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.

 

 

 

Happy February!!!

Happy February all!!!! Our year continues to move along rapidly!!! Here are a few updates on what's coming up for this month.

The Little White House Trip

We will take our trip to The Little White House on the February 26, 2015.  This is one of my favorite field trips. Students get to see exhibits and tour the Georgia home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It promises to be lots of fun.  Permission slips went home for this trip on Friday, January 29, 2015. Please make sure that the permission slips are sent back as soon as possible. Also, please make sure that $30 has been paid as well.

Win a trip to Six Flags

Students can win a free ticket to Six Flags by completing 360 minutes or 6 hours of reading. Reading forms were also sent home on Friday. Please encourage your child to read and earn this ticket.

Is your child at 40% of their AR goal?

As  we move along in the nine weeks, we are continuing to work toward achieving our AR goals. At this point, all students should be
at least at 40% of their goals. Check         
                                                                                   reading logs each Friday to see that week's
                                                                                   progress.

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In class, we are very busy as usual. In math, we are revisiting multiplication. In language arts, we are continuing to study characterization and opinion writing. In science, we have been studying Georgia Habitats.  Below you will see some photos from our recent STEM activity where students  created their own beaks.






Monserrat attempting to pick up food with her beak.

 

Here's Cosy with her beak.

 

Sanai trying to see which food she'll pick up.





 

Tellus Bound!!!

Hello dear parents! We have been extremely busy over the last couple of weeks. I apologize for not having a post up until this point. Here are a couple of updates for this week.

This week we will be going to the Tellus Musuem. We are extremely excited to tour the galleries and review our units on rocks and minerals and fossils. Please remember to have your child at school on time on Tuesday. We will be leaving at 9:30 am. Students also need to remember to either pick up a sack lunch from the cafeteria or bring a lunch from home in a disposal bag.

Tuesday will be a very busy a day for us. During our school day, we will be visiting the Tellus Museum. Tuesday evening Sedalia Park will host Curriculum Night at 6:00 P.M. We look forward to you coming out to learn more about what we are covering this nine weeks.

Here's a little update on what's trending in our room currently. In language arts, we are taking a look at narratives, adjectives, and opinion writing. In science, we have been learning about Georgia Habitats and animals adaptations. In math, we are creating line plots using data that we have measured. We also are continuing to work on learning our multiplication facts. 

Happy New Year!!!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!! I hope that all of you had an awesome holiday break.  I got lots of rest and can't wait to have a great rest of the year!!!!!!! Here are a couple of updates for this week.

Thank you so much for all of my holiday gifts!!! I so appreciate it.  I enjoyed going to the movies over the break as well as visiting Starbucks many times.  Your generosity was simply wonderful!!!!!! I would also like to thank all of you for your contributions to our holiday party.  Also thank you to those parents who helped make our celebration fun- Mrs. Oh, Mrs. Little, and Mrs. Gale. It was truly a blast.

 

Today, we worked on setting goals for the New Year!!! We have set AR goals as well as personal and content goals. I look forward to helping your child achieve their goals!!!!!! Please constantly encourage your child to do his/her best.  

 

As we get all geared up for the next nine weeks, we will be learning lots of new things.  Here's what's trending in our rooom.  In math, we will be studying equivalent fractions.   In language arts, we will be studying the poetry of Robert Frost.  In social studies, we are learning about 5 major rivers in the United States. Ask your child what does Charlie rides motorcycles over hills stand for. We will also respond to writing prompts. As I always tell the kids, we have "miles to go before we sleep."

 

 

 



We are so excited about our upcoming trip to the Tellus Museum on January 27, 2015. Permission slips are coming home today for this trip. Please sign this slip and send it back as soon as possible.

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!!!! I can't believe that we have reached December already.  Half a year has already flown by. Here are a few updates for the this week and next.

Accelerated Reader

Next Wednesday is the last day for students to make their AR goals. Many students have made their goals.  Some students are extremely close- just a few tests away. Please encourage your child to make their goals. It would be awesome to have the entire class at our AR Celebration. Special recognition goes to the following students who have already met their goals.

Ethan                         Malik                       Jayla                      Chaitra              
Donna Jean               Jana

Let's work extremely hard and meet those AR goals!!!!!

AR/Holiday Party

On Friday, December 19, 2014, we will have our AR Celebration as well as our class holiday party.  The AR Celebration will be held during the morning. Our class party will start at lunch time and go through much of the afternoon.  There will be stations to rotate through and we will probably watch a movie. Please assist us with our parties by making a donation of $5. It would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

Assessments

As we come to the end of the first semester, students are completing the semester by taking many assessments to measure their growth in many academic areas. Over the next two weeks, students will take math and language arts benchmarks, the STAR Test, the Scholastic Reading Assessment, and the Developmental Reading Assessment.  Along with these, there will also be asssessments in math on fractions, social studies on Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglass, and language arts on compound sentences and suffixes. Please encourage your child to work extremely hard to show their growth in these areas. We have covered many topics, and now is the time to show what they have learned and just how brilliant they really are!

Field Trips

We have two field trips coming up in January and February. On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, we will go to the Tellus Science Museum. If you have not paid, the cost of this trip is $15.  The last day to pay for this trip is Wednesday, December 17, 2014. On February 26, 2015, we will go on our trip to the Little White House  in Warm Springs, Georgia. The cost of this trip is $30. We have had more seats to come available. Deposits can be made now on this trip with the remaining amount being due at the end of January.

Hope your Thanksgiving was awesome!!!!!

I hope that you had an awesome Thanksgiving break. Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy great food, some relaxation, and family. I had a great break and am ready for our busy schedule over the next three weeks. Here are a few updates.

 

As the nine weeks winds down, we are continuing to work toward achieving our AR Goals.  Many students have worked very hard.  At this point, students should be at 75%  of their goals. Please encourage your child to work hard and achieve their goals. I would like to have all students come to our AR Celebration.

Trending in our room

This week we will begin a new unit in Social Studies. We will be learning about the life and times of Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglass.  Ask your child what they have learned about these two important people and their contributions to society.  Our new math unit this week introduces fractions.  In language arts, we are working on Informational Text.

 

 

 

Multiplication Tables

There are three weeks left for students to earn their sundaes for learning their multiplication tables. Please encourage your child to learn all of their multiplication tables. This is one of the most important skills that your child will ever learn.

 



 

 

 

Tellus Musuem

On January 27, 2015, we will be going on a field trip to the Tellus Museum in Cartersville. This promises to be an awesome experience for all students.  Students will  get a chance to see, touch, and feel rocks and minerals.  They will also get to see fossils and pan for gold.  If you have not paid  the $15 cost for this field trip, December 17, 2014 is the last day to make payment for this trip. 

 



Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Lunch!!!!!

Here are a couple of reminders for the rest of the week.

 

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Lunch!!!! Yay!!!! I hope that you will be able to join us, We will eat 11:10-11:40 am.  If you are unable to join us, this makes us sad. However, your children will become my adopted children and will eat with me.

 

 

 Progress reports were sent home today. Please take a moment to review your child's progress. There are 3 and half weeks left until the end of the nine weeks. Students still have time to make improvement before the end of the nine weeks.

 

 

Soils Test

On Friday of this week, students will take their soils test. Students took their Science Journals home today.  Please help your child to study for this test.

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplication Facts

We have been working hard in math on learning our multiplication facts. Many students are making lots of progress.  All students who learn their 1's -10's  before we get out for Winter Break will earn an ice cream sundae.  Please encourage your child to learn their time tables. It will help them tremendously in their future math experiences.