Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/16)

Hello, families! Happy Friday! It's been a fun week! We welcomed our student teacher, Miss Lask, this week! She is awesome and will be here until mid-December.

It started raining right as we were going to go out for our extra recess, so we'll do that sometime next week! 

We finished our Pumpkin Adjective sentences for the hallway. Take a look when you come to conferences! Don't forget there is NO SCHOOL for students on Monday! Enjoy your Fall Break! 

Some friends finished their Skip Counting Spiders. More spiders will "arrive" next week! 😉

Join us for the Hutchings Halloween Costume Parade on Friday, October 30!

Save the date for Roo's Boo Bash! This will take place on October 29th from 6-8pm at Hutchings. This will be our Halloween event for the year and all proceeds will go towards Roo's fund for food, vet bills, grooming and more. Additional details to come. Thank you all for your continued support of the Hutchings Elementary PTO!

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 2 Skills--Fictional Narratives
• CKLA Knowledge: Ancient Greece (assessment Friday)
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice
• Math: Unit 2--Unit 3: Addition Strategies, Fact Families, Skip Counting Spiders
• Social Studies: Physical Geography, Natural Resources, and Climate
• Science: Science Spin 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 19--No School for students (Fall Break)
• October 22 & 27--Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 29--Roo's Boo Bash from 6-8pm
• October 30--Costume Parade & Boo Breakfast

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/9)

Happy Friday! We had a great week! We enjoyed Mustache Monday and PJ Day this week!

Our sleepy class photo! 😂

We also had a blast flashlight reading in the library!

AND we met our 5th grade buddies today!!

We are excited about our Halloween Boo Breakfast happening on Friday, October 30. Please see the sign-up for details and items needed. Thank you in advance for your donations!

Today is the LAST day for Husky Hustle Fundraising!!! https://app.99pledges.com/fund/2026huskyh The top class in each grade level will receive a class party! 😍

If you have not had the chance to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences, please do so! I will be asigning slots to those families who have not signed up next week.

Save the date for Roo's Boo Bash! This will take place on October 29th from 6-8pm at Hutchings. This will be our Halloween event for the year and all proceeds will go towards Roo's fund for food, vet bills, grooming and more. Additional details to come. Thank you all for your continued support of the Hutchings Elementary PTO!

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 2 Skills--Fictional Narratives, Quotation Marks
• CKLA Knowledge: The Birthplace of Democracy--Ancient Greece
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice, Handwriting, Pumpkin Adjectives
• Math: Unit 2--Review, **Unit 2 Test Wednesday, Skip Counting Spiders
• Social Studies: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Map Skills, Cardinal Directions
• Science: Science Spin, Bats/Pumpkins 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 19--No School for students (Fall Break)
• October 22 & 27--Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 29--Roo's Boo Bash from 6-8pm
• October 30--Halloween Boo Breakfast

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/2)

Happy Husky Hustle Day!! We had a blast!! 😎 Thank you PTO for a fun afternoon!! Since our school has reached the first fundraising goal, we have earned Mustache Monday!! Remind students to wear their best mustache on Monday!!

Click HERE to check out all the pics from today!

Please keep up the great job fundraising!! We still have a week of fundraising to go!! https://app.99pledges.com/fund/2026huskyh The top class in each grade level will receive a class party! 😍

Please take a moment to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences, which will take place on October 22 and 27. I plan to meet with all parents in person, but please contact me if you need a virtual or phone conference instead.

Book orders came home today! They are due online Friday by noon. Students have a coupon for a FREE BOOK attached to this month's book order!! The codes are student specific and are to help spread the love of reading! 

Mrs. Burch's Class Scholastic Ordering Page

Mrs. Burch's Code: GZKBK 

Save the date for Roo's Boo Bash! This will take place on October 29th from 6-8pm at Hutchings. This will be our Halloween event for the year and all proceeds will go towards Roo's fund for food, vet bills, grooming and more. Additional details to come. Thank you all for your continued support of the Hutchings Elementary PTO!

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 2 Skills--Magic E and Vowel Teams
• CKLA Knowledge: The Birthplace of Democracy--Ancient Greece
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice, Handwriting
• Math: Unit 2--Fact Strategies
• Social Studies: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Me on the Map
• Science: Science Spin 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 19--No School: Fall Break
• October 22 & 27--Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 29th--Roo's Boo Bash from 6-8pm

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/24)

Happy Thursday! I'm sending the Weekly Update a day early because I'll be out of the classroom tomorrow. Please contact the office with end of day schedule changes because I will not have access to Seesaw! Thank you!

The Husky Hustle event is one week from tomorrow! 2nd graders will be participating at 12:40pm! Please keep up the great job fundraising!! https://app.99pledges.com/fund/2026huskyh The top class in each grade level will receive a class party! 😍

To volunteer for the event sign-up here: https://bit.ly/4yLH2ky All volunteers must have an approved background check on file with the office. Spectators are welcome! You can watch in the center of the field as your student(s) tackles the course!

Save the date for Roo's Boo Bash! This will take place on October 29th from 6-8pm at Hutchings. This will be our Halloween event for the year and all proceeds will go towards Roo's fund for food, vet bills, grooming and more. Additional details to come. Thank you all for your continued support of the Hutchings Elementary PTO!

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 1 Skills Assessment
• CKLA Knowledge: The Birthplace of Democracy--Ancient Greece
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice
• Math: Unit 2--Fact Strategies
• Social Studies: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Me on the Map
• Science: Science Spin 

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, October 2--Husky Hustle (2nd grade participates at 12:40pm)
• October 19--No School: Fall Break
• October 22 & 27--Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 29th--Roo's Boo Bash from 6-8pm

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/18)

Happy Friday! We had a good week! Students loved playing Fishing for 10 during our math review earlier this week. 

We saw Buster the Bus and learned about Bus Safety on Wednesday morning.

 

We had our first math assessment and spelling assessment this week. Please make sure to review spelling words with your child at home. Help them tap out the sounds and practice orally and writing. We're continuing more adventures of Cat Bandit next week!  Reading Fluency homework will be sent home every Monday and is due every Friday. Please make sure to do the one-minute read with your child nightly. This is so important!  

I will be out of the classroom a couple times next week for meetings and appointments and I do not always see Seesaw messages before the end of the school day, so please make sure to contact the office if an end-of-day change occurs during the day! They will make sure your child receives the message! Thank you!

The Husky Hustle will be on October 2. Details came home last week in your child's folder! There are lots of prizes to be earned! There is also detailed info on the Hutchings PTO page. 

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Tricky Words, Spelling Alternatives
• CKLA Knowledge: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales Review and Assessment
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice, Schema heads
• Math: Unit 2--Fact Strategies
• Social Studies: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Me on the Map
• Science: Science Spin 

Upcoming Dates:

• Tuesday, September 22–Picture Day!
• Friday, September 25--Howell/Hutchings Spirit Day 
• Friday, October 2--Husky Hustle
• October 19--No School: Fall Break

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/11) ❤️🤍💙

It's Friday! It's been a good week! We learned a little about Patriot Day today and sported Red, White, and Blue for Patriot Day and Howell Homecoming!! Hope to see you at the parade after school! ❤️🤍💙

We started our chapter book readers, The Cat Bandit, this week in Skills. Ask your kiddos about the Cat Bandit! Our first spelling test will be on Tuesday. Please make sure to review the words with your child. Reading Fluency homework will begin on Monday. More info will be shared on Seesaw! We have started reading about Tall Tales in Knowledge. Ask your kiddos which story they enjoyed more--Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill? We have our first math test on Thursday. Review sheets will come home on Tuesday.

The Husky Hustle will be on October 2. Details are coming home in your child's folder today! 

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Tricky Words, Spelling Alternatives
• CKLA Knowledge: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
• WIN time (enrichment): Edward the Emu writing
• Math: Numbers All Around *Test Thursday (review Tues/Weds)
• Social Studies/Science: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Constitution Day, Buster the Bus (Wednesday) 

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, September 25--Howell/Hutchings Spirit Day 
• Friday, October 2--Husky Hustle
• October 19--No School: Fall Break

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/3)

Happy Thursday! We had a good week! Don't forget there's no school on Friday or Monday, due to Labor Day! We switched seats and played some fun class games this week! Ask your kiddos about Heads or Tails and the Circle Name Game we played this week! No pics--we were having too much fun! 😜

I will be extending the deadline for Book Ordering until Tuesday at noon, since we're out of school today.

Mrs. Burch's Class Scholastic Ordering Page

Mrs. Burch's Code: GZKBK 

We have been reviewing sounds and reading about Kate and Doba's Adventures in CKLA Skills. In CKLA Knowledge we have been focusing on Fairy Tales and will jump into Tall Tales next week. Ask your kiddos what makes a fairy tale and which fairy tale they enjoyed the most! Please make sure to check green folders often! I typically send most mail items on Fridays, but will be sending green folders on Tuesday, since we're out today.

Next Week is Howell Homecoming Spirit Week! 

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Basic Code Review (phonics), Tricky Words
• CKLA Knowledge: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
• WIN time (enrichment): Edward the Emu
• Math: Even/Odd Numbers, Skip Counting Patterns
• Social Studies/Science: Hutchings CARE Lessons, Patriot Day 

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, September 4 and Monday, September 7--No school: Labor Day
• Tuesday, September 8--Green & Gold Spirit Day! 💚💛
• Wednesday, September 9--Hat Day Spirit Day 🎩
• Thursdays, September 10--Jersey Day Spirit Day 👕🎽
• Friday, September 11--Red, White, and Blue Spirit Day 🇺🇸
• Friday, September 25--Howell/Hutchings Spirit Day 
• October 19--No School: Fall Break

*Please note that we don't celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you'd like, but please do not send food/candy. I will make your child's day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

*Please remind your kiddos to check the lost and found regularly! It will be cleaned out and items donated at the end of every month.