Spirit Friday

CNE students are full of spirit!
Assignments:
Math-Students should correct yesterday's math quiz and return it on Monday.
Science-Students completed the paste labs and turned in the reports. They also created an advertisement to sell their pastes.
Social Studies-Students should finish regional brochures.
Reading-Students finished reading sandwich projects.
Language-Yesterday students chose their favorite journal entries. Today they worked in peer groups to edit the entries. After editing, students rewrote the entries. The journal entries will be graded on the following: Is there a title? Is proper punctuation and capitalization used? Are grade level (and below) words spelled correctly?

Homework:
Students received their homework packets today because of the upcoming short week. These are due Thursday.
Students do have spelling homework due next Thursday.

Dress Up Thursday

100% Attendance!

Today we finished reading The Toothpaste Millionaire, a story about a young entrepeneur named Rufus and his trusty assistant/stockholder Kate. Students should be prepared to take the AR test on this book tomorrow.

Assignments:
Social Studies-Solar System Grid
Reading-Work on reading sandwich
Language-compound sentences worksheet
Math-quiz
Science-lab

Homework:
packet

Wacky Wednesday...

Okay, so we were not wacky today. Tomorrow is a different story. Students can choose between dressing wackily (is that a word) or dressing in their Sunday best.

Union Terminal is such a cool building and the Real Pirates exhibit is definitely a "must-see". As my group kept telling me, "Mrs. Putnam, you said the last thing was your favorite!" Time is always a factor, so unfortunately, we were unable to spend as much time as we would have liked in the special exhibit. Had we know about the glitch in the afternoon schedule...
Yes, we were supposed to see the Omnimax movie The Alps. Due to an unforeseeable error (theirs, not ours), a projectionist was not available to run the movie for our 12 o'clock showing. The powers-that-be tried to make it up to us by giving us access to both museums and re-entry to the Real Pirates exhibit. At least an effort was made. Thank you to the oh-so-very patient students and parents for rolling with the situation!

Assignments:
Reading-we read to chapter 18 in The Toothpaste Millionaire and completed the cheese and tomato layers of our reading sandwich.

Homework:
Packet

Tomorrow we will finish The Toothpaste Millionaire. All students are expected to take the AR test on this book on Friday. During science, students will invent their own paste using the knowledge and observations gathered from Tuesday's ingredient test.

Terrific Tuesday= Hat Day!

100% Perfect Attendance! Woo-hoo!

Still need a few more things for science:
glycerin-can be found at craft stores
mint extract

Tomorrow is our field trip to Omnimax. Everyone needs to pack a lunch that will be eaten at The Museum Center. Although students will be assigned a specific chaperone, the movie and the Pirates exhibit do not require us to split up. The bus leaves at 9:00 a.m. and we expect to return around 2:00 p.m. While I understand if you wish to take your child home with you upon our return to school, please consider that there is still over an hour left to our day and I do plan to teach, so your child will be responsible for making up any missed work.

Today was our first Accelerated Reader assembly and we were WELL represented! Many students in our class received the 85% award for achieving an 85% average on all AR tests taken this year. Several students (named in Friday's entry) earned a new certification for September and celebrated on Friday with lunch in the classroom and a special treat. Two students received special recognition-Tim because he is on track for the Millionaire's Club (he has read over 100,000 words this year) and James because he is already in the Millionaire's Club. James has already, in just over two months, read over 1,000,000 words! Every student in our class has the potential to achieve the Millionaire's Club by the end of the year, but most of them will have to kick up the pace. Last year's Millionaire's Club received an all expenses paid special field trip to a tv news studio and a picnic at Eden Park. The goal? To read 1,000,000 AR words by the end of the year!

Assignments
Math-text p. 74 is extra credit

Homework
Packet

Bengal Day

Twenty students were at school today, many dressed in their Bengal gear.

Report Cards
Friday is report card day! Students who have not turned in at least $10 toward the yearly supply fee ($60) will not receive their report cards.

Assignments:
Reading Buckle Down Lesson 4, pages 47-62
Reading-read The Toothpaste Millionaire
Math-workbook p. 18
Social Studies-work on brochure (in class)

Homework:
NO Spelling
Homework packet
Choose literature project book.

Literature Projects
The next literature project, a mystery, is due November 2. Ideas include Cam Jansen, Magic Tree House, Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the ABC mysteries. These books can be found on our classroom shelves, in book orders, in the AR library, at the public library, and in Mrs. Fetter's library. Mrs. Lindsey also has books in her room.

Count Week

The first week in October is one of the most important weeks for public school because this is the week when student attendance determines school funding. While attendance is important every single day, next week's student count will decide how much money our district will receive. To celebrate Count Week, we will have theme days:

Monday-Bengal's Day
Tuesday- Hat Day
Wednesday-Wacky Wednesday
Thursday-Dress Up Day
Friday-Spirit Day

On Friday, every child who has perfect attendance for the week will be treated to icecream!

If it is necessary that your child not be in school on one of these days, it is imperative that you send in a note explaining the absence.

The literature projects were incredible! Ths is the first time EVER that every student completed his/her literature project on time. The creativity of this group is amazing!

Today was the first monthly AR lunch to honor those students who met their monthly goals. As a reward for meeting these individually set goals, students eat lunch in the classroom with me and I provide a treat, usually a sweet. Morgan, Caleb, Nick, James, Jared, and Caitlin all met their September goals! Way to go Star Readers!
The next AR lunch will be on October 31. Students can start working towards their goals now!

Rain!

Today we read chapters 7 and 8 in The Toothpaste Millionaire and then began creating a sandwich to get to the meat of the story.

ART supplies needed! The art room needs large poster board (any color except black) and colored crepe paper rolls (streamers). They will be used to create the props for the fourth grade musical .

Assignments:
Reading-bread and meat layers of sandwich
Social Studies-test (Congratulations Taryn! You had the highest grade!)
Science-scientific method flip book
Math-finish workbook 17
Language-Compound sentences worksheet 15

For tomorrow:
Students with missing work will not be permitted to watch the good behavior movie!
Finish literature project.
Study for spelling test.
Complete homework packet and spelling 50 points.