I am thankful for...YOU!

I can't believe it is already Thanksgiving week!  I am feeling so very thankful for my students this year.  They are a group of kind-hearted, positive, and loving kids.  I am also thankful for all of you, and everything that you do at home to support what we're doing at school.
Happy Thanksgiving and have a great, long weekend with family and friends.  

Bauer's Giving Tree

THE GIVING TREE

Share the joy of the true meaning of the Holidays by participating in The Giving Tree for Bauer Elementary families in need.  Families receiving gifts will remain completely anonymous!

Beginning on Monday, November 27^th, you may select an ornament which will include a gift wish from The Giving Tree.  You will then wrap your gift(s) with the ornament securely attached to the outside of the package. Please bring your wrapped gift(s) to the office by Friday, December 15^th.

• The Giving Tree with ornament gift tags is located in the main hallway just outside the Office. Please let Mrs. Opple know the number on the tag that your are shopping for.
• Ornaments are labeled with wish gifts.
• Please attach ornament gift tag to the wrapped gift.
• Please bring your wrapped gift(s) to the Office at Bauer by Friday, December 15^th.

If you have any questions or would like a tag sent home with your student, please contact Mrs. Opple at 616-669-6824 or kopple@hpseagles.net.

Thank you for your support!

November 17: Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES:

November 22-24: No School - Thanksgiving Break 
November 28:  Christmas Program @ Fair Haven 7pm
December 1:  Early Release (Wear Bauer Shirt)

It was so nice meeting with you at Parent Teacher Conferences the last few weeks.   Thank you for making the time to meet with me.  I am truly blessed to work with your children and have your support from home as well.  

READING:

Continue to sign and fill out your child's Weekly Reading Logs.  This is a quick and easy way to hold students account to their reading homework.  Thank you!
After Thanksgiving break, we will begin a new reading unit based on informational texts.  This unit will have students read many different examples of nonfiction texts.  They will work to learn the main idea, key vocabulary, and supporting details from those texts as well as identify text features within the text.  Students will be reading high interest texts about some of their favorite topics.  

WRITING:

In the weeks to come, we will transition to writing informational pieces.  The goal is for students to give readers information about a certain topic.  I am encouraging students to choose topics that they are already familiar with (baseball, dogs, space, etc.) so that they do not need to depend on their research in order to complete their writing.  It might be helpful for you to brainstorm a list of topics with your child at home to prepare for our upcoming writing unit.  Also, if your child has an informational book on a topic of their choice, they may bring it to school to use a resource while writing.  

MATH:

Next week we will continue with Unit 2: Addition with 20.  We will focus on comparing numbers within 200.  We will use the words... is greater than, is less than, and is equal to.  We will then explore 2-digit addition.  We will look at different methods to add 2-digit numbers that involve making a new ten or hundred.     

GROWTH MINDSET:

Encouraging words to use with your child at home...
"Don't give up until you are proud!"

Have a great weekend and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

November 3: Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES:

November 8 & 14: Parent-Teacher Conferences
November 15: PE CARES Food Drive Ends

November 17: Hat Day/Popcorn Day

November 22-24: No School-Thanksgiving Break

November 28: Christmas Program at Fair Haven Church

This year's PE CARES food drive begins now and will run through November 15.  All items will be donated to Hand 2 Hand through Kid's Hope, HQ-Homeless Youth Drop-In Shelter and local families in need.  The class that brings in the highest number of items will win a PE CARES t-shirt and a bowling field trip to Hudsonville Lanes.  Thank you for your help and support in this community service project, and for taking this opportunity to teach our kids compassion and love for others.  Please see the note in your child's Friday folder for suggested items to donate.  

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 14.  Below is our scheduled list of conferences:

       
Wednesday, November 8

4:30  Angelia Trujillo

4:45  Zach Langeland

5:00 Trevor Lalley

5:15  Adde Ulberg

5:30 Mallory Kornoelje

5:45 Jillian Kornoelje

6:00 Nate Stanley

6:15 Ana Sanders

6:30 Mitch Behler

6:45 Austin Taylor

7:15  Jillian Tuttle

Tuesday, November 14

4:30 Peyton Ward

4:45 Skyler Gromko

5:00 Lucas Acevedo

5:15  Weston Oosterhouse

5:30 Brayden McCarty

5:45 Isabella Jaroh

6:00 Braylan King

6:15 Jager Nienhuis

6:30 Brady Steigenga

6:45 Liam Kooiker

7:00 Noah Mol

7:15  Nathan Lee

MATH:

Students had their first math test last week. I will be saving those tests and giving them to you at conference next week.  Our next unit begins with practice with place value.  Students will learn how to represent numbers to 200 using drawings and in an expanded form.   We will also continue to practice word problems with addition and subtraction within 20.  Please continue to practice facts at home with your child. 

GROWTH MINDSET:

Don't judge me about my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again!

-Nelson Mandela