September 27, 2010

Please feed my fish!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! It is amazing how it is almost October! The quarter will soon be over.

Last week I assigned our first book report which is due October 7th. They are to read a short chapter book and I will hand out a book report sheet for them. Our first one will not be a written summary.

Scholastic book orders are due Wed. September 29th. If your child has lost their book order magazines, you are able to order on line. I have set up the parents' order on line for Scholastic. If you do, you will need the following activation code: GXB6Q You will have access to all the books available to order from. You will need to pay with a credit card on line. Your child's books will arrive with the classroom's book order.

TEST SCHEDULE:

Friday---Reading "The Emporer and the Kite"
Friday---Math Division

SPELLING LIST for Week of September 27, 2010:

allow
claim
position
due
calves
appoint
effort
whom
themselves
information
present
arrest
dew
self
include
result
act
primary
halves
half
calf
special
who
action
ledge

September 20, 2010

Please feed my fish!

We have survived progress reports! Don't worry, there is still time to improve on all grades for the first quarter. The students will arrive to new locations in the classroom on Monday. I have moved all the desks. We were getting a little too comfortable with our neighbors. Hopefully, everyone will be fresh for about a month.....then we'll move again. I've got to keep them on their toes.

My electric pencil sharpener does not work very well and the students have had to use small hand held sharpeners at the back of the room. In order to keep work flowing, I have told the students that when their supply of pencils run out, they are encouraged to get a good mechanical pencil with lead refills (#7). Hopefully, this will eliminate the constant movement during work time.

Wednesday -- HALF DAY.

Homework worksheets:
Math Mon. Pg. 19 Tues. 20 Wed. 21 Thurs. 22
Lang. Mon. Pg. 17 Tues. 18 Wed. 19 Thurs 20

TEST SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF 9-20-10

Tuesday Science-Unit I

Thursday Northeastern States and Capitols on Map

Friday Reading-"The Baker's Neighbor"
Friday History- 3 Branches of Government
Friday Spelling


Spelling List for Week of September 20, 2010

region
convict
estate
command
president
section
term
debate
preside
entire
crowd
relate
fame
factory
represent
publish
religion
either
private
relative
remember
famous
progress
serve
firm

September 13, 2010

I would like to thank Erik for giving such a wonderful speech at our Heroes' Night presentation. He made me so proud and I know his family was also! Great job Erik!

Our students will be taking home a progress report this week. Please make sure you review their grades and sign the bottom so the students can return them to me. If you see any grades that are a bit shocking----be assured that they have until October 14th. to improve on them.

Please continue to practice the multiplication table with your child. We will have a test on Friday on multiplication with two digits times one digit.

We will soon have a test on the Northeastern states and capitols. We are also covering the three branches of government and their duties.

We have started our first experiment on Friday. We are testing three types of wraps; baggies, tin foil, and wax paper. We will eventually figure out which one of these has kept our slices of bread the most fresh.

I would like to thank all of my parents for making sure that your children are doing their homework. We have had great success with homework.


Spelling List for week of September 13, 2010

noticed
subtract
thumb
remained
addition
style
wrong
period
property
trial
retreating
sometimes
engage
employ
final
tailor
connect
whisper
voyage
select
notice
surprise
connection
passengers
terrible

September 7, 2010

Hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! Three days off is great!

We will be honoring Heroes on September 10. Please come join us for a special evening of honor!

Spelling list for week of September 7, 2010

careful
lining
excuse
cabbage
breeze
hungry
island
basin
cough
guilty
to
button
cousin
guard
too
laugh
line
ocean
nephew
laughter
two
language
dollars
nineteen
grief

August 30, 2010

I hope we are all busy working at our first fund raiser! Remember, for every five cards a student sells, their name will go into a drawing to win a lap top computer! This Subway card is such a great value.

WHAT'S UP THIS WEEK?

SPELLING
Just a reminder that every student receives a new spelling work sheet every Monday. It is due every Friday for a grade. Please check your child to see if they are working on them. Our spelling tests are every Friday.

LANGUAGE
We have completed Unit I and are reviewing the chapter. Our test will be on Wednesday. It will cover everything on pg. 24-25 of our language book.

MATH
We have almost completed chapter 3 in our math books. We have covered equations, addition, subtraction, and multiplication. We will have a test on Tuesday which will cover multiplication. On Friday we will have a cumulative test on chapters 1-3.

HISTORY
We will have a geography test on Tuesday.

READING
We always begin a new story on Monday, out of our text book. Our tests are taken on Friday.

SPELLING LIST FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 30, 2010

long
reply
length
escape
newspaper
sale
sail
cities
strong
which
caught
taught
desire
destroy
daughter
several
nearly
since
strength
known
answer
know
animal
city
naughty

August 23, 2010

Our first full week of school has been completed! Our students are a little groggy. We will get them back into studious shape in no time!

Thank you so much for those of you who brought in all the supplies needed for our classroom. Our days work so much easier with the proper supplies.

The students took home the Student Handbook on Friday. Please take the time to read and go over the book this weekend so you and your child are familiar with school policies and proceedures. You and your child need to sign the blue form and return it to school.

Spelling List for week of August 23, 2010.

engine
degree
guess
family
does
wait
clerk
prison
regard
Mrs.
husband
human
amount
obtain
though
guest
Miss
do
support
visit
department
favor
o'clock
view
Mr.

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun summer. I would like to welcome all of our Heritage family back to school. We have entered our first 2 days of school. Time to get to serious work now. Starting Monday, August 16, we will begin our normal schedule.

Keep in mind that DIBELS testing will be conducted this week in between regular instruction. My students will receive a new spelling list of 25 words every Monday. Their phonogram and spelling tests will be conducted every Friday. The results of these tests will be passed back the following Monday. I will always post the new spelling list on this site on the weekend before the school week.

Reading tests will also be conducted every Friday. They will have the full week to read our short stories to prepare.

Math tests will be given after completing chapters or concepts. This is usually completed within 5 to 7 days.

I am looking forward to this new school year with great expectations for a successful year!

Spelling list for Week of August 16, 2010.

trouble
enjoy
complaint
usual
repair
mayor
fortune
flight
troubling
awful
important
carried
vacation
loss
entrance
beautiful
empire
beauty
travel
importance
carry
awe
rapid
auto
spend