Hello parents!
Happy Monday. I hope your week is getting off to a good start. My apologies for the lack of blogging updates lately. Blogger has changed its layouts and they have left my quite confused. With AIMS prep and then the actual proctoring last week, coupled with my husband's unexpected liver biopsy, my mind has been a bit preoccupied. However, we are back and ready to tackle the remaining weeks of school.
This week is back to normal. I wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who sent in letters of encouragement, snacks and other goodies during our big testing week. I appreciate you. Homework returns to normal as well this week. Many students have a homework pass because of their attendance and participation during AIMS. It is only good this week and can only be used on the POW or science reading. If you have any questions please let me know.
How are state reports coming along? I feel that the mail students requested from their state's offices of tourism has subsided. I hope all students are finding their references and using their graphic organizers. This Friday is the first turn in day for certain sections. Please don't wait until Thursday to ask me questions if you have them.
Email and the district server are currently down at the moment. It is the hope of the IT department to have all systems working in the morning. I will respond to any emails sent Monday then. Have a great week. Talk to you soon.
Spelling words for the week:
1. nontoxic
2. income
3. unknown
4. unusual
5. involved
6. unlike
7. inspector
8. unless
9. indeed
10. nonprofit
11. invisible
12. nonsense
13. incredible
14. uncomfortable
15. inconsistent
16. unfortunately
17. nonfiction
18. nonviolent
19. uncover
20. informal
Monday, April 23, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Back from Break! March 26-30, 2012
Hello families,
Welcome back! I do hope everyone had a lovely two weeks off. I was sick at the beginning and at the end of break, but luckily all major plans happened in the middle when I was well! I am excited to be back in the routine of things. Can you believe we are in the 4th quarter already? My has this year just been super quick. Pretty soon we'll be done with Easter and AIMS and your student will be off to middle school. I want to wish everyone a successful remaining quarter. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.
Homework packets: Homework packets are due Friday. Earlier I sent an email explaining the situation this week with the copy machine, please let me know if your child lost their math paper and I can replace it.
Spelling words for the week: Pgs. 56, 57, 58 are due Friday.
1. translation
2. laziness
3. population
4. invention
5. generation
6. examination
7. situation
8. operation
9. sickness
10. kindness
11. closeness
12. forgiveness
13. pollution
14. imagination
15. education
16. transportation
17. federation
18. subtraction
19. smallness
20. lateness
State Report Update: Please turn in the bottom signed portion to me ASAP to ensure that you have read through the requirements with your student. I am excited to report that currently, 10 students have received mail back from their state's office of tourism. It's been exciting to play "mail man" in the morning and see the joy on your kiddo's face. We will write thank you letters at the end of our reports to help encourage respect and community. If you have questions on the due dates or assignments, please let me know.
Welcome back! I do hope everyone had a lovely two weeks off. I was sick at the beginning and at the end of break, but luckily all major plans happened in the middle when I was well! I am excited to be back in the routine of things. Can you believe we are in the 4th quarter already? My has this year just been super quick. Pretty soon we'll be done with Easter and AIMS and your student will be off to middle school. I want to wish everyone a successful remaining quarter. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.
Homework packets: Homework packets are due Friday. Earlier I sent an email explaining the situation this week with the copy machine, please let me know if your child lost their math paper and I can replace it.
Spelling words for the week: Pgs. 56, 57, 58 are due Friday.
1. translation
2. laziness
3. population
4. invention
5. generation
6. examination
7. situation
8. operation
9. sickness
10. kindness
11. closeness
12. forgiveness
13. pollution
14. imagination
15. education
16. transportation
17. federation
18. subtraction
19. smallness
20. lateness
State Report Update: Please turn in the bottom signed portion to me ASAP to ensure that you have read through the requirements with your student. I am excited to report that currently, 10 students have received mail back from their state's office of tourism. It's been exciting to play "mail man" in the morning and see the joy on your kiddo's face. We will write thank you letters at the end of our reports to help encourage respect and community. If you have questions on the due dates or assignments, please let me know.
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 5th-9th
Hello families,
I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Don't they always fly by? This is our last week before we take Spring break. I need help with our school carnival booth. Coming home today is a purple sign up sheet. If you are able to donate 1/2 hour of your time this Friday evening, I would be eternally grateful. Below are the homework and spelling assignments for the week. The March newsletter will be sent home this week. Thanks and have a good day!
Homework:
- Packet due Friday. Be sure to document each night's reading fully on the log.
Spelling words (pgs. 53, 54, 55):
1. absent
2. servant
3. present
4. instant
5. accident
6. assistant
7. current
8. moment
9. resident
10. ignorant
11. pleasant
12. distant
13. innocent
14. intelligent
15. restaurant
16. patient
17. government
18. statement
19. migrant
20. participant
I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Don't they always fly by? This is our last week before we take Spring break. I need help with our school carnival booth. Coming home today is a purple sign up sheet. If you are able to donate 1/2 hour of your time this Friday evening, I would be eternally grateful. Below are the homework and spelling assignments for the week. The March newsletter will be sent home this week. Thanks and have a good day!
Homework:
- Packet due Friday. Be sure to document each night's reading fully on the log.
Spelling words (pgs. 53, 54, 55):
1. absent
2. servant
3. present
4. instant
5. accident
6. assistant
7. current
8. moment
9. resident
10. ignorant
11. pleasant
12. distant
13. innocent
14. intelligent
15. restaurant
16. patient
17. government
18. statement
19. migrant
20. participant
Monday, February 20, 2012
Rodeo Week!
Hello families!
Happy Rodeo. I hope you all have a chance to experience our unique southwest culture and history this week. If not, I do hope you have a sincerely relaxing four day weekend with your child.
Below are the notes for this week. Not to much given such short instruction time. Enjoy.
Homework:
- Complete two nights of reading log, math homework (skip the number line one, it didn't show up), and read and answer questions on the Periodic Table.
Spelling:
- No spelling words this week, we will edit spelling in our persuasive writing.
School related events:
- Tuesday, Benchmark Writing test. Please be on time for school with a water bottle.
- Box tops are due! Please turn them in ASAP.
Happy Rodeo. I hope you all have a chance to experience our unique southwest culture and history this week. If not, I do hope you have a sincerely relaxing four day weekend with your child.
Below are the notes for this week. Not to much given such short instruction time. Enjoy.
Homework:
- Complete two nights of reading log, math homework (skip the number line one, it didn't show up), and read and answer questions on the Periodic Table.
Spelling:
- No spelling words this week, we will edit spelling in our persuasive writing.
School related events:
- Tuesday, Benchmark Writing test. Please be on time for school with a water bottle.
- Box tops are due! Please turn them in ASAP.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Parent Teacher Conference Week 2/6-2/10
Happy Monday everyone!
Congratulations to all you Giants fans! It was a great game to watch, what a close one. Please remember that this week is parent teacher conferences. I look forward to meeting with each of you. Your student should have a small orange slip of paper confirming your time. Please remember, if you did not sign up for a time, I assigned you a time based on availability. I will make every effort to stay on schedule so please be at your conference on time. Thank you for helping make these two days go smoothly for all.
This week's homework packet went home today. Have your child explain to you about their POW. Euler paths and circuits were never taught to me growing up and I bet that you might not remember them either. This is a great way to check your child's understanding of our math standard this week.
Here are the spelling words for this week (pgs. 47-49):
1. basketball
2. seventy-five
3. rock band
4. everybody
5. fireplace
6. anything
7. takeoff
8. skateboard
9. homework
10. two-thirds
11. high school
12. railroad
13. motorcycle
14. vice president
15. strawberry
16. freeway
17. car pool
18. comic strip
19. fine arts
20. forty-two
Congratulations to all you Giants fans! It was a great game to watch, what a close one. Please remember that this week is parent teacher conferences. I look forward to meeting with each of you. Your student should have a small orange slip of paper confirming your time. Please remember, if you did not sign up for a time, I assigned you a time based on availability. I will make every effort to stay on schedule so please be at your conference on time. Thank you for helping make these two days go smoothly for all.
This week's homework packet went home today. Have your child explain to you about their POW. Euler paths and circuits were never taught to me growing up and I bet that you might not remember them either. This is a great way to check your child's understanding of our math standard this week.
Here are the spelling words for this week (pgs. 47-49):
1. basketball
2. seventy-five
3. rock band
4. everybody
5. fireplace
6. anything
7. takeoff
8. skateboard
9. homework
10. two-thirds
11. high school
12. railroad
13. motorcycle
14. vice president
15. strawberry
16. freeway
17. car pool
18. comic strip
19. fine arts
20. forty-two
Monday, January 30, 2012
Final Week in January
Hello families,
My apologies for the absent blog postings these past two weeks. I'm back and ready to tackle the week! Are you?
The homework packets have been working out wonderfully! Why didn't I think of these sooner? I hope you are finding that they are helping your student out in more positive ways than the journals were.
The spelling books are improving from the first week back from break. Remember, on most weeks, the spelling book pages average around 50 points towards your child's spelling grade. It is highly recommended that before your child turns in their book, you take a moment to look through their pages for completion as well as correct spellings.
Conferences are right around the corner. I am finishing up hearing back from other teachers trying to coordinate family times. I will send the final schedule out in an email this week.
I hope you all have an amazing last week in January. Can you believe it was 80 degrees today?
For the week...
1. Homework packets due Friday.
2. Spelling books (pgs. 44,45,46) due Friday.
3. Return any conference slips not yet returned.
Spelling words for the week:
1. island
2. design
3. calm
4. column
5. sword
6. half
7. yolk
8. walked
9. talk
10. chalk
11. wrinkled
12. wrong
13. autumn
14. solemn
15. aisle
16. foreign
17. lightening
18. benign
19. glistened
20. resign
My apologies for the absent blog postings these past two weeks. I'm back and ready to tackle the week! Are you?
The homework packets have been working out wonderfully! Why didn't I think of these sooner? I hope you are finding that they are helping your student out in more positive ways than the journals were.
The spelling books are improving from the first week back from break. Remember, on most weeks, the spelling book pages average around 50 points towards your child's spelling grade. It is highly recommended that before your child turns in their book, you take a moment to look through their pages for completion as well as correct spellings.
Conferences are right around the corner. I am finishing up hearing back from other teachers trying to coordinate family times. I will send the final schedule out in an email this week.
I hope you all have an amazing last week in January. Can you believe it was 80 degrees today?
For the week...
1. Homework packets due Friday.
2. Spelling books (pgs. 44,45,46) due Friday.
3. Return any conference slips not yet returned.
Spelling words for the week:
1. island
2. design
3. calm
4. column
5. sword
6. half
7. yolk
8. walked
9. talk
10. chalk
11. wrinkled
12. wrong
13. autumn
14. solemn
15. aisle
16. foreign
17. lightening
18. benign
19. glistened
20. resign
Monday, January 9, 2012
January 9th-13th
Hello families,
Welcome to another week. How are your New Year's resolutions going? So far so good on my end but it is still early on in the year. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend and were able to enjoy the fabulous weather we've been having. Below you will find the information for this week in class.
Homework:
Packets for this week went home today. The format is the same as last week: math problems, a POW, reading log, and a social studies/language arts writing assignment. Please have your child complete their homework and turn it in by Friday. Don't forget about the spelling book. Pages 33-35 are to be done by Friday as well.
Spelling words to study are:
1. American
2. frozen
3. button
4. chapter
5. tractor
6. harbor
7. father
8. color
9. ancestor
10. hidden
11. hamburger
12. theater
13. weather
14. beckon
15. cannon
16. compassion
17. golden
18. taken
19. elder
20. turban
Welcome to another week. How are your New Year's resolutions going? So far so good on my end but it is still early on in the year. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend and were able to enjoy the fabulous weather we've been having. Below you will find the information for this week in class.
Homework:
Packets for this week went home today. The format is the same as last week: math problems, a POW, reading log, and a social studies/language arts writing assignment. Please have your child complete their homework and turn it in by Friday. Don't forget about the spelling book. Pages 33-35 are to be done by Friday as well.
Spelling words to study are:
1. American
2. frozen
3. button
4. chapter
5. tractor
6. harbor
7. father
8. color
9. ancestor
10. hidden
11. hamburger
12. theater
13. weather
14. beckon
15. cannon
16. compassion
17. golden
18. taken
19. elder
20. turban
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