December 9, 2014

I totally forgot to post yesterday. SORRY!!!! :)

Christmas Lunch: If your child is planning on eating lunch from the lunch room on Tuesday, December 16th, you MUST turn in your form this FRIDAY!!! Forms brought in on Monday will not be accepted!!!!

Tests this week:

• Wednesday: Test on rivers notes (fill in the blank and multiple choice)
• Thursday: Spelling
• Friday: Reading, Language, 4's timed test

We will have a chapter Math test next week!!!

Polar Express Day is tomorrow!!! Students are allowed to wear pajamas. They may bring slippers to change into after P.E. Please do not send stuffed animals

Pizza Party: We will be having a pizza party this Friday!! Our class sold the most spirit cards for the PTO fundraiser. The PTO will be providing pizza, drinks, chips, and cookies for our class. Please be sure to send a snack.

Christmas Party
Our Christmas party will be December 19th at 9:00 am. I am going to let the students decide what they want to bring and I will let everyone know.

We will eat and then open gifts. Your children are welcome to leave after the party if you would like.

Gifts
Each child will need to bring a gift by December 17th. The girls will bring a gift for a girl and the boys will bring a gift for a boy. As the gifts are brought in, I will number them. On the day of our party the students will draw a number to see which present they will get. The boys and girls numbers will be separate. Please make sure to include a tag on your gift with who it is from (please do not put who the gift is to). The limit on the price of the gift is $10-$12. 

Tinsel and Twinkle

They decided to build forts in the paper towels and tissues!!!!! I can't wait to see if they come back tomorrow  :)

A few more updates!!

If you did not send back the BLUE lunch form for Friday or the GREEN form for the play shirt, PLEASE send them back TOMORROW!!!!!!!

Dec. 10th - Polar Express Day!!! I sent a note home about this today.

PTO Christmas Store will be held Dec. 11 from 7:15-2:00 and Dec. 12 7:15-1:00. If you would like to volunteer to help please contact Traci Leverett.

There will also be a PTO meeting on Dec. 16th at 6:00. Please make plans to attend the meeting if you can.

Dec. 18th - Christmas play and dismiss at noon!

Dec. 18th - Reception Tea for Mrs. Tommy Lynn from 4:30 - 6:00 in the school library.

Dec. 19th - Class Christmas Party at 9:00 and dismiss at noon for the holidays.

Jan. 5th - return to school!!!

Jan. 9th - Honor's Program for elementary students at 8:30. This will be a regular school day so please make plans for your child to stay at school.

December 1, 2014

Tests for this week:

• Tuesday: Rivers and Regions of Alabama Test (not the notes, just the maps)
• Wednesday: Spelling
• Thursday: Reading, 2's Timed Test (for a grade)
• Friday: Field Trip

Friday Lunch: Please check your child's folder for a BLUE note about lunch on Friday. I need this form and the money back no later than Wednesday. I am placing our lunch order on Wednesday afternoon!

T-shirts: Please fill out the GREEN paper in your child's folder for their t-shirt for the Christmas play. The shirts are being donated to us, so all I need is the shirt size. I need this by Thursday.

Social Studies: We are having the maps test tomorrow. We will have a fill in the blank and multiple choice test on the notes we took next Wednesday.

Dates to remember:

• Dec. 5th - Shakesphere field trip
• Dec. 4-5th - Patriot Marketplace
• Dec. 10th - Polar Express Day
• Dec. 11-12th - PTO Santa Store
• Dec. 18th - Christmas Play 10:00am/ Dismiss at noon
• Dec. 19th - Dismiss at noon for Christmas Break

Christmas Party: I will post information about our party later in the week.

Special Visitors: We had some special visitors show up in our room this morning! They brought everyone a small candy cane from the North Pole. Check back to see what all they get into!!!!

November 17, 2014

Weather: Please make sure you send a coat with your child each day! We have to walk outside to and from P.E. and it is VERY cold!!!!

Tests this week:

• Thursday: Spelling, Chapter 4 Math, Label the 4 layers of earth
• Friday: Reading, Language, 2's Time test (practice), 

Social Studies Quiz: We will have a quiz on the 5 regions of Alabama, and some of the waterways in our state. We circled the ones they will have to label on the quiz. I will provide them with a word bank. I am giving them plenty of time to study this material. The quiz will be on December 2 when we return from Thanksgiving break.

Science: Don't forget your Layers project is due Wednesday morning!!!! You may bring it tomorrow if you are finished.

Thursday Lunch: The lunch options for this Thursday were sent home last week. Please let me know if your child will be eating food from the lunchroom on Thursday!! Student plates are $5.50. I need to give the lunchroom a count of how many students they need to fix for.

Friday: We are getting out at 11:45 on Friday! We will not be eating lunch at school. I will allow them to bring or buy breakfast in the lunchroom.

School pictures are due this Wednesday!!!!!! If you do not want to order a package please note which photo you want used in the yearbook and return the proofs to school.

Math games: I showed the students an awesome website that will help them build math facts among other things. This website is full of games that they will enjoy playing on the computer or on a tablet. 

http://www.arcademics.com/

Science Project and Christmas Play

We are learning about the layers of the Earth in Science. I would like for each student to create a 3-D model of the layers of the Earth. They may use any materials they would like but it must be 3-D. This must be turned in by November 19th. This project will count as a test grade and needs to be completed by the student. Parents are allowed to help with things that are not safe for the student to do, but I must be able to tell the student did the majority of the work.


I passed out parts for the Christmas play today. Some of the students will have speaking parts and some will be in the choir. If your child has a speaking part please help them learn their line. We will be sending home the songs soon for the students to learn as well.

Graded papers will go home tomorrow!!

November 10, 2014

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tests this week:

• Thursday - Spelling Test 
• Friday - Reading Test and Language Quiz

Fundraiser Orders are due NOV. 12th!!!!! They changed the date to make sure all orders would be back in time for  Christmas Break. Please be sure to send everything on Wednesday!!!

Timed Math Tests - We will start having timed tests on our multiplication facts this week. We will start with the 2's. When 90% of the class has made an A on the 2's test, we will move on in the order that I teach the facts out of the book. These next two weeks will be practice tests so they can "get a feel" for how the tests will be. These grades WILL NOT be counted in the grade book. After Thanksgiving break the tests will start going in the grade book. They will have 100 problems to be completed in 5 minutes.

November 21st - we will be dismissing at 12:00!!!!!

Doughnuts with Daddy will be this Friday! I am not sure of the cost but I will let you know as soon as I find out.

Please be sure to check back Wednesday afternoon for more IMPORTANT information!!!!!!

October 27,2014

Tests this week: (our schedule is different because of homecoming)

• Wednesday: Spelling
• Thursday: Reading, Math (Chapter 3)
• Language has been moved to Tuesday of next week

Homecoming: Please bring a BIG pack of white tissue paper and $2 (for the other supplies) by Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!! We will work on the float Thursday. If you will be available to help, please let me know. We must be lined up behind the hospital by 5:45. Be sure to wear your ghost costume.

• If you have a newspaper that we may use please send it by Wednesday.

Friday is a half day! Please make sure you have made arrangements for your child to be picked up by 11:45.

October 20, 2014

Tests this week:

• Wednesday - Math quiz on subtraction
• Thursday - Spelling
• Friday - Reading, Main Idea and Details quiz
• We will not have a Language test this week! We will have Social Studies and Science classwork grades this week.

Red Ribbon Week: 

• Tuesday - Red Ribbon Day (wear red)
• Wednesday - Sock It To Drugs! (wear red, crazy, or mismatched socks)
• Thursday - Happy, Happy, Happy to be drug free! (wear camo)
• Friday - "Team Up" against drugs! (wear a Pike shirt)

Check my previous post about homecoming!!!!

Great American Fundraiser orders are due by November 4th!

Homecoming Week!!!

Don't forget that Homecoming is next week!!!!!

Monday - Tacky Tourist Day
Tuesday - Decade Day (We are doing the 80's)
Wednesday - Halloween Costume Day (please no "extra" props with costumes)
Thursday - Homecoming T-shirt
Friday - Red, white, and blue

Our theme for our float will be "Spook the Falcons". We are asking that everyone dress as a simple ghost. I have explained that we would like a white sheet with eyes cut out. Girls may add a bow to theirs if they want. We are to be lined up for the parade at 5:45 behind the hospital. Please let me know if your student is planning on being in the parade!

The Sports Boosters will be selling BBQ sandwiches after parade. Your child will have an order form for this in their folder today!

Red Ribbon Week

Due to homecoming festivities the last week of October, we will hold our Red Ribbon Week at PLAS next week.  Each day's theme is listed below.

Monday, October 20 - I'm too Bright for Drugs! (wear neon or bright colored clothing)

Tuesday, October 21 - Red Ribbon Day (wear red...ribbons will also be provided)

Wednesday, October 22 - Sock it to Drugs! (wear red, crazy, or mismatched socks)

Thursday, October 23 - Happy, Happy, Happy to be Drug Free! (wear camouflage)

Friday, October 24 - "Team Up" Against Drugs! (show your Patriot Pride...wear a PLAS shirt)

This Friday and Homecoming Festivities!!!!

The cheerleaders have declared Friday as Ace Autauga and dress like a nerd.

Homecoming is just around the corner so here is a list of the dress up days so you can start getting outfits together!!! (October 27-31)

•  Monday is dress Tacky Day
•  Tuesday is Decade Day
•  Wednesday is Halloween Costume
•  Thursday is T-shirt Day
•  Friday for Elementary is Red, White and Blue Day and 7-12 is Dress Up Day.

         The parade theme is Nightmare on Kervin Drive.  Parade is at 6:00, Bon Fire is 6:30 and Glow in the Dark Pep Rally at 7:00.  Teachers in grades K4 and K5 can dress in Halloween attire and grades 1-12 have a float.  This is Oct. 30^th.

         

When we have decided what we are going to do as our "theme" I will let you know.

October 7, 2014

Tests this week:

• Thursday: Spelling
• Friday: Reading 

We will not have any tests next week due to it being a 2 day week. 

Fall Festival: We still need each student to bring in a bag of Halloween candy! Please send it in as soon as possible so the yearbook staff can begin working on filling the "goodie bags" for our Fish Pond. We also need more parents to sign up to work our game. Please let me know if you would like to volunteer!

Baby Items: Excel Club is raising baby items to donate to Save-A-Life for Baby Safety Month from September 29 through October 3.  To donate your items, please take the items to the main office or send them to me.

September 30, 2014

Tests This Week:

• Thursday: Spelling
• Friday: Reading and Vocabulary
• There will NO Language, History, or Science Tests this week!

Dates to remember:

• October 6 - Teacher In-Service (No School)
• October 13 - 15 - Fall Break
• October 23 - Fall Festival
• October 30 - Homecoming Parade/Glow in the dark Pep Rally
• October 31 - Homecoming/ 1/2 day

Fall Festival: 3rd Grade will be hosting the "Fish Pond" for the Fall Festival. We need each student to bring a bag of Halloween candy for our game. Please have your candy to school by October 17th. We also need parents to volunteer to work our game. Please let me know if you would be able to help out. We will assign times for working later, but we need a count of how many volunteers we will have.

Harris Family: The Pike Lib. family is asking that each student send at least $1 to donate to the Harris family. Please keep the Harris family and the CHHS family in your prayers.

AR: All AR goals for the first nine weeks must be met by next Friday, October 10. Please encourage your child to work as hard as they can to reach their goal. AR goals will start over when we return from Fall Break.

Math Test

We will have a math test on Chapter 2 on Tuesday!!!!!!

Picture Day

School Pictures will be next Wednesday, October 1st!!!!

September Student of the Month

Congratulation to Gini for being selected as the Student of the Month for September!

September 22, 2014

Tests this week:

• Thursday - Spelling, Globe Quiz
• Friday - Reading, Mid-Chapter Math Test, Language

Cheer for a Quarter: The Varsity Cheerleaders are selling chances to "Cheer for a Quarter". They will draw 4 names as the Chambers pep rally on October 3rd. Each name drawn will cheer for one quarter that night at the ball game. Chances are $1 each and will be available until October 3rd

Please don't forget to send your field trip money by this Friday!!!!!!

Book Fair - The book fair will be in the library until Friday morning. The students made their "wish list" today and will be bringing it home. If you would like for them to purchase anything on their list, please send the money before Friday.

September 15th, 2014

DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR GRANDPARENT'S DAY GIFT ITEMS TOMORROW!!!

Please look for:

1. A note about Grandparent's Day
2. A note about a field trip

Tests this week:

• Thursday - Spelling (NO retest)
• Friday - Reading test
• We will not have a math, science, or language test this week

We will be finished with all tests before the performance Friday morning. The students will be able to spend the day with their grandparents (without weekend homework :) )

All scholastic book orders are due Friday.

Red, White, and Blue

The Excel Club is asking that everyone wear red, white, and blue in observance of September 11th.

Updates!!!

Muffins with Mommy will be this Friday, September 12th! The cost is $5 per family and will begin at 7:15 a.m.


Grandparents Day will be next Friday, September 19th! It will begin at 10:00 am. I will be sending home more information about this today or tomorrow. I am also sending home the poem and words to the song that we will be performing. Please make sure to return these to school each day so we can use them to rehearse.


There will also be a book fair in the library next week! The students will make their wishlists on Tuesday and bring them home that afternoon.

Math Quiz from last Friday

I am sending home the math quiz that was taken last Friday. The grades were not as good as I hoped they would be so I am not putting this grade in the grade book. I am, however, asking that you take some time tonight to review the problems that were missed with your child to make sure they understand them for the test tomorrow. We reviewed quite a bit today in class but I would like for them to study a little tonight as well. I am not giving the normal homework in hopes that you will help your child prepare for the test tomorrow. Thank you for all of your help!

September 2, 2014

Tests for this week:

• Thursday - Spelling
• Friday - Reading and vocab., Language, Math Quiz, Science Quiz

Math Test - I have moved the Math test to next Tuesday because I feel they all need a little more practice with some of the skills.

Math Quiz - will be a review to make sure they are ready for the test. It is not a big deal and I will not be sending home study material.

Science Quiz - We are studying Simple Machines this week. They should have brought home a booklet about simple machines today. This is their study material for this quiz. We will discuss each type of simple machine each day and talk about examples of each. The quiz on Friday will be identifying examples of each simple machine.

Language - will be on some of the capitalization rules.

Graded Papers - I will be sending home both sets of graded papers tomorrow! I am sorry that I forgot them last week.

August 25, 2014

Tests this week:

• Thursday - Spelling
• Friday - Reading, Language, Science (bones and muscles)

Math - We will have a math test NEXT Wednesday, September 3rd.

AR - We are starting AR this week! I have set their goals and will have them available tomorrow. Please be sure to initial the reading log when you feel your child is ready for a test. The students will not be allowed to take a test if the folder is not signed. They may start testing tomorrow if you send a note saying you know they are ready. I apologize for not having their sheets ready for them to bring home today but I assure you they will have them tomorrow.

Skeleton Project

This week we have been studying the Skeletal System in Science. I would like for the students to make a skeleton to be turned in by Wednesday, August 27. The skeleton can be made out of anything your child chooses. It cannot be a store bought kit or drawn on paper. You may glue things  to paper or poster board or make a model. The bones must be labeled. I want this project to reflect your child's creativity. This project will also count as grade. We have talked in great length about this project in class, so they should have a good understanding of what to do.

We will also have a test on the bones and muscles next Friday. They are bringing home a study guide for the bones today and will bring home the muscles study guide on Monday. These are very easy so don't stress!!!!

If you have any questions, please email me!!!

A few notes

Just a little clarification on the testing schedule: We will not be having the multiplication tests until we start learning the facts later in the year. I just wanted you to be aware that we will have them at some point.  We will have a Language test this Friday on sentences. They will not have homework in Language because we cover everything in class and I make sure they are fully prepared for the tests on Friday. The reading tests are the standard Open Court tests and the vocabulary counts with the reading test.

We are taking up money to donate to the First Baptist Daycare in memory of Mrs. Jo. If you would like to send money please send it by tomorrow or Friday at the latest. 

Sorry for an confusion!!!!

August 18, 2014

• Paperwork - I am still missing paperwork from some of you. Please send this paperwork to me tomorrow!!!!!
• Please send a lanyard for your child's Pepi Card. I think this will help keep them from throwing them away.
• In your child's folder you will find a T-Shirt Sale Packet, please heave this returned to me by Friday, August 22 if you would like to place an order.
• You will also find a homework chart in the homework folder. We will write our homework in this chart daily. I will stamp or initial the chart so that you know I have seen it and it is correct.
• We will be taking our STAR test tomorrow to find out your child's reading level for this year. I hope to have this information by Thursday to give your child.
• Our testing schedule will be as follows:
• Thursday: Spelling Test and Timed multiplication test (once we learn our facts)
• Friday: Reading and Language Test
• Math tests will fall when we finish a chapter. I will always notify you several days before.
• Don't forget about biscuits on Fridays!!! They will be $2.75.

If you have any questions or need anything please feel free to email me!!

Chick-Fil-A

Chick-Fil-A will be selling biscuits at the school again this year!!! They will be here on Wednesdays and Fridays. I am going to allow my students to buy a chicken biscuit on Friday only. They will cost $2.75. Please be sure to send money on Fridays! This is a yummy fundraiser for our school!!!!!

It's Going To Be A GREAT Year!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you all are as excited as I am about the new school year ahead!!! I cannot wait to get to know everyone this year!

Just a few things that I thought I would mention to you before Monday:
1. Don't forget to wear tennis shoes in the mornings for P.E. (You may change your shoes when we get back  from P.E. but not before we go.)
2. Please be sure to send the lunch card back to school. I will keep these in the classroom for them to use when they go through the lunch line.
3. Please remember to send back the paper work on Monday!! If you need to hold onto the page to be notarized that is fine. I just need to make sure I have contact information for everyone and know how they are getting home in the afternoon.
4. I do not allow the students to buy candy, ice cream, or sodas from the lunchroom. I do allow them to buy ice cream on Fridays. The prices range from $1.09 to $4.00.

Thank you so much to everyone who came today! I enjoyed meeting everyone and am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday morning!!!

If you ever need anything please email me. rwoodham@pikelib.com

Awards Day!!!

Please remember to wear Sunday type clothes on Monday for Awards Day!!!!!!


Next week we will be playing board games and watching movies. If you would like to send a game or movie please make sure your child's name is on the game or movie so that I will be sure to return them to the right people.

Please Check

Please check for Cheerleading Forms for next year!!!!!


Please be sure to check the blog in the morning about the party! I will post if the location changes due to the weather. If nothing is posted by 8:00 then we will be at Tanna's House!!!!

May 12, 2014

We will not have vocabulary words this week.

Students may bring towels to sit on for the powder puff game tomorrow.

Field Day
We will have Field Day on Wednesday, May 14th. There is a good chance that the kids will get wet so please be sure to send a change of clothes and shoes. Be sure to send ALL the clothes they need!

Party
We will meet at Tanna's house on Thursday. If your child will need a ride there and back please let me know as soon as possible so that I can make sure we have enough rides.

Awards Day will be Monday, May 19th at 9:00 am.

May 5, 2014

Please don't forget about the zoo trip tomorrow. Wear your field trip shirt and comfortable shoes!!!

AR Party
We will have a classroom AR party on Thursday afternoon. If you would like to help with the cost please send $2.00 and I will take care of getting everything that is needed.

End of the Year Party
If you would like to help with food or anything else with the end of the year celebration please contact Dana Thrash or Jodi Singleton.

These next 3 Weeks
The next 3 weeks are going to be crazy!!!!! With everything we have going on it is going to be hard for them to study certain things becuase we are not going to be able to review them like we normally do. With that being said, we are going to change things up a little. We will not have reading vocabulary to study at home. I will give them the definitions on a test and a word bank on the board and they must use their dictionary to look up the meaning of the words for the test. We are going to practice this a lot in class so they will be prepared for the test on Friday.

Math will be done using worksheets that I print off. We have finished our Math book and there are several things that were not covered in the Math book that I feel they need to at least be introduced to before moving on. We will have quizzes on these skills on Friday.

Dates to Remember
May 6th - Zoo Trip
May 8th - AR Party
May 15th - End of the Year Party
May 19th - Awards Day
May 23rd - Last Day of Third Grade

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know!!!!

April 21, 2014

We will begin the recycling competition tomorrow. Third grade will be collecting aluminum cans. Please save all the cans you have and send them to school in plastic sacks or garbage bags. We will put them in our green recycling bags at school. Please have all cans turned in by Tuesday, April 29th!

Math Test
We will have a math test this Tuesday and Friday. 

History Test
Our history test has been moved to tomorrow (Tuesday). Please study the study guide they have had since last Wednesday!

Important Dates
May 6 -Zoo Field Trip
May 19 - Honors Day for grades 1-5 at 9:00 am
May 23 - Last Day of School!!!!!!!

Spelling words 
woman, eleven, even, garden, happen, bottom, cannon, dragon, horizon, lesson, totem, important, legend, system, listen
bonus words to study: recycle, construction, aluminum. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  study vocabulary

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

Congratulations Tate!!!!!!

Congrats to Tate for winning the Troy Fest T-shirt design contest!!!! Her design was chosen out of over 300 entries from schools all over the county.

April 14, 2014

We need drivers for the Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 17th. If you will be able to drive please let me know how many students your car will hold.

Math Test
We will have a math test next Tuesday, April 22nd. 

Important Dates
April 17 - Easter Egg Hunt
April 18 - Easter Holiday
May 6 -Zoo Field Trip
May 19 - Honors Day for grades 1-5 at 9:00 am

Spelling words - Our Test will be Wednesday!!!
batch, catch, latch, match, lamb, limb, comb, climb, calf, thumb, ditch, crumb, scratched, kitchen, half
bonus words to study: projector, calendar, dictionary. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  we will not have a reading test or vocabulary this week

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

Zaxby's Fundraiser

Tuesday, April 8, from 5 pm to 9 pm, is our fundraiser night at Zaxby's!  Come to Zaxby's and help raise money for Pike Liberal Arts School just by eating delicious Zaxby's chicken!

10% of total sales during fundraiser night will be donated to the school.

We hope to see you there!!

Movie Under the Stars

PTO will be having their Movie under the Stars on Thursday, April 17.  The movie will be Madagascar.  The gates will open at 6:45 pm and the movie will begin at 7:30 pm. 

Tickets are $1 through the office.  Bring your own chairs and blankets.  Concessions will be sold.

April 7, 2014

Friday, April 11th, will dismiss at 12:00!!!!!! (We will start loading cars at 11:45)
We will still have our normal tests on Friday so please make sure you are here!!!!!

We need drivers for the Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 17th. If you will be able to drive please let me know how many students your car will hold.

Math Test
We will have a math test this Tuesday. 

Important Dates
April 11 - Zoo Field Trip form due
April 17 - Easter Egg Hunt
April 18 - Easter Holiday
May 6 -Zoo Field Trip
May 19 - Honors Day for grades 1-5 at 9:00 am

Spelling words 
know, knee, kneel, knife, knit, wrap, wren, wreck, wrist, wrong, write, wrinkle, knew, known, written
bonus words to study: darkness, tornado, hurricane. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  study vocabulary words

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

Zoo Field Trip

We will be taking a field trip to the Montgomery Zoo and Mann Museum on May 6th. Please check your child's homework folder for a letter. 

This form must be returned to school by April 11th!!!

If you have any questions, please let me know!!

March 31, 2014

Reading
We will not have a reading test this week due to the Thursday field trip. We will be working a few skills and have a quiz on Friday. Next week we will begin reading Stone Fox.

Math Test
We will have a math test this Wednesday. 

Important Dates
April 3- Desoto Caverns Field Trip
April 18 - Easter Holiday
May 6 -Zoo Field Trip

Spelling words -  Our test will be on FRIDAY!!!!!!
splint, splash, splatter, sprinkle, sprout, spring, strap, strike, string, streak, stronger, spun, stories, sticky, slap
bonus words to study: Desoto Caverns, Childersburg, formations. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  no Reading homework

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

March 17, 2014

Yearbook Sale has been extended until this Wednesday!!!! The books are $50.

Math Test
We will have a math test this Tuesday. 

Important Dates
March 24-28 - Spring Break
April 3- Desoto Caverns Field Trip
April 18 - Easter Holiday

Spelling words
offer, winner, zipper, will, well, he'd, isn't, taking, monkeys, stitches, used, cutting, clippers, saving, died
bonus words to study: St. Patrick's Day, shamrock, leprechaun. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  study vocabulary for chapters 11-15 of The Cricket in Times Square

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

March 10, 2014

THIS FRIDAY will be dismissing at 12:30!!!!!

We will be taking all of our tests for the week on Thursday!!!! 

Our spelling test will on Wednesday!!!

Math Test
We will have a math test this Tuesday. 

Important Dates
March 14 - Field Trip money due
March 24-28 - Spring Break
April 3- Desoto Caverns Field Trip

Spelling words
playground, underground, chalkboard, cardboard, spacewalk, sidewalk, rainbow, anything, campfire, eyelash, shoelace, something, overprinting, neighborhood, sometimes
bonus words to study: tournament, competition, clover. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  study vocabulary for chapters 6-10 of The Cricket in Times Square

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

Dr. Seuss Week

Here are a few pictures from the activities that we are doing this week to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Monday - Oh the THINKS You Can Think! - We used our imagination to "think up a new think"!!!

Tuesday - The Foot Book - We painted with our feet using paint brushes!!!

 Getting Started

 We got a little messy!!!!

 The finished products!!!!

Wednesday - Dress up day and The Cat in the Hat - The students wrote about what they would do if the Cat in the Hat came to play with them

My camera battery died while taking these so I will post pictures of our writing activity tomorrow. Sorry!!!!

Thursday - The Sneetches - Sneetch Glyph

 

Friday - Bartholomew and the OOBLECK - We made Oobleck

 

You can use the following website to find the recipe for Oobleck.

 





http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Oobleck

 

 

 

I hope they have had as much fun this week as I have!!!!! They will bring home their projects on Monday.

Just a few things

Here are a few things that I think you should know:

1. We are having a dress up day on Wednesday of this week for Dr. Seuss week. Your child is welcome to dress up but please make sure it is something they can function in all day. Please no "extra" accessories.

2. ALL field trip money is due March 14!!!!!!

3. If your child will be going on the cheer trip to Disney, please let me know what days they will not be at school so that I can plan around that for next week. Let me know this by Wednesday!!!!

4. ALL Art Show projects are due this Wednesday.

March 3, 2014

Math Test
We will have a math test this Tuesday. 

Reading
We will not be using our Reading Books for now. We started a novel unit this morning and will finish it before Spring Break. We are reading the book The Cricket in Times Square in class together. We will have tests on this book weekly along with vocabulary words. The students will not be bringing home the reading book until further notice.
 

Important Dates
March 14 - Field Trip money due
March 24-28 - Spring Break
April 3- Desoto Caverns Field Trip

Spelling words
berries, bunnies, guppies, hobbies, pennies, puppies, ponies, babies, donkeys, families, dollars, horses, sleeves, cowboys, britches
bonus words to study: cricket, Times Square, cherries. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading:  study vocabulary for chapters 1-5 of The Cricket in Times Square

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

February 24, 2014

Math Test
We will have a math test this Wednesday. 

Science Test
We will have a Science test this Thursday. We will fill out the study guide in class tomorrow. 

Important Dates
Spring Break March 24-28

Spelling words
making, biting, diving, hiking, skated, prized, shaking, skating, hiding, shining, thinking, entered, opened, passing, safekeeping
bonus words to study: wizard, Kansas, tornado. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Reading: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm, study vocabulary

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school

February 18, 2014

Math Test
We will have a math test this Thursday. 

Spelling Test
Our Spelling test will be on Friday this week since Monday was a holiday and made for a short week.
There will be NO retakes for the spelling tests on Fridays. The grade they make on Thursdays will be what goes in the grade book for the week.

Important Dates
Spring Break March 24-28

Spelling words
he'll, she'll, we'll, I'd, we'd, they'll, you'd, that's, she'd, you'll, it's, she's, what's, I'm, can't
bonus words to study: February, President's Day, tennis. (Study all three of these words during the week. I will pick one on Thursday to use as the bonus word.)

We will also have a dictation sentence each week.

Homework

Homework will mostly be the same each week. The main thing that will change will be the math pages sent home. These will be sent home in the daily homework folder.

Reading: A Story A Story, study vocabulary

Spelling: Study spelling words

Math: worksheet or workbook page (depending upon the skill)
Classwork: finish any classwork not finished at school