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

January 26-30

Hello. 

What a great week we have had. We have been busy learning about the life cycle of the butterfly and sketching our caterpillars everyday. We love to see how much they have grown in such a short time. Isn't mother nature amazing! Have a Wonderful week!

Important Information:

Each child should have a book or printed information from the internet about their animal for their animal report. If they do not have it please have them do it tonight! :) 

Parent Teacher Conferences are February 4. I will be sending out a sign up via Volunteer Spot. We can also phone conference if you are unable to make it in. (Here is the link to sign up) 

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.

Please check IC for grades so there are no surprises. Some subjects have only a few grades and will be changing as the quarter progresses. Please just keep in mind there are only about two weeks of grades in there. So if your student is missing one assignment it will greatly affect the grade. 

If you have a teacher request for next year it must be submitted to the office. Each teacher is given 10-14 spots for requests only. So if you have a preference I would make your request soon. 

Mis-Match Day is Wednesday. Students must wear their uniforms as usual but may mismatch socks, shoes and hair accessories. 

Spelling Words: 

1. tomorrow
2. consider
3. against
4. again
5. complete
6. search 
7. treasure
8. popular
9. Christmas
10. Christ
11. interest
12. advice
13. advise
14. American 
15. America
16. bargain
17. beneath
18. beyond
19. broken
20. broke
21. break
22. cocoa
23. collar
24. comparison
25. compare
26. controlled
27. control
28. debts
29. disaster
30. eager

January 19-23

Isn't that the truth?!?!??

Hello Wonderful Families,

We have live butterflies! We will be learning about life cycles in conjunction with our Science unit. The class is very excited. 

Our new WIG goal for this quarter is 100% mastery on math facts. I can see that many of the kids need to really work on their facts. Please practice them at home. They will be quizzed periodically through the week. 

Congratulations to Rustin who was a finalist in the School Spelling Bee and will be competing in the District Spelling Bee this week. We are all cheering for you! 

Each student has been assigned a desert animal for our next writing project. The class will be writing a report on an desert animal. Most of the work will be done in class. They may need to do a few finishing touches at home but the bulk will be completed here. I need each child to have a book or two about their animal so they can complete the research for the project. Each child needs their books by Friday. I will print one source from the Internet for each of them to use and they will have some access to the class computer. (Thank you!!!) 

Important Dates:

Monday 1/19- Martin Luther King Day*** No School***

Thursday 1/22- District Spelling Bee

Friday 1/23- Book Due for desert animal report

The kids are learning and growing. I love each and every one of them. 

Have a lovely week, 

Ms. T

Spelling Words: (Short List due to Monday off)

1. provision
2. provide
3. according
4. already
5. attention
6. education
7. director
8. direct
9. purpose
10. common
11. diamond
12. together
13. convention
14. increase
15. manner
16. feature
17. article
18. service
19. serve
20. injury
21. injure

January 12-16

Hello!

Congratulations to Rustin for winning the class spelling bee and Lucas for being our runner up! We had a lot of fun learning new words last week. We are enjoying science, learning about animal adaptations. One of my favorite stories in our Jr. Great Books series is Beauty and the Beast. It is so fun to read the original version and compare it to the Disney version we all know and love. We are focusing on Math facts and the children are being quizzed on 7's and 8's. There are a lot of fun apps to quiz math facts on! It is a great thing to pass the time in the car. I make my kids do it all the time! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Love,

Ms. T

Important:

Wednesday, Jan 14- Half Day
Thursday, Jan 15-School Spelling Bee details TBA
Monday, January 19- MLK Day No School

The students are expected to read for 20 minutes every day. There will be Math homework as usual unless they finish it in class. We have a regular spelling list this week.

Spelling:

1. combination
2. combine
3. avenue
4. neighbor
5. weight
6. weigh
7. wear
8. entertain
9. salary
10. visitor
11. visit
12. publication
13. machine
14. toward
15. success
16. drown
17. adopt
18. secure
19. honor
20. promise
21. wreck
22. prepare
23. vessel
24. busy
25. preference
26. prefer
27. illustration
28. illustrate
29. different
30. differ

Happy New Year January 5-9

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break! I missed my darling class and am happy to be back in a regular routine. This week we will be doing a lot of review. We will be getting back into the swing of things. There is not the usual spelling homework this week. There is still spelling however. We will be focusing on the Spelling Bee list. Our class Spelling Bee will be held Thursday and the winner will go on to the school Spelling Bee. I will have the class defining words this week and focusing on vocabulary skills. There will be math and reading homework as usual.

Report Cards will be sent home this week. I require the class to have them reviewed by a parent, signed and sent back the next day. A note in the agenda that you have seen the report card is also sufficient.


Thank you!

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. T

Christmas! December 15-19

Dearest Families,

I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you a few things. First, I am so thankful for this wonderful job. As you know, teaching is a lot of work but it is SO worth it! How can I not be happy when I get to serve and love children all day? What a blessing it is that I get to be your child's teacher. Thank you so much for sharing them with me. I love each one of them. Truly! They are all so special to me. 

Secondly, Christmas might just be my favorite time of year. I am not sure though I have lots of favorites. I love that for a little bit we all take time to be kinder, sweeter,and just open our eyes to each other! That alone makes this time of year magical. Last but not least, I love the Christmas music on the radio. Does it make you as happy a it makes me? Your children have had a large dose of it at school. One of my favorite stations on Pandora is Variations of Pachabel's Cannon in D. It is just LOVELY. It is all instrumental music and very calming. If you love music as much as I do check it out! I hope you have a beautiful break from school. Enjoy those little munchkins of yours! I will miss them for sure. School will resume on Monday, January 5, 2015. 

Love and Merry Christmas,

Ms. T

This week:

NO SPELLING (Merry Christmas Mom's and Dad's!! :)) I swear sometimes spelling homework is more work for us. It's like pulling teeth at my house! Enjoy the little break. There will be homework in the form of worksheets. They will be review and they should still read 20 minutes each night. Monday night there will be no math homework. We are taking a math test in class. 

-Friday is a half day and Crazy Christmas outfit day- No pajamas please

-Canned Food Drive ends Friday..thanks to all who have supported this!

-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Class Party Friday!

The kids did a WONDERFUL job at Marketplace. We all had a lot of fun and learned a lot too! Thank you for all of your help. Also, thank you so much for all the donations that have been sent in! I really appreciate you!!!

December 8-12

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The children did such a wonderful job on Galileo I saw a lot of growth! I am so happy! What smart little people they are. Thank you so much for your help in feeding them breakfast and getting a good rest each night. 

This week we will begin our literature study of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have so many fun projects planned for this unit! Who doesn't love chocolate week!! We will be doing all kinds of writing, science, reading, and math that correlate with candy. I think the students are going to really enjoy it and learn a lot in the process. 

Our class Christmas party will be Friday, December 19th. It is a half day. We will be having a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Party. Here is the link to the items we still need for our class.

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/RTrxL6
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.

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday: Half Day 11:30 dismissal Gingerbread Day 

Thursday: 12/11- Christmas Concert-Students arrive to my classroom at 6:40

Friday: Market Place! I am excited to see all the fun things students bring!

Spelling List:(short due to the half day and market place) 

1. journey
2. journal
3. courage
4. laid
5. lay
6. package
7. pack
8. physical
9. praise
10. properly
11. searched
12. smooth
13. thirteen
14. throat
15. touch
16. towel
17. umbrella
18. weapon
19. lose
20. loose

Greatness Projects! A flier with information about the Leader in Me Greatness projects were sent home Friday. Please check those out!

Don't forget to send in your canned food for our canned food drive. We are hoping to get 5 cans per student or more! Thank you to all who have helped! 

A few fun things.....we have been learning all about flowers and seeds. We dissected flowers yesterday and the kids had so much fun getting up close and personal with flowers.