I can't believe this is the last post of this school year! Time really does fly! So glad we had such a great family turnout this past Friday. Your kids were anxious all day about it! It meant a lot that you came. :) Well this week, I will basically be babysitting! Ha! We will be doing a variety of things from Haircut Day on our grassheads, making memory books, and spending time with our kindergarten buddies to watching a movie, cleaning the classroom, and having Grizzly Day! It should be a fun last week of school! As I stated before, I will miss your sweet babies. I wish them many blessings and lots of happiness!
Tuesday will be our auction! The children have been working towards this day all year. Some of them have managed to save a lot of money, and some not so much, but everyone will get something! :) Many of the children were debt free which met they were able to buy their desks and not pay rent which enabled them to save more each month. A couple even managed to buy someone else's desk! Some children saved more each month because they didn't purchase much at the class store. I also gave bonus bucks for test scores that were a C or better. I gave bonus money to those children that went above and beyond what was required as well. Accelerated Reading earned $1 per AR point. Briley came in first in AR with a whopping 657 points, so she will get $657! Wow Briley! Congratulations! Roy came in second with 262 points! Good Job Roy! Cooper came in third with 188, Shelby O. with 186 and Sydney with 165! Super work Cooper, Shelby and Sydney! I had over half the class earn over 100 AR points this year! I am so proud of all my kiddos though because all of them either met our class reading goal or the individual goal I set for them! Another way to earn bonus bucks was to do spelling enrichment and participate in the Brainiac Club. In spelling enrichment, Jack takes 1st place with 182 points! He will earn $182! Awesome Jack! Ellie takes 2nd with 169 points and Kayla takes 3rd with 149 points! Super job Ellie and Kayla! Brennan, Shelby O. and Roy participated as well and will be earning bonus bucks too! I'm proud of you! As for the Brainiac Club, Jaycee takes top honor with completing 24 mini assignments! I am giving double bonus points for the Brainiac Club, so Jaycee will earn $48! You rock Jaycee! Other participants were Jack, Shelby O., Ellie, Lexi, Cooper, Ben and Sydney! Good job kids for going above and beyond what was expected!
Wednesday will be the school awards assembly. Awards will be given out by the librarian for AR, the P.E. teachers for Little Olympics, and the music teacher for Tri-State.
Thursday(weather permitting) will be Grizzly Day, so be sure and send your child to school in play clothes and shoes.
Friday will be a Game and Feed. Your child can bring a game to school (electronic is allowed too) as well as a snack and drink. That's about all. :) Have a terrific summer!! I will see you next year!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Week of May 9th
This will be a crazy, busy week, but a fun one!!
Reading - Historical Fiction
Spelling - List 23 on spellingcity.com List 23.5 is enriched
English - Parts of speech review and editing sentences
Math - Long Division (2 digit divisors), Math review, and Algebra
Science - Plants
Social Studies - State research in computer lab
Art - Marble Mazes (We were too busy last week to get to this!)
Things to remember:
Little Olympics field trip - Monday morning (buses leave at 8:05) (kids can bring money for concession)
Leonardo's field trip - Wednesday - remember to pay your $5 admission fee (sponsors are $5 as well) Buses will leave Glenwood at about 9:45 and return around 2:30. Sponsors can ride with us or meet us at Leonardo's.
State Floats are due Thursday.
Family Day is this Friday at 1:30. It should last around 30 minutes. Please try to come. It is very important to your child. You will enjoy it! :)
Reading - Historical Fiction
Spelling - List 23 on spellingcity.com List 23.5 is enriched
English - Parts of speech review and editing sentences
Math - Long Division (2 digit divisors), Math review, and Algebra
Science - Plants
Social Studies - State research in computer lab
Art - Marble Mazes (We were too busy last week to get to this!)
Things to remember:
Little Olympics field trip - Monday morning (buses leave at 8:05) (kids can bring money for concession)
Leonardo's field trip - Wednesday - remember to pay your $5 admission fee (sponsors are $5 as well) Buses will leave Glenwood at about 9:45 and return around 2:30. Sponsors can ride with us or meet us at Leonardo's.
State Floats are due Thursday.
Family Day is this Friday at 1:30. It should last around 30 minutes. Please try to come. It is very important to your child. You will enjoy it! :)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Week of May 2nd
Hello Families! Here is this week's happenings:
Reading - We will begin partner historical fiction books this week.
Spelling - List 22 on spellingcity.com (ight,ought, and aught words) Enriched - List 22.5
Math - We will be revisiting long division this week with a jump into 2 digit divisors. We will also continue do do morning math review of previously learned skills.
Social Studies - Great News! Everyone passed their online 50 state location test with 100%!!! I'm so proud of them! This week, I will send home directions for the state float project and will post a link to some pictures of last year's floats. All the children have chosen a state now to research. We will also be doing a couple of projects on states in the computer lab.
Science - We will finish up our unit on geology this week. We will also learn more about our butterflies, write in our observation journals and do a plant project.
English - This week we will finish up our last two poems for our poetry folder and choose our favorite for our PowerPoint presentation. We will also continue to work on parts of speech, punctuation and capitalization.
*Don't forget that the Egg Drop containers are due on Friday. Mr. Starks has graciously volunteered his time and bucket truck to drop the containers! It will be such a fun event!
*Thank you to those that have donated an auction item or have signed up to donate an item! I GREATLY APPRECIATE it! You can send your donation anytime. The auction is coming up in about 2 weeks.
We still need 2 more Leonardo's volunteers for our field trip. I know it's a busy time of year and many of your work, so I TOTALLY understand. We are just kind of in a crunch because we have to have 1 adult per 5 children to go. I know many of you are trying or have tried to work something out in order to come! Thanks for trying!!
We will be doing a cool project on Friday. We will be constructing marble mazes. I will provide white index cards for the children, but many of the children have expressed interest in making a colorful marble maze like some of my former students have made. If your child wants to make a colorful marble maze, you can find a pkg. of 100 fluorescent index cards at Walmart for $1.88. One package will be plenty. This purchase is of course optional. I know sometimes you get a different story at home.....like the fact that they HAD to have a motorcycle for their Mouse House. I told them that was OPTIONAL too. A couple of my sweet kiddos, I know, told their parents they had to have it. :0 Children! If you only knew the stories I hear at school! Ha ha! I will believe half of what I hear if you will do the same! Hee hee!
*Don't forget to look at the A to Z Countdown Calendar for this week's topics! :)
Reading - We will begin partner historical fiction books this week.
Spelling - List 22 on spellingcity.com (ight,ought, and aught words) Enriched - List 22.5
Math - We will be revisiting long division this week with a jump into 2 digit divisors. We will also continue do do morning math review of previously learned skills.
Social Studies - Great News! Everyone passed their online 50 state location test with 100%!!! I'm so proud of them! This week, I will send home directions for the state float project and will post a link to some pictures of last year's floats. All the children have chosen a state now to research. We will also be doing a couple of projects on states in the computer lab.
Science - We will finish up our unit on geology this week. We will also learn more about our butterflies, write in our observation journals and do a plant project.
English - This week we will finish up our last two poems for our poetry folder and choose our favorite for our PowerPoint presentation. We will also continue to work on parts of speech, punctuation and capitalization.
*Don't forget that the Egg Drop containers are due on Friday. Mr. Starks has graciously volunteered his time and bucket truck to drop the containers! It will be such a fun event!
*Thank you to those that have donated an auction item or have signed up to donate an item! I GREATLY APPRECIATE it! You can send your donation anytime. The auction is coming up in about 2 weeks.
We still need 2 more Leonardo's volunteers for our field trip. I know it's a busy time of year and many of your work, so I TOTALLY understand. We are just kind of in a crunch because we have to have 1 adult per 5 children to go. I know many of you are trying or have tried to work something out in order to come! Thanks for trying!!
We will be doing a cool project on Friday. We will be constructing marble mazes. I will provide white index cards for the children, but many of the children have expressed interest in making a colorful marble maze like some of my former students have made. If your child wants to make a colorful marble maze, you can find a pkg. of 100 fluorescent index cards at Walmart for $1.88. One package will be plenty. This purchase is of course optional. I know sometimes you get a different story at home.....like the fact that they HAD to have a motorcycle for their Mouse House. I told them that was OPTIONAL too. A couple of my sweet kiddos, I know, told their parents they had to have it. :0 Children! If you only knew the stories I hear at school! Ha ha! I will believe half of what I hear if you will do the same! Hee hee!
*Don't forget to look at the A to Z Countdown Calendar for this week's topics! :)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Week of April 25th
Happy Easter to all my kiddos and their families!! Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend!
Testing is this week! Please make sure your children get adequate rest and a good breakfast. :) We will be testing in the mornings Monday through Thursday. Testing works up a good appetite, so you might want to pack your child a good snack too. Our afternoons will be focused mostly on science and social studies. In science, we will be looking at rock types and minerals, doing an experiment, and rock eating :). We will also be learning more about the butterfly larvae we have in our classroom. In social studies, we will be doing some USA work. I have 18 children that have passed their online 50 state location quiz on expert level with a 100%!! I am super proud of them. I know the rest will make it as well!! Several of the children are now working on passing their 50 state capitals quiz with an A and several have passed it and have now moved on to locating countries in Africa and Asia. Four students have even made it to Europe! Wow! They are blowing me away!
In celebration of testing being over, we will have a POP Party on Friday. The children may bring anything that has the word pop in it such as.......popcorn (popped please), pop, pop rocks, popsicles, pop tarts, etc.
Don't forget to look at the A to Z countdown calendar. Tomorrow afternoon is Game Day. Also, don't forget to return the letter I sent last week if you can help out with the auction or Leonardo's. I really need your help. Thanks so much!
Testing is this week! Please make sure your children get adequate rest and a good breakfast. :) We will be testing in the mornings Monday through Thursday. Testing works up a good appetite, so you might want to pack your child a good snack too. Our afternoons will be focused mostly on science and social studies. In science, we will be looking at rock types and minerals, doing an experiment, and rock eating :). We will also be learning more about the butterfly larvae we have in our classroom. In social studies, we will be doing some USA work. I have 18 children that have passed their online 50 state location quiz on expert level with a 100%!! I am super proud of them. I know the rest will make it as well!! Several of the children are now working on passing their 50 state capitals quiz with an A and several have passed it and have now moved on to locating countries in Africa and Asia. Four students have even made it to Europe! Wow! They are blowing me away!
In celebration of testing being over, we will have a POP Party on Friday. The children may bring anything that has the word pop in it such as.......popcorn (popped please), pop, pop rocks, popsicles, pop tarts, etc.
Don't forget to look at the A to Z countdown calendar. Tomorrow afternoon is Game Day. Also, don't forget to return the letter I sent last week if you can help out with the auction or Leonardo's. I really need your help. Thanks so much!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Week of April 18th
Hi Families! Check out the kids' space habitats below! Here is this week's agenda:
Reading and Math - Test Prep
No spelling for 2 weeks (due to test prep and testing)
Science - Geology (Fun unit!) :)
Social Studies - We will finish up our West unit. The children will have a West location test on Wednesday and the West capitals test on Friday. I sent home a study guide this past Friday. Hopefully, it made it home. :) We will also begin doing some USA assignments. They are working on locating all 50 states on a website located on my blog under USA. Some of the children are really close to getting all 50 already! Yeah!!
English - Poetry
Don't forget to look at the A to Z calendar I sent home last week. Monday is Beach Towel Day so the children may bring a beach towel to read on outside. Tuesday is Candy Day so they may bring their favorite candy to school to eat.
Reading and Math - Test Prep
No spelling for 2 weeks (due to test prep and testing)
Science - Geology (Fun unit!) :)
Social Studies - We will finish up our West unit. The children will have a West location test on Wednesday and the West capitals test on Friday. I sent home a study guide this past Friday. Hopefully, it made it home. :) We will also begin doing some USA assignments. They are working on locating all 50 states on a website located on my blog under USA. Some of the children are really close to getting all 50 already! Yeah!!
English - Poetry
Don't forget to look at the A to Z calendar I sent home last week. Monday is Beach Towel Day so the children may bring a beach towel to read on outside. Tuesday is Candy Day so they may bring their favorite candy to school to eat.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Week of April 11th
Hey Families! Hope all is well with everyone!! I can't believe we have only 6 weeks left! This is when I start to get a little teary. I truly love your children and will miss them so very much! The children have been working so hard and I am super proud of them!! Here is this week's agenda:
Reading - We will be finishing up The Mouse and the Motorcycle book this week! The children and I are really enjoying it! Their homework project for this story is to collect a shoebox and items that will create a mouse house for Ralph. We will make the mouse house in class on April 22nd, but they need to be collecting items and can bring them to school anytime. We talked about making furniture out of egg cartons, wallpaper out of scrapbook paper, etc. The children are creative. I'm sure they can think of a lot of things! :) They were coming up with quite a few things when we talked about it yesterday! We will make Ralph out of clay. It should be a fun project!
Math - Fractions - reducing fractions and adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators We will also continue to REVIEW everything we've learned this year!
English - We will finish up our online stories this week in computer lab. Please help your child at home if he/she needs pictures scanned and please also edit your child's work. The stories are due in completion by Friday. Thank you to those that sent the signed order forms back on time. I sent a new copy to those that didn't. I NEED them by Monday. I have to send them to the company before our production date happens. Remember, you don't have to order a book for your child to get a free one. I just need the form signed and returned. Also this week, we will continue to work on poetry.
Spelling - List 21 on spellingcity.com and List 21.5 is enriched
Social Studies - We will begin studying the final region, the West, of our country this week. We will look at the states within this region as well as landforms, resources, and economy. We will also talk about the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, as well as other key events in this region's history. The test over the state locations and capitals will be next week.
Science - We will finish up our unit on the body. There will be a test over the main organ locations and their functions on Friday. We will create a study guide on Tuesday for them to take home.
That's about all! Our Countdown to Summer Vacation starts on Friday! Friday will be "A" Day. A stands for Art, so we will have an artist from Leonardo's come and do a cool art project with the kids! Fun! Look for the A to Z list on Monday!
****ALSO***** I forgot to put down an important event on the "Dates of Important Events and Projects" list I sent home. Oops! Friday is our school's Spring Fling! This is a very fun event! You should have received a few papers by now about this event and how you can help as well as how to buy tickets and how much they are. You don't want to miss it! I go every year and have a lot of fun. I am anxious to take Eli this year!
One more thing......I promised the children they could have a Read and Feed in their Space Habitats on Friday. They may bring a snack and drink to school then. Make sure their drink has a cap/lid. They may also bring a stuffed animal. After our Read and Feed, we will have a drawing to determine who gets to win the Space Habitats. By the way, they did awesome constructing their habitats!! This was a challenging, higher level thinking activity, but they rose to the challenge. I will post pictures and video soon of this project!!
Reading - We will be finishing up The Mouse and the Motorcycle book this week! The children and I are really enjoying it! Their homework project for this story is to collect a shoebox and items that will create a mouse house for Ralph. We will make the mouse house in class on April 22nd, but they need to be collecting items and can bring them to school anytime. We talked about making furniture out of egg cartons, wallpaper out of scrapbook paper, etc. The children are creative. I'm sure they can think of a lot of things! :) They were coming up with quite a few things when we talked about it yesterday! We will make Ralph out of clay. It should be a fun project!
Math - Fractions - reducing fractions and adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators We will also continue to REVIEW everything we've learned this year!
English - We will finish up our online stories this week in computer lab. Please help your child at home if he/she needs pictures scanned and please also edit your child's work. The stories are due in completion by Friday. Thank you to those that sent the signed order forms back on time. I sent a new copy to those that didn't. I NEED them by Monday. I have to send them to the company before our production date happens. Remember, you don't have to order a book for your child to get a free one. I just need the form signed and returned. Also this week, we will continue to work on poetry.
Spelling - List 21 on spellingcity.com and List 21.5 is enriched
Social Studies - We will begin studying the final region, the West, of our country this week. We will look at the states within this region as well as landforms, resources, and economy. We will also talk about the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, as well as other key events in this region's history. The test over the state locations and capitals will be next week.
Science - We will finish up our unit on the body. There will be a test over the main organ locations and their functions on Friday. We will create a study guide on Tuesday for them to take home.
That's about all! Our Countdown to Summer Vacation starts on Friday! Friday will be "A" Day. A stands for Art, so we will have an artist from Leonardo's come and do a cool art project with the kids! Fun! Look for the A to Z list on Monday!
****ALSO***** I forgot to put down an important event on the "Dates of Important Events and Projects" list I sent home. Oops! Friday is our school's Spring Fling! This is a very fun event! You should have received a few papers by now about this event and how you can help as well as how to buy tickets and how much they are. You don't want to miss it! I go every year and have a lot of fun. I am anxious to take Eli this year!
One more thing......I promised the children they could have a Read and Feed in their Space Habitats on Friday. They may bring a snack and drink to school then. Make sure their drink has a cap/lid. They may also bring a stuffed animal. After our Read and Feed, we will have a drawing to determine who gets to win the Space Habitats. By the way, they did awesome constructing their habitats!! This was a challenging, higher level thinking activity, but they rose to the challenge. I will post pictures and video soon of this project!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Week of April 4th
Hey Families!! Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather! So glad it's Spring! Can't wait to dig in the dirt and start planting flowers! It's therapeutic to me! :) Whew! Last week was one busy, but productive week! I'm so proud of how hard the children worked! I sent home an agenda for the remainder of the school year. I told the kids to post it somewhere in a safe, visible place. Here is what the week ahead looks like:
Reading - We are going to be reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary as a class. We will be doing comprehension questions with each chapter as well as studying some of the vocabulary used in the story. *Remember* The children's Cereal Box Book Report is due this Friday. This report is over the story they just finished.
Math - Measurement ...... After measurement, we will have covered everything that is in our state testing. We will continue to review everything, but we will also revisit fractions now to do a more in depth study of that concept. I always cover concepts that we will test over first, to make sure they are prepared, then I go back and do more expanded lessons on certain concepts to prepare them for 5th grade. 5th grade curriculum is way more intense. This week in fractions, we will begin by finding equivalent fractions, and changing mixed and improper fractions.
Spelling - List 20 on spellingcity.com.......List 20.5 is the enriched list.
Social Studies - We will do a week long unit on the Southwest Region of our country. This region has only 4 states in it! One of the states is Oklahoma. We have already covered Oklahoma history which also encompassed the whole region for the most part. We will take a look at our region's land and resources as well as learn about the Navajo Indians and compare/contrast the Trail of Tears to the Long Walk. We will have our location/capital test on these 4 states and their capitals on Friday.
Science - Body
English - We will be writing poems this week and taking a look at different types of poems. We will also continue to use our computer time to type our online stories. Your child may want you to help them download some pictures from home. Please take the time to do this as well as help to edit your child's story. This is a very special project! You will be amazed at the quality of the book. I will be sending home a letter/order form this week. You may choose to buy copies, but your child will get one free book regardless of a purchase.! Isn't that great?! In order to get the free book, the letter home has to be signed by a parent. Please look for that and get it signed and sent back.
Please consider volunteering for our field trip in May to Leonardo's. I need 4 more adults in order to go. Please let me know if you can come. We will leave school around 9:45 and return around 2:30. The cost will be $5 per person, both children and sponsors. Club membership doesn't count....so sorry. I will begin to collect money in a few weeks. Let me know if you can volunteer. :) It is an awesome day!!
Reading - We are going to be reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary as a class. We will be doing comprehension questions with each chapter as well as studying some of the vocabulary used in the story. *Remember* The children's Cereal Box Book Report is due this Friday. This report is over the story they just finished.
Math - Measurement ...... After measurement, we will have covered everything that is in our state testing. We will continue to review everything, but we will also revisit fractions now to do a more in depth study of that concept. I always cover concepts that we will test over first, to make sure they are prepared, then I go back and do more expanded lessons on certain concepts to prepare them for 5th grade. 5th grade curriculum is way more intense. This week in fractions, we will begin by finding equivalent fractions, and changing mixed and improper fractions.
Spelling - List 20 on spellingcity.com.......List 20.5 is the enriched list.
Social Studies - We will do a week long unit on the Southwest Region of our country. This region has only 4 states in it! One of the states is Oklahoma. We have already covered Oklahoma history which also encompassed the whole region for the most part. We will take a look at our region's land and resources as well as learn about the Navajo Indians and compare/contrast the Trail of Tears to the Long Walk. We will have our location/capital test on these 4 states and their capitals on Friday.
Science - Body
English - We will be writing poems this week and taking a look at different types of poems. We will also continue to use our computer time to type our online stories. Your child may want you to help them download some pictures from home. Please take the time to do this as well as help to edit your child's story. This is a very special project! You will be amazed at the quality of the book. I will be sending home a letter/order form this week. You may choose to buy copies, but your child will get one free book regardless of a purchase.! Isn't that great?! In order to get the free book, the letter home has to be signed by a parent. Please look for that and get it signed and sent back.
Please consider volunteering for our field trip in May to Leonardo's. I need 4 more adults in order to go. Please let me know if you can come. We will leave school around 9:45 and return around 2:30. The cost will be $5 per person, both children and sponsors. Club membership doesn't count....so sorry. I will begin to collect money in a few weeks. Let me know if you can volunteer. :) It is an awesome day!!
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