Weekly Update 04/25/14

Important Announcements:

*Caden celebrated his birthday on Monday, April 21^st.  Happy Birthday, Caden!

*Class Dojo was down today so clip-ups and clip-downs were not recorded on it! 

*This week we earned our school-wide behavior goal of 25,000 behavior tickets!  Our outdoor picnic was rained out, but the students still had a great time having a picnic on the cafeteria floor!  Our next behavior ticket goal will be announced soon! 

*We took our April SRI test on Wednesday.  I have sent your child’s report home.  I am pleased with the growth and progress in the students!   

*NEXT WEEK is the last week for our reading competition.  Students will be able to take Reading Counts quizzes every day next week!  I am excited to see how many students I will be eating pizza with! 

*The final PTSG meeting of the year will be held on Thursday, May 2st at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria! 

*All-Pro Dad’s will take place on Friday, May 2^nd at 7:45 a.m. 

*Did you know there is a Box Tops competition currently going on at our school?  The class that brings in the most Box Tops by the end of April gets to duct tape Mrs. Greene to a wall!  How fun would that be?!?!?!?  Bring in those Box Tops and label them with our class’s name! 

*For our poetry unit, your child will need to bring in a picture of something he/she loves.  It can be a picture of your family, a family pet, a favorite animal, favorite food, favorite hobby, etc.  Your child will need to put his/her name on the back of the picture so that it can be returned.  If you have not sent in a picture, please do so by MONDAY.  Thanks! 

*We are going to tie-dye t-shirts for track and field!  In order to do this, I will need for you to send in a plain, white t-shirt for your child.  Please put your child’s name on the t-shirt in permanent marker either on the tag or on the inside collar of the t-shirt.  T-shirts will need to be sent in by Friday, May 16^th. 

*At this point in the year, your child should have mastery of all of his/her addition math and subtraction math facts.  Mastery would be 100% on the five minute weekly time test.  Practice those math facts!  In third grade your child will be expected to have mastery of multiplication and division facts.  I have already introduced multiplication and division to your child, and we will be working more on multiplication and division facts in upcoming chapters.   

*This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, May 17th - Sunday, May 18th from 9:30am-9:30am on the Town Hall Green.  I will be doing Relay for Life this year in honor of all of my family members that have fought cancer, but especially in memory of my father that lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in January of 2012.  This is a family friendly event so join our team!  It's going to be a lot of fun and we hope you will join in to make a huge difference!  You can join our team by visiting our team page at: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1501859&pg=team&fr_id=58499&fl=en_US&et=jBA1EedW0kb81W1fpTi0wA&s_tafId=1292306

*Tickets have been purchased and our field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo is all set for Thursday, May 29^th!  We will be leaving school at 9:00 a.m. and returning by 2:00 p.m.  Your child will need to bring a sack lunch from home that day (unless he/she ordered one from the cafeteria).  Your child will also wear his/her Dog Jog t-shirt from this year.  There will be a lot of people at the zoo the day we are there, and this will help us quickly identify one of our students.  If you are chaperoning, I will be sending you more information!  Thanks! 

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  The rain date will be June 2^nd.  Mark your calendar!  We are in need of about 50 more parent volunteers for track and field.  If you are able to help, please contact Mrs. Hopkins, our gym teacher, and let her know!   

*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

Life Cycles

Spelling

Abbreviations

Reading

Story: Red, White, and Blue

Skill: Author’s Purpose

Math

Review; Unit 10 test; Buying Art Supplies; Comparing Costs

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Poetry

Weekly Update 04/18/14

Important Announcements:

*Laylabelle celebrated her birthday on Sunday, April 13^th.  Happy Birthday, Laylabelle! 

*WOW!  Our second grade raised $344.03 for Relay for Life!  I am so proud of this accomplishment!  Congratulations! 

*The permission trip for our field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo on Thursday, May 29^th was sent home with your child this week.  There is NO COST for students to go on this trip.  If you are interested in chaperoning the trip, there is a $10 charge.  Permission slips are due back no later than Friday, April 25^th. 

*We are scheduled to take our Scholastic Reading Inventory on Wednesday, April 23^rd.  If you are interested in volunteering to listen while a child reads his/her test out loud we would love to have you join us from 9:15 – 10:00!  Let me know if you are planning on coming in to help! 

*On Wednesday, April 23^rd from 10:00 – 11:00, Mrs.  Brown from Hendricks Mental Health will be presenting to the class about autism.  April is Autism Awareness month, and Mrs. Brown does a great job with this presentation.  I am excited she will be doing this! 

*On Friday, April 25^th, Mrs. Kraus will be teaching a lesson to the class from 9:00 – 9:30 on this month’s character trait: acceptance. 

*Did you know there is a Box Tops competition currently going on at our school?  The class that brings in the most Box Tops by the end of April gets to duct tape Mrs. Greene to a wall!  How fun would that be?!?!?!?  Bring in those Box Tops and label them with our class’s name! 

*I have decided to extend the reading competition until the end of April.  I REALLY want to eat pizza with your child!  Spring Break would be a great time to read some books.  Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school! 

*For our poetry unit, your child will need to bring in a picture of something he/she loves.  It can be a picture of your family, a family pet, a favorite animal, favorite food, favorite hobby, etc.  Your child will need to put his/her name on the back of the picture so that it can be returned.  Pictures should have been brought in by Thursday, April 17^th.  If you have not sent in a picture, please do so by MONDAY.  Thanks! 

*At this point in the year, your child should have mastery of all of his/her addition math and subtraction math facts.  Mastery would be 100% on the five minute weekly time test.  Practice those math facts!  In third grade your child will be expected to have mastery of multiplication and division facts.  I have already introduced multiplication and division to your child, and we will be working more on multiplication and division facts in upcoming chapters.   

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*If you are interested in ordering a Delaware Trail Relay for Life t-shirt, order forms were sent home this week.  Please return the order form and money no later than Friday, April 25^th. 

*This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, May 17th - Sunday, May 18th from 9:30am-9:30am on the Town Hall Green.  I will be doing Relay for Life this year in honor of all of my family members that have fought cancer, but especially in memory of my father that lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in January of 2012.  This is a family friendly event so join our team!  It's going to be a lot of fun and we hope you will join in to make a huge difference!  You can join our team by visiting our team page at: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1501859&pg=team&fr_id=58499&fl=en_US&et=jBA1EedW0kb81W1fpTi0wA&s_tafId=1292306

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  The rain date will be June 2^nd.  Mark your calendar!  We are in need of about 50 more parent volunteers for track and field.  If you are able to help, please contact Mrs. Hopkins, our gym teacher, and let her know!   

*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

Life Cycles

Spelling

Words with inflected endings (-er, -est, -ed, -ing

Reading

Story: Just like Josh Gibson

Skill: compare and contrast

Math

Place Value; Counting by 10s, 100s, and 1,000s; 4-Digit and 5-Digit Numbers; Grouping with Parentheses

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Poetry

Weekly Update 04/11/14

Important Announcements:

*Ainsley celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, April 8^th.  Happy Birthday, Ainsley! 

*I have decided to extend the reading competition until the end of April.  I REALLY want to eat pizza with your child!  Spring Break would be a great time to read some books.  Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school! 

*There will be NO spelling or reading homework next week!  Next week would be a great week to spend time reading books for reading counts quizzes! 

*For our poetry unit, your child will need to bring in a picture of something he/she loves.  It can be a picture of your family, a family pet, a favorite animal, favorite food, etc.  Your child will need to put his/her name on the back of the picture so that it can be returned.  Pictures should be brought in by Thursday, April 17^th!  Thanks! 

*At this point in the year, your child should have mastery of all of his/her addition math and subtraction math facts.  Mastery would be 100% on the five minute weekly time test.  Practice those math facts!  In third grade your child will be expected to have mastery of multiplication and division facts.  I have already introduced multiplication and division to your child, and we will be working more on multiplication and division facts in upcoming chapters.   

*Thank you SO MUCH to all of you that participated in our penny war this week!  I know the students enjoyed participating in the war and all of the money will be donated to Relay for Life.  I will announce a total that second grade raised soon! 

*Smile!  Spring pictures will be taken on April 16^th. 

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, May 17th - Sunday, May 18th from 9:30am-9:30am on the Town Hall Green.  I will be doing Relay for Life this year in honor of all of my family members that have fought cancer, but especially in memory of my father that lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in January of 2012.  This is a family friendly event so join our team!  It's going to be a lot of fun and we hope you will join in to make a huge difference!  You can join our team by visiting our team page at: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1501859&pg=team&fr_id=58499&fl=en_US&et=jBA1EedW0kb81W1fpTi0wA&s_tafId=1292306

*A field trip is in the works for second grade.  I will have more details as they become available. 

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  Mark your calendar! 

*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

Life Cycles

Spelling

NO spelling next week! 

Reading

Story: The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

Skill: review of all skills taught in Unit 5

Math

Estimation to the Nearest 10 Cents; Making Change; Area; Place Value

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Poetry