Reminders

Please remember to return the following things to school by Friday:
ART card forms
Report card envelopes
Mustang March donations and forms

Thank you.

Friday's vocabulary test will be most of the words we have learned this unit in nutrition. I will read the sentence and they will do the smiley face or frown to show if it makes sense or not with how the word is really used. Please be practicing these words all week with your child.

Happy Halloween! Wishing you a safe and healthy trick or treat night. Stay warm!
Mrs. Montes

Happy Friday

The Storybook Parade was a lot of fun. We enjoyed A Bad Case of the Stripes. Thank you so much to all of you who donated paint and for the fantastic helpers who painted all the faces! They looked so adorable! Thank you for all of your help. We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you for your healthy food snacks from each of the food groups also. You truly are amazing families!

Next week we will have a review of all of our nutrition vocabulary words. A list will come home on Monday. We had 3 weeks of vocabulary words. All of those words will be practiced throughout the week. I will also add our non fiction feature words (label, photograph, illustration, caption, and diagram) for the test Friday.

Reminder half day Tuesday. There is no breakfast or lunch served but the children may still bring in a healthy snack for breakfast. Dismissal is at 11:10.

Remember to check out www.spellingcity.com for some fun spelling and vocabulary activities. We will be using this next week to review also. There is a link on the blog also.

Next week our nutrition unit takes us around the world as we learn that people everywhere need food for energy. We will learn about Italy, Japan, India, and Mexico.

Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you again for making this week so fantastic!
Mrs. Montes

Wednesday

I apologize for not updating the blog this week. My computer is still being fixed until hopefully tomorrow.
If ever you are not sure about something you can email me your questions. If you are not sure about homework, please check your child's assignment notebook. They should be filling it out every morning with the homework and important information for the day.
For Friday, Ms. Perkins has given us the OK to paint faces for the Storybook Parade. If your child is wearing stripes to school, it is ok and there is no need to bring a change of clothes. (Unless the striped clothing are a distraction) If they need to change into something, please send it in a bag and we will allow them to change before 1:00. I am looking for parents who can donate some face paints for both classes and are available to come in and paint students' faces before 1:00. If you can come in between 12:00-1:00 Friday to help with this that would be fantastic. Please let me know if you can help!! Thank you! We look forward to this fun and exciting day!
We read our story today and I hope they come home and tell you all about Camilla and the lima beans and poor Myra!!!
Thank you again for all you do for our class.

Have a great day!
Mrs. Montes

Nutrition Website

I just wanted to share some great resources with you about nutrition and "My Plate." This is the old "Pyramid."
www.myplate.gov
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/healthy-eating-tips/ten-tips.html

A "Smooth" Friday

Thank you to all of the wonderful parents who donated the smoothie ingredients: mix, cups, and milk. We really enjoyed the smoothies. I think for a celebration of wonderful behavior we need to do this again! Thank you again for sending in all the ingredients so that we could enjoy smoothies as we learn about the fruit group.
Next week is our Mustang March. Please have gym shoes here at all times next week. A pledge sheet went home with an envelope this week. There are some great opportunities for awesome prizes so we hope all of you will enjoy participating in this event to support Olson School. If you are able to come in and volunteer Mrs. Etnyre would appreciate your time. Thank you!
Specials schedules will change next week. Here is the new schedule for the Clydesdales and Appaloosas.

Specials Schedule Quarter 2-Begins Monday 10/22/12

	Clydesdales	Appaloosas
Tuesday	Music/PE	Art
Wednesday	Library/TDPE	Music/PE
Thursday	Music/PE	Library/TDPE
Friday	Art	Music/PE

Please have your child do Xtra Math or flashcards at least 3 times a week. More is absolutely acceptable. You can really tell by the ones who practice more that their scores are growing with them. Some of us are doing a great job of improving and others have not shown much growth this year. Please encourage extra math time at home!

Just a reminder for the Storybook Parade taking place on Friday, October 26, at 1:00. Feel free to meet us out on the back lawn and watch as we parade our "Stripes" around the field. Please remember to send your child's stripes costume/clothes to school with them and we will change after lunch. Remember to dress in as much stripes from head to toe as you can! We are looking forward to this great event!

Have a "smooth" weekend!
Mrs. Montes

Character Week & Nutrition

Next week we will finish up learning about all of the food groups. We will learn about how people everywhere need food for energy. We will learn about what people from other cultures eat and even have some samples from other countries. Right now we have a guest speaker. Mrs. AS24 will be coming in to share some food and teach us about the culture of India. Other cultures we will learn about are Mexico, Japan, and Italy. If you have anything you would like to send in or teach us about these countries (food or culture) please let me know. Please remember anything you bring or send in for this will need to be store bought and not baked or made at home. Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to the many opportunities and experts we have within our classroom families. Thank you!
Next week is also "Character Counts/Character Education Week." To show our school spirit and good character, we will have a spirit week. The days are as follows:

Monday 10/22- “Join Our Drug Free Team” – jersey\sports wear

Tuesday 10/23- “Courage to Stand Up” – hat day

Wednesday 10/24- “Sock it to Drugs” – silly sock day

Thursday 10/25- “Be a Person of Character” – wear the pillar colors

5th grade-Orange

4th-yellow

3rd-purple

2nd grade wear-blue

1st-green

Friday 10/26- “Storybook Parade” – wear your character costume--> See below.

Just to give you a heads up for the character costume for the Storybook Parade.... Ms. Salas and I will be reading the book, The Bad Case of the Stripes. Students are encouraged to be creative and dress in as much stripes as you can from head to toe that day!
We will also be looking through magazines and newspapers for captions and labels of food, nutrition, or health images. If you have any FOOD MAGAZINES OR HEALTH/FITNESS MAGAZINES please send them to school as soon as possible. Thank you!!!!
Have a thrilling Thursday!
Mrs. Montes

First Quarter Red Ticket Winners

Congratulations to SM25, DM16, KM18, MS23, VS18, CS14 for being our first quarter red ticket winners. They have earned at least one red ticket this quarter and got their ticket drawn. These children will have a celebration with the special area teachers to honor their amazing behavior this quarter. Way to go!!!!

Please let me know if you can send in any frozen smoothie pouches for Friday as we learn about the fruit group. Thank you.

Math Test is tomorrow!