Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (11/15)

Hello, families! We had a great week! Sensei Sam visited this afternoon! Ask your kiddos about it!  

A few reminders:

• The weather is getting chilly, especially in the morning during morning recess. PLEASE make sure your child has a coat or sweatshirt for morning recess. The rule is that they wear coats when the temp is 50 or lower. Thank you for your support!
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity! 
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 10  
• Phonics: /kt/
• Reading: Turk & Runt Reader's Theater
• Writing: Friendly Letters 
• Math: Unit 4--Telling Time and Place Value
• Science: Matter (absorb/repel, sink/float)
• Social Studies: How are children around the world alike?

Upcoming Dates:

• November 11--Canned Food Drive begins
• November 21--Rollerama PTO Fundraiser 6-9pm 
• November 22--Roo/Animal Spirit Day 
• November 26--Decades Spirit Day
• November 27-29--Thanksgiving Break (no school)
• December 4--Wacky Wednesday Spirit Day
• December 6--Holiday Movie Spirit Day
• December 23-January 3--No School, Holiday Break!

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Spirit Wear

The official Hutchings spirit wear stores have launched a holiday sale! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments, all with home delivery guaranteed by December 23rd!

Enjoy a limited-time savings of 25% sitewide with great gifts for the entire family! In addition, all orders over $75 will receive free shipping. Sale now through December 10th! 

Hutchings Gear: https://1stplace.sale/48993

Howell Gear: https://1stplace.sale/114324

Upcoming PTO Events

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch Weekly Update (11/8)

Happy Friday! We spent some time this week reflecting on the things in which we are grateful! Thank you for sharing your kiddos with me! I am so grateful to be their teacher! 🧡 

Book orders came home with your child and are due by noon on 11/14! Books make GREAT gifts! Let me know if you place an order that you would like me to keep secret. I can put down in the office for you to pick up at your convenience! Share our site with grandparents and family members, too! When you purchase books, you help our class earn books, too! When you place an order of $25 or more, you can pick a FREE $5 book (use the code READS at checkout). Thank you for supporting a love of reading!! 📚 

Shop Our Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GZKBK (class code: GZKBK)

Saturday is the LAST DAY to purchase tickets for our AMAZING Squishmallow Basket! You can purchase your raffle basket tickets through November 9! Thank you for all your donations and support! 

A few reminders:

• The weather is getting chilly, especially in the morning during morning recess. PLEASE make sure your child has a coat or sweatshirt for morning recess. The rule is that they wear coats when the temp is 50 or lower. Thank you for your support!
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity! There is a meeting next week!
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 9  
• Phonics: beginning w blends
• Reading: Turkey Research
• Writing: Nonfiction writing 
• Math: Unit 4--Clocks and Telling Time
• Science: Matter (observations/materials)
• Social Studies: What makes our community diverse?

Upcoming Dates:

• November 11--Canned Food Drive begins
• November 13--PTO Meeting @ 6pm in the Library 
• November 14--Book Orders (due by noon)
• November 15--Slumber Party Spirit Day
• November 21--Rollerama PTO Fundraiser 6-9pm 
• November 22--Roo/Animal Spirit Day
• November 26--Decades Spirit Day
• November 27-29--Thanksgiving Break (no school)
• December 4--Wacky Wednesday Spirit Day
• December 6--Holiday Movie Spirit Day
• December 23-January 3--No School, Holiday Break!

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Teacher Raffle Baskets

Raffle tickets are on sale NOW! This year ticket sales are being done exclusively online and can be found HERE. The raffle will run through THIS SATURDAY, November 9th. 

Spirit Wear

The official Hutchings spirit wear stores have launched a holiday sale! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments, all with home delivery guaranteed by December 23rd!

Enjoy a limited-time savings of 25% sitewide with great gifts for the entire family! In addition, all orders over $75 will receive free shipping. Sale now through December 10th! 

Hutchings Gear: https://1stplace.sale/48993

Howell Gear: https://1stplace.sale/114324

Upcoming PTO Events

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (11/1)

Happy November! We have had a great week!! 

Halloween was so much fun! We enjoyed our Boo Breakfast, made Halloween crafts, completed Halloween Math, and enjoyed the day together! Their costumes were SO cute!! Thank you for all your donations that helped make our day so much fun! 🎃

Click the picture above for a link to our Halloween Photos!

Our Field Trip to see The Boxcar Children at the Historic Howell Theater was a blast! Thank you to our chaperoes Mrs. Bott, Mr. Pedigo, and Mrs. Linhart for joining us!

Have you purchased your tickets for our Squishmallow Basket yet?! It looks AMAZING!! You can purchase your raffle basket tickets through November 9! Thank you for all your donations and support! 

A few reminders:

• The weather is getting chilly, especially in the morning during morning recess. PLEASE make sure your child has a coat or sweatshirt for morning recess. The rule is that they wear coats when the temp is 50 or lower. Thank you for your support!
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity!
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 8  
• Phonics: open/closed syllables
• Reading: Turkey Research
• Writing: Nonfiction writing 
• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies *Test Thursday 
• Science: Matter (observations/materials)
• Social Studies: What makes our community diverse?

Upcoming Dates:

• November 5--No School: Election Day
• November 6--Late Start, school begins at 10:15 am
• November 7--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 2)
• November 13--PTO Meeting @ 6pm 
• November 21--Rollerama PTO Fundraiser 6-9pm 
• November 27-29--Thanksgiving Break (no school)
• December 23-January 3--No School, Holiday Break!

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Teacher Raffle Baskets

Raffle tickets are on sale NOW! This year ticket sales are being done exclusively online and can be found HERE. The raffle will run through November 9th. 

Trunk or Treat

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the trunk-or-treat, especially those who decorated a trunk and volunteered. We had incredible weather and the kids really enjoyed themselves! 

Upcoming PTO Events

11/5- No School

11/6- Late Start

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/25)

Happy Friday! Thank you for all your donations for our 2nd grade raffle basket!! It looks AMAZING!!!!!! When I receive the raffle link from PTO, I'll post it on Seesaw.

These are the beautiful trees I see each morning as I drive into school! We really have had a beautiful fall! That being said, the weather is getting chilly, especially in the morning during morning recess. PLEASE make sure your child has a coat or sweatshirt for morning recess. The rule is that they wear coats when the temp is 50 or lower. Thank you for your support!

We are having a BOO BREAKFAST for our Halloween Celebration the morning of October 31. Students may wear costumes to school, enjoy our Boo Breakfast, then change before morning recess. We will be doing other Halloween crafts and activities throughout the day, too! It should be a fun day! 

Wednesday will be GREEN Day in 2nd grade! We're going to do a couple fun Crankenstein activities that day! Please remind your kiddos to wear GREEN! 

A few reminders:

• We have a field trip on November 1 to the Howell Theater. We are going to see the movie version of the book we read earlier in the year, The Boxcar Children! Chaperones will be Mrs. Bott, Mr. Pedigo, and Mrs. Linhart! Students will not need a sack lunch. We will return to school before their regular lunchtime. 
• October 27 is the Hutchings Trunk-or Treat! Our grade level is putting together a Squishmallow Basket to raffle off! All the money earned from raffle tickets will go to our classrooms! A raffle ticket will be put into the drawing on your child's behalf, if they bring in a donation! :)
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity!
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• NO SPELLING OR HOMEWORK PACKET NEXT WEEK!  
• Phonics: open/closed syllables
• Reading: Reader's Theater (Halloween)
• Writing: Crankenstein/Monster writing 
• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies 
• Science: Sorting and Classifying
• Social Studies: Ellis Island Minibooks

Upcoming Dates:

• October 30--Boo Breakfast! (Halloween)
• November 1--Field Trip to see The Boxcar Children
• November 5--No School: Election Day
• November 6--Late Start, school begins at 10:15 am
• November 7--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 2)
• November 27-29--Thanksgiving Break (no school)
• December 23-January 3--No School, Holiday Break!

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Teacher Raffle Baskets

The raffle starts on Sunday during the Trunk or Treat! More information will be sent soon about purchasing raffle tickets online, a new feature this year! The raffle will run through November 7th. 

Trunk or Treat

The event is THIS Sunday, October 27th from 4-6pm. We could use a handful of volunteers to help at the event, that signup is HERE.

The Book Bus will be on site for the Trunk or Treat again this year! It was a hit with the kids last year and we are so excited that Mrs. Deurloo was able to coordinate it again this year. There will also be a $0.25 used book sale. Funds raised will go toward OBOS and other special activities in the library. 

Upcoming PTO Events

10/27- Trunk-or-Treat Event 4-6pm

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/17)

Happy Thursday! Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow! Have a great long weekend!

⭐ We have earned 100 class points, which means we have earned a class reward! We'll be watching the cartoon version of the book Spookley the Square Pumpkin on Friday, October 25, in the afternoon. Students may also bring an extra snack to enjoy while we watch the movie. 

We are having a BOO BREAKFAST for our Halloween Celebration the morning of October 31. Students may wear costumes to school, enjoy our Boo Breakfast, then change before morning recess. We will be doing other Halloween crafts and activities throughout the day, too! It should be a fun day! 

A few reminders:

• We have a field trip on November 1 to the Howell Theater. We are going to see the movie version of the book we read earlier in the year, The Boxcar Children! Chaperones will be Mrs. Bott, Mr. Pedigo, and Mrs. Linhart! Students will not need a sack lunch. We will return to school before their regular lunchtime. 
• October 27 is the Hutchings Trunk-or Treat! Our grade level is putting together a Squishmallow Basket to raffle off! All the money earned from raffle tickets will go to our classrooms! A raffle ticket will be put into the drawing on your child's behalf, if they bring in a donation! :)
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity!
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 7 
• Phonics: compound words
• Reading: I Need My Monster, setting goals
• Writing: Crankenstein writing 
• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies 
• Science: Sorting and Classifying items
• Social Studies: Immigrants

Upcoming Dates:

• October 18--Fall Break (no school)
• October 24--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 1)
• November 5--No School: Election Day
• November 6--Late Start, school begins at 10:15 am
• November 7--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 2)
• November 27-27--Thanksgiving Break (no school)

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Teacher Raffle Baskets

There are just a few more days to donate! Teachers are collecting donations for their raffle baskets. 100% of the proceeds will go directly into the classrooms. Please consider donating what you can to help your child's classroom.  

Trunk or Treat

Candy donations are being accepted in the office! We are also in need of trunks to pass out candy. If you would like to decorate one, please sign up HERE. Not able to decorate a trunk but want to help? We could use a handful of volunteers to help at the event, that signup is HERE.

The Book Bus will be on site for the Trunk or Treat again this year! It was a hit with the kids last year and we are so excited that Mrs. Deurloo was able to coordinate it again this year. There will also be a $0.25 used book sale. Do you have extra books laying around? Donations of gently used books are currently being accepted for this sale. Funds raised will go toward OBOS and other special activities in the library. 

Husky Hustle Mission Accomplished!

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped us reach our goal for the Husky Hustle Fundraiser! We are so excited to say we exceeded our goal and raised $22,292! Our total fundraising goal for this school year is $25,000, every dollar we raised on this fundraiser allows us to focus more on fun than on fundraising for the rest of the year!

Final leaderboard standings and winners!- HERE

Panda Express Fundraiser

This Monday, October 21st is our Panda Express Fundraiser, please see the information below. This event is all day and nationwide, which means family and friends from afar can participate! 28% of sales come back to the PTO to support school initiatives. 

 

Upcoming PTO Events

10/21- Panda Express Fundraiser (Info Page HERE)- All Day- Nationwide

10/27- Trunk-or-Treat Event 4-6pm

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/11)

Happy Friday! Thank you for all your donations to the Husky Hustle! You can still donate to the Husky Hustle through 11:59pm tonight!

We are having a BOO BREAKFAST for our Halloween Celebration the morning of October 31. Students may wear costumes to school, enjoy our Boo Breakfast, then change before morning recess. We will be doing other Halloween crafts and activities throughout the day, too! It should be a fun day! 

A few reminders:

• We have a field trip on November 1 to the Howell Theater. We are going to see the movie version of the book we read earlier in the year, The Boxcar Children! Permission Slips are due ASAP! Chaperones will be selected and annouced next week.
• October 27 is the Hutchings Trunk-or Treat! Our grade level is putting together a Squishmallow Basket to raffle off! All the money earned from raffle tickets will go to our classrooms! A raffle ticket will be put into the drawing on your child's behalf, if they bring in a donation! :)
• I am still looking for a parent representative to attend PTO meetings. Please let me know if you are willing to serve in this capacity!
• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 6 *Test Thursday (no school Friday) 
• Phonics: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz
• Reading: Crankenstein
• Writing: Adjective Bats, Crankenstein writing 
• Math: Unit 2 *Test Wednesday 
• Science: Sorting and Classifying items
• Social Studies: Geography of Michigan

Upcoming Dates:

• October 18--Fall Break (no school)
• October 24--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 1)
• November 5--No School: Election Day
• November 6--Late Start, school begins at 10:15 am
• November 7--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 2)
• November 27-27--Thanksgiving Break (no school)

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Husky Hustle Mission Accomplished!

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far and helped us reach our goal for the Husky Hustle Fundraiser! We have 1 day left for donations and are officially just over our goal at $20,847! Fundraising ends 10/11 at 11:59pm. Our total fundraising goal for this school year is $25,000, every dollar we raise on this fundraiser allows us to focus more on fun than on fundraising for the rest of the year! This money is used for student field trips, yearbooks, teacher supplies, student/school events, etc. We really want to make this fundraiser a success to ensure we are able to give back to our wonderful school!

Flyer again for those who may have missed it- HERE

Current leaderboard standings- HERE

 

Trunk or Treat

Candy donations are now being accepted in the office! We are also in need of trunks to pass out candy. If you would like to decorate one, please sign up HERE. 

Teacher Raffle Baskets

Teachers are actively collecting donations for their raffle baskets. 100% of the proceeds will go directly into the classrooms. Please consider donating what you can to help your child's classroom.  

 

Upcoming PTO Events

10/11- Crazy Hat day! ($15,000 incentive reached)

10/11- Last day to fundraise for the Husky Hustle

10/14- Bubble Welcome! ($17,000 incentive reached)

10/21- Panda Express Fundraiser (Info Page HERE)- All Day- Nationwide

10/27- Trunk-or-Treat Event 4-6pm

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/4)

Happy Husky Hustle Friday! We had a blast this afternoon! 

Click the picture for a link to more photos from the Husky Hustle!

LOTS of info in this edition!! 

• We have a field trip on November 1 to the Howell Theater. We are going to see the movie version of the book we read earlier in the year, The Boxcar Children! Permission Slips are in your child's Take-Home folders. I will do a random drawing next week for chaperones. Please return slips and $10 as soon as possible! Thank you!
• October 27 is the Hutchings Trunk-or Treat! Our grade level is putting together a Squishmallow Basket to raffle off! All the money earned from raffle tickets will go to our classrooms! The information is in your child's take-home folder, if you are interested in participating! A raffle ticket will be put into the drawing on your child's behalf, if they bring in a donation! :)
• Book orders are coming home today! Orders are due online by Thursday, October 10. Make sure to check out the 4-day sale happening NOW! All orders help our classroom receive new books! clubs.scholastic.com Class code: GZKBK

• You can still donate to the Husky Hustle! This is our big fundrasier this year! Keep those donations coming! Help keep our class in the lead for 2nd grade to earn the class party!  

• We still need a parent representative to attend the PTO meeting on October 7. If you are available, please let me know! 
• We are having a BOO BREAKFAST for our Halloween Celebration the morning of October 31. Students may wear costumes to school, enjoy our Boo Breakfast, then change before morning recess. We will be doing other Halloween crafts and activities throughout the day, too! It should be a fun day! The sign-up sheet for donations will be coming next week.

Next Week in 2nd grade:

• Spelling List 5 
• Phonics: diagraphs
• Reading: Stellaluna
• Writing: Bat research 
• Math: Unit 2 Fact Strategies
• Science: How can we classify and categorize items?
• Social Studies: Map Skills, Geography of our Community

Upcoming Dates:

• October 18--Fall Break (no school)
• October 24--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 1)
• November 5--No School: Election Day
• November 6--Late Start, school begins at 10:15 am
• November 7--Parent/Teacher Conferences (Day 2)
• November 27-27--Thanksgiving Break (no school)

The 24/25 HPS Calendar can be found HERE!

Reminders:

• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Weekly Notes from PTO: 

Husky Hustle!

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far and is helping us reach our goal for the Husky Hustle Fundraiser! We have 14 days left for donations and are officially at 84% of our goal! If every student donates just $12 we will have no trouble reaching our goal. This money is used for student field trips, yearbooks, teacher supplies, student/school events, etc. We really want to make this fundraiser a success to ensure we are able to give back to our wonderful school!

Flyer again for those who may have missed it- HERE

Current leaderboard standings- HERE

 

Upcoming PTO Events

10/4- Husky Hustle!!

10/7- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

10/11- last day to fundraise for the Husky Hustle

10/21- Panda Express Fundraiser (Info Page HERE)- All Day- Nationwide

10/27- Trunk-or-Treat Event 4-6pm

11/13- PTO Meeting- 6pm in Library

11/21- Rollerama Fundraiser 6-9pm

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉