Important Announcements:
*Jump
Rope for Heart money is due on Monday, February 3rd!
*The spring
party is fast approaching. The upcoming spring party will take
place on 2/14 from 2:30 -3:15. Mrs. Fought has put together a list of
things that will be needed for party.
If you would like to attend the party
that would be great! If you can donate to the class party or attend
please email me @ lsinclairfought@hotmail.com. Any
donation will be helpful!! Thanks for your help.
*We took the SRI test on Wednesday. I sent home a chart with your child’s
progress on Wednesday. Many students
improved their scores, and I am really proud of the progress they are making
overall!
*On Monday I will be telling the students
about a reading competition that will start next week and extend until Spring
Break. If your child reads or listens to a book
(either at school or at home), and it has a reading counts quiz on it, he/she
can take the quiz during reading stations.
The books that are in the database (and many books are) have assigned
point values. If your child passes the
test, he/she will get a sticker for every point the book has to put on his/her
sticker chart. When your child fills one
sticker chart, he / she will earn a token.
When your child fills the second sticker chart, he/she will be invited
to a special pizza party with Miss Whisman.
Your child will have until Spring Break to complete this reading
challenge!
*I am starting to transition the class
into taking their weekly reading tests on the computer. Many students completed the test on the
computer today. I hope to have ALL
students transitioned to the computer by next week. If your child took the test on the computer
today, he/she will have a score sheet stapled to a blank reading test. In third grade your child will be taking high
stakes standardized testing on the computer.
I am hoping that by getting them used to testing on the computer this
year, it will not be such a difficult transition on them at the beginning of
third grade.
*I think we are all going a little stir
crazy! With our many two – hour delays
causing us to have different schedules and not being able to go outside for
recess, we are really struggling with behavior right now. If you check Class Dojo (and you really
should!) you may have noticed this. I am
confident that we will be able to turn this around soon!
*Just
a reminder that if we have a two-hour delay on a Wednesday that it will NOT be
an early release day. Students would be
released at the normal time of 3:40.
*Snow
days will be made up the first week of June.
As of now, we WILL have school on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
and 5th.
*Our next school-wide goal
for behavior tickets by the end of the 3rd nine weeks is 25,000.
*Time with Teachers will be
held on February 4th from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
*The next All-Pro Dad’s event
will take place on Friday, February 7th at 7:45 a.m.
*The week of February 10th
– 14th we will be having a Book Fair at school!
*February
17th: NO SCHOOL President’s Day/ Orange Leaf Fundraiser
*February
20th: PTSG Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
*February
24th-28th: Read Across America Week
*March
7th: Spring Fling 6-9 p.m.
*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
Science/ Health
Forces of Motion
Spelling
Syllable Patterns (compound words)
Reading
Story: The Night
the Moon Fell
Skill: plot and theme
Math
Estimating Weights; Comparing Arm Spans; Find the Middle
Value
Social Studies
Black History Month activities
English/Writing
Creative stories
