Important Announcements:
*Congratulations to these
students for leveling up this week: Riley, Charlie, Jonathon, McKenzie, Grace,
Addy, Griffin, Elijah, Qwentin, Justin, Joey, and Faith. Wow! I
am so proud of how hard they are working to show behavioral and academic
growth. Way to go!
*I introduced the students to
my spring reading competition last week.
They are already so excited about it!
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. Hope to see you
there!
*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.
*ISTEP + is quickly
approaching for grades 3-5. ISTEP+ will
be affecting our specials time. The week
of March 2nd, our specials will be from 8:50 – 9:35.
*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
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A Look at Next Week:
Science/ Health
Dental Health
Spelling
Words with prefixes
Reading
Story: Carl the
Complainer
Skill: Cause and Effect
Math
Review; Unit 8 Test on Tuesday, February 24th;
Measurement
Social Studies
Economics
English/Writing
Expository writing (research writing)
