Important Announcements:
*Thank you to all that made
the Valentine’s Party a success! I
appreciate all the parents that were able to donate and/or volunteer their time
to make it a success! THANK YOU!
*Thank you to everyone that
was able to donate food to our food drive to benefit Gleaners Food Bank. Our schoolwide goal was to donate 600 items
which we were able to achieve by Thursday!
Because of this, we are having a stuffed animal day on
Wednesday, February 18th.
*We will have no school on
Monday, February 16th in honor of President’s Day! This means that we will have music (normally
our Monday special) on Tuesday, and we will NOT have library next week at
all.
*I introduced the students
this week to my spring reading competition.
Any book that your child has read or has listened to (either you reading
it, me reading it, or on tape or CD) and that has a Reading Counts test over
it, is a book that is eligible for the competition. If your child passes the quiz over the book,
he/she will earn a certain number of points.
We have a sticker chart that we are keeping track of points on. When your child fills the sticker chart one
time, he/she will earn a token. If your
child fills his/her chart a second time, he/she will be invited to a pizza
party with me. The reading competition
started this week and will go on through Spring Break.
*Our Winter Carnival
(formally Spring Fling) will take place on Friday, February 27th
from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Our class basket
this year is a scrapbooking theme. If
you would like to donate anything for our class basket, please send in
donations no later than Friday, February 20th.
*One of the valentines I gave
your child was a coupon for $5 off from Scholastic Book Orders (when you
purchase $10 worth of books). If you
choose to use this coupon, the redemption instructions are on the
valentine. I am sending book orders home
today. If you choose to purchase books,
you may order online or send in the book order with your child with a check
payment. All orders are due by February
20, 2015!
*If you are interested in
ordering a yearbook or class composite picture (or both!) please fill out the
envelope and return it to school with payment by Friday, February 27th.
*Mrs. Hopkins has scheduled
Come Play with Me for our class on Thursday, February 26th from 2:10
– 2:55 p.m. Wear some comfy clothes and
plan on having fun with your child during his/her P.E. class! In order to participate in Come Play with Me,
you will need to have a background check on file.
*Continue to work on addition
and subtraction math facts. Make sure to
use those fact triangles that were sent home, or you can practice for free
online at www.xtramath.org.
*If anyone is able to come in
and volunteer next week, send me an e-mail and let me know what day and time
works best for you! Thanks!
*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
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Spelling
Words with suffixes
Reading
Story: Fire Fighter!
Skill: Fact and Opinion
Math
Fractions of Regions; More or Less Than ½; Fractions
Social Studies
President’s Day activities
English/Writing
Expository writing (research writing)
