Hey Families!
This week we will be very busy gearing up for testing next week! We will continue reading our historical fiction books and making a timeline of important events from our stories. Our spelling list this week is List 25 on spellingcity.com. This list covers open syllables. The rest of our week will consists of review, review, review!! We will be reviewing using our smartboard and responders as well as playing a jeopardy type game! This makes reviewing way more fun! :) Please remember that the Measurement at Home homework assignment is due on Tuesday. I will be sending home a new homework assignment on Tuesday involving constructing 3 dimensional objects. This assignment is due on Friday. I will be sending home a Spanish study guide on Monday for our test on Thursday. The test will cover animals. It's not too hard, but the children still need to go over it. :)
I am EXTREMELY proud of your children! They have been reading like mad! Our March Madness contest was a great success! They all did super! We celebrated on Wednesday with a "puppy chow" snack and a basketball movie, Like Mike!
The SPCA forgot about us! They apologized a lot and rescheduled for next Wednesday.
Hope you have a great week! Keep checking the blog for future updates!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Update!
The SPCA is coming on Wednesday to talk to the children about their organization, dog and cat care, and a few other things. They will be answering questions as well. It is always lots of fun and very informative! At that time, they will be picking up our donations. Thanks so much to those who have donated. If you haven't donated and would like to, please have your donations to the classroom by Wednesday morning. PLEASE DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED! It is purely optional. :) Thanks a lot!
Week of 3-29-10
Hi Families!
Hope you enjoyed student-led conferences! I thought the children did fabulous! You should be VERY proud of them! Hopefully you got a better feel for our classroom environment. :)
We have 2 weeks until state testing! We will be doing a lot of review these next 2 weeks. We review old concepts ALL the time anyway, but we will be reviewing even more now. Some review will be on the smart board and some in a game format to make it more fun! We will be so glad to get these tests over with, but the kids do NOT need to worry about it. They will do fine!
This week in reading, we will finish our nonfiction book reports and begin historical fiction books. These historical fiction books are awesome! They cover historical events that we have covered such as the Underground Railroad, the Revolutionary War, and the Oregon Trail. They are told through the eyes of a child during that period in history! I think the children will love them.
Math: Measurement - look for a measurement homework assignment to be sent home on Wednesday.
No spelling or English these next 2 weeks to make room for state testing review.
Science: We will finish up our geology unit this week. We will talk more about minerals and also talk about volcanoes. I will send home a study guide on Monday for the geology test that's on Thursday.
Social Studies: I taught the children this past Thursday how to use worldbookonline.com for their 50 state research project. They did super! 5 or 6 of the children were already pros at this because they had already started their research at home. Wow! Impressive! The rest of the children should know how to do it now too, and seemed to like it. Most were eager to get going! The research is due April 20th. The kids will be doing a very fun homework project for a chosen state when they are done with their research.
Well, the kids are doing super with our March Madness Reading Challenge! I am so very proud of them!! Here are the results so far:
Week 1: Boys-66pts. Girls-91pts.
Week 2: Boys-51 Girls-41
Week 3: Boys-81 Girls-57
Total: Boys-198 Girls-189
The last day of the competition is March 30th, so anything could happen! Keep reading! Our record holder reader for the boys is Nick Anderson and for the girls, Brielle Walker!! Super job you two, and everyone else for reading at home!! I'm proud of you! I will announce the winner on Wednesday, March 31st. We will celebrate with a pizza party on Thursday! More details about that on Wednesday! Keep reading!!!!
Hope you enjoyed student-led conferences! I thought the children did fabulous! You should be VERY proud of them! Hopefully you got a better feel for our classroom environment. :)
We have 2 weeks until state testing! We will be doing a lot of review these next 2 weeks. We review old concepts ALL the time anyway, but we will be reviewing even more now. Some review will be on the smart board and some in a game format to make it more fun! We will be so glad to get these tests over with, but the kids do NOT need to worry about it. They will do fine!
This week in reading, we will finish our nonfiction book reports and begin historical fiction books. These historical fiction books are awesome! They cover historical events that we have covered such as the Underground Railroad, the Revolutionary War, and the Oregon Trail. They are told through the eyes of a child during that period in history! I think the children will love them.
Math: Measurement - look for a measurement homework assignment to be sent home on Wednesday.
No spelling or English these next 2 weeks to make room for state testing review.
Science: We will finish up our geology unit this week. We will talk more about minerals and also talk about volcanoes. I will send home a study guide on Monday for the geology test that's on Thursday.
Social Studies: I taught the children this past Thursday how to use worldbookonline.com for their 50 state research project. They did super! 5 or 6 of the children were already pros at this because they had already started their research at home. Wow! Impressive! The rest of the children should know how to do it now too, and seemed to like it. Most were eager to get going! The research is due April 20th. The kids will be doing a very fun homework project for a chosen state when they are done with their research.
Well, the kids are doing super with our March Madness Reading Challenge! I am so very proud of them!! Here are the results so far:
Week 1: Boys-66pts. Girls-91pts.
Week 2: Boys-51 Girls-41
Week 3: Boys-81 Girls-57
Total: Boys-198 Girls-189
The last day of the competition is March 30th, so anything could happen! Keep reading! Our record holder reader for the boys is Nick Anderson and for the girls, Brielle Walker!! Super job you two, and everyone else for reading at home!! I'm proud of you! I will announce the winner on Wednesday, March 31st. We will celebrate with a pizza party on Thursday! More details about that on Wednesday! Keep reading!!!!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Debt free update and a "for fun" pic!
I missed sweet Clay for my February Debt free kids! Congratulations Clay on being debt free!
These 3 cuties all wore the same shirt on the same day without even planning it! Great minds think alike!
These 3 cuties all wore the same shirt on the same day without even planning it! Great minds think alike!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Week of 3/22
I hope you enjoyed our 4th grade program last night! I thought the kids were fantastic! They worked so hard preparing for it. We will be glad to get back in our routine though! :)
Here is what's ahead for the week after Spring Break:
Reading - We will continue with our dog theme. The kids have been reading great 4th and 5th grade level books like Shiloh, Because of Winn Dixie, and News for Dogs. They've been passing AR tests like crazy! They are currently working with a partner creating a poster advertising one of these books. We will finish these posters when we get back from Spring Break. We will also read a nonfiction dog book and do a nonfiction book report. The skill we will focus on this week is inference.
Spelling - List 24 on spellingcity.com (spellings of /shun/)
English - We will choose a dog breed to research and create a dog book.
Math - Relating fractions to decimals on a number line, adding and subtracting decimals
We will be testing 3 weeks after Spring Break. There are so many objectives the children are tested on, that we have to move pretty fast. By the time testing gets here, we will have covered most all of our Oklahoma PASS objectives. There are a few concepts, however, that I feel we need to go more in depth on. When testing is behind us, we will be revisiting some concepts to review and some to dive further into.
Science - Geology - crystal experiment, weathering and erosion
Social Studies - Make your way through the USA! This 9 weeks will be spent traipsing through the USA gathering basic information about each state. The goal is to learn about each state. This is somewhat of a race to the finish with the first kids to get all 50 states having 1st pick of a state to do special projects on. We will be working in the computer lab on this project on Thursdays, but the kids may work on this at home as well. A good source online is worldbookonline.com. The password and username both are glenwood. The info sheets for this project are accessible to your child at school. Some of the children have already picked up some sheets and are already on it!!
Today, I sent home a sheet with your child's information in regards to Accelerated Reader. It gives a website that you can access from home to see how your child is doing with AR. It's pretty awesome! You can also set it up, so that you can receive email results each time your child takes an AR test. Be sure to check this out!
The week we get back from Spring Break, will be conference time. I do conferences a little different than most. I do student-led conferences. Please look for the link about this type of conferencing on the right. I will be sending the following note home on Monday, March 22. If, however, you already know a time and would like to email me, please feel free to do so.
Dear Parents,
For the last several years, I have held student-led conferences. This is a type of conference where your child gets to be in charge. Your child will greet you with a letter. He/She will go over his/her strengths and weaknesses, as well as his/her report card. He/She will then take you on an adventure in our classroom. You will get to have a chance to take a peek at a typical day in our classroom. I have had wonderful response from both my students and parents using this type of conferencing. It seems to give the children ownership of the choices they make, as well as a chance to analyze themselves on what they are good at and what they struggle at. It gives them focus too. As for parents, it helps you to see your child in a different light. You may walk away having learned something about your child that you didn’t know before. The time during conferencing is a good connecting time. Please cut off and fill out the form and return it to me. If after these student-led conferences, you would like to talk to me personally, please let me know and we can schedule a time to meet.
Respectfully,
Child’s Name_______________
Thursday, 3-25 Friday, 3-26
3:15-3:45_____ 8:30-9:00_____
3:45-4:15_____ 9:00-9:30_____
4:15-4:45_____ 9:30-10:00____
4:45-5:15_____ 10:00-10:30____
5:15-5:45_____
5:45-6:15_____
6:15-6:45_____
6:45-7:15_____
Here is what's ahead for the week after Spring Break:
Reading - We will continue with our dog theme. The kids have been reading great 4th and 5th grade level books like Shiloh, Because of Winn Dixie, and News for Dogs. They've been passing AR tests like crazy! They are currently working with a partner creating a poster advertising one of these books. We will finish these posters when we get back from Spring Break. We will also read a nonfiction dog book and do a nonfiction book report. The skill we will focus on this week is inference.
Spelling - List 24 on spellingcity.com (spellings of /shun/)
English - We will choose a dog breed to research and create a dog book.
Math - Relating fractions to decimals on a number line, adding and subtracting decimals
We will be testing 3 weeks after Spring Break. There are so many objectives the children are tested on, that we have to move pretty fast. By the time testing gets here, we will have covered most all of our Oklahoma PASS objectives. There are a few concepts, however, that I feel we need to go more in depth on. When testing is behind us, we will be revisiting some concepts to review and some to dive further into.
Science - Geology - crystal experiment, weathering and erosion
Social Studies - Make your way through the USA! This 9 weeks will be spent traipsing through the USA gathering basic information about each state. The goal is to learn about each state. This is somewhat of a race to the finish with the first kids to get all 50 states having 1st pick of a state to do special projects on. We will be working in the computer lab on this project on Thursdays, but the kids may work on this at home as well. A good source online is worldbookonline.com. The password and username both are glenwood. The info sheets for this project are accessible to your child at school. Some of the children have already picked up some sheets and are already on it!!
Today, I sent home a sheet with your child's information in regards to Accelerated Reader. It gives a website that you can access from home to see how your child is doing with AR. It's pretty awesome! You can also set it up, so that you can receive email results each time your child takes an AR test. Be sure to check this out!
The week we get back from Spring Break, will be conference time. I do conferences a little different than most. I do student-led conferences. Please look for the link about this type of conferencing on the right. I will be sending the following note home on Monday, March 22. If, however, you already know a time and would like to email me, please feel free to do so.
Dear Parents,
For the last several years, I have held student-led conferences. This is a type of conference where your child gets to be in charge. Your child will greet you with a letter. He/She will go over his/her strengths and weaknesses, as well as his/her report card. He/She will then take you on an adventure in our classroom. You will get to have a chance to take a peek at a typical day in our classroom. I have had wonderful response from both my students and parents using this type of conferencing. It seems to give the children ownership of the choices they make, as well as a chance to analyze themselves on what they are good at and what they struggle at. It gives them focus too. As for parents, it helps you to see your child in a different light. You may walk away having learned something about your child that you didn’t know before. The time during conferencing is a good connecting time. Please cut off and fill out the form and return it to me. If after these student-led conferences, you would like to talk to me personally, please let me know and we can schedule a time to meet.
Respectfully,
Child’s Name_______________
Thursday, 3-25 Friday, 3-26
3:15-3:45_____ 8:30-9:00_____
3:45-4:15_____ 9:00-9:30_____
4:15-4:45_____ 9:30-10:00____
4:45-5:15_____ 10:00-10:30____
5:15-5:45_____
5:45-6:15_____
6:15-6:45_____
6:45-7:15_____
Thanks for all your support this year and for sharing your beautiful children with me. They are truly precious. Hope you have a wonderful Spring Break!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
FYI
I sent a note home today about the program and where to meet. Boys meet in Mrs. Rust's room and girls meet in my room between 6:05 and 6:10. After the program, wait outside those same classrooms for your child.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
FYI
We need the game Twister for stage decorations. If any of you have that game, please share it with us. We could use more than 1. Thanks!
The kids asked if we could NOT take a break from spelling enrichment. How could I say no to that?! It is list 23.5 on spellingcity.com.
This month, we are reading dog books and will be doing some dog projects after Spring Break. I am reading The Autobiography of a Stray to the kids. It is a wonderful, somewhat heartbreaking story of life through a stray. The children are feeling moved to have a donation drive for our local SPCA. We brainstormed a list of items that we could donate. They include:
treats
collars
blankets
towels
toys
shampoo
bowls
These donations can be for either a cat or a dog. This is of course totally optional. I've had several classes choose to do this project and all found it to be very rewarding. I have the SPCA come and talk to the kids about what they do and they also teach a mini animal care course. They then take our donations. It's a pretty neat day! If you would like to donate something, we will be collecting donations over the next few weeks.
The kids asked if we could NOT take a break from spelling enrichment. How could I say no to that?! It is list 23.5 on spellingcity.com.
This month, we are reading dog books and will be doing some dog projects after Spring Break. I am reading The Autobiography of a Stray to the kids. It is a wonderful, somewhat heartbreaking story of life through a stray. The children are feeling moved to have a donation drive for our local SPCA. We brainstormed a list of items that we could donate. They include:
treats
collars
blankets
towels
toys
shampoo
bowls
These donations can be for either a cat or a dog. This is of course totally optional. I've had several classes choose to do this project and all found it to be very rewarding. I have the SPCA come and talk to the kids about what they do and they also teach a mini animal care course. They then take our donations. It's a pretty neat day! If you would like to donate something, we will be collecting donations over the next few weeks.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Pictures!
February Debt Free Kids! Good job Nick, Brett, and Brielle!
Camping out with a good book!
Group project working on cause and effect and sequencing with flashback!
Nice shades Austin!!
January Debt Free Kids! Awesome job Bradon, Ryan, and Maddie!
Clay, that apple is almost as big as your head!
Red Day for Read Across America Week! Yeah! We ALL wore red!
Camping out with a good book!
Group project working on cause and effect and sequencing with flashback!
Nice shades Austin!!
January Debt Free Kids! Awesome job Bradon, Ryan, and Maddie!
Clay, that apple is almost as big as your head!
Red Day for Read Across America Week! Yeah! We ALL wore red!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Week of 3/8/10
Hi Families!
This week, we will be very busy practicing for our 4th grade program. The program dress rehearsal is at 1:30 on Thursday and the real performance is at 6:30 Thursday. More info from Ms. Salisbury will follow. It is such a fun play! Can't wait for you to see your cuties!
Agenda:
Reading - We will continue reading our dog books and finding the main ideas of each chapter while we read. When the children are done with their stories, they will fill out a character, problem, solution flip report and work with a partner to create a poster advertising their book. Some of the kids are done with their book already and have started a new dog book. I'm so proud of them!
Math - Relating fractions to decimals, equivalent decimals, and comparing decimals
English - Linking verbs (didn't get to it this past week) and pen pal letters
Social Studies - Wagon types, gold, Alaska and Hawaii Our West location test will be on Thursday and our capital test will be on Friday. Your child will need to take the text book home to study, unless he/she still has the guide I sent home last week. We've been doing a website almost every Thursday practicing all 50 state locations, so most of the kids are pretty good at knowing where all the states are, but the capitals are a different story. Make sure your child knows both things for the West tests.
Science - Geology - We will be studying the layers of the Earth (including an edible model), the 3 types of rocks (We will rock eat too!), and fossils (We will make fossils also!).
Spelling - silent letters (spellingcity.com list 23) We will be taking a spelling enrichment break this week.
We only need 6 postcards to have a postcard from all 50 states! Yeah! This class will be the first class to do this! Those states are: Wyoming, North Dakota, W. Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware. We need Alabama too, but Holly is visiting there right now and will bring it to us when she returns! Thanks to all who have helped us to reach our goal! I will tell you about a new challenge for the kids involving the states soon!
This week, we will be very busy practicing for our 4th grade program. The program dress rehearsal is at 1:30 on Thursday and the real performance is at 6:30 Thursday. More info from Ms. Salisbury will follow. It is such a fun play! Can't wait for you to see your cuties!
Agenda:
Reading - We will continue reading our dog books and finding the main ideas of each chapter while we read. When the children are done with their stories, they will fill out a character, problem, solution flip report and work with a partner to create a poster advertising their book. Some of the kids are done with their book already and have started a new dog book. I'm so proud of them!
Math - Relating fractions to decimals, equivalent decimals, and comparing decimals
English - Linking verbs (didn't get to it this past week) and pen pal letters
Social Studies - Wagon types, gold, Alaska and Hawaii Our West location test will be on Thursday and our capital test will be on Friday. Your child will need to take the text book home to study, unless he/she still has the guide I sent home last week. We've been doing a website almost every Thursday practicing all 50 state locations, so most of the kids are pretty good at knowing where all the states are, but the capitals are a different story. Make sure your child knows both things for the West tests.
Science - Geology - We will be studying the layers of the Earth (including an edible model), the 3 types of rocks (We will rock eat too!), and fossils (We will make fossils also!).
Spelling - silent letters (spellingcity.com list 23) We will be taking a spelling enrichment break this week.
We only need 6 postcards to have a postcard from all 50 states! Yeah! This class will be the first class to do this! Those states are: Wyoming, North Dakota, W. Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware. We need Alabama too, but Holly is visiting there right now and will bring it to us when she returns! Thanks to all who have helped us to reach our goal! I will tell you about a new challenge for the kids involving the states soon!
Monday, March 1, 2010
T-shirt sizes needed
If you haven't sent back the note requesting your child's T-shirt size, please do so. If you have lost the form, just send a note with a size and your signature. Thank you! We really need these back tomorrow.
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