Mrs. Koch’s Classroom Newsletter
Cedar Hill Elementary School - Monday, September 19, 2016
Dates to Remember
Sept. 22: PTO Meeting 6:00 PM – Library
Sept. 23: Independent Book #3 Due Today
Sept. 30: Star Student Assembly 9:45
Oct. 5: Independent Book #4 Due Today
Oct. 7: NO SCHOOL
Oct. 11: Skate Night 5:45 – 7:45 PM @ Skate
Zone
Oct. 12: Early Release
Oct. 14: Popcorn Friday
Oct. 18: Independent Book #5 Due & Colton’s
Night
Oct. 19: Picture Retakes
Birthday Treats
Students are welcome to bring treats
for their birthday. The Jefferson City
Public School District passed POLICY
JCHF which states that for any food to be
served in the classroom the ingredients
MUST BE KNOWN. Mrs. Koch
CANNOT SERVE ANY FOOD
WITHOUT A LIST OF INGREDIENTS.
Birthday treats must be ready-to-serve. If
the food needs to be cut, it must be cut
BEFORE it is sent to school. Birthday
treats will be passed out in the afternoon
around 3:00 PM. We have 19 students in
our class.
*We do have students this year
who have nut allergies. Please keep
Oct. 20 & 24: Parent Teacher Conferences 5:00 – their needs in mind when purchasing
8:00 PM
your child’s treat to share.*
Oct. 27: Star Student Assembly & Fall
Classroom Party 3:00 – 3:50 PM
Oct. 28: NO SCHOOL
Nov. 9: Early Release
IMPORTANT
REMINDERS.
Please send all lunch money in an envelope and
label it with your child’s name. It is best to send  Please make sure you have sent a
a check – not cash.
shoebox to school with your child. If
you have any extras at home that you
would be willing to donate that would
be great as well. I have 8 students that
do not have a shoe box sized box at
Cedar Hill students, staff and families are committedschool.
to ensuring high levels of learning for all
students and providing a positive, safe, and consistent climate that promotes student
character.
Parents please check and review your child’s
communication sheet each evening.
Mrs. Koch’s Classroom News
This Week …
Weekly Letter
Reading Workshop: We be comparing
and contrasting during reading workshop.
Your child next Independent Reading
book is due this Wednesday, September
23rd!
For your first paragraph please tell me what Context
Clues are and how good readers use them to figure out the
meaning of unknown words. Find one unknown word in your
Independent Reading or Guided Reading book, write the
sentence from the book, and finally define the word based on
how it is used in the sentence.
In the second paragraph, please identify your current
Writer’s Workshop: We begin our Independent
Reading book by title and author, and then tell
narrative unit and identify nouns,
me the Point of View of your Independent Reading book.
Write at least 2 sentences from your book that support the
verbs, and adjectives.
point of view. For example: In the book Pack of Dorks, by
Beth Vrabel the book is written in first person point of view.
Spelling: We will focus on Unit 5
One example sentence from the book is “Mom was never
words this week.
there when I got home from school.” The second example
sentence is “I ate every crunchy, sweet bite.” After you have
Math: We will continue unit one this
written your example sentences, please underline the clue
week. Our focus skill for the week will be words that helped you identify the point of view.
learning to translate algebraic
expressions.
Science: Our next Science Unit will begin
in October.
Decorating Time!
Now that we have our boxes at school it
is time to decorate our memory boxes.
Social Studies: We will continue our
month long unit on geography this week. Students may bring anything they would like
The biggest challenge for many students to use for to decorate their boxes. Items such
as stickers, wrapping paper, scrapbooking
will be learning the 50 states. Students
paper, stencils, magazine clippings, etc. may
have received everything to student in
order to be successful this unit. There are be used. Remember, we want our memory
also links on my website to practice
boxes to be unique! If you have any extra
games that you may access at home.
supplies, you do not mind donating to the
There will be a 50 states quiz on Friday,
class that would be great as well. I will bring
September 30th.
some supplies as well.
Please contact me with any questions or
concerns.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (573) 659 - 3160
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Special Classes September 19 - 23
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Monday – P.E., Tuesday – Music,
Wednesday – Art, Thursday – P.E.,
Friday – Music
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