Hope everyone is doing good. Here's a quick update, I may add more later this week.
This week our schedule will be interrupted because of SAT testing in 3rd-6th grades. Our morning schedule will be frozen and Mrs. Turk will come to our room around 9:10 to have PE with the class. AR testing will be down due to the library being off limits during testing time.
Our whole group sound is V as in volcano. We are still covering money, identifying coins, their value and adding mixed amounts of money. We are only introducing this skill. There will not be a test for this chapter.Please look over the words below. They will certainly help with Friday's grade. It is also a part of their report card this semester.
small, her, my, yard, glad, no, sleep, there, you, your
They went into my room.
Our Easter Egg hunt is scheduled for April 7th. If you would like to volunteer to hide eggs that morning, please let me know. I have one parent already. Please make sure that you have your child's eggs at school on FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD!!! I know we are just walking across the road for the hunt, but I do need the permission slip to be returned...if I don't get one back, your child will not get to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt! Please do not send chocolate candy in the eggs...it melts!
April 10th is the Weather Day Holiday...don't forget!
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to email me! Have a great week!
Ms. Messick
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
March 24th - 27th, 2009
I hope that you have all recovered from Spring Break. I also hope that everyone enjoyed some time off and found yourselves doing many enjoyable things during the week.
This week we get back into the swing of things here at school. In whole group we will be talking about Pigs, Penguins, and many other P things...as we are learning the /p/ as in Pig sound. Since it is a short week, I just hope that we can get all the things in that we want to do. If not, we may just have to carry a couple over into next week.
This week in Math we are still working on Money. We are finishing up pennies, nickels, and dimes...we should start the next chapter, which introduces quarters and dollars. So, keep practicing counting money at home. The students seem to be doing okay with this concept, but practice is always helpful.
We are going to work on Rule 17: Use I when you are the person doing something; Use me when something happens to you. We will cover these during Daily Language Review (DLR). We will also do our DLR for the week. Tuesday the student should bring home Monday and Tuesday's DLR then one on Wednesday and Thursday. We will have a quiz on Friday.
Well, I will break the news now...BookIt will end at the end of March, so I have a new challenge for AR to finish the school year out. I am upping the anty for April and May with AR...we will be gearing up for 2nd grade. Starting April 1st (and this is no joke), EVERYONE must take 2 tests a day. We should ALL be reading at least 1 easy chapter book...something like Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant. Start off easy with this...don't just jump into chapter books. Finally, there will be no excuses for not taking two tests...short of being absent...I expect everyone to take two tests. So, please make sure your child has 2 notes and is prepared everyday...2nd grade will be hard on this and I want the students to be ready to jump in and move on!
Nothing major going on this week...if you need something, let me know!
Have a great week!
Ms. Messick
This week we get back into the swing of things here at school. In whole group we will be talking about Pigs, Penguins, and many other P things...as we are learning the /p/ as in Pig sound. Since it is a short week, I just hope that we can get all the things in that we want to do. If not, we may just have to carry a couple over into next week.
This week in Math we are still working on Money. We are finishing up pennies, nickels, and dimes...we should start the next chapter, which introduces quarters and dollars. So, keep practicing counting money at home. The students seem to be doing okay with this concept, but practice is always helpful.
We are going to work on Rule 17: Use I when you are the person doing something; Use me when something happens to you. We will cover these during Daily Language Review (DLR). We will also do our DLR for the week. Tuesday the student should bring home Monday and Tuesday's DLR then one on Wednesday and Thursday. We will have a quiz on Friday.
Well, I will break the news now...BookIt will end at the end of March, so I have a new challenge for AR to finish the school year out. I am upping the anty for April and May with AR...we will be gearing up for 2nd grade. Starting April 1st (and this is no joke), EVERYONE must take 2 tests a day. We should ALL be reading at least 1 easy chapter book...something like Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant. Start off easy with this...don't just jump into chapter books. Finally, there will be no excuses for not taking two tests...short of being absent...I expect everyone to take two tests. So, please make sure your child has 2 notes and is prepared everyday...2nd grade will be hard on this and I want the students to be ready to jump in and move on!
Nothing major going on this week...if you need something, let me know!
Have a great week!
Ms. Messick
Friday, March 13, 2009
March 9th - 13th, 2009
I want to start by apologizing for not posting anything this week. I truly am sorry that I have not been on the ball with this. I think that I have Spring Fever...like many of the students!
This week we talked about /y/ as in Yarn...we also did some work on Yaks. Toward the end of the week we wrote about leprechauns and four leaf clovers. Thank you for allowing your child to wear their field trip shirt. We looked so cute as a green class! It worked out great that we had this color shirt!
In Math this week we began working on Money. This is a hard concept for the students to grasp. Please work with your child over Spring Break...we have only started counting pennies, nickels, and dimes. We have mixed pennies and nickels and pennies and dimes...no combining the three! Help the students remember that we count nickels by 5s and dimes by 10s. We are going to take Money as slowly as possible.
I realize we did not take many AR tests this week. With the library closed for the book fair, we did not have an opportunity to check out books. I would have allowed the students to check out my books, but most of them are reading beyond my classroom library. We did, however, go to the library today (Friday) and check out new library books so that they would have something new to read over the break. Everyone should be prepared to test on Tuesday, March 24th.
I wanted to alert you to a meeting you may want to attend. The school system unveiled the new zoning for the opening of Wilson. Here is a link to the new zones . There will be a meeting at Blount on Monday, March 23rd at 6pm. If you have questions or concerns, please plan to attend. Comments may also be emailed to zones@mps.k12.al.us by March 31.
I hope that you have a WONDERFUL Spring Break! See you in 10 days!
Ms. Messick
This week we talked about /y/ as in Yarn...we also did some work on Yaks. Toward the end of the week we wrote about leprechauns and four leaf clovers. Thank you for allowing your child to wear their field trip shirt. We looked so cute as a green class! It worked out great that we had this color shirt!
In Math this week we began working on Money. This is a hard concept for the students to grasp. Please work with your child over Spring Break...we have only started counting pennies, nickels, and dimes. We have mixed pennies and nickels and pennies and dimes...no combining the three! Help the students remember that we count nickels by 5s and dimes by 10s. We are going to take Money as slowly as possible.
I realize we did not take many AR tests this week. With the library closed for the book fair, we did not have an opportunity to check out books. I would have allowed the students to check out my books, but most of them are reading beyond my classroom library. We did, however, go to the library today (Friday) and check out new library books so that they would have something new to read over the break. Everyone should be prepared to test on Tuesday, March 24th.
I wanted to alert you to a meeting you may want to attend. The school system unveiled the new zoning for the opening of Wilson. Here is a link to the new zones . There will be a meeting at Blount on Monday, March 23rd at 6pm. If you have questions or concerns, please plan to attend. Comments may also be emailed to zones@mps.k12.al.us by March 31.
I hope that you have a WONDERFUL Spring Break! See you in 10 days!
Ms. Messick
Monday, March 2, 2009
March 2nd - 6th, 2009
Wow! It is March and it snowed yesterday! What a wild weekend! I hope that you enjoyed the snow! I know that I enjoyed watching it come and go!
This week in whole group we are talking about /er/ as in Sister. We will do some activities about families since we will be discussing the words sister, brother, mother, and father. We will be finishing up some reading grades this week. There will be a homework check this week, a spelling test, a reading words test, and a word wall check. I know that is a lot in one week, but some of these are normal things that we have done every week. We will take our time and get it all done.
We have skipped to Probability in Math. We are doing the last chapter in the math book...we will be picking up Money next week. I thought we should end the nine weeks on an easy math chapter...then pick up something a little more difficult next week.
We will be putting together our March quilt this week...if you would like to help with the last two quilts, please send the pink sheet back to let me know...right now I do not have anyone signed up!
Since we were under a tornado watch on Friday, I did not get to send home the Scholastic order form...so I sent it today and extended the deadline to Friday, March 6th. I am not sure the order will be here by Spring Break...but should be here by the time we return from Spring Break. Which begins in 9 days!!!
REMINDERS
March 2nd: **PICTURE FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN!!!**If you would like to purchase Spring Pictures money is due no later than Monday, March 2nd. Late orders will not be accepted, however you will be able to mail your money and package information directly to the photographer if you miss the deadline.
March 2-6: Read Across America Week at Blount... More information below!
March 3rd: PTA
March 5th: Teacher Treat Day
March 6th: End of 3rd Nine weeks
March 6th our school will "Walk for Diabetes." If you would send in your collection envelope as soon as possible. This fundraiser is for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For more information on juvenile diabetes you can visit www.jdrf.org. Thank you for your help and support!
Read Across America Week at Blount:
March 2: Visiting Reader
March 3: Red, white, and black day-Students may wear clothing that is red, white, and/or black.
March 4: Bring your favorite book to share with the class. I have decided not to do the book exchange...so bring a PICTURE book that you want to share with your classmates!
March 5: Book Character Parade-1:30pm-(Come to school dressed as a character from a book. Nothing elaborate-make a necklace sign with name of character and book title).
March 6: Dr. Seuss book/culminating activity in the classroom.
We have a busy week ahead. Please let me know of any questions you may have.
Ms. Messick
This week in whole group we are talking about /er/ as in Sister. We will do some activities about families since we will be discussing the words sister, brother, mother, and father. We will be finishing up some reading grades this week. There will be a homework check this week, a spelling test, a reading words test, and a word wall check. I know that is a lot in one week, but some of these are normal things that we have done every week. We will take our time and get it all done.
We have skipped to Probability in Math. We are doing the last chapter in the math book...we will be picking up Money next week. I thought we should end the nine weeks on an easy math chapter...then pick up something a little more difficult next week.
We will be putting together our March quilt this week...if you would like to help with the last two quilts, please send the pink sheet back to let me know...right now I do not have anyone signed up!
Since we were under a tornado watch on Friday, I did not get to send home the Scholastic order form...so I sent it today and extended the deadline to Friday, March 6th. I am not sure the order will be here by Spring Break...but should be here by the time we return from Spring Break. Which begins in 9 days!!!
REMINDERS
March 2nd: **PICTURE FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN!!!**If you would like to purchase Spring Pictures money is due no later than Monday, March 2nd. Late orders will not be accepted, however you will be able to mail your money and package information directly to the photographer if you miss the deadline.
March 2-6: Read Across America Week at Blount... More information below!
March 3rd: PTA
March 5th: Teacher Treat Day
March 6th: End of 3rd Nine weeks
March 6th our school will "Walk for Diabetes." If you would send in your collection envelope as soon as possible. This fundraiser is for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For more information on juvenile diabetes you can visit www.jdrf.org. Thank you for your help and support!
Read Across America Week at Blount:
March 2: Visiting Reader
March 3: Red, white, and black day-Students may wear clothing that is red, white, and/or black.
March 4: Bring your favorite book to share with the class. I have decided not to do the book exchange...so bring a PICTURE book that you want to share with your classmates!
March 5: Book Character Parade-1:30pm-(Come to school dressed as a character from a book. Nothing elaborate-make a necklace sign with name of character and book title).
March 6: Dr. Seuss book/culminating activity in the classroom.
We have a busy week ahead. Please let me know of any questions you may have.
Ms. Messick
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