Weekly Update 05/30/14

Important Announcements:

 

*Anna will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow, May 31st.  Happy Birthday, Anna!

 

*We had a fantastic time at the zoo yesterday!  The kids had a lot of fun!  I would like to thank these volunteers for chaperoning and making our trip such a success: Mrs. Dougherty, Mrs. Fought, Mrs. Garnett, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Janeksela, Mrs. LaRoche, Mr. Matthews, Ms. Miles, Mrs. Rowe, Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Utterback, Mrs. Vandeveer, Mr. Walden, and Mr. Williams.  THANK YOU!

*We will be taking the final Scholastic Reading Inventory test on Tuesday, June 3^rd.  I am excited to see the end of the year scores! 

*The Brownsburg Public Library will be here on Monday to talk to the students about their summer reading program.  More information will be sent home after the presentation. 

*Thursday, June 5^th is the last student day of the year.  We will have an awards program at 9:00 a.m. on that day.  The Teacher Talent Show will be at 2:30 on June 5^th. 

*We have only one more week left of school, but we still have a lot of things to do during that time. We will be taking a Reading Counts quiz over our next book Wagon Train during the week of June 2^nd.  We will also be taking our Unit 12 math test that week, too.  For the most part, we will not be having much reading homework.  However, we will still have some math homework that will be assigned. 

*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.

*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

None!

Reading

Story: Wagon Train

Skill: Review of skills taught

Math

Interpret a Bar Graph; Review; Unit 12 Test

Social Studies

Scholastic News

English/Writing

State research

Weekly Update 05/23/14

Important Announcements:

*We have no school on Monday, May 26^th in observance of Memorial Day.  Enjoy your weekend! 

*Our field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo will be Thursday, May 29^th.  We will leave school at 9:00 a.m. and should return by 2:00 p.m.  If you did not order a sack lunch from the cafeteria for your child, please make sure your child has a lunch to take to the zoo.  We are asking that all children wear their purple Dog Jog t-shirts.  We are also asking that children NOT bring extra money for the gift shop and concessions.  If you are chaperoning the field trip, I will have more information for you next week! 

*Track and Field is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 30^th!  Our tie-dye t-shirts will be sent home next week, and I am asking that your child wears his/her tie-dye t-shirt on Friday.  Your child may also bring a water bottle from home in order to keep hydrated throughout the day.  We are outside most of the day so sunscreen is always a good idea!  I am looking forward to a day filled with fun and good sportsmanship! 

*We will be taking the final Scholastic Reading Inventory test on Tuesday, June 3^rd.  I am excited to see the end of the year scores! 

*We have only two more weeks left of school, but we still have a lot of things to do during that time. We will be taking a Reading Counts quiz over our next book Wagon Train during the week of June 2^nd.  We will also be taking our Unit 12 math test that week, too.  For the most part, we will not be having much reading homework.  However, we will still have some math homework that will be assigned. 

*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.

*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

None!

Reading

Story: Wagon Train

Skill: Review of skills taught

Math

Multiplication and Division Facts Practice; Typical Life Spans

Social Studies

Memorial Day

English/Writing

State research

Weekly Update 05/16/14

Important Announcements:

*This last reading unit has challenging spelling words!  Make sure you are looking at and studying those words!  Next week is our FINAL spelling test so study those words! 

*We celebrated the completion of our reading challenge this week with a pizza party!  Six students qualified to come to the pizza party with me.  Congratulations to: Ethan, Isaac, Joey, Anna, Layla, and Malori W.! 

*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 were supposed to be sent in by today.  If you have not sent one in already, please do so by Monday, May 19^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.   

*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 15 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 prefixes mis-, mid-, micro-, non-

Reading

Story: Grace for President

Skill: Facts and Details

Math

Fact Triangles; Many Names for Times; Timelines; Multiplication and Division Fact Triangles

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

State research

Weekly Update 05/09/14

Important Announcements:

*Our Unit 11 Math test will be on Friday, May 15^th! 

*Make plans to attend our DT’s Got Talent talent show on Thursday, May 15^th at 6:30 p.m.  The cost is $2 per person or $5 per family.  Come support our talented students while raising money for Relay for Life!  I hope to see you there!

*This last reading unit has challenging spelling words!  Make sure you are looking at and studying those words! 

*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 15 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 suffixes –ness, -less, -able, -ible

Reading

Story: Cowboys

Skill: Sequence

Math

Multiplication Facts; Multiplication and Division Fact Triangles; Fact Families; Review; Unit 11 Test

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Famous Hoosier Biographies; State research reports

Weekly Update 05/04/14

Important Announcements:

*Abigail celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, April 29th.  Happy Birthday, Abigail!

*This last reading unit has challenging spelling words!  Make sure you are looking at and studying those words! 

*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

Words with final syllables of –tion and –ture

Reading

Story: A Birthday Basket for Tia

Skill: Drawing Conclusions

Math

Trade-First Subtraction (also known as borrowing…Yes!  FINALLY teaching borrowing!); Multiplication Stories; Division Number Stories; Multiplication Facts

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Famous Hoosier Biographies