Weekly Update 01/20/12

Important Announcements:

*Delaney celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, January 18^th. Happy Birthday, Delaney!

*Earlier this week information was sent home about the PTSG fundraiser Time with Teachers. If you would like your child to participate, please fill out the form and return it to school by Monday, January 23^rd. Thanks!

*Volunteers needed! I have two days next week that I will need parent volunteers for math. The first opportunity is Wednesday, January 25^th and the second is Thursday, January 26^th. I would need you from 12:40 – 1:15. If you are available and want to help, please let me know! Tell me which day or days you would like to come in. I really appreciate it!

*For our math lesson on Wednesday, we are going to be using bathroom scales. However, I do not have the type of scale we need. If you have a bathroom scale that is NOT electronic and you would be okay with us using it on Wednesday, please let me know! Thanks!

*Special events next week:

Tuesday, January 24^th: Meteorologist presentation at 9:15

Wednesday, January 25^th: Snack sale $0.50

Friday, January 27^th: Owl presentation 9:00

*Spring Fling will be held on Friday, March 2nd. Our classroom is collecting items to create a school themed basket. If you would like to donate any school items such as pencils, erasers, notepads, binders, etc. for our basket, we would greatly appreciate it!

*The cold weather is definitely upon us! Many students have been coming to school with only a sweatshirt. Please make sure your child is properly dressed with a warm winter coat, hats, and gloves. Thanks!

*Inclement weather is definitely a possibility as we get into colder weather. If there is a two hour delay on a Wednesday, students will NOT be dismissed early. They will be sent home at the normal time (3:35 for car riders and 3:45 for bus riders).

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Tuesday, January 3rd. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for fifteen minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for fifteen minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on January 31st. The program will continue through March.

*Mark your calendars! We will be doing the Micronauts training at the Challenger Learning Center on Friday, March 9, 2012. For this training, we will need at least ten parent volunteers. We will be leaving school around 9:15 a.m. and returning in time for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Permission slips will be sent home closer to time.

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Sun, Moon, and Stars

Spelling

Words with oi and oy

Reading
Story: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Skills: Cause and Effect

Daily Five: Listen to Reading; fluency practice

Math

Who Scored More Points?, Doubles and Halves, Estimating Weights, and Comparing Arm Spans

Social Studies

Unit 4

English

Adjectives

Writing

Personal narratives and Star of the Week writing

Weekly Update 01/13/12

Important Announcements:

*Book orders will be sent home on Friday. They are due back on Friday, January 20^th. If you would like to order online, the code is: GVCWL.

*There is no school on Monday, January 16^th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

*Our Unit 6 math test will take place on Wednesday, January 18^th.

*Spring Fling will be held on Friday, March 2nd. Our classroom will be collecting items to create a school themed basket. If you would like to donate any school items, that would be great! More information will be coming soon.

*The cold weather is definitely upon us! Many students have been coming to school with only a sweatshirt. Please make sure your child is properly dressed with a warm winter coat, hats, and gloves. Thanks!

*Inclement weather is definitely a possibility as we get into colder weather. If there is a two hour delay on a Wednesday, students will NOT be dismissed early. They will be sent home at the normal time (3:35 for car riders and 3:45 for bus riders).

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Tuesday, January 3rd. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for fifteen minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for fifteen minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on January 31st. The program will continue through March.

*Mark your calendars! We will be doing the Micronauts training at the Challenger Learning Center on Friday, March 9, 2012. For this training, we will need at least ten parent volunteers. We will be leaving school around 9:15 a.m. and returning in time for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Permission slips will be sent home closer to time.

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Sun, Moon, and Stars

Spelling

Words with ou and ow

Reading
Story: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash

Skills: Cause and Effect

Daily Five: Listen to Reading; fluency practice

Math

Review for unit 6 test, Unit 6 test (Wed.) Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, finding missing addends

Social Studies

Martin Luther King, Jr. activities

English

Pronouns

Writing

Personal narratives and Star of the Week writing

Weekly Update 01/06/12

Important Announcements:

*Welcome back to school! I hope that everyone had a wonderful and restful break.

*Bailey Kaufman celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, January 4^th! Happy Birthday, Bailey!

*Our school is participating in the Super Kids – Super Sharing program. This is a Super Bowl XLVI community initiative that puts books, sports equipment, and school supplies into the hands of local children in need. You can help by bringing in your gently used or new items to school and place them in the Super Kids – Super Sharing collection box in the front lobby. All types of sports equipment, school supplies, and all reading levels of books are needed. Thanks!

*Your child will need to bring an item that they own on Tuesday. It should be something small that can fit in his/her backpack. We will be using these items in our possessive noun lessons. Thanks!

*This week we started taking our spelling tests using the Spelling City website. The students did a great job with this!

*Report cards for the second nine weeks will be available online starting Friday, January 6^th.

*The cold weather is definitely upon us! Many students have been coming to school with only a sweatshirt. Please make sure your child is properly dressed with a warm winter coat, hats, and gloves. Thanks!

*Inclement weather is definitely a possibility as we get into colder weather. If there is a two hour delay on a Wednesday, students will NOT be dismissed early. They will be sent home at the normal time (3:35 for car riders and 3:45 for bus riders).

*New Book-It calendars were sent home on Tuesday, January 3rd. Use the calendar to track the number of minutes your child reads. If he/she reads for fifteen minutes, he/she can color in the date on the calendar. In order to earn the free personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, your child will need to read for fifteen minutes, four times a week. The calendar is due back on January 31st. The program will continue through March.

*Mark your calendars! We will be doing the Micronauts training at the Challenger Learning Center on Friday, March 9, 2012. For this training, we will need at least ten parent volunteers. We will be leaving school around 9:15 a.m. and returning in time for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Permission slips will be sent home closer to time.

A Look at the week of January 2nd:

Science/ Health
Sun, Moon, and Stars

Spelling

Words that end with -ies

Reading
Story: Pumpkin Fiesta

Skills: Predicting Outcomes and Problem/Solution

Daily Five: Listen to Reading; fluency practice

Math

How Many? (skip counting/repeat addition), Arrays, and Division

Social Studies

Unit 4

English

Possessive Nouns

Writing

Sentences and Star Student Writing