Post-It Notes and Reading Announcement

The big emergency in Mrs. Wilson's class today was that we ran out of sticky notes!!  This is a really good problem to have because we have been using sticky notes to leave tracks of our thoughts in our just right books.  And we have done so much work these past few weeks!  I'm going to buy some more this weekend, but I'm not sure I can keep up with the pace of the class on my own.  If you find yourself at the store this weekend, and happen to think about it, Post-It note donations would be greatly appreciated!

Speaking of reading, I wanted to remind you about reading at home.  First, I hope you are finding the new reading logs much easier to use! :o)  Second, 30 minutes a night is not just a requirment for Dragon Pride.  Research shows that students need to read an hour and a half everyday just to maintain grade level.  We take care of about 30-45 minutes of this each day during reader's workshop.  And we pick up another 15 minutes or so by reading word problems, our social studies books, announcements and assignments that are in written form, etc.  The rest of the time should be taking place during their reading time at home every night.  I was reminded of this information at a meeting last week, and so I wanted to pass it on to you.

I hope you have a great 3 day weekend!  I'm excited about our field trip next week!!!  Oh ~ and report cards are coming home today.

Note from Volunteer Coordinator:

A big thanks to all the parents who signed up to volunteer to help Mrs. Wilson with copying and stuffing Wednesday folders. Volunteers: Please go to Volunteerspot.com to register and see our online volunteer calendar. If you did not have a chance to sign up to volunteer during "Meet the Teacher" or "Curriculum night" - it's not too late! Please let me know. Also, if you haven't sent in your class directory information, please send in so we can send home a class list.  (Note from Mrs. Wilson: I can't attach the roster on here!  So I will email you what she has so far!)

Thanks!
Mary Beth Murphy

Picture Mix-Up

The picture order forms got mixedup yesterday in the Wednesday folders.  We were able to fix MOST of them this morning, but please make sure to check everything that came home yesterday and return the picture order forms back to school so we can finish switching them out!  Thank you!!

Almost Finished with Our First Personal Narrative!

I am so proud of the writing your children have been working on.  They are so excited to share their stories that they can't STOP writing sometimes!

I just posted the rubric that I am going to use to grade their stories when they are done.   You can find this on my DragonSpace page under "Documents."  (The Dragon Space link is on the right if or listed in on of my blogs from last week.)  As you will see, some of the grade will come from the actual writing process they have been using these past few weeks, not just the actual finished product. 

Once we have our celebration, I will post the writing outside in the hall for you so see whenever you visit next, and I will send home their scores.  I'm excited to see their final products!!!!  I can't wait!

Boosterthon Reminder

Dear CES Families:




Our Boosterthon Fun Run was a tremendous success this past week. We appreciate all the parents, family members and friends, who joined us at the Fun Run to cheer on our Dragons. We are delighted to report that based on pledges reported ... we will exceed our goal by nearly 33%. This is tremendous news, so thank you so much for your support of our Fall fundraiser.

But, we still need your help ... to ensure we do exceed our goal, we must collect all pledges. Boosterthon collection envelopes came home last Friday and are due this week. This email is a reminder to please send in all pledges by Friday, October 8. Checks are payable to CES PTO.

Thanks again for your tremendous support of Boosterthon. We greatly appreciate your generosity and commitment to CES!!!

Sincerely,
Michelle Clay & Michelle Moore

Co-Chairs of the CES Boosterthon

Reading Homework Tonight

I reminded everyone as we were walking out today, but I need your help!  I told the kids that if I didn't see their Reading Detective Strategies (underlining the evidence in the passage, labeling each piece of evidence with Q1, Q2, etc.) that I was going to give their packet right back to them to fix before I graded it.  One of our 3rd grade objectives from the state is finding evidence for each question.  Soon this will be a habit, but right now we are trying to MAKE it a habit! :o)

Have a great night!

Due This Week

Don't forget to turn in the Field Trip Permission Slips!  I'm still missing a few.   Also, Boosterthon money is due this Friday!