Tuesday

Book report paper went home yesterday and is due Friday. Daily Geography is due tomorrow as is Thursday 17.
Toys for Tots collection is running through Friday. Hope you will be able to contribute a toy.
The class is in need of dry erase markers. Please see if you can send some in, we go through them quickly! Thank you!

December 7 Pearl Harbor Day

The book report assignment was not handed out today. It will go home on Monday. I have asked the students to bring in newspaper ads from the Sunday paper for a math activity.
The PTO and student council are having a toy drive for Toys for Tots. Please try to send in a toy.

Wednesday

After my absence of five days, I am making some revisions in the book report. It is still due on Friday, December 14th, however it will not contain a variety of parts, as I had previously planned. The students will receive the assignment this Friday.
Tonight's homework is Thurs. 16 and the Daily Geography will be due Friday. Remember to set that 30 minutes aside for reading and filling out the reading log!

Monday 11/26

Picture retakes are tomorrow. Please bring unwanted photo packet in order to have retakes. Homework is Mon 16 and problem solving "Traveling".
I will be gone for the rest of the week. My father passed away and I will be in Denver with my family.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish you all a very safe and happy weekend.
There is no homework assigned. I do want everyone to read everyday!
Picture retakes and group photos will be taken on Tuesday 11/27.

Homework

Students need to finish their letter from an explorer, reading questions from the small books and the worksheet, "It's not my Fault". Additional homework includes: Thurs. 14 and a problem solving worksheet, "Off and Running".

Homework/Reminders

Homework tonight is: Mon and Tues 14. Also, students are to have the rough draft letter from an explorer completed so the final copy can be completed tomorrow in class.
Reading logs need to be kept up, remember every night 30 minutes of reading is required!
On Friday, explorer groups will present their lessons to the class. They have worked well together and have produced interesting and colorful posters.
In English we are working on the multiple uses of a thesaurus. In reading we are finishing In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. For math we are beginning work on fractions and decimals.
Please remember to send in Campbell's soup!
Next week is Thanksgiving Week, so we only have school Mon. - Wed.

Thursday, November 8

Spelling test tomorrow. Library books need to be brought to class tomorrow. Homework is Thurs. 13 and to be sure to finish Chapter 9 in The Year of the Boar....
No school on Monday.

November 6

Homework tonight is Wed 15 and "Pizza, Please" problem solving. Finish science and spelling list. New book checked out today, realistic historical fiction. Book report is due Dec. 14th. Read 30 minutes!

November 5

Today students took home a new reading log. They are to keep track of their reading times/books on the log. This log is counted as points on their reading grade. If there is no log turned in, a zero goes in the grade book. PLEASE have 30 minutes reading time set aside everyday!

I am beginning to list good website links for our state reports, check these out and utilize them. Students are encouraged to research different sites to help in their reports.

In social studies students are researching an explorer and will work in groups of 5 to design a lesson poster for a presentation to the class.

Today homework is Mon.13, writing sentences worksheet and reading. Also, any work not completed today in class. The daily geography paper is due Thursday.

Please send in cans of Campbell's Soup to support the food bank and to collect the UPC barcodes (labels for education).

October 30

Student's need to complete their math assignment, blue booklet p. 105 #1-15 and mixed review #1-10. The Spooky Story, using adjectives, is due tomorrow. Our regular nightly homework paper, Tues 12 is due as well.
PLEASE donate canned food for the food bank!
Also, Student Council is having a 'Disaster Relief Drive' for the fire victims in California. Fliers went home today.

Monday, October 29

Homework for tonight is to finish reading chapter 4 in The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson and Monday 12. The book report is due this Friday. There are two assignments to the report, a letter from a character and a comic strip.
Three reminders: the Fall Carnival is this Friday from 5:30 - 8:00. Second, we are having a Campbell Soup label/food drive. Please send in your donations! Lastly, we will have a party on Wednesday the 31st, from 1:00- 2:00. Many students are planning on bringing goodies to share.

October 24th

Students are reading from the book: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Tonight they are to read chapter 2.
A worksheet, Wednesday 11, is also to be completed.
Tomorrow is another spirt day to celebrate RED RIBBON week. As a class we have decided to wear blue.

Awards Assembly

A reminder.......awards assembly will be on Thursday, October 25 at 9:35. Please join us and celebrate with your child.

Welcome

Welcome to our class blog. Class assignments, homework, projects and special events will be posted on this page.
As of today there is a book report due Friday, November 2. Folders were sent home today. State report folders will be handed out tomorrow. This will be due on Thursday, January 31.
I'm looking forward to sharing with all the families.