Foster Family Fundraiser

This is a benefit event for one of our 2nd grade students and his family.

The Superhero Dance is Next Week!

You are invited to come to the PTA sponsored Superhero Dance on March 8th. Admission is $5 for PTA member families and $10 for non-PTA families. We will have free concessions, a DJ, and activities for the whole family!  Everyone is invited, so get your favorite superhero costume out and come dance with us!

Friday Note - 2-23-18

This Week: Our theme was universe. Thursday was Jump Rope for Heart.  Thank you to all who donated to the American Heart Association.  

• Math:  We continued our unit on subtraction. We focused on decomposing using manipulatives, drawings, and number bonds. We also introduced how to write a subtraction number sentence. The students practiced all week using different strategies to show their knowledge of solving a subtraction problem.  

• Language Workshop— We learned about the universe.  We asked questions and read books called Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars. We also watched videos on Brain Pop Jr. Then, we listed key details and new vocabulary words from each book.  The students really enjoyed learning about this topic.

• Writing Workshop—We introduced opinion writing.  An opinion piece consists of three sentences (or more).  The first sentence states an opinion (I like inside recess.).  The next two (or more) sentences give reasons why. The students each wrote an opinion piece about watching TV or playing outside.

• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.

  

• Word Study— We focused on the -at word family. Students participated in various activities where they had to identify a picture and match it to the correct word. We also practiced building words that have the -at ending (cat, bat, rat, mat, etc.).  Our sight word was “of”.

Important Dates:

• Feb. 26-March 2:  Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28:  Cox CARE Mobile
• March 8:  Reading Journey Ends (logs due)
• March 9:  End of 3^rd Quarter
• March 12-16:  No School - Spring Break!
• March 20 & 22:  Spring Conferences (be watching for more info)

Book Bags

          Keep reading and returning the book bags every Friday.  Also, please encourage your child to read these books several times before returning them.  It would be best if you are reading the books each night.  Please take care of these books while they are at your house.  

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be   have

it   he   she to   can   with   go   we   me

  you   and   are   they   in  of

Reading Journey

I hope you and your child are finding a special time each night to work on our reading journey.  Remember, our goal is to complete fifteen reading activities.  This reading journey will end on March 8^th.  Reading logs need returned by March 9th  in order for your child to participate in the reading journey celebration.

         

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Please encourage your child to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week.  

We will read different books each day.

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book -  Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday -  Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair -  Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks -  Crazy Sock Day

Next Week:

·         Our theme will be Dr. Seuss.

·         We will begin decomposing the numbers 9 and 10..

·         Our sight words will be “do” and “not”.  

·         We will continue to work with word families.

·         We will continue opinion writing.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Vestal

Family Superhero Dance

Friday Note - 2/16/18

NO SCHOOL MONDAY!

This Week:

• Math: We began our unit on subtraction. Please take time to look over your child’s math page with them daily. This is a difficult concept for some kindergartners to master as they want to count the amount in each group rather than determining the difference between the groups. 

• Language Workshop: We read many different nursery rhymes. We made Jack and Jill and Hey Diddle Diddle books to add to our book boxes. We used retelling pieces while retelling the rhymes. 

• Writing Workshop: We continued working on expanding our writing. We are working on writing more than one sentence on the same topic. We also focused on turning boring sentences into exciting ones. 

• Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers. While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies. During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies. 

• Word Study: Our sight word was “in”. We worked on building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words by focusing on the short a and short i sounds. On Tuesday and Wednesday our focus was on short a words. We worked on writing short a words by looking at a picture then used letter tiles to build the words on the first day. The next day we completed a worksheet independently. We did the same thing on Thursday and Friday with short i words. Your child is bringing home the short i letter tiles home today. Please complete the word building activity with your child. 

Important Dates:

• Feb. 19: No School (Presidents Day) 
• Feb. 22: Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time) 
• Feb. 23: Box Top contest ends 
• Feb. 26-March 2: Dr. Seuss Week (more details below) 
• Feb. 28: Cox CARE Mobile 

Book Bags

Keep reading and returning the book bags every Friday. Also, please encourage your child to read these books several times before returning them. It would be best if you are reading the books each night. Please take care of these books while they are at your house.

Sight Words - Make sure to practice at home!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be   it   he   she 

they   to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   have   are   in

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Please encourage your child to participate as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week. 

We will read different books each day. 

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book - Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday - Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair - Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks - Crazy Sock Day

Reading Journey

I hope you and your child are finding a special time each night to work on our reading journey. Remember, our goal is to complete twenty reading activities. This reading journey will end on March 8th. Reading logs need returned by March 8th in order for your child to “travel” to different kindergarten rooms during our read-a-thon on March 9th.

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit on the Universe. 
• We will continue working on understanding subtraction. 
• Our sight word will be “of”. 
• We will continue building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and focus on short o and short e sounds. 
• We will introduce opinion writing. 

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vestal

Friday Note - 2/9/18

This Week: What a crazy week!  Hopefully we can get back into our routine soon!

• Math— We continued working with addition stories.  The students are really getting the hang of this concept.  They are doing great!

• Language Workshop—This week we discussed the different types of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.  The boys and girls really enjoyed the silly poems we read.  The types of text assessment is in your child’s daily folder.

• Writing Workshop—We worked on expanding our writing. We are working on writing more than one sentence on the same topic.  We also focused on turning boring sentences into exciting ones.
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  
• Word Study—We continued segmenting and blending phonemes (sounds) this week.  This assessment is in your child’s folder.  Please look over it carefully and help your child if he/she is needing extra practice.  

Important Dates:

• Feb. 15:  Jump Rope for Heart form and money due
• Feb. 19:  No School (Presidents Day)
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)
• Feb. 26-March 2:  Dr. Seuss Week (more details below)
• Feb. 28:  Cox CARE Mobile

Sight Words - Make sure to practice at home!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be   it   he   she   they

to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   have   are

Celebrate Reading ~ Dr. Seuss Week ~ February 26-March 2

Monday - Cat in the Hat - Hat Day

Tuesday - Sleep Book -  Pajama Day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday -  Wacky Clothes Day

Thursday - Hooray for Hair -  Crazy Hair Day

Friday - Fox in Socks -  Crazy Sock Day

Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Valentine party!  The students always have such a good time!!

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit on Nursery Rhymes.
• In math, we will start subtraction.  
• Our sight word will be “in”.
• We will begin building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words by focusing on the short a and short i sounds.
• We will continue expanding one sentence into 2 or 3 sentences on the same topic.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vestal

Friday Note - 2/2/18

This Week:  We started off the week by celebrating the 100th day on Monday followed by the 101st day with a Dalmatian Celebration on Tuesday.  What a fun way to begin our week!   

• Math—We practiced counting to 100 (by ones, fives, and tens) for our 100th day celebration!  We learned to use a hundreds chart and worked on some fun 100 day activities!  We read several 100 day books during math.  On Wednesday, we began decomposing and composing addition stories with sums of 6, 7 and 8.

• Language Workshop—We did some additional research on penguins.  We also enjoyed watching video clips of penguins.  We reviewed the list of facts about penguins that we wrote last week.  Using this knowledge, we then listed several things that penguins are, what they have, and things they can do.  The students then used this to write a 3-sentence report about penguins.

• Writing Workshop—As a class, we used the penguin facts to write a short informational paper.  First, we organized our thoughts by filling out a writing template.  Then we used the template to write our informational paper.  This writing is coming home today.  Please be sure to look over your child’s research packet.  I’m sure he/she will have plenty more information to share with you!  Each child also wrote their own informational paper about what they learned about penguins.  These are hanging in the hallway.  If you are able to come to the Valentine Party, be sure to check out your child’s writing.
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on specific reading skills and strategies.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  I hope that you are able to see them using these reading strategies when they are reading with you at home.
• Word Study—We focused on segmenting and blending phoneme sounds this week.  We learned to pronounce the beginning, middle and ending of words and then blend them back together (ex. /j/ /e/ /t/ =jet).  Please work with your child on this skill at home.  I will assess over segmenting and blending next week.    

Important Dates:

• Feb. 6: Camp Barnabas Fundraiser (see details below)
• Feb. 9:  Crush Gram orders are due
• Feb. 9:  Valentine Party (12:00 - 1:00)
• Feb. 15:  Jump Rope for Heart permission slip and money due
• Feb. 19: No School (President’s Day)
• Feb. 22:  Jump Rope for Heart (during our P.E. time)
• Feb. 26-March 2: Dr. Seuss Week (more details to follow)
• Feb. 28: Cox CARE Mobile

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

  I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be   it   he   she

  to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   have   are

Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck

The Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck is planning to be at Clever Schools.  Dates have not been decided.  It is dependent on the number of returned eligible applications.  The requirements for being seen and treated on the Tooth Truck are:

-Qualify for the free and reduced lunch program at school

-Cannot be an established patient of a local dentist

-Cannot have a private dental insurance

-Must complete a Tooth Truck application form.

The Tooth Truck treats Medicaid-eligible and uninsured children at no charge for qualifying families.  Children seen last year are not eligible for a routine check-up but should apply if there is a new dental concern.  Please complete an application form and return to the school nurse as soon as possible.  An application is available upon request.

Victory Lane and Camp Barnabas Fundraiser

See the flyer below for details…

Valentine Party Information was sent home last week.  Remember, please let your child write the Valentine’s.  Have fun creating the box together!

Reading Journey and Book Bags

Thank you to all of the parents that read with your child this week and returned their book bag and logs today.  If you did, then your child is coming home with new books in their book bags today.  Don’t forget...you can include these books on your child’s reading journey.

Clever Bluejays go for GOLD!!Box Tops Contest

Today your child is bringing home a new collection sheet for Box Tops.  Each completed collection sheet or 25 box tops will earn your class a GOLD star on your medal.  The contest will run until Friday Feb 23rd.  

The winning class with receive a movie day with popcorn and drinks!!  

CRUSH GRAMS

On sale February 1st-9th for $1 each

• Order forms will be passed out to all students in class on February 1st.  
• Please turn completed order forms with the exact cash  in to your teacher by February 9th.  
• Crush Grams will be delivered on February 14th by Clever FBLA.

All profits will be used by Clever FBLA and FBLA-ML to provide leadership and service opportunities to members.

Next Week:

• We will begin a unit on poetry, focusing on Valentine’s Day.
• In math, we will continue working on addition and writing number sentences.  
• Our sight word will be “they”.
• We will begin making words by working with short a and short i words..
• We will practice expanding our writing.  

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Vestal

Camp Barnabas Fundraiser

Victory Lane 2018

fundraiser

Barnabas or Bust

Tuesday night February 6th

At the Clever HS boys basketball game! Gate opens at 4:30!

This year we are raising funds to send some very deserving kids in the Clever family, and a few others from the area, to Camp Barnabas! Camp Barnabas is a week long summer camp for people with special needs and chronic illnesses. The Barnabas experience changes perspectives and redefines disability.

We will be raffling off various gifts (branson family getaways, couples getaways, jewelry, handmade items and more), serving Pulled Pork meals and a baked potato bar, have freshly made cinnamon rolls, have shooting contests for prizes ($2/person), a Designer Genes game, and be smashing a chocolate pie into the face of the losing coach of our PITF challenge! You can also pick up your Barnabas or Bust t-shirts that night! Come out and help us send as many kids as we can to this unforgettable camp! See you there!!