11 Days and Counting.........

Hello dearest parents!!!!!! Counting today, we have 11 days left of school!!! I can't believe that the year has passed by so quickly.  Our babies have grown so much this year!!! Here are a couple of updates.



                                                             

Time is winding down! We have 7 days left for students to make their AR goals. The last day for students to make their AR goals is Friday, May 15, 2015.  I would like to congratulate the following students who have met their goals:

Ethan       Layza         Jabril     Jayla      Malik     Sanai     Cosy
Chaitra

Six Flags Reading Tickets are in. Congrats to those who read 6 hours and earned a free ticket to Six Flags. Also thank you for helping me to receive a free ticket as well. These tickets
will be sent home today. Those who earned free tickets are:

Layza    Destiny    Kaylee   Chaitra    Jabril   Cosy

Mad Scientists Project

Our Mad Scientist Project work will begin next week. We will complete all parts of this project at school. Students may come home and request different items for their projects. Students will work in groups of two or three for this assignment. We will be forming groups today. Thanks in advance for help with this project.
                                                                                                                                     

Field Day is Friday, May 15, 2015. This promises to be a day of lots of fun! We are still in need of volunteers. If you feel that your schedule will allow, please come and volunteer. The link to sign up is provided below.

www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4ba4a82daa8-field

Testing is almost over!

Dearest parents,
Testing is almost over. Your children have been absolute rock stars during testing!!!! We only have two more days to go before we are all done. Here are a couple of updates for this week.

Two more days of testing!!!!! Yay!!!!! Tomorrow, students will take the Science Section of the Milestones. Tuesday, students will take the Social Studies Section. Thanks to all parents for making sure that your children have been present every day of testing.

Our year is truly winding down.  By this Friday, students should be between 60 % and 70% of their AR goals. Please check your child's reading log to see where they are in reaching their AR goals.

Progress reports will come home tomorrow.  We  do not have many grades. However, you can see where students are academically. Also, you can see how their behavior looks as well as their AR Progress.











On Thursday, April 30, 2015, we will go to the High Museum.  Students came home with permission slips for this field trip last week. Please make sure that this slip is turned in as soon as possible.

Testing is upon us!

Hello parents! It's finally here- Georgia Milestone Testing! We have worked hard all year in preparation for this time. It is time for the students to show their brilliance!!!!!! Please encourage your child to do his/ her best. Here are a few updates for this week.

Georgia Milestones Testing will begin on Wednesday of this week.  Wednesday students will take Part 1 of Language Arts. Thursday will be Language Arts Part 2. Friday of this week students will take Math. Monday and Tuesday of next week will be Social Studies and Science.

 

Tomorrow Encouraging  Hands will come home. Please decorate this hand for your child as a means of showing how proud you are of him/her.  Please send the hand back in on Tuesday morning!!! We will hang these in the hallway. Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Please remember that we are continuing to work toward achieving our AR goals. By the end of this week, students should be between 50% and 60% of their AR goals. Please encourage your child to work toward achieving his/her AR goal!!!!!











This week and next week the only homework will be for students to read and complete their reading logs. We will resume spelling after testing is complete. Please encourage your child to read for 30 minutes, complete their reading logs, and get a
good night's rest!

And We're Back!

It has been a couple of weeks since our last blog post.  Thanks for all of your well wishes as I was out sick for six days.  We have had an interesting time making up all of our assessments due to snow days and my absence. However, they have all been made up! Yay! Here are some things going on in our room.

Thank you so much for all of my wonderful Teacher Appreciation gifts.  Last week was truly a blessing. It feels so good to be appreciated! 

It is now the fourth nine weeks. (I know I can't believe it either!) We are working on our fourth nine weeks AR goals. By Friday students should be at least  at 25 % of their AR goals. Kudos to the following students who are at 25% of their AR goals or higher. 

Jabril     Ruth    Jana    Ethan   Layza   Gigi

Malik    Chaitra   DJ    Destiny  

As the year begins to wine down, one very important thing is that all students master their multiplication tables. Many students still have not done so.  We are still taking time tests multiple times a week to encourage memorization of these facts. Please encourage your child to learn their time tables. It will be one of the most valuable skills that they will ever learn.

  In class, we are busy as usual! I always tell the kids that we have "miles to go before we sleep." Here's what we are studying in class. In math, we are studying time to the nearest minute and figuring out elapsed time. In language arts, we are studying point of view. In science, we are learning about magnets.  

Happy Read Across America Day!

Hello dear parents! I hope that you enjoyed all 6 six of our impromptu snow days! The snow has definitely caused us to make some changes. Here are a few updates for this week.  Please read below.

Next Wednesday, March 11, 2015 will be the end of the third nine weeks. It will also be the last day to make AR goals for the third nine weeks. Please check with your child to see what progress they need to make by next Wednesday. A special shout out to Kaylee. She has already met her goal for the third nine weeks. I am hoping that we will have more students to meet their goals as well.

A Three Day Week!

Dearest parents, I hope that you enjoyed your unexpected snow days! I truly did! We have a short week this week.  As usual, we still have miles and miles to go before we sleep. Here are a few updates for this week. 

Our Spelling Test

Due to our short week, we will not have our usual spelling test on Friday. Our new spelling list was given out today, and students will have until Monday to practice their words.  Please make sure that your child is ready to take their spelling test on Monday, February 23, 2015. Our next new list of words will be given on this day and next Friday we will be back on schedule.

 

Academic Progress

Today, progress reports will go home. Please take a moment to review how your student is doing in each subject area. Also, please pay close attention to the back of the progress report. The back shows AR progress as well as how students are doing with their behavior and effort. We have about 3 more weeks before the end of this grading period. Please encourage your child to strongly finish this nine weeks.

 

Multiplication Facts

We are continuing to work on our multiplication facts. Many students have worked exceptionally hard. Not only have they mastered their multiplication facts, but they have moved onto division and finished those as well. Please encourage your child to continue working on these. Multiplication facts are one of the most fundamental math skills a child will learn to help with math in the future.

You guys are awesome!

Thanks so much for all of our Valentine's Day goodies. We had a great Valentine's Day Exchange. Also, thanks for thinking of me. There were so many thoughtful gifts! You are awesome!!!!!!!!

 

 

We are busy, busy, busy- as usual! In class, here's what we are covering this week. In language arts, we are working on mood, story elements, and short answer responses. In social studies, we are continuing to learn about the Roosevelts. We are also learning about the Great Depression and it's effects on the Roosevelt White House.  In math, we are continuing to work on multiplication, its properties, multiplying by 10's, and area models of the distributive property.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day all!!!! Our school year is continuing to fly along as we move into the second week of February!!! Here are a few updates about this week.

We are continuing to work on achieving our AR goals. At this point, all students should be at least at 50% of their goals. A special shout out to the following students who have reached or exceeded 50% of their goals:
Ruth       Cha' Nay      Ayden      Jana      Chaitra     Kaylee     DJ  
 Jayla      Ethan           Cameron  Malik
Please encourage your children to keep working on their AR goals.

Happy Valentine's Day!!! On Friday of this week, we will exchange Valentine Cards.  I will send home a list of all classmates tomorrow.  Please make sure that your child provides a Valentine's card for all students.



 



In class, we are busy learning as usual!!! Here are some of the topics that we are learning about. In math, we are covering multiplication, area, multiplication properties, and the area model of the distributive property. In social studies, we are covering Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In Language Arts, we covering comparative and superlative nouns.

Graded papers will be coming home tomorrow. Please take a look at your child's papers to see how they are progressing in class.  Also, progress reports will come home on Monday. Please take this time to review your child's progress in all academic areas.