We had a GREAT day today on the field trip! Thank you for everyone that came to help!!
We are having another Ranger Day on Monday. Wear your Ranger gear or Ranger colors!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tests on Thursday!
We will have a Math test and a Social Studies test on Thursday, October 21.
The Adding and Subtracting Unit Test includes the following concepts:
1. Estimate Sums & Differences
2. Two-digit Addition & Subtraction
4. Adding & Subtracting Money
5. Adding & Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers
6. Subtract Three-Digit Number with Regrouping
7. Subtract Across Zeros
8. Select addition or subtraction to solve word problems. (The word ABOUT means to estimate before adding or subtracting.)
We have been working on all of these in class! And we will continue to work on them next week as well.
The Social Studies test will be open book, and we will provide page numbers for each question. Again, we are working on our Reading Detective Skills. There is nothing to prepare for at home! This test will also be MUCH shorter than the last one! :o)
The Adding and Subtracting Unit Test includes the following concepts:
1. Estimate Sums & Differences
2. Two-digit Addition & Subtraction
4. Adding & Subtracting Money
5. Adding & Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers
6. Subtract Three-Digit Number with Regrouping
7. Subtract Across Zeros
8. Select addition or subtraction to solve word problems. (The word ABOUT means to estimate before adding or subtracting.)
We have been working on all of these in class! And we will continue to work on them next week as well.
The Social Studies test will be open book, and we will provide page numbers for each question. Again, we are working on our Reading Detective Skills. There is nothing to prepare for at home! This test will also be MUCH shorter than the last one! :o)
Tonight's Homework
Tonight's Writing Homework is very different! I think it will be fun though! We are reviewing nouns on a website called Power Proofreading. The website is on the handout that I sent home, you can search for it in search engine, or your can click on the Power Proofreading Link on my blog (llok to the right) or on my DragonSpace!
As you will see on the handout, there seems to be a compatibility issue with Macs. If this happens to you, or you experience other technical difficulities that turn this into a frustrating activity instead of something fun, just jot down a note on the handout they are using for the directions. I will definitely still take the homework, and we can find some time in class to work on it!
When the assignment is completed, there are two spots for you to initital to let me know that the assignment was completed.
Have fun! (And like I said, if it turns into something frustrating, do not worry about it! Just write it down on that piece of paper :o))
As you will see on the handout, there seems to be a compatibility issue with Macs. If this happens to you, or you experience other technical difficulities that turn this into a frustrating activity instead of something fun, just jot down a note on the handout they are using for the directions. I will definitely still take the homework, and we can find some time in class to work on it!
When the assignment is completed, there are two spots for you to initital to let me know that the assignment was completed.
Have fun! (And like I said, if it turns into something frustrating, do not worry about it! Just write it down on that piece of paper :o))
Field Trip Tomorrow!
First of all, I think there is something wrong with my email. I've had a hard time replying to a couple of your email about tomorrow's field trip because ... well there is something definitely wrong with it!
Coolers: Nicole Felberbaum said she can bring a big cooler for lunches tomorrow. I think that should be enough because my hope is that not everyone will need to keep their lunches in there. We will definitely need to keep the cafeteria lunches in there because they have milk!
Picnice Blankets: Meredith Allen is bringing one picnic blanket. Chaperones: If you have any more that you can bring with you, that would be great!
Chaperones: I've divided everyone into groups. If you could help me out by keeping a head count of the students in your group during the day, that would be a great help to me! I will give you a piece of paper when I see you tomorrow with the groups listed, and I have name tags for each child. I even color coded them based on their groups. Your own child is also in your group! There are only 3-4 kids in each group. Thank you so much for coming with us!
Coolers: Nicole Felberbaum said she can bring a big cooler for lunches tomorrow. I think that should be enough because my hope is that not everyone will need to keep their lunches in there. We will definitely need to keep the cafeteria lunches in there because they have milk!
Picnice Blankets: Meredith Allen is bringing one picnic blanket. Chaperones: If you have any more that you can bring with you, that would be great!
Chaperones: I've divided everyone into groups. If you could help me out by keeping a head count of the students in your group during the day, that would be a great help to me! I will give you a piece of paper when I see you tomorrow with the groups listed, and I have name tags for each child. I even color coded them based on their groups. Your own child is also in your group! There are only 3-4 kids in each group. Thank you so much for coming with us!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Announcements
I hope you all had a great 3 day weekend! I know I really enjoyed the extra day :o) I have a lot to tell you today:
1) The newsletter is now posted on my DragonSpace site (you can click the DragonSpace link to the right, find the post with the exacty site somewhere below, or click on the link on the CES webpage). Once you search for our school and me, go to "Documents." You will find the newsletter under the "Weekly Newsletter" section of "Documents." These will not be emailed every week.
2) No spelling this week due to our short week AND our Friday Field Trip!
3) Please look one more time through all of the papers that came home last week for missing picture orders! We are still missing a few
4) Wednesday Folders Tomorrow: I am sending home an assignment called "I Remember ..." We finished our first reading unit today, and we spent some time talking about everything we have learned so far. Then, we wrote down 5 things we remember on a piece of notebook paper. These 5 statements are pledges we made to ourselves to remember everytime we read a book. Please spend some time reading over this and talking about it with your children when it comes home tomorrow. I had a huge smile on my face when I was grading them because I was able to see, not only what they have picked up, but I was able to gain some insight about what is important to each of them as a reader. By reading over this assignment you will be able to get a glimpse of what we have been working on everyday! :o)
5) Field Trip Chaperones: Please let me know if you can bring a picnic blanket or a cooler for lunches on the field trip. I know we will have one picnic blanket!
6) Filed Trip Lunches: The easiest thing to pack for a lunch would be something dipsoable that doesn't need to be returned home. We will be eating outside, so we will not have any microwaves to heat up food. I do have a few students that have ordered a lunch from the cafeteria. The cafeteria comes with milk ~ hence the need for a cooler!
Whew! I think that's it!
1) The newsletter is now posted on my DragonSpace site (you can click the DragonSpace link to the right, find the post with the exacty site somewhere below, or click on the link on the CES webpage). Once you search for our school and me, go to "Documents." You will find the newsletter under the "Weekly Newsletter" section of "Documents." These will not be emailed every week.
2) No spelling this week due to our short week AND our Friday Field Trip!
3) Please look one more time through all of the papers that came home last week for missing picture orders! We are still missing a few
4) Wednesday Folders Tomorrow: I am sending home an assignment called "I Remember ..." We finished our first reading unit today, and we spent some time talking about everything we have learned so far. Then, we wrote down 5 things we remember on a piece of notebook paper. These 5 statements are pledges we made to ourselves to remember everytime we read a book. Please spend some time reading over this and talking about it with your children when it comes home tomorrow. I had a huge smile on my face when I was grading them because I was able to see, not only what they have picked up, but I was able to gain some insight about what is important to each of them as a reader. By reading over this assignment you will be able to get a glimpse of what we have been working on everyday! :o)
5) Field Trip Chaperones: Please let me know if you can bring a picnic blanket or a cooler for lunches on the field trip. I know we will have one picnic blanket!
6) Filed Trip Lunches: The easiest thing to pack for a lunch would be something dipsoable that doesn't need to be returned home. We will be eating outside, so we will not have any microwaves to heat up food. I do have a few students that have ordered a lunch from the cafeteria. The cafeteria comes with milk ~ hence the need for a cooler!
Whew! I think that's it!
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