October 2014 Lakehoma Ledger SuperheroHeadquarters: We are gearing up for a month full of fun activities! A few reminders from the office: our tardy bell rings at 7:40am. Honor Choir starts this month. Look for the following fun activities at the end of the month: PTA’s Rock the Block and Red Ribbon Week. Oct. 2nd is Custodian Appreciation Day! Please bring a treat or a thank you note to show them how much we appreciate them! Kindergarten: We’re working on identifying letters of the alphabet, letter sounds and sight words. We’re practicing counting 20 objects, and identifying numbers 0-20. We just finished our fall testing! Meeting benchmark is a “Big Deal”, so be sure to practice naming the letters and letters sounds, and work on recognizing and naming numbers 0-20! We are going to the TG Farms Pumpkin Patch on October 15th! Permission slips need to be returned ASAP! If you can go, please tell your child’s teacher! Thank you for attending your Parent/Teacher Conference! Keep the Progress Report you received for future reference. Please give your child plenty of opportunity to do writing activities…tracing and writing letters and numbers as you say them. Practice writing names…first letter only upper case. These are report card skills. The Snack Box is working great! Thank you so much for providing those snacks! We appreciate our parents!!! First: In October we will be learning about pumpkins, bats, skeletons, and bones. Our first graders are learning lots of short vowel words and sight words. Thanks to our students’ parents for continuing to read daily with our students for at least 20 minutes, practicing sight words and addition facts (sums to 10), and returning homework pages promptly. Parents please check the daily weather forecast to see if your child needs to bring a jacket (marked with his/her name). Thanks, parents, for your help and support! Second: Second Grade students are excited to be working on a music program with Mrs. McDonald which will be presented on Thursday, October 23. Math homework has been going home for a few weeks now, so be sure to help your child with that each evening, as well as reading with your child and helping your child practice math facts. A school wide theme this year is for students to be “Ready, Responsible, and Respectful” – chances are: you are seeing this behavior at home! Third: The third grade teachers would like to thank all the parents who attended parent/teacher conferences. Please remember to have your child read 20 minutes every night and practice math facts for ten minutes. Also, don’t forget to have them record it on their monthly log. Fourth: Fourth grade teachers would like to thank parents for attending conferences last week. A few reminders to help your child: Study math facts each night. Math fact recall is critical to success as we start to add, subtract and multiply larger numbers. Please set aside at least 20 minutes each night for reading. Also students should have their reading log signed each night. The Lakehoma Science Fair is November 13th. We will send home information soon. Specials: We are finishing up soccer and moving on to the archery. Third and fourth graders will learn archery safety, parts of the bow and the arrow, and how to shoot at a target. Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd will be playing different games that involve hitting a target with balls, bean bags, noodles, etc. Proper footwear reminder: please make sure that your child has tennis shoes for the days they come to P.E. If they don’t wear tennis shoes to school, please send a pair in their backpack. If you or your child is unsure if they have it that day, send a pair of tennis shoes in their bag just in case. Lakehoma 2nd graders will be performing, “Prime Time Nursery Rhymes”, on Thursday, October 23, at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. It’s a good time to read up on your nursery rhymes, so you will recognize them. Our 3rd graders will be performing “Toys” on December 4. Fourth graders are working hard on their recorders and are trying for the black belt in Recorder Karate. Most have a white belt, and a few have yellow belts. Our next belt is Orange, and we have a few who have that belt. Practice, Practice, Practice!!! Library: Our September Book Fair was a great success. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who worked at the book fair. We appreciate all that our parents do for Lakehoma. Also, we extend a big thank you to all of the students, parents, and school personnel who purchased from the book fair. Your generosity is appreciated. The proceeds for this book fair will go toward new technology for our school and new books. Remember, you can be a hero – read to your child. Happy Reading! Nurse’s Station: Enterovirus D68: Symptoms are fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough, body & muscle aches. Difficulty breathing & wheezing are more common in kids with asthma or history of wheezing. The virus is spread via respiratory such as when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or touches contaminated surfaces. Hand washing is so very important for prevention (especially after using the restroom & before touching your eyes, nose, or mouth & before eating/drinking)!!! Student Services: Reading and Writing – Looking for a way to help your child improve reading and writing skills? Do you have a family member with email? Have your child start sending email to your family. Your child will improve reading skills, writing skills and typing skills. PLUS your child will feel closer to that family member. If your family does not have access to a computer, try leaving handwritten notes for your child to read.