Bravo! Our class did a wonderful job in our third grade program! I am proud of every single one of my students!
Now that the show is over, life becomes somewhat more normal in our classroom. I say somewhat because we have reading week activities this week. The activities are wonderful additions, though, and celebrating reading is something that I'm proud our school does. Please remind your child to bring in a towel or small blanket to sit on Wednesday when we participate in Outside Drop Everything and Read.
Other School News:
Oldie Goldie Book Fair is this Friday. We need more books for third and fourth graders. Now is a great time to donate books your children no longer read.
Field Day will take place on Friday, March 11.
Spirit Day is Friday, March 25.
Our new vocabulary words will be tested next Friday. They are:
Collection Vocabulary- bargain, devoted, instituted, pledged, residing, candidates, erected, nomination, precipitation, savings, deteriorating, gauge, parapets, pulverized, smack-dab
Wordly Wise- adopt, arouse, arrange, cell, infection, influence, injure, injury, pattern, series, vision
This week our class is performing reader's theater for four classrooms. We will also begin a class novel, Stone Fox.
The children are also working on real, fantasy, real stories in writer's workshop. We will have a practice math test this Wednesday and a math test on Thursday.
Wishing you all a wonderful week!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Reading Week Activities
Next week we will celebrate Reading Week.
Monday – Dress as your favorite book character/share books in class.
Tuesday – Visiting Illustrator– Frank Remkiewicz. EC & K – 8:30-9:15, Grades 1& 2– 9:30 – 10:15 in the Janet Root Theatre.
Wednesday – Outside – “Drop Everything and Read” (8:20 –8:50) – have students bring in towels to sit on. St. Petersburg Times Journalist,Letitia Stein, and magazine writer, Catherine Cobb will present. Third grade will be from 9:00-9:30 and fourth grade 9:40 – 10:10.
Thursday – Community Authors – Liesel Sole, Gina Longino,and Danielle Cameron.
Buddy Reading
Friday will be Oldie Goldie- This will be the culminating event for Reading Week. Boxes are placed outside classroom doors to collect used books to sell at Oldie Goldie. On Friday the students will have the opportunity to purchase books. Fun!
Monday – Dress as your favorite book character/share books in class.
Tuesday – Visiting Illustrator– Frank Remkiewicz. EC & K – 8:30-9:15, Grades 1& 2– 9:30 – 10:15 in the Janet Root Theatre.
Wednesday – Outside – “Drop Everything and Read” (8:20 –8:50) – have students bring in towels to sit on. St. Petersburg Times Journalist,Letitia Stein, and magazine writer, Catherine Cobb will present. Third grade will be from 9:00-9:30 and fourth grade 9:40 – 10:10.
Thursday – Community Authors – Liesel Sole, Gina Longino,and Danielle Cameron.
Buddy Reading
Friday will be Oldie Goldie- This will be the culminating event for Reading Week. Boxes are placed outside classroom doors to collect used books to sell at Oldie Goldie. On Friday the students will have the opportunity to purchase books. Fun!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
February 22, 2011
This week is following a different path...practice, practice and more practice! We are still working on all the subject areas, but they have been abridged due to our practice schedule. (Ask your child if they know what abridged means. They learned this word today.)
Please send your child to school in the costume on Thursday and Friday. Your child will need a change of clothes for both days. They should wear their school uniform on Thursday after the dress rehearsal and may bring spirit wear for their change of clothes on Friday.
Also, please bring in the cake between 7:30 and no later than 8:15. Our show begins at 8:30. It's going to be a great morning!
*We are not having a spelling test this week, however, the students will be quizzed over their Wordly Wise and Collection Vocabulary words on Friday.
See you soon!
Please send your child to school in the costume on Thursday and Friday. Your child will need a change of clothes for both days. They should wear their school uniform on Thursday after the dress rehearsal and may bring spirit wear for their change of clothes on Friday.
Also, please bring in the cake between 7:30 and no later than 8:15. Our show begins at 8:30. It's going to be a great morning!
*We are not having a spelling test this week, however, the students will be quizzed over their Wordly Wise and Collection Vocabulary words on Friday.
See you soon!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day!
Hello Everyone!
Your children had a fun day today passing out and reading their Valentine cards. Thank you to CeCe Kiefner for providing the craft for the children. Their mailboxes were so cute!
The next two weeks are very busy for us as we prepare for our show along with many other fun learning activities. We will not have a spelling test for this week or next. We will still have vocabulary words.
Wordly Wise:
diagram, frustrate, frustrating, graduate, prank, primary, risk, risky, stress, urge, vacant, vigorous
Collection Vocabulary:
alarming, cowered, lease, mandated, smoldering, clung, exclusively, lot, pierced, toxic, conserves, fragrant, lulled, proper, waged
We are continuing our geometry unit in math. Our writer's workshop is focusing on writing stories with a real, fantasy, real form. This week we will have a Science Teach-In. That should be a lot of fun.
Tuesday, February 15, is the hot dog luncheon to raise money for Relay for Life. Many of you have already paid for the lunch. Feel free to join your child for lunch that day! Also, to celebrate the children may wear purple shirts.
Please remember that there is no school on Friday. It is a professional development day for teachers. As you probably already know, we are off school next Monday for President's Day.
One more reminder...our dress rehearsal is Thursday, February 24. Please have your child bring in his/her costume that day.
Thanks so very much for all your support! Have a wonderful week!
Your children had a fun day today passing out and reading their Valentine cards. Thank you to CeCe Kiefner for providing the craft for the children. Their mailboxes were so cute!
The next two weeks are very busy for us as we prepare for our show along with many other fun learning activities. We will not have a spelling test for this week or next. We will still have vocabulary words.
Wordly Wise:
diagram, frustrate, frustrating, graduate, prank, primary, risk, risky, stress, urge, vacant, vigorous
Collection Vocabulary:
alarming, cowered, lease, mandated, smoldering, clung, exclusively, lot, pierced, toxic, conserves, fragrant, lulled, proper, waged
We are continuing our geometry unit in math. Our writer's workshop is focusing on writing stories with a real, fantasy, real form. This week we will have a Science Teach-In. That should be a lot of fun.
Tuesday, February 15, is the hot dog luncheon to raise money for Relay for Life. Many of you have already paid for the lunch. Feel free to join your child for lunch that day! Also, to celebrate the children may wear purple shirts.
Please remember that there is no school on Friday. It is a professional development day for teachers. As you probably already know, we are off school next Monday for President's Day.
One more reminder...our dress rehearsal is Thursday, February 24. Please have your child bring in his/her costume that day.
Thanks so very much for all your support! Have a wonderful week!
Monday, February 7, 2011
February 7, 2011
Dear Parents,
Please read this important message about enrollment.
IMPORTANT ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
We are excited to announce that we are moving to an online re-enrollment process! This will allow you to complete your enrollment contract online, as well as make payments online. We believe that this will save you time and effort.
You will no longer need to complete lengthy paperwork, as student information will be pre-populated on each student's individual enrollment form. Once the enrollment contract is submitted online, you will be able to print a copy of the contract for your records.
In addition, we are pleased to offer you an easy, secure online payment system to make electronic payments of tuition deposits, tuition refund plan payments, tuition, and donation payments. This convenient alternative for families will allow you to make electronic payments by e-check or credit card (Master Card, American Express or Discover only).
A convenience fee of 2.75% will be charged if you use a credit card; however, there is no fee for using e-check, which is a direct debit to your bank account. You will be receiving further information the week of February 16.
This week in Class:
Writing-We are almost finished publishing. We will also have a visit from a writing specialist to work with us to expand on our narrative writing unit.
Reading-The children are working on their reader's theater. We are hoping to present to a few classes soon. My goal is to have a day for parents to come to see our shows and to listen to our writing near the end of the year. We will give lots of advance notice to you can plan to attend! We are also working on stories in our Voices series as well as finishing our novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall. There will be a quiz over this book on Wednesday.
Mathematics-We are continuing to work in our geometry unit.
Social Studies-I am sending home a biography project on Tuesday. The children will have a month to work on this. The details are all listed in the handouts, I will discuss this project with the children, and I will be able to answer questions you may have about it when we meet for conferences. It should be a lot of fun!
I look forward to meeting with you this week for our conferences. See you soon!
Please read this important message about enrollment.
IMPORTANT ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
We are excited to announce that we are moving to an online re-enrollment process! This will allow you to complete your enrollment contract online, as well as make payments online. We believe that this will save you time and effort.
You will no longer need to complete lengthy paperwork, as student information will be pre-populated on each student's individual enrollment form. Once the enrollment contract is submitted online, you will be able to print a copy of the contract for your records.
In addition, we are pleased to offer you an easy, secure online payment system to make electronic payments of tuition deposits, tuition refund plan payments, tuition, and donation payments. This convenient alternative for families will allow you to make electronic payments by e-check or credit card (Master Card, American Express or Discover only).
A convenience fee of 2.75% will be charged if you use a credit card; however, there is no fee for using e-check, which is a direct debit to your bank account. You will be receiving further information the week of February 16.
This week in Class:
Writing-We are almost finished publishing. We will also have a visit from a writing specialist to work with us to expand on our narrative writing unit.
Reading-The children are working on their reader's theater. We are hoping to present to a few classes soon. My goal is to have a day for parents to come to see our shows and to listen to our writing near the end of the year. We will give lots of advance notice to you can plan to attend! We are also working on stories in our Voices series as well as finishing our novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall. There will be a quiz over this book on Wednesday.
Mathematics-We are continuing to work in our geometry unit.
Social Studies-I am sending home a biography project on Tuesday. The children will have a month to work on this. The details are all listed in the handouts, I will discuss this project with the children, and I will be able to answer questions you may have about it when we meet for conferences. It should be a lot of fun!
I look forward to meeting with you this week for our conferences. See you soon!
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