Welcome Back!

   We have officially made it through half of the school year!! The next semester we will continue working hard to improve our reading skills and understanding of math. We will have several Galileo tests in the next semester along with a Stanford test. We will prepare for them by continuing with our curriculum as well as spending morning bell

work time reviewing previous. However, that being said, we will still be having fun as well as working hard!
  January is a great time for learning about a lot of fun holidays and historical facts! We will be studying Martin Luther King, Chinese New Year and Presidents of the United States. We will also figure out what makes those pretty snowflakes!
   Have a super week!
   Mrs. Nye  

Catch me if you can!!

  It's chilly out there! For Tucson, anyway. We will keep warm inside this week and have a fun time, too.
  We will continue our study of Jan Brett's books. This week we will be reading two of her Gingerbread books along with the original story. We will compare and contrast the stories.  Next week, we will be making Gingerbread houses and we are in need of donations such as candy, grahmn crackers and white icing. Send them in if you can.
  Last week we learned about Rescue workers and dogs. We will be having a police dog visit us on Wednesday. The kids are very excited about it.
  This week's spelling words are can't, it's, he's, I'm, didn't, who's, she's, aren't, isn't, haven't, hadn't, I'll, great, worst.
  Have a super week and keep warm!
     Mrs. Nye
 
 

Jan Brett Author Study

  This week we will begin our 3 week author study of Jan Brett. She has written some wonderful "winter" books and she is an awesome illustrator of children's literature. This week we will start by comparing 'The Mitten" and "The Hat".
   We will be back to our normal routine of homework on Monday and spelling test on Friday. As far as the holidays go...we will not be having a gift exchange in our class. We will be making gingerbread houses the last week of school and could use some candy donations of any kind as well as Graham crackers. We will need a few volunteers, too. More on that later!

   It's going to be a great and super fast 3 weeks! Bring it, December!!                                                        
 Spelling Words for this week:  hard, born, horse, before, more, smart, farm, porch, corn, chore, score, part, pull, break.

Rain, Rain.....you can stay!

Loving the rain this weekend! I could enjoy another day or so.But because I love my students I will not wish another rainy day schedule on them! Little critters went stir crazy on Friday. I can't blame them. In the end we just drew pictures and relaxed.
  This week will likely be just as relaxing.  We will work on math and writing as well as reading. There are no official spelling words. But Mrs. Nye has some surprise words to have fun with.
  Tuesday, we have been invited down to Mrs. Dupray's third grade classroom for a play. We are excited about that! We have been learning about dramas and how they are written. We will be viewing two videos this week. Monday, a Charlie Brown's Mayflower video about the history of the Pilgrims and their relationship with the Native Americans the first year in America. Tuesday afternoon we will watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving wherein Snoopy creates a feast of his own. We will spend some time crafting a turkey of our own this week and writing about how to cook a turkey.
   There will be no classroom feast or party. However, our lunch staff is making us all a wonderful feast on Tuesday and I will be joining the kids in the cafeteria.
    I hope you have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We are all indeed very blessed to be living in the land we do.
  Mrs. Nye

Pilgrims Rock!

 We recently read a book about the Pilgrims and their journey on the Mayflower. We talked about liberty and the reasons the Pilgrims left England. Hopefully, your child will share with you what they learned.
  This week we will  probably indulge in a few more Thanksgiving topics.
   Speaking of which, the entire school is celebrating service this week. Here is a list of the daily ideas for service that we have.

Participate in any way that you can.

Monday- Write letters to the troops

Tuesday- personal items for Typhoon survivors

Wednesday-Thanksgiving food drive

Thursday- Pick up trash

Friday-$1 dress down for turkey fund

     Here are the spelling words.  I will try to keep them in the post so you don't have to scroll so much.

Spelling Word List

   that, wish, patch, when, what, math,  them, shape, whale, itch, chase, bunch, gone, often.

    Progress reports will go home today. Please check for them and schedule a conference if you would like.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Nye

I'm back on-line!!

   Yay!! My laptop works again! This week we start the trek to Thanksgiving. We will be working hard to get as much done as we can with our new reading and math curriculum. I hope you have had a chance to look at it.
   I want to apologize for the lack of spelling word lists last week. We still had 75% perfect scores!! I bet this week will be better. We have a class goal of 100% at 100% The words will be found on my newsletter and my white board in class. I will make sure they have them tomorrow with any luck.
I have posted the picture here with the little ones because of the season of thanks. I suppose, it should always be the season of thanks and gratitude. I just want you to know that I am thankful to you everyday for letting me take care of your little ones and I hope I am of some help to you in some small way. Let's keep working together to help them progress in whatever way we can.
          Have a super week!
             Mrs. Nye
 

Week 5

  I hope you are having an awesome 3 day weekend! I know I am still working on it, and it is fabulous!
   We spent a lot of time on odd and even numbers this week. We played a game called Even Steven/Odd Todd. It was a hit and I am sure we will do it again.
   This Friday, you should receive your child's progress report. Yes, the first quarter is half over. If you would like a conference with me, please contact me via email momenye@msn.com or sign up on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.
   Have a super week!