October Newsletter

Whitewood Elementary

Thanks to everyone who helped make our annual

Family Fun Night a smashing success; to all of the

staff for serving food & keeping everything running

smoothly, to all of the families who came to enjoy &

learn together, to Journey Museum for setting up &

sharing your planetarium with us, to School of

Mines Robotics club & 3-D printing club for bringing

your technology & expertise to our students, & to

Mr. Erfman from our rural STEAM program for shar-

ing your Ozobots and knowledge with us! What a

wonderful night of learning!

Anne Rochelle

Interventionist

Our Veterans Day Program is Monday, November

11th. Please join us in honoring our veterans.

Everyone is invited to attend our Veterans Day

program from 9:00—9:30 in the gym.

FLU CLINIC

Whitewood will be holding a flu vac-

cination clinic on Thursday, November

21, 2018 from 1-3. We will need a copy

of an insurance card or a Medicaid card

for billing purposes. For children with

Medicaid, Medicaid pays for the flu

shot so the family doesn’t pay anything.

If the family has insurance, the insur-

ance is billed $45.00. If the family has a

co-pay or deductible, the family may

receive a bill for the flu shot from SD

Department of Health in Pierre. If the

family has no insurance, there could be

a $20.00 fee. you have any questions,

please call our office at 269-2264.

*Each child was sent home with a pink

consent form that will need to be re-

turned to school to receive the vaccine.

Reading Genres: Fantasy & Informational

Writing Review short a, m, s, p and t – Begin short i, n

Math Compare numbers from 0 to 10.

Science Weather Watching!

Social Studies

Character Trait: Citizenship

Sight Words Review: the, a, see, we, like Begin: to & and

Congratulations to Ethan for being our Wrangler of the Month!

What’s Happening This Month

A Peek At What We Are Learning

A Note From Miss Aldren

November News

• 11/1 In-service – No School

• 11/3 Daylight Savings Time Ends

• 11/8 Extra PE – Send appropriate shoes

• 11/8 Book Orders Due – Class Code TFTQH

• 11/11 Veteran’s Day Program

• 11/26 Thanksgiving Party (Class Party)

• 11/27-11/29 Thanksgiving Break

Hello Families!

I am so glad I got the chance to chat with each of you at

Parent-Teacher Conferences! I appreciate all you’re doing

with the kiddos. This month we have so much to be

thankful for and many fun events happening! More

information about these events will be out soon.

Remember to work on November goals and turn in Book It.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ap

Parent Reminders

1st Grade News

Fall is my favorite season of the year. I love the crisp cool air, the beautiful trees and pumpkins!

October was a whirlwind of conferences, STEM Title 1 family night, Red Ribbon week, Harvest Parties. I can’t believe how fast each week goes and we are at the end of the month! We have been in

school over 40 days!

THANK YOU Our Title One Family Night was a

HUGE success! THank you to everyone who was able come.

November is upon us with Veterans Day & Thanksgiving. I hope the upcoming holiday season is

filled with thanks, giving and laughter, maybe even a

bit of relaxation.

October’s almost over?!

Looking Ahead - November

November 1st- NO school. Teacher

In-service

November 11- Veterans day

Program. 9:00am @ WW.

November 27-29 – Thanksgiving

Break

IT’S FALL!

READING: Reading with your child is so good! Please read a few minutes together each night. Words, phonics and sight words are critical for future success!

SHOES: When it’s boot season, please try and send shoes with your child for school during the day.

SNACKS: Please send some to share with the class.

Congrats to Caius for being our Wrangler of the Month!

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Ms. Rost’s Second Grade News

Handwriting: We have reviewed writing our upper and lowercase letters and numbers correctly and

neatly. Please encourage this on homework as well.

Spelling: We are doing very well on our spelling tests and work. We are trying to incorporate spelling

our words correctly in our daily work.

Writing: We have been concentrating on writing complete sentences and are working on writing a

personal narrative.

Language Arts: We have been practicing short vowels and long vowel, subjects and predicates,

inflectional endings, using context clues, analyzing text genres, discussing the character, setting, and plot

of stories and using certain text features like a table of contents, glossary, and an index. Please encourage

your child to read nightly at home and to mark it in their student planner.

Science: We are continuing our work on animals, their habitats, and adaptations that they have for

survival. During science students are learning how to observe, make inferences, and draw conclusions

about their experiments and investigations. Ask your child about some of the activities that we have done

in class.

Math: We are currently studying strategies to help us add within 100. This includes using a hundreds

chart, a number line, breaking apart numbers to add, and adding using compensation.

**Thank you to all parents who were able to attend conferences. I enjoyed visiting with you!

October Birthdays:

Happy Birthday to Emma – 2nd, Emit – 16th,

and John on the 20th. We wish them all a

very happy birthday and a wonderful year to

come!

October activities:

• Fire Prevention Week

• P.T.O. Fall Festival

• Native American Day

• Family Night

Thank you to all who volunteered their time

and resources to make these events

available to our students!

Upcoming Events:

• Friday, Nov. 1st - No school-

Teacher Inservice

• Thursday, Nov. 14th- PTO Turkey

Bingo

• Friday, Nov. 22nd – End of 1st

Trimester

• Wednesday, Nov. 27th -Friday, Nov.

29th – No School- Thanksgiving

Break

Congrats to Jonathon on

being Wrangler of the month!

Fourth Grade News

Math: We have completed the first two of the fifteen units in Envision Math.

English Language Arts: We have completed Unit One of six units in our Wonders

Series.

Social Studies: We explored to Deadwood during our travels on the South Dakota

Road Trip.

Science: We completed a unit on plants. During this unit we did several experiments

with plants and seeds. We also took a trip to the Sanford Underground Research

Facility in Lead. During our field trip we learned about waves and took a tour of the

Congrats to Eric on being our Wrangler of the Month!

Classroom Happenings

We’ve been working really hard in 5th grade. Here is a quick overview of what we’ve been learning: Math:

• Decimals! Ordering, comparing, adding, rounding, estimating, subtracting

• Multiplying Whole Numbers Language Arts:

• Skills we have been working on: Sequence, Author’s Point of View, Compare and Contrast

• In writing, we are finishing up our pumpkin biographies.

Science:

• We have been learning all about Matter!

• Our class got the privilege of piloting a kit called “Ghost Particles” from Sanford Lab! We learned SO much!

Social Studies:

• October is the month for explorers!

• We have been discussing different explorers that came to America and why they came.

Upcoming Dates to Note

• Thursday, October 31 –

Class Halloween Party

• Friday, November 1 – No

School (Teacher Inservice)

• Monday, November 11 –

Veterans’ Day Program 9 am

• Friday, November 15 – End of

1st Trimester

• November 27 – 29 – Thanksgiving Break

You’re Invited! The 5th grade students will be presenting

their “Pumpkin Biographies” on October 31

from 8:30 – 9:30 am in the 5th grade

classroom. Join us for cookies and cider!

Congrats to Marcus for being our

Wrangler of the Month!