Friday, September 20, 2013

Weekly Update 09/20/13


Important Announcements:

*Children that were drawn from the paw bucket last week: Atta, Taylor, and Kade.  Way to go! 

*Children that were drawn from the paw bucket this week: Atta and Deyonna.  Yippee! 

*We had a fantastic Dog Jog event today.  I would like to thank the parents that were able to volunteer and make our event such a successful one!  Money raised from the Dog Jog event is due back to school by October 1st. 

*Spelling words went home today in the Family Times newsletter printed on yellow paper.  They always go home the Friday before so that your child has a week to study them.  The words can be found under Day 4, and they are highlighted.  The words for next week are: didn’t, hadn’t, haven’t, he’s, I’ll, I’m, isn’t, it’s, she’s, can’t, aren’t, who’s.  We do take the tests on the computer using www.spellingcity.com/awhisman.  You may want to help your child practice capitalizing, spacing, and finding the apostrophe on the keyboard.  Your child will be counted wrong for not capitalizing the I in I’ll and I’m on the computer.  I will be more lenient when it comes to using the apostrophe and spacing. 

*Our next All-Pro Dad’s event will take place on Friday, October 4th.  You can learn more about the event by checking out the flier that is attached to the weekly e-mail.  You can also visit this link: http://www.allprodad.com/3634 to learn more. 

*Mrs. Dziadosz and Mrs. Fowler are already preparing for our Veteran’s Day program.  Please see the flier attached to the weekly e-mail if you would like to honor a veteran during the program! 

*Brownsburg Education Foundation (BEF) is currently holding its annual Yankee Candle sale.  This fundraiser also directly benefits the Brownsburg Community Schools, and I have been able to write several grants throughout my years of teaching that BEF has funded.  I encourage you to participate in this fundraiser if you can. 

*I believe in building relationships with the children both inside my classroom and outside the classroom.  If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports, dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come! 

*The blog will also be updated with this information as well so if you need to see it again visit http://misswhisman.blogspot.com .

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health

Solids, liquids, gases

Spelling

contractions

Reading

Story: Abraham Lincoln

Skill: Author’s Purpose

Math

Review Unit 2; Unit 2 Test; Place Value; How Much Does It Cost?

Social Studies

Government

English/Writing

Writing paragraphs