Ms. Messick's Weekly News for October 24-28
Reading - This week we will be learning about the letter w and the sound /w/.
Reading Homework - Please send in the Readwell Collage homework on Friday. Read a book to your child every night.
Library Day- Our library day is on Thursdays. Please make sure your child has their library book and library bag so that they can get a new library book.
Weekly Sight Words - eight, to, do, am
Math - This week we will continue learning how to represent, count, and write number 10.
Fun Friday - No Fun Friday this week!
Friday Uniform - Yellow Wilson Spirit Shirt and Blue Jeans. I will give them their Yellow KIndergarten shirt at school.
Report card will be sent home on Thursday, October 27th.
**Please try to send some candy or small toys for the Fall Festival. We are collecting now!!!**Fall Festival is Thursday from 5:30 - 8 pm.
Pumpkin Patch Field Trip: The information was sent home last Monday. Please send your money in as soon as possible. We have to have ALL MONEY BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26!
I have not downloaded our pictures from Fun Friday last week, but I will try to do that tonight!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
It has been awhile!
Wow! I have not posted in quite awhile here. I have been maintaining my school website, but not my blog. I want to catch you up! We have been having an exceptional school year. We are learning so much. Recently, I took some photos of the kids enjoying one of our SmartBoard activities. I found some songs on YouTube from havefunteaching. Here they are:
My class loves these songs!
We have also been enjoying Fun Fridays. This is a time when a child's parent reads the class a book and plans an activity to go along with the book. In essence the parent becomes the teacher. The kids love having the parents come into the classroom. Here are our first two pictures from Fun Fridays:
We had such fun during both of these Fun Fridays.
At the end of September, we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's Birthday! We made hats and I managed to get the kids to stand together long enough for me to snap a photo. Look how cute they were:
Last week was letter S week. We studied the sound and words that begin with the letter S. While doing that we talked about spiders. The kids totally enjoyed it. We wrapped up the week singing an old time favorite "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". I work with some of the best teachers...Mrs. Griffin came up with this cute house picture for the kids to color...then she added a straw and a spider ring so that our spiders could climb up the water spout. She is so smart. Here is my colored copy:
I love working with the other Kindergarten Teachers...they are all so great!
It will be a busy week full of review and report card testing! I can't believe that this 9 weeks is almost over. Gosh, before we know it, it will be Winter Break! WOW! This year is flying!
Love and Hugs!
My class loves these songs!
We have also been enjoying Fun Fridays. This is a time when a child's parent reads the class a book and plans an activity to go along with the book. In essence the parent becomes the teacher. The kids love having the parents come into the classroom. Here are our first two pictures from Fun Fridays:
We had such fun during both of these Fun Fridays.
At the end of September, we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's Birthday! We made hats and I managed to get the kids to stand together long enough for me to snap a photo. Look how cute they were:
Last week was letter S week. We studied the sound and words that begin with the letter S. While doing that we talked about spiders. The kids totally enjoyed it. We wrapped up the week singing an old time favorite "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". I work with some of the best teachers...Mrs. Griffin came up with this cute house picture for the kids to color...then she added a straw and a spider ring so that our spiders could climb up the water spout. She is so smart. Here is my colored copy:
I love working with the other Kindergarten Teachers...they are all so great!
It will be a busy week full of review and report card testing! I can't believe that this 9 weeks is almost over. Gosh, before we know it, it will be Winter Break! WOW! This year is flying!
Love and Hugs!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
First Week Complete...Bring on Week Two!!
Hello families and friends...
We have successfully completed the first week of Kindergarten! It was quite a wild week! We learned ways to use our supplies appropriately. We also learned how to walk in the hallway, get home in the afternoon, and go through the lunch line. We discovered where the office, library, lunchroom, and most important the playground are all located at school. I have a wonderful class full of sweet Kindergarteners that are so eager to learn. That excites me for this school year!
Next week, we will be learning about letter A. We will be most interested in apples and ants. We will also begin our new Math series. We will be doing interactive math using our SmartBoard, since our math books have not come in yet.
I can't wait to spend another week with my class!
Love to all!
Ms. Messick
We have successfully completed the first week of Kindergarten! It was quite a wild week! We learned ways to use our supplies appropriately. We also learned how to walk in the hallway, get home in the afternoon, and go through the lunch line. We discovered where the office, library, lunchroom, and most important the playground are all located at school. I have a wonderful class full of sweet Kindergarteners that are so eager to learn. That excites me for this school year!
Next week, we will be learning about letter A. We will be most interested in apples and ants. We will also begin our new Math series. We will be doing interactive math using our SmartBoard, since our math books have not come in yet.
I can't wait to spend another week with my class!
Love to all!
Ms. Messick
Monday, July 25, 2011
Welcome to Kindergarten
Well, boys and girls...it is almost that time again. Time to go back to school. I have been very busy this summer getting the classroom ready for you! I am looking forward to meeting each and every one of you! We are going to have such a special year. I hope you are as excited as I am about the beginning of school.
19 more fun filled days of summer...enjoy each of them!
Much Love,
Ms. Messick
19 more fun filled days of summer...enjoy each of them!
Much Love,
Ms. Messick
Sunday, November 14, 2010
November 15th to 19th, 2010
This week we will be learning about the letter Tt. We will be talking alot about turkeys and tigers this week. If you have anything you want to send to share, please feel free to do so...you may also come in an visit or share any time you would like. Please join us in our learning journey.
We will also begin covering our 5 senses this week...touch, taste, smell, hearing, and seeing. I am in search of about 5 glass babyfood jars and lids. If you have any of these, I would love to have them. I am going to make some containers that have items that smell in them. The students will get to smell them items and discuss what they think the smells are in the jars. We will continue to cover the senses for another 2 weeks after the Thanksgiving Break.
In Math, we will be reproducing, predicting, and extending patterns. Students will use concrete items (manipulatives) to reproduce, predict or extend a pattern. Students will also use one-to-one correspondence to count the items in their pattern.
Upcoming Events:
November 19th: Laura Montgomery and Dawn Owens will visit our classroom with a story for American Education Week. We welcome them to our room and look forward to a wonderful story time with them!!
November 22nd to 26th: No School...Thanksgiving Holiday!! Enjoy some turkey!!! Gobble Gobble!!
November 29th to December 3rd: School Book Fair. Please send all money in an envelope labeled "BOOK FAIR"! Thanks!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sept 14th - Sept 18th, 2009
Quick Note: The Math Test scheduled for this week has been postponed. We have not completed enough material to take the scheduled test. I will let you know as soon as we have rescheduled. I also have activated the file attachments on schoolnotes.com for the AL History and Science study guides. Sorry about the confusion...I am still learning the NEW schoolnotes system.
Homework for the week of Sept. 14th - Sept. 18th:
Beginning the week of Sept. 14th ~ Homework will be checked EVERYDAY!!
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words. They are on the test!
Vocabulary/Word Meaning
wilderness / place that is in a natural state
naturalist / person who studies living things
preserve / save
impressive / amazing
species / type of animal or plant
slopes / sides of a mountain
glacier / huge sheet of ice
Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive.W-Syllabicate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Spelling Words: usual, huge, flute, mood, smooth, threw, afternoon, scooter, juice, cruise, truth, bruise, cruel, excuse, pupil, groove, confuse, humor, duty, curfew, influence, aluminum, nutrition, accumulate, igloo
Words in italics are the challenge words. I have placed several students on a list of 10 words only. I am trying to build their abilities and confidence.
Math: M-page 586-7 #'s 2-16 even Tu-page 49 odds (1-21) W-page 589 odds (3-13) Th-page 51 odds (3-19) F-NONE!!
AL History: M-Read Ch.3, section 1, do Check your words and Check your Reading. Tu- Read section 2, do check your words and check your reading. W-Read section 3, do check your words and check your reading. Th-Complete the rest of your Activity Sheets for sections 1-4.
Science: M- Study for your Chp.2 Test Tu-Reread Chp.3, lesson 1 W-Reread Chp.3, lesson 2 Th-Reread Chp.3, lesson 3.
Looking forward to a wonderful week of learning!
Ms. Messick
Homework for the week of Sept. 14th - Sept. 18th:
Beginning the week of Sept. 14th ~ Homework will be checked EVERYDAY!!
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words. They are on the test!
Vocabulary/Word Meaning
wilderness / place that is in a natural state
naturalist / person who studies living things
preserve / save
impressive / amazing
species / type of animal or plant
slopes / sides of a mountain
glacier / huge sheet of ice
Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive.W-Syllabicate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Spelling Words: usual, huge, flute, mood, smooth, threw, afternoon, scooter, juice, cruise, truth, bruise, cruel, excuse, pupil, groove, confuse, humor, duty, curfew, influence, aluminum, nutrition, accumulate, igloo
Words in italics are the challenge words. I have placed several students on a list of 10 words only. I am trying to build their abilities and confidence.
Math: M-page 586-7 #'s 2-16 even Tu-page 49 odds (1-21) W-page 589 odds (3-13) Th-page 51 odds (3-19) F-NONE!!
AL History: M-Read Ch.3, section 1, do Check your words and Check your Reading. Tu- Read section 2, do check your words and check your reading. W-Read section 3, do check your words and check your reading. Th-Complete the rest of your Activity Sheets for sections 1-4.
Science: M- Study for your Chp.2 Test Tu-Reread Chp.3, lesson 1 W-Reread Chp.3, lesson 2 Th-Reread Chp.3, lesson 3.
Looking forward to a wonderful week of learning!
Ms. Messick
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sept. 8th - Sept. 11th, 2009
Welcome to 4th Grade!
A quick note: I realized after the students left today that I had not placed their behavior charts in their Signed Papers folder. As you return the Signed Papers folder, I will place those in and return it to you. I do want you to be able to see what has been going on. Remember that every time I write on the sheet, that is one point off the conduct grade and EVERYONE began at 100.
Homework for the week of Sept. 8th - Sept. 11th:
Tuesday you should receive a Field Trip Permission Slip. Please return that ASAP, we will be going to the Archives building on Friday (9/11) and everyone MUST have that slip turned in to go!
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY! This week our Reading Test will be moved to FRIDAY!
Spelling: M- Tu-Write the words in ABC order. W-Write the words 5 times in cursive. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- Tu-Rounding Worksheet W-Rounding Worksheet Th-Rounding Worksheet F-Rounding Worksheet
AL History: Th-Study Guide should be complete and Chapter 2 test will be Sept. 14th.
Science: W- Study Guide should be complete and Chapter 2 test will be Sept. 15th.
Upcoming School Events:
September 11th-4th Grade Archives Field Trip
September 24th-AL History Section II of Portfolio Due
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
A quick note: I realized after the students left today that I had not placed their behavior charts in their Signed Papers folder. As you return the Signed Papers folder, I will place those in and return it to you. I do want you to be able to see what has been going on. Remember that every time I write on the sheet, that is one point off the conduct grade and EVERYONE began at 100.
Homework for the week of Sept. 8th - Sept. 11th:
Tuesday you should receive a Field Trip Permission Slip. Please return that ASAP, we will be going to the Archives building on Friday (9/11) and everyone MUST have that slip turned in to go!
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY! This week our Reading Test will be moved to FRIDAY!
Spelling: M- Tu-Write the words in ABC order. W-Write the words 5 times in cursive. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- Tu-Rounding Worksheet W-Rounding Worksheet Th-Rounding Worksheet F-Rounding Worksheet
AL History: Th-Study Guide should be complete and Chapter 2 test will be Sept. 14th.
Science: W- Study Guide should be complete and Chapter 2 test will be Sept. 15th.
Upcoming School Events:
September 11th-4th Grade Archives Field Trip
September 24th-AL History Section II of Portfolio Due
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Welcome to 4th Grade!
A quick note: I realized after the students left today that I had not placed their behavior charts in their Signed Papers folder. As you return the Signed Papers folder, I will place those in and return it to you. I do want you to be able to see what has been going on. Remember that every time I write on the sheet, that is one point off the conduct grade and EVERYONE began at 100.
Homework for the week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4th:
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive. W-Syllibacate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- page 31 evens Tu-page 32 odds W-page 585 evens Th-Rounding Worksheet F-Rounding Worksheet
AL History: Test on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Study guide was completed on Thursday, Aug. 27th. Check back soon for information on the AL History Portfolio. The first check will be in September. Your student will need a 2-3inch three ring binder and some tab dividers to organize their portfolio.
Science: Tu- Finish defining the Vocabulary Word on page 43.
Upcoming School Events:
September 7th-No school-Labor Day Holiday
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Homework for the week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4th:
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive. W-Syllibacate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- page 31 evens Tu-page 32 odds W-page 585 evens Th-Rounding Worksheet F-Rounding Worksheet
AL History: Test on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Study guide was completed on Thursday, Aug. 27th. Check back soon for information on the AL History Portfolio. The first check will be in September. Your student will need a 2-3inch three ring binder and some tab dividers to organize their portfolio.
Science: Tu- Finish defining the Vocabulary Word on page 43.
Upcoming School Events:
September 7th-No school-Labor Day Holiday
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Thursday, August 27, 2009
August 31st-September 4th, 2009
Welcome to 4th Grade!
Homework for the week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4th:
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive. W-Syllibacate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- Tu- W- Th- F-
AL History: Test on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Study guide was completed on Thursday, Aug. 27th. Check back soon for information on the AL History Portfolio. The first check will be in October. Your student will need a 2-3inch three ring binder and some tab dividers to organize their portfolio.
Science:
Upcoming School Events:
September 7th-No school-Labor Day Holiday
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Homework for the week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 4th:
Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night. Study the Vocabulary words (these should come home on the Family Ties sheet each week, with the spelling words). Reading Tests are EVERY THURSDAY!
Spelling: M-Write the words in ABC order. Tu-Write the words 5 times in cursive. W-Syllibacate the words. Th-Write a sentence for each word. F-Spelling test at school.
Math: M- Tu- W- Th- F-
AL History: Test on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Study guide was completed on Thursday, Aug. 27th. Check back soon for information on the AL History Portfolio. The first check will be in October. Your student will need a 2-3inch three ring binder and some tab dividers to organize their portfolio.
Science:
Upcoming School Events:
September 7th-No school-Labor Day Holiday
Have wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Welcome Back to School!!
Welcome to 4th Grade!
This is an extra page that I post information on. Typically, the information found here is the same as that found on Schoolnotes. I know that some of you have access to Schoolnotes at work and will not be able to access a blog. Either place will be an excellent place to find out homework information as well as be able to contact me. I look forward to working with both you and your student this school year. Please feel free to contact me as I am here to help you and keep you informed of your child's progress in school.
The address to my schoolnotes site is http://new.schoolnotes.com/msjmessick/
Thank you,
Ms. Messick
This is an extra page that I post information on. Typically, the information found here is the same as that found on Schoolnotes. I know that some of you have access to Schoolnotes at work and will not be able to access a blog. Either place will be an excellent place to find out homework information as well as be able to contact me. I look forward to working with both you and your student this school year. Please feel free to contact me as I am here to help you and keep you informed of your child's progress in school.
The address to my schoolnotes site is http://new.schoolnotes.com/msjmessick/
Thank you,
Ms. Messick
Monday, May 18, 2009
May 18 - 22, 2009
WOW!! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful class and wonderful parents. This past week I was completely overwhelmed with your kindness and generosity. Each flower, note, sweet treat and gift was very much appreciated! I can't thank each of you enough for making me feel so special. I also want to thank the PTA who served the faculty lunch on Thursday and to Sarah Sheffield who came and kept the children while I went to the luncheon. You all are the BEST! Thank you so much!!
I can't believe that there are only 7 days of school left...is seems as though we just started last week. I am so very impressed and excited how far all of these students have come this year. I truly believe that all of these student will go very far in life. I have been blessed with an amazing group of students this year. I am so sad to see them go, but I am very confident that they will do well in 2nd grade.
We had Honor's Day today. Every student took home an award. If you were not able to attend, please check the B.E.E. book, where you should find your child's award.
This week will consist of some work. Although, I will not take any grades this week. We will be taking care of some make up work and trying to complete those last assessments prior to moving to 2nd grade. If you have questions or need any information, please feel free to contact me.
I spoke with Mrs. Green today, there will not be an end of the year party. We will have ice cream on the last day of school as a treat. I hope that you can make it to school that day and enjoy ice cream with us!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 22nd: Grades must be posted.
May 25th: Memorial Day Holiday - No School!
May 28th: Last Day for Students!
May 29th: Teacher Workday!
May 30th: 1st day of summer...for me! WOOHOO!!
Thank you for all that you have done this year!
Ms. Messick
I can't believe that there are only 7 days of school left...is seems as though we just started last week. I am so very impressed and excited how far all of these students have come this year. I truly believe that all of these student will go very far in life. I have been blessed with an amazing group of students this year. I am so sad to see them go, but I am very confident that they will do well in 2nd grade.
We had Honor's Day today. Every student took home an award. If you were not able to attend, please check the B.E.E. book, where you should find your child's award.
This week will consist of some work. Although, I will not take any grades this week. We will be taking care of some make up work and trying to complete those last assessments prior to moving to 2nd grade. If you have questions or need any information, please feel free to contact me.
I spoke with Mrs. Green today, there will not be an end of the year party. We will have ice cream on the last day of school as a treat. I hope that you can make it to school that day and enjoy ice cream with us!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 22nd: Grades must be posted.
May 25th: Memorial Day Holiday - No School!
May 28th: Last Day for Students!
May 29th: Teacher Workday!
May 30th: 1st day of summer...for me! WOOHOO!!
Thank you for all that you have done this year!
Ms. Messick
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 4 - 8, 2009
We had an awesome time at Spirit Day. Thank you to all the parents that helped by providing water, movies, and were present to participate with us! You made the day that much better.
This week in whole group we are focusing on the -y says /e/ as in baby. We will also discuss the soft c sound (it says /s/). We will learn the rules to the soft c and the -y as in baby sounds. There is a pattern that they typically follow and we will learn songs that help us remember when they change. Hopefully, this late in the year, the song will stick better than a poem.
We are still working hard in small group too. We still have 6 students that are trying to graduate out of Read Well 1 and into Read Well Plus. They are much closer and we applaud their progress. Keep reading at home and you will get there.
This week is DIBELS week for us. We will take our tests on Thursday morning. Please try to get plenty of rest the night before and be on time to school on Thursday morning. I feel pretty good about where we are with the possibilities of everyone benchmarking for the end of the year. Regardless of whether everyone benchmarks or not, we will celebrate any success that we accomplish.
Due to DIBELS testing, the library is closed this week. NO ONE will be allowed to check out books in the library. In light of this, we will only take one test a day (if possible). Most of the students are reading outside the level of books in my classroom library, so we are at a point that we are relying heavily on the library for books. While we are talking about the library, students will only be allowed to check out ONE book next week...library rules not mine...so we will also only take one test per day next week too. ALL LIBRARY BOOKS WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY, MAY 15th, 2009!!!!! Please make sure to turn in all library books next Friday. We will STOP AR testing on the 15th.
This week in Math, we are trying to cover length and measurement as well as weight and capacity. I am going through these sections fairly quickly as I would like to cover 2 digit addition and subtraction before the end of school. I will not test these sections of math, since I would like to take one grade (at least) on the 2 digit addition and subtraction sections.
I am going to try and put together a May calendar of events for 1st grade to send home to you. This is a pretty crazy month, as we will be closing out another school year.
Have a great week!
Ms. Messick
This week in whole group we are focusing on the -y says /e/ as in baby. We will also discuss the soft c sound (it says /s/). We will learn the rules to the soft c and the -y as in baby sounds. There is a pattern that they typically follow and we will learn songs that help us remember when they change. Hopefully, this late in the year, the song will stick better than a poem.
We are still working hard in small group too. We still have 6 students that are trying to graduate out of Read Well 1 and into Read Well Plus. They are much closer and we applaud their progress. Keep reading at home and you will get there.
This week is DIBELS week for us. We will take our tests on Thursday morning. Please try to get plenty of rest the night before and be on time to school on Thursday morning. I feel pretty good about where we are with the possibilities of everyone benchmarking for the end of the year. Regardless of whether everyone benchmarks or not, we will celebrate any success that we accomplish.
Due to DIBELS testing, the library is closed this week. NO ONE will be allowed to check out books in the library. In light of this, we will only take one test a day (if possible). Most of the students are reading outside the level of books in my classroom library, so we are at a point that we are relying heavily on the library for books. While we are talking about the library, students will only be allowed to check out ONE book next week...library rules not mine...so we will also only take one test per day next week too. ALL LIBRARY BOOKS WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY, MAY 15th, 2009!!!!! Please make sure to turn in all library books next Friday. We will STOP AR testing on the 15th.
This week in Math, we are trying to cover length and measurement as well as weight and capacity. I am going through these sections fairly quickly as I would like to cover 2 digit addition and subtraction before the end of school. I will not test these sections of math, since I would like to take one grade (at least) on the 2 digit addition and subtraction sections.
I am going to try and put together a May calendar of events for 1st grade to send home to you. This is a pretty crazy month, as we will be closing out another school year.
Have a great week!
Ms. Messick
May 1st, 2009 - Spirit Day
We had a great time at Spirit Day. Above you will find a video (sorry that it is such poor quality, I took it with my camera) that was taken toward the end of Spirit day. In the running photo slideshow (on the right side of the blog) you will find photos of other dancing that good times at Spirit Day! Enjoy!
Ms. Messick
Sunday, April 12, 2009
April 13 - 17, 2009
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. For those of you that celebrate Easter, I hope that you had a Happy Easter and that the Easter Bunny was good to you! You all deserve it.
Here we are in the last 2 months of school. This is a time when we have to buckle down a little, even though the weather is asking us to play, play, play. Please continue to read with your child EVERY NIGHT!!! This is very important because we have the last DIBELS testing coming up and we will be tested on how many words we can read in a minute. The benchmark goal is 40, but I hope that we are working on goals of at least 60 to 75 words. That way your child will be closer to the beginning second grade goal.
Last week in whole group we covered Q /kw/ as in quilt. This week we will cover J as in Jaguar. We have 11 students that have made it to Read Well Plus. YAY!!! I look forward to getting the other 6 into Read Well Plus...I would like to do that quickly. Please make sure to read every night with your student...this will help tremendously!
We have also been working on Money in Math. We are almost done with the final chapter on Money. When we finish that this week, we will begin working on Time. Please continue to practice counting coins and identify coins with your child. These are important concepts to know by the time you reach 2nd grade.
I sent home progress reports last week, but did not send home any papers. I will do that this week and then again next week. Sorry about that...I did not realize it was so close to time.
I am looking forward to a wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Here we are in the last 2 months of school. This is a time when we have to buckle down a little, even though the weather is asking us to play, play, play. Please continue to read with your child EVERY NIGHT!!! This is very important because we have the last DIBELS testing coming up and we will be tested on how many words we can read in a minute. The benchmark goal is 40, but I hope that we are working on goals of at least 60 to 75 words. That way your child will be closer to the beginning second grade goal.
Last week in whole group we covered Q /kw/ as in quilt. This week we will cover J as in Jaguar. We have 11 students that have made it to Read Well Plus. YAY!!! I look forward to getting the other 6 into Read Well Plus...I would like to do that quickly. Please make sure to read every night with your student...this will help tremendously!
We have also been working on Money in Math. We are almost done with the final chapter on Money. When we finish that this week, we will begin working on Time. Please continue to practice counting coins and identify coins with your child. These are important concepts to know by the time you reach 2nd grade.
I sent home progress reports last week, but did not send home any papers. I will do that this week and then again next week. Sorry about that...I did not realize it was so close to time.
I am looking forward to a wonderful week!
Ms. Messick
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
March 30th - April 3rd, 2009
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
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
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
Sunday, February 22, 2009
February 23rd - 27th, 2009
Sorry about not posting last week. The week started and before I knew it, the week was over. I hope that you all had a wonderful day off last Monday...and we are only 3 weeks away from Spring Break! I am already making plans to do some cleaning out!
This week in whole group we will be talking about U as in Umbrella. Look for us to do some work on the short u sound in words...like bug, rug, etc. We will also talk about Harriet Tubman and other Famous Black Americans. If you have anything that you would like to send to contribute, please feel free to do so! I will try to use whatever you send in!
This week in Math, we are going to skip ahead to Chapter 21 and talk about Fractions. So, get ready to start halving, thirding and quartering things around the kitchen. I find that food is a great way to teach these concepts and an easy way to incorporate helping at home.
Upcoming Events at Blount:
February 24th - Fifth grade writing assessment
March 2nd: **PICTURE FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN!!!**
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
**ALL picture forms MUST be turned in by March 2nd...any forms turned in after March 2nd, will be returned to the parent and they will have to order their pictures from the website. **
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: Book exchange with a friend-It can be a new or used book to exchange for GOOD!!!
March 5: Book Character Parade-1:30pm-(Come to school dressed as a character from a book).
March 6: Dr. Seuss book/culminating activity in the classroom.
I would like to mention that our class not only made Model Classroom a couple of weeks ago, we also made Master Classroom. So, we will continue to take tests and try to make Book It...but we should not have any more no test days for the rest of the year! Please remember to read with your child every night...we need to continue to read, as it will make the students more fluent. Please try to allow your child to do most of the reading at this point.
Hope you have a wonderful week...and get started making plans for your book character for the parade.
Ms. Messick
This week in whole group we will be talking about U as in Umbrella. Look for us to do some work on the short u sound in words...like bug, rug, etc. We will also talk about Harriet Tubman and other Famous Black Americans. If you have anything that you would like to send to contribute, please feel free to do so! I will try to use whatever you send in!
This week in Math, we are going to skip ahead to Chapter 21 and talk about Fractions. So, get ready to start halving, thirding and quartering things around the kitchen. I find that food is a great way to teach these concepts and an easy way to incorporate helping at home.
Upcoming Events at Blount:
February 24th - Fifth grade writing assessment
March 2nd: **PICTURE FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN!!!**
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
**ALL picture forms MUST be turned in by March 2nd...any forms turned in after March 2nd, will be returned to the parent and they will have to order their pictures from the website. **
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: Book exchange with a friend-It can be a new or used book to exchange for GOOD!!!
March 5: Book Character Parade-1:30pm-(Come to school dressed as a character from a book).
March 6: Dr. Seuss book/culminating activity in the classroom.
I would like to mention that our class not only made Model Classroom a couple of weeks ago, we also made Master Classroom. So, we will continue to take tests and try to make Book It...but we should not have any more no test days for the rest of the year! Please remember to read with your child every night...we need to continue to read, as it will make the students more fluent. Please try to allow your child to do most of the reading at this point.
Hope you have a wonderful week...and get started making plans for your book character for the parade.
Ms. Messick
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