October 30-November 3

2017 Fall Portfolio Conference Sign Up

NDLC is using PTCFast.com to make signups as convenient as possible for our fall Portfolio Conferences. Please click on this link to sign up for a conference time.

Annual Food Donation Drive 
All food and monetary donations benefit Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Kaukauna. Last year, our district collected 5,846 items to the food pantry. Can we do more this year?
Donations will be accepted until November 6th. Every item helps ... get yours in today!

PSC Links

Fall 2017 Teacher Conference Meals

Fall 2017 Book Fair

Upcoming Events: 
October 30: PJ day
October 31: Orange/black

SNAP WORDS: Snap words are words that we frequently read and write but cannot easily sound out. Knowing these words in a "snap" makes our reading and writing much easier to tackle. I would encourage you to practice snap words at home with your child! 
Here are a few ways to practice:

• Write them in sand, shaving cream, or any other fun materials
• Search for them in books, newspapers, and magazines
• Write them in different color markers. We call this rainbow writing.
• Build snap words using toys, noodles, or anything you can find!  

The snap words we have worked on so far are: I, a, and, the, this, is, here, see, look, to, & you. 

Reading: Last week, Reader Man left a note and special witch finger pointers for our readers! They have been working hard to amp up their pointer power. Readers will learn that every word, no matter how long, gets just one point! We will also use our snap words to make sure we are pointing correctly in our books.

Writing: Writers will work on adding snap words to their books and writing pattern books. These pattern books might sound like "I see a yellow leaf. I see a green leaf. etc." These books help students focus on adding descriptive words and spaces to their writing. See above for more important information on snap words.

 Math:  Mathematicians will learn all about numbers 6-10 and how using a five group can help us to see and build those numbers quickly! We will use different tools to build these numbers and make equations to match. Mathematicians will also explore equal and not equal by comparing both digits to objects and objects to objects.

Social Studies: We will wrap up our School Study unit this week! We have learned so much about our school helpers. The last project we will do is create a school map. We will design pictures that show the different parts of our school in teams. We will take a tour of the school and build a map using the pieces we created.