Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (11/6)

Happy Friday! It's been a great week! We've been working hard on our Michigan Brochures, describing the physical geography, natural resources, and climate of Michigan. 

We have also been working really hard at retelling and summarizing the Greek Myths we have been learning about. Ask your child to tell you about them!

 

A Note from PTO: 

Hello Hutchings Families, 

PTO has two important dates for November! 

11/12 ROLLERAMA NIGHT from 6-9pm at Brighton Rollerama

- 6-7pm BK-2nd Grade

- 7-9pm 3rd-5th Grade

- Students can skate with older/younger siblings just trying to break it up some.

11/19 QDOBA NIGHT from 4-8pm at the Howell Qdoba

- 25% of all sales comes back to Hutchings

- See flyer coming home, order online using code QDOBAGIVES

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 3 Skills--long vowels
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 3--Greek Myths
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice
• Math: Unit 4: Clocks and Telling Time
• Social Studies: Immigration and Ellis Island
• Science: Science Spin (changing leaves)

Upcoming Dates:

• November 12: Rollerama Night 
• November 25-27: No School, Thanksgiving Break
• December 21-January 1: No School, Holiday 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—Halloween edition! 👻 🎃 (10/30)

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 We had a fun Halloween Parade and Boo Breakfast this morning! Take a look at our Halloween Pictures!! We enjoyed making some Halloween crafts and showing off our costumes! Monsters, Inc. was a relaxing way to spend our Friday afternoon! Stuffies were a fun bonus!! 😉 Thank you for all the donations!

Class costume pic!

School costume pic!

Stuffies!

If you were unable to attend Roo’s Boo Bash last night, no worries! You can still purchase raffle tickets for the AMAZING raffle baskets online through Sunday evening. Winners will be drawn Monday! ALL proceeds go directly to Roo's Fund for her continued care. We are so thankful for any and all contributions for our sweet Roo who brings so much joy to the kids at Hutchings! 

The baskets range in value from $270-$1000!!

Purchase Tickets Here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/roos-boo-bash-raffle-baskets

Next Week:

• CKLA Skills: Unit 3 Skills--long vowels
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 3--Greek Myths
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice, 5th grade buddies (Friday)
• Math: Unit 3: Addition & Subtraction strategies
• Social Studies: Physical Geography, Natural Resources, and Climate of Michigan--Michigan Brochures
• Science: Science Spin

Upcoming Dates:

• November 2: PTO Meeting @ 6pm
• November 5: Picture Retake Day
• November 12: Rollerama Night 
• November 25-27: No School, Thanksgiving Break
• December 21-January 1: No School, Holiday 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 (10/23)

Happy Fall Friday! We had another school-wide morning meeting this morning. Ask your kiddos about the "bridge greeting" they learned from Dr. Chalfant! We had a great time doing a science activity with our 5th grade buddies and learning about how puplis change with the light. We also enjoyed an extra recess in the beautiful sunshine this afternoon, too! ☀️

Buddy pics!

Join us for the Hutchings Halloween Costume Parade on Friday, October 30! Students will wear their costumes to school, enjoy the parade and our Boo Breakfast, then change out of costumes before morning recess. NO masks, bloody/gory costumes, or toy weapons are allowed.

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--antonyms, Spelling Test Tuesday
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 3--Greek Myths
• WIN time (enrichment): Spelling practice (contractions)
• Math: Unit 2--Unit 3: Addition Strategies, Fact Families
• Social Studies: Physical Geography, Natural Resources, and Climate
• Science: Science Spin 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 27--Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 29--Roo's Boo Bash from 6-8pm
• October 30--Costume Parade & Boo Breakfast, Monsters Inc movie in PM
• November 25-27--No School, Thanksgiving 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 (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.