Crystal River Elementary Courier

  School goal #1-- check out these feelings monsters that fourth grade made! Email 4th if you want to do it for your class for Halloween! School goal #2-- Carly bringing labeling to life by having her students label her. This student was labeling her eyes, and was definitely fully engaged! Weekend Happy Birthday Holly! (Saturday) Monday 10/30 3rd grade to TACAW, 12-2 Tuesday 10/31 Halloween! Aimee out of building 10:30-2 Wednesday 11/1 MTSS : 3rd graders MOM and BAG 2nd/3rd Learning Wednesday ERW: District Wednesday Thursday 11/2 Aimee/Kendall out of building in AM Friday 11/3 Spirit Day Weekend Wednesday, November 1 2 absences Thursday, November 2 2 absences Friday, November 3rd 4 absences Monday, November 6th 2 absences Monday, November 27th 2 absences New information: Family newsletter. Lit Bit: This week we will be testing round 2 students during reading intervention. Classroom teachers, if you missed anyone last week feel free to assess them this week.  2nd, 3rd and 4th: ...

C has been working on advocating for breaks for himself-- and then picking his midair poses. Can you guess what animal this is? Second grade celebration of learning last week-- putting our learners in the spotlight! It's a second grade focused week for our photo spotlights. The sensory room (aka Kathryn's office) is a busy place most days, but one of the most interesting things is how often you might look in and see students not jumping on the trampoline, but curled up in the tent, or under a weighted blanket. We all need some different inputs each day, and I'm grateful for this place in our school where students can find what they need. You are always welcome to come try some of the things yourself! The other photos are admittedly from last week, but they didn't make the micro-newsletter due to fall break. It was great having so many families in the building for the second grade celebration of learning, and they were all so impressed by the quality of the writing. Than...

 It's not really a newsletter so much as it is a logistics update. Here's the need-to-know for next week! Also, a huge gratitude for all of you for your shout-outs this afternoon. Reading the whole thread is a great reminder of our community here. Weekend Fall break! Monday 10/16 Tuesday 10/17 Flu shot clinic at CRES, see below 8:15: NNAT testing for Stahl and Kreiling Wednesday 10/18 MTSS: 3rd grader IRF K/1 Learning Wednesday ERW: Conferences Dinner provided by PTO Thursday 10/19 8:15: NNAT testing for Berry and Lewis Lockdown drill , roughly 9 am (after NNAT testing) Stahl and Kreiling to RBR, 12-3 Friday 10/20 8:30-9, Raising a Reader with kinder Colorado Ballet Assembly, 10-11 at CMS Berry and Lewis to RBR, 12-3 Weekend Monday, October 16th 3 absences Friday, October 20th 3 absences Monday, October 23rd 3 absences Friday, November 3rd 4 absences Monday, November 6th 2 absences Flu shot info-- This link is for the flu shot signups. To signup, after you've picked your t...

  Sarah M.'s class wanted to work on a reset space for their most magnificent thing. Since Sarah isn't really a fan of stuffed animals in the classroom (or maybe just not a fan of lice), her students came up with this cardboard robot, that you can hug if you are feeling sad. Student driven AND helping with self regulation- a double win!  My thoughts this week are caught up in people getting ready for celebrations of learning, and working on end of module performance tasks like first grade's magnificent things.  On my bike ride this week I was admiring the oaks on prince creek, and thinking about why we all are so amazed by the changing leaves. I think it's about how fast it is- it definitely feels like the shortest season. Someone commented to me today that "October's already just about over, right?", and it does feel like that many days- we will have fall break, and the busy-ness of conferences, and soon enough it will be November. To help you take a paus...