End of October Classroom Update

November is quickly approaching! Our children are working full speed ahead! Below I have posted some valuable information from our teacher Ms. Diamond on what is happening in the classroom.


Ms. Diamond's News:
Room 5 is working very well together to learn while having fun!! Ask your child what math games they worked on today!

Language Arts News:

• "Power Hour" is off to a great start! Each reading group is hard at work refining skills.
• Writing- Room 5 students have worked together to write our own scary story! We will now make books with illustrations.

Math News:

Students have worked on mastering the relationships between addition and subtraction. We

play math games everyday to reinforce skills!

Science/Social Studies News:

Students have completed our unit on laws and rules of the community. We also have learned about healthy alternatives to drugs during Red Ribbon Week.

Art News:

We have created unique pumpkins and spooky ghosts to decorate the Boo Bash this Friday.

Room 5 Wish list:

Pumpkins- both large and small, to touch , draw and write about.

Students of the Day for the last 2 weeks on October:

Sandor
Daniel
Trisha
Diana
Mylo

Bella
Hank
Pranav
Benjamin
Ana

Birthday's and Special Days:
10/27- Trisha
10/30 Michael
BooBash 10/30

Boo Bash

Boo Bash! Friday, October 30th 5-8pm

The success of our events hinges on the support of our amazing Stevenson families. We would appreciate any help with supplies for our upcoming Boo Bash event.

Volunteers needed!

Our Class has Knock em' Sock em' game really simple and fun. If you would like to help please email me

monika@freshandsmoked.com

Needed are Dads for security to keep our kids safe.

Needed BBQ masters if you can and enjoy to BBQ sign up with me.

See you there

Help R.L Stevenson win $20,000 in the “America’s Favorite School” contest

America’s favorite school contest

The school with the most votes wins $20,000!

• Every week a lucky school wins $500
• Open to all K-12 schools

www.americasfavoriteschool.com

vote from Sept. 14 - Nov. 8

Whether you are a parent, teacher, student or community member, you can help R.L Stevenson win $20,000 in the “America’s Favorite School” contest sponsored by Care2 and GreatSchools

http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/601567?refer=11284.02.1253229485.118932

The more votes our school gets, the better our school’s chances of winning. This contest is a fun opportunity to rally community support for our school as well as a great way to win much-needed financial support in this difficult economy.

Here are some easy things you can do to spread the word and get people to vote for your school:

1. Send an email to your friends and network asking them to vote for your school. (email me and I will email you the sample email.)
2. Add a banner to your website, blog, Facebook or MySpace page. You can also ask your friends and family to post a banner to support your school. (email me and I get you the proper links)
3. Have you friends and family join our facebook group “America's Favorite School R.L Stevenson” and vote! vote!

3. Post a flyer your local library, your neighborhood coffee shop, or other local venues.

4.We are trying to get noticed by local media. If any of you or anyone you know has a media contact let me know so we can work together on getting helping R.L Stevenson win $20,000

If you have any questions regarding the contest don’t hesitate to contact me at monika@freshandsmoked.com

PTA

There is still time to join the PTA.....it is just $5.00.

SO PLEASE SIGN-UP NOW and support our PTA which does so much for our school!
THANKS!

http://stevensonpirates.net/home/pta/join-the-pta/

October Events

Tues. Oct. 6 Craft Club - Holiday Boutique crafts

Thu. Oct. 8 8:30 am PTA/FFS Meeting

Fri. Oct. 9 Art Day/ Reflections Kick-Off

Oct. 19-23 Red Ribbon Week

Tues. Oct. 27 Pizza Night

Fri. Oct. 30 Boo Bash