If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. -John Dewey
Friday, December 19, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Spelling Changes and Next Week's Schedule
On this week's newsletter it says we have spelling! WE DON'T!!! It was changed after the newsletter was printed, so NO spelling!!! There won't be any spelling next week either because of the schedule changes for SEP's next week (which I forgot to add to the newsletter!) Plan on half a day Wednesday, no school Thursday and regular day Friday! There is a note in the communicator!!
Monday, October 6, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Important update!
Dear parents,
I actually ended up having my baby much earlier than expected. It was totally unexpected, otherwise I wouldn't have sent home all of the info for parent-teacher conferences.
Matea Bradshaw is subbing for me until I return from maternity leave. I am hoping to be back in 4-6 weeks but where this is our first child we aren't sure what to expect :)
Matea is so awesome and we are lucky to have her help us out! If you have any questions for her, please email me and I will relay and work with her to get any questions you have answered.
I will send a note home when I return to school and we can go from there as far as meeting for parent teacher conferences, etc.
Thank you!!
-Mrs. S.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Great Behavior Awards
YPP - Green Dot Club!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Week of May 5th - May 9th
May 5th – May 9th
Dear
Parents/Guardians,
Reading Calendars: Due: May 6th for a reward.
Book Order: This will be our last book order for the year. Students who order
will receive a free Rio 2 bookmark!
Due: Tuesday,
May 6th!
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: Flat Stanley unit.
Math: We are working SUPER hard on our math timings. Students who have
passed off ALL addition timings and are working on subtraction (or
multiplication) timings, will receive a mighty math trophy with an ADDITION
plaque on it. PLEASE work with your
child extra hard if they have not passed off their addition timings yet.
Social Studies: We will be talking about neighborhoods and our community over the
next week or so. We have already started a few things concerning neighborhood.
Science: We will be learning about fish, since we are going to the Fish
Hatchery tomorrow. We will also be learning about clouds, rainbows, lady bugs,
and butterflies over the next couple of weeks.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
5/6 Field Trip leave at 9 am
5/14 First Grade Program for parents at 1:30 pm
5/16 Bubble Day
Friday, April 25, 2014
April 28th - May 2nd
Reading Calendars: Due May 6th for a reward.
Book Order: This will be our last book order for the year. Students who order
will receive a free Rio 2 bookmark!
Due: Tuesday,
May 6th!
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading & Math: We have finished testing…woohoo!! Overall, I was pretty pleased with
our testing scores – especially in math! Thank you for all of your hard work at
home with your child – it definitely paid off and didn’t go unnoticed. We will
continue to review but will be practicing a lot for our program as well. Enclosed is a card with your child’s NWEA
testing scores. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Baggie Books: Last week was
our last week for baggie books. Please continue to read with your child at home,
however. If you have not returned your
baggie book, please do so that you will not be charged for the cost of the
book!
Pencils Needed: I don’t know why but our class
LOVES to destroy pencils as quickly as possible. I buy a new box about every
other week but we they seem to disappear or be destroyed just as quickly as I
buy them. If you happen to see any on a great deal and would like to donate to
our class we would surely appreciate it!
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
4/28 PTO
Carnival 4/29 Emery Johnson
5/6 9 am Field Trip – there will only be room for those parents who signed up
to help at the beginning of the year
5/14 1:30 pm First Grade Program for parents
Friday, April 11, 2014
Week of April 14th - 16th
Dear
Parents/Guardians,
Book Orders: Due tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15th!
There
will be quite a lot of papers that will come home – we will be doing a lot of
assessments to see where the students are at and what concepts we need to
review more than others.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: Review
Math: Review
YPP: We have 219 green dots. We had a party on Friday. This will be our
last week of YPP. Students who have earned all green dots will be rewarded in
class, as well as in the school.
April Student of the Month
Theme: Peacemaker
- A student who solves problems without fighting and without tattling.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Have a great Spring Break!!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
4/14-16 YPP
Benchmark #3 test (80% or higher for party) 4/18 Beau
Grundy
4/15 earthquake
drill
4/16 Easter
activities in class
4/17-18 Spring
Break
4/22 NWEA Math
Testing
4/23 NWEA
Reading Testing
4/28 PTO
Carnival
5/6 9
a.m. Field Trip – there will only be room for
those parents who signed up to help at the beginning of the year
5/14 1:30 pm !st
Grade Program for parents
Monday, April 7, 2014
April 7th - 11th
Book Orders: Due Tuesday, April 15th!
We
are starting to review extremely heavily, as we have nine school days until we
start testing. If your student is absent, please be sure to go over all of
his/her missed work. There will be quite a lot of papers that will come home –
we will be doing a lot of assessments to see where the students are at and what
concepts we need to review more than others.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working on newspapers, articles and advertisements the
next couple of weeks. We have learned all of the sounds and spellings, so we
will begin reviewing them.
We will be DIBELS testing this week during the first hour of school,
no more reading workshops.
Math: We will review everything we have learned this year.
YPP: We have 202 green dots. Our new class goal is 210 green dots by
April 15th. Each student has made an individual goal and will be
rewarded if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at home
as well. Email me for instructions if
they have been misplaced.
April Student of the Month
Theme: Peacemaker
- A student who solves problems without fighting and without tattling.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
4/9 fire
drill
4/14-16 YPP
Benchmark #3 test (80% or higher for party)
4/15 earthquake
drill
4/17-18 Spring
Break
4/22 NWEA Math
Testing
4/23 NWEA
Reading Testing
4/28 PTO
Carnival
5/6 9
a.m. Field Trip – there will only be room for
those parents who signed up to help at the beginning of the year
5/14 1:30 pm !st
Grade Program for parents
Monday, March 24, 2014
Super Spellers !!
These students have received perfect scores on their spelling tests all year long!
They get a free meal to Wingers! Congratulations!!
They get a free meal to Wingers! Congratulations!!
Week of March 24th - 28th
IMPORTANT! – rubber band
bracelets – We
have had quite the problem with rubber band bracelets lately. At first it was a
matter of finding them all over the floor, janitors (and myself) weren’t too
happy. Now we are having problems with kids flinging them. They have also been
a distraction during instruction and learning time. Please talk to your child about them, because I am going to have to
start taking them away for good if they are a problem. Thanks.
Also,
enclosed is a homework packet to help your child get ready for our testing at
the end of April. This is on his/her own time and does not need to be returned to school.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will continue to work on story elements (setting, character,
plot, etc.). Please talk about
those things when your child reads baggie books each night. We will learn the
hawk card “au”, “aw”, “ou”, and the toy card “oi” and “oy” sounds this week. We
will then start reviewing.
Spelling: No more spelling tests! Woohoo!! We will do some spelling awards to
students who had consistent outstanding spelling scores all year long.
Math: We will start shapes and fractions of shapes today (Topic 16). This
is our last Topic in math. Once we finish, we will start reviewing everything
we have learned this year on math PLUS extra that we should expect to see on
the Spring NWEA Math test.
YPP: We have 176 green dots. Our new class goal is 180 green dots by April
15th. Each student has made an individual goal and will be rewarded
if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at home
as well. Email me for instructions if
they have been misplaced.
Social Studies: We have learned how to be a builder and build others up. Please sign
and return the enclosed yellow form to show that your child agrees to be a
builder! This was a Prevention Dimension lesson!
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
3/26 Assembly with Gov. Herbert
The
principal has asked that we let you know that there won’t be room for any
parents at this assembly.
Friday, March 14, 2014
March 17th - 21st
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Book Orders: Due, tomorrow,
Tuesday, March 18th.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will continue to work on story elements (setting, character,
plot, etc.). Please talk about those things when your child reads baggie books
each night.
Spelling: High Frequency List #10 is enclosed. This will be our last spelling
test of the year.
Math: We have started to learn about how to analyze data in graphs and
tables (Topic 14). Please be sure to review the work each night with your child.
YPP: We have 160green dots. Our new class goal is 180 green dots by April
15th. Each student has made an individual goal and will be rewarded
if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at home
as well. Email me for instructions if
they have been misplaced.
March Student of the Month
Theme: Motivator - A student who has the ability
to help those around him/her seek the good around them. Helps others make good/right choices
and help others to be a better person, student, friend, sibling, etc.
Note from the Principal - It’s that time of year that
students bring their baseball bats, gloves and balls to school. The hard baseballs are not allowed so
please make sure they are using soft baseballs.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember:
3/20 5th Grade Program 9
am
Friday, March 7, 2014
Week of March 10th - 14th
March 10th – 14th
Dear
Parents/Guardians,
Book Orders: Due, Tuesday,
March 18th.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working on story elements (setting, character, plot,
etc.). Please talk about those things when your child reads baggie books each
night.
Spelling: High Frequency List #9 is enclosed.
Math: We are starting double-digit subtraction (Topic 11). Please be sure
to review the work each night with your child, as we will be going pretty
quickly through these next topics.
YPP: We have 151 green dots. Our new class goal is 180 green dots by April
15th. Each student has made an individual goal and will be rewarded
if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at home
as well. Email me for instructions if
they have been misplaced.
March Student of the Month
Theme: Motivator - A student who has the ability
to help those around him/her seek the good around them. Helps others make good/right choices
and help others to be a better person, student, friend, sibling, etc.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember:
3/10 Character Ed. Assembly 1:30 pm
3/12 fire drill
3/20 5th Grade Program 9
am
Monday, February 24, 2014
Week of February 24th - 28th
Thank
you so much for attending SEPs. I know it was a lot to take in, but these last
couple of months we need to really push, as we are testing early (mid April)
this year.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working on quotation marks and capitals.
Baggie books will be sent home again.
Spelling: High Frequency List #7 is enclosed.
Math: We have started geometry (Topic 15) and will be
testing on it this week. Please be sure to review the work each night with your
child, as we will be going pretty quickly through these next topics.
YPP: We will take our
Benchmark #2 test this week. If students score a 80% or higher on this
benchmark test they will get to go to the YPP party.
We have 137 green dots. Our new class goal is 145
green dots by March 30th. Each student has made an individual goal
and will be rewarded if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at home as
well. Email me for instructions if they
have been misplaced.
We will be taking Benchmark #2 YPP test next week.
Students will get to go the YPP party if they score 80% on this test. Working
on exercises on YPP at home will help them achieve this.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
02/28 at 10:15 am dental assembly (1st grade only) 03/03 Leslie Thomson
Lockdown today
Thank you to all parents who helped put our emergency calling tree into action. Below is an article from the reaper explaining the situation.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Week of February 18th - 21st
Book Orders: Due: Wednesday, February 19th.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working on homophones, synonyms/antonyms.
Spelling: No spelling test this week.
Math: We have tested on time (Topic 13), we will start geometry (Topic
15). Please be sure to review the work each night with your child, as we will
be going pretty quickly through these next topics.
YPP: We have went down to 134
green dots. Our new class goal is 145 green dots by March 30th. Each
student has made an individual goal and will be rewarded if he/she reaches it
each week. YPP can be done at home as well. Email me for instructions if they have been misplaced.
We will be taking Benchmark #2 YPP test next week.
Students will get to go the YPP party if they score 80% on this test. Working
on exercises on YPP at home will help them achieve this.
February Student of the Month
A
student who is kind towards others and shows respect towards those around them.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
02/19 SEPs
–school out at 1 PM 02/22 Brandon
Johnson
fire drill
02/20 SEPS – no school
Monday, February 10, 2014
Week of February 10th - 14th
Book Orders: There is a free coupon
attached! Every student should order a free book!
Due: Wednesday, February 19th.
Here is what is happening this week:
Reading: We will be working on homophones, synonyms/antonyms.
Spelling: High Frequency List #6 enclosed.
Math: We will test on Topic 9 and start Topic 10. Please be sure to do the homework each night.
YPP: We have 136 green dots. We
had lunch with the teacher on Friday for reaching our goal. Our new class goal
is 145 green dots by March 30th. Each student has made an individual
goal and will be rewarded if he/she reaches it each week. YPP can be done at
home as well. Email me for instructions
if they have been misplaced.
SEPs: If you have not yet returned
the yellow slip that was sent in last weeks communicator – please do so or I will be calling you to figure out a time we can
meet.
February Student of the Month
A
student who is kind towards others and shows respect towards those around them.
Valentines Party We will be making Valentines
sacks in class – please do not send a box for Valentines. Enclosed in
communicator is a list of names in our class. We have 27 students and 2
teachers – myself and Mrs. Jones (Eli’s aid). Please send Valentines for EVERY
student on Friday – no earlier please.
Thank you, and have a good
week!
Dates
to Remember: Birthdays
02/11 fire
drill
02/13 Science
Fair 5-7 pm
02/14 Valentine’s
Day Party (10:15 – 11:15 AM)
02/17 President’s
Day – no school
02/19 SEPs
–school out at 1 PM
02/20 SEPS – no school
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