Monday, May 4, 2009

What is this week?

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Testing

As I write this, the students are working very diligently on their reading achievement test. I see lots of good test taking strategies being used.

As your child may have told you, we are playing a new game called Homeworkopoly several days a week. Students earn a roll of the dice by turning in completed work on time. So far, the kids really seem to like it

Special Spaces
MYSTERY PRIZE-When a student lands on this space, they can pick a prize from the treasure chest.
BRAINBINDERS-These are located at www.teachnet.com/brainbinders and they are printable, foldable paper puzzles that range from very easy to very challenging.
GAME SPOT-The game spot is used for playing games from our classroom.
FREE HOMEWORK-The student gets a free homework pass for the night when landing on this space.
GO-When passing go, the student will receive a trip to the class chum bucket.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Earth Movie


For the trip to the theater on May 7 we will leave school at 9:15. The movie starts at 10 am with ten minutes of previews, and the show will be over at 11:40. We will come back to the Elementary school around 12:15 and eat lunch here as usual.
The concession stand will be open! Yum!
There is also a neat website and lots of activities at www.disney.com/earth.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Welcome Back!

Kids Math Games

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restorative spring break. I certainly enjoyed the time I spent with my family and friends and felt very lucky that we had a few days with beautiful weather! Now that we're back, it's time to get into the school groove for our last 33 days. In math we still need to cover probability, data analysis and division. Our science topics include weathering, erosion and plants. As always, we will continue to read and write every day to improve the skills in both areas.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Easter!

Have a joyous spring break! I hope we all return to school refreshed.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009

Inventors

Today's Questions:
Who was the inventor and what did he/she invent?
How did the invention(s) change the lives of people?
How did the invention(s) contribute to the growth of the nation?