Paw Prints

• Shout out to Ta Ya Tu for the Tuesday treats! They seriously brighten our days!
• Also, thanks to Rogers Pharmacy, Thriftway, Nutrition Site, Total, NVB, the nursing home, and all the other organizations and parents for all the Halloween treats for our students!

We are infinitely grateful for the support from the community!

It's one of the best perks of being a Panther!

• November 1: Q1 Awards Assembly in gym. MS at 8:05, EL at 9:00
• November 4: Teacher in-service; no school for students
• November 6: National Honor Society Induction, 7:00 PM in multi
• November 11: Veterans Day celebration during school
• November 19: Fall Family Night for students in grades K-5 and their parents/guardians
• November 25: Slime the Principal during EL recess (Fundraising U incentive)
• November 26: Panther Families during school; MS Friendsgiving in multi-room; PK-1 Thanksgiving Feast in lower elementary hallway
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break

• Dress your child appropriately for current weather conditions. Students will be kept inside when the temperature or wind chill is in the low to middle teens. Please dress students appropriately for the weather as they will be taken outside to recess if at all possible.
• Please do not linger in the hallways after 8:00 AM. All classes (PK-12) begin promptly at 8:00 AM.
• Please share an active email address on the enrollment form and with your child's teacher for easy communication.

We are looking forward to focusing on Gratitude this month! One way to think about Gratitude is “choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives.” Practicing Gratitude can increase our well-being and even our happiness!

Gratitude is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Well. Across grade levels, students will be developing skills like emotion regulation, positive self-talk, and stress-management.

During the month of October, we talked about anti-bullying and choosing a healthy life by being drug-free. We had a great week of Red Ribbon activities! The students seemed to enjoy Downtime Day where they had 10 minutes of downtime in the afternoon. If you get a chance, ask your child about the activities we did for the week...downtime, exercise, healthy food, loving yourself, and Panther spirit day.

Each Friday the 2nd - 4th graders fill my classroom for "Free Read Friday." I am amazed at what I see - kids reading, laughing out-loud, and so many asking to read a part to me. As your children become independent readers, don't forget how important it is to listen to them read, read to them and read together. Some of my favorite books are the ones I read with Maggie when she was in middle school.

K- working on counting, learning to recognize the group that is greater or the group that is less, and number recognition 1-12

1st-working on addition facts to twenty and subtraction facts to twenty, addition and subtraction equations

2nd-working on subtraction facts, subtracting two digit numbers from two digit numbers. Learning to go to the 10's neighbor and borrow a ten to add to the ones.

3rd-memorizing multiplications facts for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and learning to divide using multiplication facts,

4th-working on multiplication facts and learning to multiply a two digit number by a two digit number

Students are doing well in math, progress monitoring shows steady improvement. GREAT JOB!

Because he knew he was not less than or greater than anyone else!