Happy November!!

What a great week!!
This week sure has been busy! I hope everyone had a great and happy Halloween! This Friday we will have our quarterly rewards! We will be going bowling! This is to reward students that have had no below the line slip, no missing assignments, and passing grades!! I am so excited that we have such a high number this quarter!!!

Congratulations to my Star Students:
Hayden and XXAXX

Congratulations to these Stars who were acknowledged at today's academic success assembly:
Sarabeth, Micayla, and Hayden!

I am so proud of these kiddos!
As a school on Monday we celebrated reaching reading 1 million words in that month! Woohoo!!!!

If you are in need of PTO Dinner tickets, please see me or the office! It will be a GREAT time!!
Remember to check out my Donor's Choose page! I really would love to have the bean bag chairs in my classroom!!
https://www.donorschoose.org/mrs.havelka

Important Announcements!!

On Monday October 31...the students ARE allowed to wear costumes to class!! They MUST be school appropriate and the costumes/props must not interfere with learning. We will be having small treats/snack throughout the day, so if you would like to contribute, you are more than welcome to!!!!

Speaking of snacks.....our classroom's snack supply is starting to run low. I had provided snack for the kiddos at the beginning of the year and was lucky enough to get snack from Donors Choose! I am in the process of writing another Donors Choose project for more snacks for the kiddos, BUT if you are ever shopping somewhere and feel the need to bring in a box of snacks!
In the mean time...please try and share my donors choose link!!

https://www.donorschoose.org/mrs.havelka

BookIt and student of the week!!!!!!!

YAY! The new book it program has begun for the year!!!!! The students will be given a reading log and they will be asked to turn it in at the end of the month for a coupon for a FREE personal sized pan pizza at the end of the month (if not more!). I am sending home the October calendar. It is OK to go back and fill it in to the best of your memory. I have a goal that the students should be reading 20 minutes everyday independently. Majority of the students get 20 minutes on a daily basis at school, so this should be EASY for the students to accomplish! Turn in Octobers by the end of NEXT week (November 4) to receive the coupon.

We are also implementing a student of the week program. Subway is giving away a coupon weekly for the student that is chosen for student of the week! Students of the week are students that are completing homework assignments on time, cooperating, being respectful, responsible, and safe during the school day, and being an over all outstanding citizen in Emerado! The last two weeks Mikaela and Hayden have been our students of the week!! YAY!!!!!!

Donors Choose

Are you looking for a way to make a difference? Please consider donating to my project to make my classroom more fun and a better learning environment for everyone!

We do have some Hokki stools already, and the increased attention span of the students and positive behaviors warrants EVERYONE to be able to have a hokki stool in my classroom!

Please help us!! 

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/wiggle-wiggle-wiggle-worksome-more/2214381/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=project&utm_campaign=facebook&rf=facebook-siteshare-2016-10-project-teacher_1670352&challengeid=289531&post_id=10102025845281905#_=_

October 17-19

Short week!! Woohoo!!!
A few things are happening next week PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS!! There will be a separate post outline this.
http://mrsamyhavelka.blogspot.com/2016/10/dress-up-week-october-24-28.html

This past week was fun and fast! 4th graders started a new chapter in math. We also started Opinion Writing in reading class!
German we were talking about Autumn words. Can you figure out which German word belongs to which English word?

In art we were having fun with foam craft projects! Have a great LONG weekend!!!! 

DRESS UP WEEK!! October 24-28

Dress Up Week 

October 24-28

Monday- Pajama Day-Come strolling into school after the long weekend in your pajamas!

Tuesday- Super Hero Day- Come dressed up as your favorite hero! (no masks please. Keep it school friendly!)

Wednesday- Flash Back Day- Pick your favorite decade (era) and show it off!!! 

Thursday- School Spirit/Jersey Day- Show your team spirit by sporting your favorite school or team apparel!

Friday- Down Syndrome Awareness Day!!  October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month.  Let’s help raise awareness and show our support by wearing BLUE and YELLOW!

Since October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Emerado school would like to show our support by doing “DIMES FOR DOWN SYNDROME”!  What is this you may ask?  We are going to help bring awareness and acceptance of the Down Syndrome community by having students/teachers/staff bring in dimes (pennies/nickels/etc…) to be donated to B.U.D.S. (Better Understanding of Down Syndrome) at the end of the week.   But just bringing in dimes isn’t quite exciting enough…. Let’s make it a contest!!  The class that brings in the most will win a secret prize!!!  Yahoo!!

Ms. Sanders, Mr. Hockert, and some surprise guests will be visiting ALL classrooms through out the week (next week) and teaching students about Down Syndrome, inclusion, acceptance, awareness, and the “R” word.”  Awareness and acceptance are so very important.

October 10-14

What a great week (as always! ;) ) !
We had the pumpkin patch, finished our Halloween Canvas Paintings, Completed Chapter 1 in our Math Series and finished our very first Steve Dunn writing model on Compare and Contrast!!!!!
Check out the Common Curriculum website for next weeks lesson plan!
http://commoncurriculum.com/sites/xw3smc
I will be gone tomorrow (Friday October 14th) to help Ms Annie prepare for her wedding!! I cannot wait to see my good friend finally become Mrs Annie! :) :)
Enjoy some of this weeks highlights!

Our shirts turned out so beautifully this year!! (Despite the cold!)

Oh Mr. JJ!! :)

Our Paintings! <3