Monday, February 23, 2015

February 23-27


Hello There! 

The class did such a great job on Galileo testing last week. WHEW! They all worked so hard and I was very proud of them. We had so much fun celebrating Chinese New Year last week. We will wrap up our study of Chinese Dynasties this week. We are getting closer to taking the AzMerit test. We will continue to work in our Common Core workbooks for ELA ( English Language Arts) and Math. We are starting a Science unit on Weather this week. I will be asking the children to watch and record the weather for homework on Tuesday night, Heads up! This will be an enjoyable unit. The mile run is this Friday. 

It is now the time for re-enrollment for the 2015-2016 school year. Attached below is a link to fill out for re-enrollment. You'll want to fill this out to secure your spot for next year. In addition, in order to honor teacher request forms that have been sent in, your student must be re-enrolled.

 If you could also let me know in an email what your plans are for next year, I'd appreciate it. The office has asked me to highlight students who are re-enrolling, transferring to another ALA, or withdrawing from ALA. 

Have a great week! 

Love,  Ms. T

Tuesday- Homework: Students will watch a weather report on the news and record tomorrow's weather prediction. 

Friday- Mile Run for PE-wear tennis shoes! 

Spelling Words: 

  1. assist
  2. difference
  3. examination
  4. examine
  5. particular
  6. affair
  7. course
  8. coarse
  9. neither
  10. local
  11. marriage
  12. marry
  13. carriage
  14. carry
  15. further
  16. serious
  17. doubt
  18. condition
  19. government
  20. govern
  21. opinion
  22. onion
  23. union
  24. companion
  25. million
  26. behavior
  27. believe
  28. system
  29. possibly
  30. possible


Tuesday, February 17, 2015

February 17-20


Hello! 

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend. Thank you so much for all of the darling Valentine's Day treats and notes! I loved it and felt so loved. This week we will be taking our next set of Galileo tests. Please help your children get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast. I know you will. :) We will also be celebrating Chinese New Year this week as it falls on the 19th this year. I like to make long noodles for a long and happy life for the kids. 

If you could do me a favor.......
The class has been very chatty as of late. There have been consequences such as losing their morning snack break but it hasn't seemed to help. I moved every one's desks to change it up a bit and am hoping this quells the talking. It is beginning to disrupt the learning in our classroom. If you could please just have a little talk with your student about classroom behavior, following the class rules, and being respectful of other learners and me that would help so much. Thank you! 


Due to the short week, Galileo and monthly spelling and phonogram testing, we will not have a spelling test this week. Enjoy! 

Ms. T


Monday, February 9, 2015

February 9-13


Happy Valentine's Day!

A big thank you to all who came in for parent teacher conferences. It was wonderful to meet with each of you. If you did not make it into a conference your child's progress report will be coming home on Monday. If you would like to conference with me please know my door is always open and I would be happy to schedule a time.

AZ Merit Test....A heads up you will be seeing a lot of the common core workbooks coming home! We are working on them in class and there will be homework from the ELA (English Language Arts) book and the Math book.

Valentines Day Party...We will be making Valentine "Mailboxes" in class. I have a white bag and decorations for the students to make one this week. So you don't have to worry about making a mailbox! Students are encouraged to bring valentines to share with the class. Please make sure they have a valentine for everyone in the class, it is no fun to be left out. We have 25 students in our class. Our party will be for the last hour of the day on Friday and the children can pass out their Valentines and share treats they have brought in. Treats are welcome, I am not making any assignments. An easy peasy party. Please just have your student sign their name in cursive on the Valentines. (Please don't send in Valentine's or treats until Friday) Thank you!

WEDNESDAY IS EARLY RELEASE 11:30
NO SCHOOL MONDAY- President's Day

Our field trip was a success! We had so much fun at the World Wildlife Zoo. I love spending time with my class outside of the classroom. It is fun to see their personalities! What an awesome group of kids I have. Here are a few pictures.




The fourth grade team is THE BEST TEAM!! Log ride! 




I'm sorry...love my wack-o hair in this one!



For Fun: In class today we read an Asian/Indian Folktale called, One Grain of Rice. The heroin in the story makes a deal with the Raja to double one grain of rice each day for thirty days. We did the math today, doubling all the way from 1-30. It was a lot of math! However, the kids were totally engaged and loved it! I have given them the option if they are done with their work in class to use the computer to play educational games on FreeRice.com. They also have to pay me $20.00 of class money for computer time. Free Rice is AWESOME! They donate ten grains of rice to children in third world staving countries for each correct answer! I am going to assign math fact practice on FreeRice for homework tonight (Monday) that way the kids get a chance to check it out and help other kids in the process. I hope they end up loving it and will use this site often. I am making it mandatory at my own home that my kids use Free Rice for 10 minutes after homework and before any TV or video games. Enjoy!! Here is the link to the site. ( This all ties into our study of China/Asia)

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1442

Spelling Words:

  1. paragraph
  2. patient
  3. patience
  4. pianist
  5. pianos
  6. piano
  7. pickles
  8. pickle
  9. prisoner
  10. release
  11. resign
  12. reveal
  13. sleeve
  14. soldier
  15. summary
  16. sum
  17. sword
  18. tomatoes
  19. tomato
  20. often
  21. motion
  22. theater
  23. improvement
  24. improve
  25. century
  26. cent
  27. total
  28. mention
  29. arrive
  30. supply




Monday, February 2, 2015

February 2-6


Good Morning,

It has been a wonderful week at school, we are working very hard. We have just begun our common core test review. You will see books coming home and there will be homework assigned in these books for the next month or so until the new AZ Merit test. I am excited to help get the kids ready and I know the kids will do their very best. 

Field Trip this Friday! We are going to the World Wildlife Zoo in conjunction with our study of animals in Science. If you have not paid it is $12.00 per student. I have not received money from all the chaperons yet and it is first come first serve for those spots. I will let you know if you are a chaperon by Wednesday. 

Parent Teacher Conferences are this week please sign up at Volunteer Spot. Here is the link and information. 

We're using VolunteerSpot (the leading online signup and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming signups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/5Dotcn
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.


Wednesday is a half day 11:30 dismissal for conferences. 

Next week is Valentines Day we will be exchanging Valentines on Friday. I will have a list of class names next week on the blog. It is going to be a low key party for the last hour of the day. If you would like to send in treats that would be great! 

Thank you! Have a great week! I adore these kids. 

Love,

Ms. T

Spelling List ( short list due to the half day and field trip)
  1. enemy
  2. example
  3. excitement
  4. exciting
  5. excite
  6. fierce
  7. flew
  8. flies
  9. fly
  10. forgotten
  11. forgot
  12. gigantic
  13. giant
  14. guide
  15. hurrying
  16. hurried
  17. hurry
  18. knowledge
  19. know
  20. lawyer