Mrs. Burrell’s Class Classroom Newsletter November 20, 2017 Burrell’s Bits I wish each one of you could have been in our classroom last Tuesday morning. Cannons Elementary hosted an ABC meeting (Arts in the Basic Curriculum) for teachers in our state. We had 150 people register for this event. My students worked hard preparing for our Reader’s Theater presentation. There was an hour in the day where groups visited classrooms to see Arts Integration in our lessons. We had two large groups visit our room (along with several people who dropped by for a quick look). My students had been working hard on their parts of “Piggie Pie.” Reader’s Theater is a wonderful and fun activity to work on reading fluency, voice expression, learning new words, and working with a group. We were a huge hit-everyone loved our performance! I am so extremely proud of my boys and girls-everyone had an outstanding performance. They followed along with the script, read their lines, were in the place they needed to be in a the right time, and thoroughly enjoyed the limelight! Please see my contact information below. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you have a question or concern. I will get in touch with you as soon as possible. We are a team and we need to work together in order for your child to be the very best student that he/she can possibly be. ALL IN, For Every Child, Every Day, Whatever It Takes! Special Area Schedule Monday: Burrell’s Group 1 PE (wear tennis shoes) Burrell’s Group 2 Art Tuesday: Wednesday: Music Thursday: Computer Lab Friday: Mrs. Burrell’s Class Email address: CBurre@spartanburg3.org Cannons Elementary School Website: http://cannons.spartanburg3.org/ 1315 Old Converse Road Phone Number: 864-279-6117

What We’re Learning This Week Classroom Inspiration Dates to Remember November 20th Auditions for Lion King November 22nd-26th Thanksgiving Holidays November 23rd Thanksgiving November 30th MUSE Machine Visit PTO Spirit Night at Playthings A Plenty 5:00 pm-8:00 pm What We’re Learning This Week Math: Group 1 is working on understanding multiplication by making arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, and skip counting. They are taking their individual multiplication facts tests! Group 2 is continuing to work with decimals-multiplying using models. Please make sure your child is studying their number patterns nightly-this will help them master their multiplication facts. ELA: As you are listening to your child read, ask him/her what character traits they are seeing in the main character of their book. They should be able to tell you the character trait and show evidence from the text to support their answer! Other Information Here Our “busy” time of the year is beginning. We will have a lot of extra events going on between now and Christmas Holidays. These days will pass by faster than seems possible. Please try to keep a regular schedule for your child. Encourage them to write one more sentence in their Reading Notebooks or study their multiplication facts a little longer. I am noticing improvements with our multiplication facts testing! Your child should be getting between 9-11 hours of sleep each school night. Please do not allow your child to bring mechanical pencils to school. They end up taking the lead out, the eraser off, missing instructional/work time. I do not allow them in my classroom unless they are the Paper Mate yellow mechanical pencils-lead is not taken out and I have yet to have the lead break on me when I was writing. We will make sure that everyone has had breakfast before our day begins. If your child doesn’t return homework (including Home Note and Reading Log signed) or finish classwork, they will need to complete it before they can have Friday Fun. Please send in a daily snack for your child. We go to lunch at 12:05 and that is a long time between breakfast and lunch. Friendly reminder about snacks: Please do not send in any sweets for snack-they are not appropriate. Peanut butter crackers, pretzels, fruit, nuts, cheese, or popcorn all great ideas for healthy snacks. Please make sure your child is wearing tennis shoes on the days they go to PE. Please see our daily schedule on the front page. We go to PE twice each week. Classroom Inspiration “Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.” Unknown