Weekly Update 04-25-15

Important Announcements:

*Congratulations to Faith, Riley, Sa’Nyah, and Justin for leveling up this week.  Wow!  I am so proud of how hard these students are working to show behavioral and academic growth.  Way to go, Faith, Riley, Sa’Nyah, and Justin!

*Please email, call, or send in a note to Mrs. Hopkins if you will be able to volunteer to help with our track and field day on Friday, May 22nd. We still are in need of 30 helpers. Please state if you can work morning, afternoon, or full day. Also give your email and phone number where you be reached. Thanks so much for helping our students on this fun day. They all look forward to it!   

Mrs. Hopkins
Shopkins@brownsburg.k12.in.us
317-852-1062

*MONDAY IS THE DAY!  I will officially be introducing your child to Trade-First Subtraction (borrowing).  Finally! 

*The last day for our class reading competition will be Friday, May 1^st.  I will pull points reports over that weekend and announce the students that qualify for the pizza party with me.  Today was the last day that we are able to get in computer lab for several weeks so all Reading Counts quizzes will need to be done in the classroom during stations time.  I have several kids who are very close to qualifying, and I would love to see as many students as possible have a pizza party with me! 

*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 next week to volunteer, 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

Forces of Motion

Spelling

Words with –ture and -tion

Reading

Story: A Birthday Basket for Tia

Skill: Draw Conclusions

Math

Trade-First Subtraction; Multiplication Stories; Division Number Stories; Multiplication Facts

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Poetry

Weekly Update 04-17-15

Important Announcements:

*Congratulations to Anah, Qwentin, Joey, and Ayden for leveling up this week.  Wow!  I am so proud of how hard these students are working to show behavioral and academic growth.  Way to go, Anah, Qwentin, Joey, and Ayden! 

*We are having a school-wide book fair next week.  If you would like to have your child shop for books, he/she will need to bring money to school on Tuesday, April 21^st.  Your child will be given the opportunity to shop during our library specials time.  This is the ONLY time your child will be allowed to shop so please make sure money is sent in on Tuesday.  Thanks! 

*The last day for our class reading competition will be Friday, May 1^st.  I will pull points reports over that weekend and announce the students that qualify for the pizza party with me.  Today was the last day that we are able to get in computer lab for several weeks so all Reading Counts quizzes will need to be done in the classroom during stations time.  I have several kids who are very close to qualifying, and I would love to see as many students as possible have a pizza party with me! 

*Next week our spelling list is abbreviations.  Your child will have to capitalize and type the “.” after the abbreviation to get full credit on his/her spelling test.  This may be a good test to practice at home using the website: www.spellingcity.com/awhisman. 

*Grades 3 – 5 will begin the next round of ISTEP+ testing starting April 27^th.  Next week will be a practice session for testing.  This round is all on computers so computer lab will be unavailable until the testing is completed.  We will still take our reading and spelling tests on the computer, we will just complete them in the classroom on Fridays. 

*Permission slips for our field trip to the zoo were sent home last Friday.  Please turn in your permission slip and payment at the same time.  If you are interested in chaperoning for the field trip, you need to make sure that you have a criminal background check on file.  If you need to do one, you may go to our website: www.brownsburg.k12.in.us.  Click on the “About Us” tab.  Go down to “Volunteer Connection.”  In the bottom paragraph click on the “Click Here” and it takes you to the form.  Permission slips and payment are due no later than Friday, April 24^th.

*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 next week to volunteer, 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

Forces of Motion

Spelling

Abbreviations

Reading

Story: Red, White, and Blue

Skill: Author’s Purpose

Math

Review; Unit 10 test; Addition Number Stories with Dollars and Cents; Subtraction  Number Stories with Dollars and Cents

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Book making

Weekly Update 04-10-15

Important Announcements:

*Congratulations to Addy, Lila, and Jonathon for leveling up this week.  Wow!  I am so proud of how hard these students are working to show behavioral and academic growth.  Way to go, Addy, Lila, and Jonathon! 

*Our class earned an extra recess today because we were the class to bring in the most donations for the Tier I Winter Carnival basket!  Thanks to all that donated to our class basket! 

*I am sending home the permission slip for this year’s field trip TODAY.  Second grade will be going to the Indianapolis Zoo on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.  The cost of the field trip is $5.  If you are interested in chaperoning, the cost for you will be $6.  Permission slips and money are due by Friday, April 24, 2015. 

*We are in need of volunteers for our Spring Book Fair which begins next Friday, April 17th. Please consider sacrificing a couple of hours to volunteer. Thank you for all you do!

Delaware Trail PTSG

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C48AEAC29A7FD0-spring/

*I have decided to extend the reading competition until May 1, 2015.  Final points reports will be printed at the end of the day, and an invitation will be extended to those students that qualify for the pizza party!  I currently have one child qualified – Lila!  Congratulations, Lila! 

*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

Forces of Motion

Spelling

Words with inflected endings

Reading

Story: Just Like Josh Gibson

Skill: Compare and Contrast

Math

Place Value; Place Value Tools; Place Value Notation for Ten-Thousands; Grouping with Parentheses  

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Book making