October 18, 2010

I hope everyone had a great 4 day weekend!

• Monday is the first day of the 2nd. quarter.
• 1/2 Days--Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
• Parent/Teacher conferences on Thursday and Friday.

Appointment confirmation letters go home on Tuesday for these conferences.

TESTS

Friday---Spelling, Reading, and Math. Chapter 25, metric measures.

SPELLING LIST

praise
lose
salary
wear
weigh
visitor
smooth
combine
combination
loose
touch
weapon
thirteen
properly
visit
towel
weight
physical
entertain
neighbor
publication
throat
avenue
searched
umbrella

October 11, 2010

Please feed my fish!

This is the last week of the quarter. There is no school on Friday the 15th.

I have already reminded the students about any missing work. Please check with your child to make sure they are being responsible about turning in all the work that has been requested.

Our class will be writing letters to soldiers to encourage and thank them for their service. Most of these will be going to hospitals overseas. One of our parents has volunteered to mail them for us. Thank you Jillian, for the awsesome suggestion and thank you Mrs. Franke for mailing them for us!

TEST SCHEDULE

Thursday Spelling
Thursday Reading "The Garden of Happiness"

Spelling list for week of October 11, 2010

journal
circus
pack
exercise
dried
dangerous
laid
journey
breath
package
explosion
Indian
grammar
bracelet
debt
continue
exhaust
lay
brace
dry
consented
courage
breathe
continued
calm

October 4, 2010

Please feed my fish!

Can you believe it's the first week of October? Can you believe there are two more weeks left of the first quarter? Yes, it's true! Time is just flying by.

Thank you for participating in our current fund raiser. The students are really getting excited about their ducks and trading them for others.

October 7th is the 40th day of school! There are so many students with perfect attendance. Thank you.

TEST SCHEDULE

FRIDAY Math Problem Solving (Story Problems), all operations
FRIDAY Math Chapter 18, long division
FRIDAY Reading "Nights of the Pufflings"
FRIDAY Language, Nouns

SPELLING LIST

backward
suppose
enclose
justice
gentleman
although
imprison
attempt
gentle
writ
just
their
toward
written
they
prompt
arrange
awate
ankle
state
perhaps
whose
wonderful
statement
forward

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