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Classroom Eagle News Edition 2 October 1, 2017 Did you turn in all your required forms?? □ Income Form □ Family Handbook Signature page (in student agenda) □ NCLB Parent, School, Teacher, Student Contract (in student agenda) □ CPS Student Code of Conduct Signature page □ Media Consent □ Emergency form □ Medical Forms for students new to CPS, Kinder and 6 th Grade □ Dental Permission Slip Attendance Matters! We expect every student to be here every day on time! Our attendance rate right now is 96.5%! That is better than last year! Let’s keep it up! Health and Wellness Matters! We expect every student to have their Immunizations up-to- date and Physicals on file. Right now, Jungman has 67 Uniforms! We expect every student to be dressed appropriately everyday! Thank you to all the parents who ensure that their children are dressed in uniform EVERYDAY! We have had a lot less incidents of students coming out of uniform! Uniform order forms are in this week’s Parent Volunteers We need YOUR help to make Jungman an AMAZING place! Here are some upcoming events that we can use your assistance! Low Incidence intermediate & upper grade students: MedFest for Special Olympics - November 7, 2017. If you would like to volunteer, reach out to your child’s teacher! Trunk or Treat Party Oct. 27 th from 5:00-7:00 in our parking lot! Please email Ms. Luzzi if you are willing to volunteer! [email protected] Jungman “Ofrenda” built outside our building, School Communication We want to keep parents and the community aware of the exciting events at Jungman! Have you “LIKED” us on Facebook yet? Please “LIKE” and “FOLLOW” our Facebook page: KeepingUpWithTheJungmanEagle s Be sure that you are signed up for Class DoJo! This is a quick way to get classroom updates and see what is happening in your child’s classroom! Classroom Pre-K | Full Day Ms. Rubio | Ms. Winters | Ms. Olga Welcome Autumn! Students have been collecting and learning about the different types of colors of leaves for the Fall/Autumn Season. Since we are learning about leaves this will bring us to our new Unit on Trees. Students are learning and reciting Nursery Rhymes, chants, and love to sing new songs. Students will begin to learn how to hold a Pre-K | Half Day Ms. Cabrera | Ms. Barnes We are continuing to open up centers in the classroom. This week we opened Dramatic Play. Students are having fun and using their imaginations! Everyone is enjoying cooking food and dressing up as a police officer, doctor, or construction worker. We are learning nursery rhymes and fun ways to act them out. We’ve learned Little Miss Muffet and Humpty Dumpty. Students take First Grade Ms. Shurtleff First graders are working hard to learn and practice important skills for learning and listening. We have begun to use our tablets working on Lexia and RAZ Kids to develop our independent reading skills. Scamper the squirrel is on the move! First graders are doing a great job writing and illustrating stories about their adventures with our new friend. In Science this month we will have our first visitor from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. We will continue to practice our observation skills as we explore Animal 3 rd and 4 th Grade Math, 3 rd Grade ELA Ms. Viramontes 3rd graders are currently studying about schools around the world. We are also doing a great job working towards our weekly Accelerated Reader goals and exploring different genres of books. Reminder, students should be reading 20 minutes each night! In Math class 3rd graders are continuing our study of multiplication and division strategies. Please 3rd grade scientists have studied the force Second Grade Ms. Ortega This month we’ll be diving more into our Animal Secrets Science Unit. We’ll learn about how animals use their senses and body parts to survive. We’ll then go on a field trip to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum at the end of the month. Keep an eye on class 3 rd and 4 th Grade Science, 4 th Grade ELA Ms. Torres Jungman’s fabulous 4th graders continue their study of ENERGY. We are discussing potential and kinetic energy and will then study the pros and cons of various energy sources. In our reading groups, students are enjoying great literature and making connections to text, asking questions as they read, and using dialogue and actions to learn about a character. Ms. Vahey and I have our writing groups set up, too, and our young authors are learning about the 6 th Grade Homeroom, 5 th -6 th ELA and Soc. Sci Ms. Izzi We are finalizing our Matchbox Summaries! Please come and check them out. They will be on our bulletin boards for the month of October. Very shortly, students in 5th grade will begin to take a close look at the Declaration of Human Rights and what that looks like in today’s society. Students in 6th grade will begin to analyze 3-6 Mr. Howe | Ms. Marsella | Ms. Crystal | Mr. Joe Room 203 is hard at work this month making use of all of our literacy resources, from Raz-Kids to Lexia, Scholastics Magazine (hard copy as well as digital), and News2You! We are working our brains extra hard this month. Looking ahead we are excited to be gearing up for the Special Olympics. Application forms went out this week in both English and 5 th Grade Homeroom, 5 th -8 th Grade Science Mr. Orta Fifth grade has started Second Step in the classroom. These are strategies for social and academic success! We have been discussing empathy and respect. During science, students are doing various labs using different form of matter in order to understand that regardless of the 7 th -8 th Ms. Montanez Creative kids club is in full effect in room 301! Everyday at 3:00 pm students get their creative juices flowing through various themed projects. What better way to take a break from a hard day of doing math and literacy, than being innovative and inventive! This month our focus is Halloween of course, every day we will focus on something spooky Special Education Team K-8 Ms. Vahey I am excited to be starting our Book Buddies and Lexia after school programs this month. Our adult volunteers from Open Books can’t wait to meet their Book buddies on Mondays and Wednesdays after school. Lexia is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For students in these programs dinner is served after school and our programs gets out at 5:15 through the center doors with the doorbell. Ms. Schubert I’m looking forward to working on the upcoming Benito Juarez Musical, The Addams Family, with our middle school students. Being involved in Wizard of Oz last year was so much fun. I know everyone will have an excellent experience this time as well! Ms. Snyder Homework Club has started in room 300! Homework in room 300 is assigned on Monday and due Friday. Students are part of the club when they turn in homework on Fridays! Students will also bring home the book to EnCore Teachers Ms. Blazek Ms. Rivera Middle school students (5-8) are signing up to be in Benito Juarez’ production of The Addams Family as part of the chorus. Practice will be beginning soon. Mrs. Rivera, Ms. Schubert, and Mrs. Cuadrado will be involved in the production. This past month has been very exciting for Jungman! We had a visit from Chicago Public Schools, CEO, Forrest Claypool; a Chicago Bears Mini-Sports Camp and an incredible Day of Service to make the areas in and around our school more functional for students and beautiful! To all those parents and students that came out to support us, THANK YOU! 7th Grade Homeroom, 5 th -8 th Math Mr. Prado The fifth graders are learning about place value and how to quickly divide or multiply by tens and exponents with base ten. The sixth grade students are learning about ratios. They are reading word problems and using ratio tables to find part to part or part to whole values. The seventh grade students are learning about proportional reasoning. They are reading real world situations and using
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Classroom ConnectionEagle NewsEdition 2
October 1, 2017
Did you turn in all your required forms??
□ Income Form□ Family Handbook Signature page (in student
agenda)□ NCLB Parent, School, Teacher, Student
Contract (in student agenda)□ CPS Student Code of Conduct Signature page□ Media Consent□ Emergency form□ Medical Forms for students new to CPS,
Kinder and 6th Grade□ Dental Permission Slip□ Vision Permission Slip□ Small Bites Permission Slip
Attendance Matters!We expect every
student to be here every day on time!
Our attendance rate right now is 96.5%! That is better than last year! Let’s keep it up!
Health and Wellness Matters!
We expect every student to have their Immunizations up-to-date and Physicals on
file.Right now, Jungman has 67
students that have not turned in their Immunizations and/or
Physicals! This is a requirement and it needs to be turned in by
Uniforms!We expect every
student to be dressed appropriately
everyday!
Thank you to all the parents who ensure that their children are dressed in uniform EVERYDAY! We have had a lot less incidents of students coming out of uniform!
Uniform order forms are in this week’s communication folder! Please send cash payment for the exact amount by October 19th! The order has to be placed on October 20th!
Parent VolunteersWe need YOUR help to make Jungman an
AMAZING place! Here are some upcoming events that we can use your assistance! Low Incidence intermediate & upper grade
students: MedFest for Special Olympics - November 7, 2017. If you would like to volunteer, reach out to your child’s teacher!
Trunk or Treat Party Oct. 27th from 5:00-7:00 in our parking lot! Please email Ms. Luzzi if you are willing to volunteer! [email protected]
Jungman “Ofrenda” built outside our building, in the play lot on 18th Street! Please reach out Ms. Moreno if you are willing to volunteer! [email protected]
School CommunicationWe want to keep parents and the community aware of the exciting events at
Jungman!
Have you “LIKED” us on Facebook yet?
Please “LIKE” and “FOLLOW” our Facebook page:
KeepingUpWithTheJungmanEagles
Be sure that you are signed up for Class DoJo! This is a quick way to get classroom updates and see what is happening in your child’s classroom!Have a question? Please check our improved Jungman Website:
https://jungman.cps.edu
Classroom ConnectionPre-K | Full Day
Ms. Rubio | Ms. Winters | Ms. OlgaWelcome Autumn! Students have been collecting and learning about the different types of colors of leaves for the Fall/Autumn Season. Since we are
learning about leaves this will bring us to our new Unit on Trees.
Students are learning and reciting Nursery Rhymes, chants, and love to sing new songs.
Students will begin to learn how to hold a pencil using a three point grip and write their first name on
a sign in sheet every morning.
Pre-K | Half DayMs. Cabrera | Ms. Barnes
We are continuing to open up centers in the classroom. This week we opened Dramatic Play.
Students are having fun and using their imaginations! Everyone is enjoying cooking food and
dressing up as a police officer, doctor, or construction worker.
We are learning nursery rhymes and fun ways to act them out. We’ve learned Little Miss Muffet and
Humpty Dumpty. Students take turns being different characters in the rhymes.
First GradeMs. Shurtleff
First graders are working hard to learn and practice important skills for learning and listening. We have begun to use our tablets working on Lexia and RAZ
Kids to develop our independent reading skills. Scamper the squirrel is on the move! First graders are doing a great job writing and illustrating stories
about their adventures with our new friend. In Science this month we will have our first visitor from
the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. We will continue to practice our observation skills as we
explore Animal Secrets. Finally, we are excited for our fall field trip to the Pumpkin Farm!
3rd and 4th Grade Math, 3rd Grade ELAMs. Viramontes
3rd graders are currently studying about schools around the world. We are also doing a great job working towards our weekly Accelerated Reader goals and exploring different genres of books. Reminder, students should be reading 20 minutes each night! In Math class 3rd graders are continuing our study of multiplication and division strategies. Please
3rd grade scientists have studied the force of magnetism. Next, we will study the cause and effect relationship related to Friction. Students also work on reading bar graphs in their daily homework.
Second GradeMs. Ortega
This month we’ll be diving more into our Animal Secrets Science Unit. We’ll learn about how animals
use their senses and body parts to survive. We’ll then go on a field trip to the Peggy Notebaert Nature
Museum at the end of the month. Keep an eye on class Dojo for more info :)
3rd and 4th Grade Science, 4th Grade ELAMs. Torres
Jungman’s fabulous 4th graders continue their study of ENERGY. We are discussing potential and
kinetic energy and will then study the pros and cons of various energy sources.
In our reading groups, students are enjoying great literature and making connections to text, asking questions as they read, and using dialogue and
actions to learn about a character. Ms. Vahey and I have our writing groups set up, too, and our young authors are learning about the writing process as
they develop a story idea into a final piece to share with other students.
6th Grade Homeroom, 5th-6th ELA and Soc. SciMs. Izzi
We are finalizing our Matchbox Summaries! Please come and check them out. They will be on our bulletin boards for the month of October.
Very shortly, students in 5th grade will begin to take a close look at the Declaration of Human Rights and what that looks like in today’s society.
Students in 6th grade will begin to analyze the Hero’s Journey and what that encompasses. Students will analyze character’s strengths and weaknesses.
3-6Mr. Howe | Ms. Marsella | Ms. Crystal | Mr.
JoeRoom 203 is hard at work this month making use of all of our literacy resources, from Raz-Kids to Lexia, Scholastics Magazine (hard copy as well as digital),
and News2You! We are working our brains extra hard this month. Looking ahead we are excited to be gearing up for the Special Olympics. Application
forms went out this week in both English and Spanish. We are hoping for 100% attendance, so please let us
know if you need additional information!
5th Grade Homeroom, 5th-8th Grade ScienceMr. Orta
Fifth grade has started Second Step in the classroom. These are strategies for social and academic success! We have been discussing empathy and respect.During science, students are doing various labs using different form of matter in order to understand that regardless of the type of change that matter undergoes, the total weight of matter is conserved.
7th-8th
Ms. MontanezCreative kids club is in full effect in room 301! Everyday at 3:00 pm students get their creative juices flowing through various themed projects. What better way to take a break from a hard day of doing math and literacy, than being innovative and inventive!
This month our focus is Halloween of course, every day we will focus on something spooky and scary. At the end the month each student will have a surprise to bring home and share with their families!
Special Education Team K-8Ms. Vahey
I am excited to be starting our Book Buddies and Lexia after school programs this month. Our adult
volunteers from Open Books can’t wait to meet their Book buddies on Mondays and Wednesdays after school. Lexia is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For students in these programs dinner is served after school and our programs gets out at 5:15
through the center doors with the doorbell.
Ms. SchubertI’m looking forward to working on the upcoming Benito Juarez Musical, The Addams Family, with our middle school students. Being involved in
Wizard of Oz last year was so much fun. I know everyone will have an excellent experience this
time as well!
Ms. SnyderHomework Club has started in room 300!
Homework in room 300 is assigned on Monday and due Friday. Students are part of the club when
they turn in homework on Fridays! Students will also bring home the book to practice reading they
are studying in small groups during class time.
Reading logs are on yellow paper and are due the following Monday. Students should be reading 15
(or more!) minutes each night.
EnCore TeachersMs. Blazek
Ms. RiveraMiddle school students (5-8) are signing up to be
in Benito Juarez’ production of The Addams Family as part of the chorus. Practice will be beginning
soon. Mrs. Rivera, Ms. Schubert, and Mrs. Cuadrado will be involved in the production.
This past month has been very exciting for Jungman! We had a visit from Chicago Public Schools, CEO, Forrest Claypool; a Chicago Bears Mini-Sports Camp and an incredible Day of Service to make the areas in and around our school more functional
for students and beautiful! To all those parents and students that came out to support us, THANK YOU!
I’d also like to share that this week is a Progress Report Week! Please sign and return your child’s progress report to their teacher and talk with them about what they are doing well and how they can improve!
7th Grade Homeroom, 5th-8th MathMr. Prado
The fifth graders are learning about place value and how to quickly divide or multiply by tens and exponents with base ten.
The sixth grade students are learning about ratios. They are reading word problems and using ratio tables to find part to part or part to whole values.
The seventh grade students are learning about proportional reasoning. They are reading real world situations and using tables to figure out unit rates.
The eighth graders are learning about exponents and exponent relationships.
