Zane. Click here to play…

Zane is collecting warm clothing items for the South Oakland Shelter. We are helping him reach his goal of 300 items. Any donation of new socks, warm clothes can be placed in the box outside Mr. Malonis' classroom. 

Room 17 News

Our Halloween celebration was a success.  The kids had a great time seeing the hallway decorated and marching in our Halloween parade.  Thank you for coming to celebrate with us!

 In Math we are working on sorting objects in a variety of ways.  We sorted objects with partners and tried to figure out what sorting rules other pairs used.  It was a very fun activity and the kids loved trying to find new ways to sort the objects.

In writing, we are working on telling stories orally.  Your children are working really hard to tell their stories using the transition words - FIRST, THEN or NEXT, and LAST.  We listened to each other tell stories and snapped our fingers when we heard those words.  It was really very fun.  Consider encouraging your Kindergartner to use first, next and last when telling you a story at home.

We are also working very hard to recognize letters (Capital and Lowercase) as well as finding the POPCORN words in our reading books.  It is truly amazing how much your children have grown as learners in such a short amount of time.

FIELD TRIP NEWS: Outdoor Center

We will be going on our next field trip on December 1st.  A permission slip went home with your children last week.  We will be going to the Walled Lake Outdoor Education Center.  Since this is an extension of our school community, teachers will be the only chaperones this time.  

THANKSGIVING AND WINTER CELEBRATIONS

Please let me know if you are able to volunteer at our upcoming celebrations.  We will have a small celebration (YUCK Soup!, bread, and homemade butter On Wednesday, November 23rd).  I will just need some help running game stations on that day.

For the WINTER celebration on Thursday, December 22nd, we will be doing winter themed activities.  I will need some help before the party to get the activities ready and I will need parent volunteers at school to help with the activities.  Please let me know if you are available for either celebration.  Additionally, I will be sending home a note/baggie for Holiday Celebrations.  I am going to ask $10/child to cover the cost of food and crafts for our remaining celebrations in Kindergarten (Thanksgiving, Winter, Valentine's Day, and 100s Day).