Week 4!!! What?!!!!

  Yes, it is the 4th week of school!! I can't believe it, either. It has gone so fast and we are having such a good time that it just flew by us!
  Last week we successfully finished our Galileo testing. All of our students did a fabulous job and I am happy with our general scoring. We have a lot of work to do, but we know exactly which standards we need to focus on to increase our knowledge!
 This week we will continue working on maps in the classroom. Discuss with your child where they are on the map. It is a difficult concept for children. We start at our school, recognize our town, state, country, continent, and finally the entire earth. We should have a lot of fun working on this. Ask your child the easy way they have learned to remember the directions. Hint:  it's a breakfast food!
    Scholastic Book Fair is all of this week. You can check it out before and after school with your child. Please continue sending in McKinney-Veto forms and t-shirt  money. We will need to place that order soon.
  Squirt is doing great! Thanks for all the comments and help with him.
  We had all but 3 students complete their homework packets this week. That is awesome. Remember to have your child read and sign their logs for them. Unsigned logs result in not being able to participate in Fun Friday. :(
  Have a super week!
Mrs. Nye

Week 3

  Welcome to Squirt! Squirt is a Red Eared Slider. He is a water turtle. Squirt has an awesome habitat in our room now. Thanks to all of the parents who helped make it possible, and Ms. Beebe, who has been very helpful with all of her knowledge!
  We had a great week and got a lot of things done in class. This week we will continue our Daily 5 practice. We will be adding our "Word Work" center which will help students learn more about words, phonics, spelling and grammar.
   Monday and Tuesday will be our Galileo pre-testing.  These tests help us to chart where our class and students are progressing and also where we need to focus on helping them more.  It is an awesome tool. We will take four of these tests this year.
   We have discussed bullying a lot this week. We are learning the difference between being bullied and just being treated unkindly. It is hard to recognize and we are still working on it. Basically, bullying is a repetitive unkind behavior towards the same student. Please report to me any suspect treatment you believe your child is receiving and I will research it for you. Afterschool problems are more difficult for me to look into as I am not the teacher at that time. However, please contact Ms. Roberts if there are any problems during that time.
   Please send in water bottles for your children for afternoon recess and a small snack if you can. We eat lunch at 10:45 . It is very early. Our 2nd recess is at 2p.m. and they are hungry by then!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Nye
 

Week 2

   What a great week! We had perfect attendance and we are only 3 days away from earning a popcorn party. Such a great group of kids. This week we began learning how to properly "read to self" and "read to a buddy".  Ms. Barnhardt's 5th grade class came in and helped us read our favorite books. They will be visiting every Friday. It is a great experience for both age groups
    We are hoping to adopt a red eared slider turtle very soon. Ms. Beebe donated a tank to us. I have the rocks and a lamp. We only need the little guy and a good filter. If you can send in a dollar or two to help our cause that would be great.
    Thanks so much to all of the parents who have donated extra supplies and other items we have needed.
    Here are few reminders for the week....


                                                                        Field Trip Shirts

Please continue sending in field trip t-shirt orders with money. Our first trip is a few months away but we want to get those shirts ordered in time.

Box Tops

Our school will be collecting box tops through out the year.  Please save all of your box tops- and get all of your friends and family to save theirs too!  Last year our class raised $85  worth of box tops which allowed me to purchase supplies and curriculum for our classroom.

NED

August 14- Students will be attending an assembly to learn how to be better citizens! Look for more on that in their folders.

Aug 30- $1 dress down day

Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon!!

Week 1

This is our first full week and we will be keeping busy.  This week we will continue focusing on getting to know one another and our "working together" skills. We will also begin working on our daily math as well as begin to introduce the concept of Daily 5 center work. You will find the spelling words listed to the left side of this blog and any important dates, as well. Our spelling test will be on Friday. Please practice with your child. We work with our words in class everyday.  Check out the Common Core button on the right. This will give you an idea of what your child will be learning this year. Please continue sending in the forms that were sent home and any field trip t-shirt money.
   There are a few policies I forgot to cover in my newsletter. One of them is snacks.  If possible, please send in a healthy snack. Crackers, fruits, etc. Please do not send Hot Cheetos, Takis or sugary snacks. These snacks are very messy and require sending students to the bathroom to clean up after recess which takes away from teaching time.
   If your child brings a toy to school or any other item that distracts from learning, I will keep it in my classroom until the last day of school or you may come in and pick it up at any time.
   Again, if you have any questions or if you would like to email me your concerns, please feel free to do so.
   Have a great week!