Classroom ConnectionEagle NewsEdition 2

November 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 95.7%! Last month it was 96.5%! Let’s get it back

Uniforms!We expect every

student to be dressed appropriately

everyday!

Uniforms that were ordered will be in soon! Please be on the lookout for them in the next 2 weeks!

Parent VolunteersWe need YOUR help to make Jungman an

AMAZING place! Here are some upcoming events that we can use your assistance!

Please call ahead and speak to Ms. Moreno in the office if you can volunteer!

Winter Assembly and Gift Giving Event Family Field Trip to Zoo Lights Winter Clothes Collection Picture Day Report Card Pick Up

School CommunicationWe want to keep parents and the community aware of the exciting events at

Jungman!

Are you on DOJO yet? Please reach out to your teacher if you don’t know

about Class DOJO!

Learning Matters!We expect students to

come to school and after school programs to learn!Before and After School programs have started! If your child brought home a form please make sure it

comes back signed!

Attendance will be counted in these programs. If your child’s attendance is poor, they will be dropped an the

opportunity will be given to someone else

Classroom ConnectionPre-K | Full Day

Ms. Rubio | Ms. Winters | Ms. OlgaOur Pre-K classroom has been learning about trees! The children have walked outdoors collecting leaves.

The children will create a project using the leaves. The children have made Fall Trees using their arms

and have used tree branches to painting.  The children have worked so hard creating a large 3D

Tree.  We will begin our new Unit on Clothing.  We will celebrate Thanksgiving by making Bread Pudding!

Yummy!.

Pre-K | Half DayMs. Cabrera | Ms. Barnes

Our classroom has begun our unit on trees! Our dramatic play area has changed from a kitchen to a

camp site.

First GradeMs. Shurtleff

In 1st grade we are excited to be exploring poems. We are practicing identifying and creating rhyming words using word families. We are working on our small group routines for both reading and math. In

reading students will be taking home just-right books to read with their families. In math we will continue to work on using number bonds and picture models to add and subtract numbers within 10. In science we

are finishing up our exploration of Animal Secrets and are getting excited about our field trip to the Peggy

Notebaert Nature Museum towards the end of November. And of course, with Thanksgiving in mind, our theme of the month will be gratitude. Please talk with your student about what it means to be grateful

and how our actions and words demonstrate our gratitude.

3rd and 4th Grade Math, 3rd Grade ELAMs. Viramontes

3rd grade readers are getting ready to learn all about ancient Japan and begin our book, The Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn. We will be studying character traits, plot elements, and researching about Japan. In Math we are beginning our unit on time and measurement. 3rd graders are learning how to tell time on a clock, working with elapsed time, and measuring using the metric system. Please encourage your child to practice using a clock at home!

The young scientists of 206 have worked on their prompts which have focused on reading data from bar graphs.  3rd graders have also embarked on investigations about the structure and function of animal body parts and how adaptations lead to survival.

Second GradeMs. Ortega

2nd grade has just wrapped up our unit on ancient civilizations including ancient India and ancient China. We will begin our unit on the ancient greek civilization

in the 2nd quarter.  In math we’ve just finished our unit on measurement and  have just begun our unit on

place value.

3rd and 4th Grade Science, 4th Grade ELAMs. Torres

The young authors of 4th grade shared their stories in class.  Their wonderful stories included lessons about friendships. Their writing focussed on developing characters through the use of dialogue and elements of writing such as onomatopoeia.  Students also read and wrote informational text about Simple Machines.  The focus was Main Idea, Supporting Details and the structure of an informational paragraph.

In science class, we have continued our lessons as part of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

4th graders will be beginning our unit on multiplication strategies. Students will learn about multiplying by 10, 100, and 1,000. Students will also learn how to multiply four digit numbers by a single digit.

6th Grade Homeroom, 5th-6th ELA and Soc. Sci

Ms. Izzi6th grade is taking a closer look at “The Hero’s Journey” through the lens of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development.  It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.

Special Education Team K-8Ms. Vahey

The Book Buddies and Lexia after school classes celebrated the end of October with hot apple cider. I am excited at the reading gains that our students are making.  20 students have moved on to the next level in the Lexia program so far this year. There will be no classes for Book Buddies and Lexia after school November 13 through November 24. Enjoy this break. Classes will start again the week of November 27th.

I can’t wait for our S.T.E.A.M. Makers lab and K.A.S.T.  morning program to start in November. Student who have been accepted into the program have been given permission slips. I am excited to be partnering with the Kids are Scientist Too organization to give our students a chance to interpret and understand science in a different way. Our program is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 9am.

The Scholastic book Fair is back again this year November 15th - November 21st and April 16th -20th. The fairs coincide with our report card pick up days. Our goal is to raise $2500 with each fair so we earn 50% of the sales in Scholastic Dollars. Teachers will spend our Scholastic dollars to buy book for our classroom libraries. Our classrooms are in desperate need of new books for our eager readers. Please consider shopping at the fair to support reading in our school.

Ms. SchubertThe Addams Family rehearsals are going very well. Our students have learned three songs so far and are having a lot of fun! I am very proud of our kids

and all the hard work they are putting into this. There will be 3 performances and tickets are free.

Tickets are now available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-addams-family-

musical-tickets-38434930913

Ms. SnyderHomework club is underway.  Homework in room 300 is assigned on Monday and due the following

Friday.  Homework assignments are designed to be complete independently. We are working on fall-

related themes in math and reading.  We are focusing on writing complete sentences with correct

letter formation, spacing, and punctuation.

1st Quarter Report Cards are coming out this month! I am excited to say that we have close to 1/3 of our school with 100% perfect attendance! We are so proud of those students and parents for that commitment to learning!

Juarez High School created another Pilsen Community Production where Jungman Students will be featured! The performance is taking place November 17th at 7:00 and November 18th at 2:00 and 7:00! Tickets are FREE!

7th Grade Homeroom, 5th-8th MathMr. Prado

Students in 5th Grade will explore the relationships of adjacent units on the place value chart in order to write,interpret numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions.

Students in 6th grade will extend their knowledge of ratios and begin to study rate and how it applies to daily life.

Students in 7th grade will learn about discount rates and the proportionality of scale drawings.

Students in 8th grade will learn about scientific notation and launch their study into geometric translations.

Parent Report Card Pick-Up

Weds. Nov. 15, 201711:30-3:30 & 4:30-6:30

BENCHMARK PARENT MEETING ON 11/15 @ 11:30 & 4:30

(Please choose 1 time slot for parents who have students in grades 3, 6, and 8)

KindergartenMs. Morales

Kindergarten is wrapping up our Unit on The Five Senses.   We will begin our Stories unit next week. Students heard a story about Ray Charles and how he used his sense of touch and hearing to learn music.  We will also listen to a story about Helen Keller and her challenges as a blind child.  These two biographies are an important part of our unit. We are making great progress with beginning sounds and letter recognition.  Many Kindergartners’ are already working on reading basic sight words. In Math we are counting orally to 100, writing numbers correctly to 10, counting objects up to 20 and adding sums up to 10.  In Science we are learning about Insects and will attend a workshop that focuses on “Bugs” at the Peggy Notebaert Museum.  We are focusing on neat writing in Kindergarten.  You can refer to Zaner Bloser Handwriting hand out for stroke formation of each letter.  In November we will spend time on learning what it means to be “Thankful” .

K-2Ms. Speer | Ms. Wandy | Ms. Linda | Ms. AprilOur theme for fall is what can we do with pumpkins and

apples? We discovered we can weigh them, graph them, count seeds, compare/contrast them, do sink

float experiments, and of course have fun cooking and eating them!

We are excited to work with technology using tablets. We have begun using Lexia which is a great way to

improve reading skills and comprehension.We also use News 2 U to create a class newspaper.