Thankfully, the rain cleared so we could enjoy this wonderful field trip. Here's a peek at our day...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Class News
Happy Fall Y'all! September has been a busy month and October will be no different. I have really enjoyed the conferences that have already taken place and I look forward to meeting with the rest of you during the next couple of weeks. If you missed the sign-up, have no fear... there are still time slots available here.
Our first field trip is this Wednesday, September 30th. We are headed to the Chattahoochee Nature Center to study plants and observe animals. Please check the weather forecast and dress your child appropriately. We will be walking quite a bit! Also, if you're packing your child's lunch for the field trip, please try to keep everything disposable (even the lunch bag).
Also this week, on Friday, our class is having a Plant Party! The kids will be tasting a variety of edible plants, but we still need donations. If you're able to send in some food items this Friday, please check out our sign-up here. I appreciate your help in making this a super fun activity for our class.
Also this week, on Friday, our class is having a Plant Party! The kids will be tasting a variety of edible plants, but we still need donations. If you're able to send in some food items this Friday, please check out our sign-up here. I appreciate your help in making this a super fun activity for our class.
SAVE THE DATE for Wednesday October 7th, 12:00-12:30pm, because our class will host a Writing Celebration! The students will be publishing their favorite narrative story during the next couple weeks and read it aloud at our celebration. We would love for you to join us as we commend all the hard work the kids have put forth during our Writing Workshop this quarter.
Don't forget, Fall Break is October 8-12. When we return, we'll be ready to "go for the gold" for Mary Lin PTA's super fun fundraising event - O-LIN-PICS!!! Stay tuned for more details!
Here's what we'll be working on this week in class:
Reading - As a class, we will work on sequencing events in a story. Individually, your child will be reading and conferring with me about their reading goal. Our phonics sound this week is the short u sound.
Grammar - We will identify and create complete declarative sentences.
Writing - We will continue working on narrative stories, bringing our stories to life, and studying the work of other writers.
Math - We will continue practicing place value.
Science - We are wrapping up our plant unit with an Edible Plant Party!
Don't forget, Fall Break is October 8-12. When we return, we'll be ready to "go for the gold" for Mary Lin PTA's super fun fundraising event - O-LIN-PICS!!! Stay tuned for more details!
Here's what we'll be working on this week in class:
Reading - As a class, we will work on sequencing events in a story. Individually, your child will be reading and conferring with me about their reading goal. Our phonics sound this week is the short u sound.
Grammar - We will identify and create complete declarative sentences.
Writing - We will continue working on narrative stories, bringing our stories to life, and studying the work of other writers.
Math - We will continue practicing place value.
Science - We are wrapping up our plant unit with an Edible Plant Party!
Social Studies - We will be learning about America Folktale Hero, Davy Crockett.
That's all for now! Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.
Lori
Friday, September 18, 2015
Class News
Happy Friday to you all! Thanks so much to all who returned the signed permission slips this week. If you haven't had a chance to send them back to school, please do so by Monday. Payment is also due on Monday. If you'd like to pay online and you aren't sure what your child's student number is, please let me know. I'm happy to help! All other instructions for online payments can be found on my previous blog post... or just click here.
Fall is right around the corner! I'm so looking forward to our Parent/Teacher Conferences. If you haven't signed up yet, please visit our Google Doc signup to schedule a conference time. Don't forget, you can also sign up to read to the class using Signup Genius. We love having parents come in to read to us!
Next week's skills:
Reading - As a class, we will work on identifying the main idea and supporting details of nonfiction text. Individually, your child will be reading and conferring with me about their reading goal.
Grammar - I will introduce commas in a series.
Writing - We will continue working on narrative stories, bringing our stories to life, and studying the work of other writers.
Math - We will continue practicing place value.
Science - We are finishing our plant unit!
Social Studies - We will be learning about America Folktale Hero, Johnny Appleseed.
Fall is right around the corner! I'm so looking forward to our Parent/Teacher Conferences. If you haven't signed up yet, please visit our Google Doc signup to schedule a conference time. Don't forget, you can also sign up to read to the class using Signup Genius. We love having parents come in to read to us!
Next week's skills:
Reading - As a class, we will work on identifying the main idea and supporting details of nonfiction text. Individually, your child will be reading and conferring with me about their reading goal.
Grammar - I will introduce commas in a series.
Writing - We will continue working on narrative stories, bringing our stories to life, and studying the work of other writers.
Math - We will continue practicing place value.
Science - We are finishing our plant unit!
Social Studies - We will be learning about America Folktale Hero, Johnny Appleseed.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Class News
September is flying by and we just wrapped up another great week of learning. I love how eager these kids are to learn!
Today was Green Day! It was such a blast leading the kids on this journey to the Emerald City while reading aloud The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The class received a green "ticket" to enter the Emerald City and documented all of the green items described in the chapter. They came up with an impressive list of items! Check us out in all our green glory. :)
By the end of next week, the Daily 5 will be up and running! The kids have done a wonderful job demonstrating appropriate behaviors during this important time of day. While they've been practicing the Daily 5 for the past month, I have been administering Universal Screeners to each student. The Universal Screeners provide benchmark data for reading fluency, phonemic awareness, and all math skills. We will go over your child's results from Easy CBM and CAAS during our Parent/Teacher Conference. Conferences will take place September 21st through October 2nd. I'll post the time slots on a Sign Up Genius website next week. Stay tuned!
Because testing is over, I can finally begin independent and small group meetings with your child for Reading and Writing. Yea!!! Your child will be reading texts on his/her instructional reading level and conferring with me about reading goals. We will also confer about writing goals as they continue creating narrative stories. In Math, we will wrap up number order and begin our focus on base ten number sense (place value - tens and ones). In Science we will wrap up our unit on plants and in Social Studies we will learn about folk tale hero Paul Bunyan.
Field Trip permission slips were sent home in your child's homework folder today. Please sign and return all of the permission slips. You can send in cash or a check written to Mary Lin Elementary, but I prefer that you pay online. It saves me the hassle of depositing your money and hand writing receipts during the school day. If you pay online (please, please, please), simply click here. The trips are listed in two parts - $17 (Chattahoochee Nature Center) and $41 (School Trips). Please make sure you pay both. They are listed under Kristin Guthrie. Thanks for your support!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Have a great weekend!
Today was Green Day! It was such a blast leading the kids on this journey to the Emerald City while reading aloud The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The class received a green "ticket" to enter the Emerald City and documented all of the green items described in the chapter. They came up with an impressive list of items! Check us out in all our green glory. :)
By the end of next week, the Daily 5 will be up and running! The kids have done a wonderful job demonstrating appropriate behaviors during this important time of day. While they've been practicing the Daily 5 for the past month, I have been administering Universal Screeners to each student. The Universal Screeners provide benchmark data for reading fluency, phonemic awareness, and all math skills. We will go over your child's results from Easy CBM and CAAS during our Parent/Teacher Conference. Conferences will take place September 21st through October 2nd. I'll post the time slots on a Sign Up Genius website next week. Stay tuned!
Because testing is over, I can finally begin independent and small group meetings with your child for Reading and Writing. Yea!!! Your child will be reading texts on his/her instructional reading level and conferring with me about reading goals. We will also confer about writing goals as they continue creating narrative stories. In Math, we will wrap up number order and begin our focus on base ten number sense (place value - tens and ones). In Science we will wrap up our unit on plants and in Social Studies we will learn about folk tale hero Paul Bunyan.
Field Trip permission slips were sent home in your child's homework folder today. Please sign and return all of the permission slips. You can send in cash or a check written to Mary Lin Elementary, but I prefer that you pay online. It saves me the hassle of depositing your money and hand writing receipts during the school day. If you pay online (please, please, please), simply click here. The trips are listed in two parts - $17 (Chattahoochee Nature Center) and $41 (School Trips). Please make sure you pay both. They are listed under Kristin Guthrie. Thanks for your support!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Have a great weekend!
Friday, September 4, 2015
Class News
Wow! Our class did AWESOME on their very first spelling test on Friday!!! Nearly every student in our class received 100%. Thank you, parents, for helping your child at home and encouraging them to do their best. I am so proud of them! I will be sending home this test (and more) on Tuesday.
In other news today, our class received a special snack for good behavior! They earned this special snack because we (finally) had a day in which no one clipped down below green. Hooray!!! We used class charts to vote on various categories of snacks, and the winning categories were sweet, soft/chewy, and one big piece. Based on their categories, I selected a simple (and delicious) yeast doughnut and the kids were thrilled. They devoured them so quickly, I wasn't able to take a photo!
Next Friday, September 11th, please send your child to school wearing green... as much as possible! As you know, we are reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in class. Next Friday, we will read about the characters entering the Emerald City for the first time. Everything in the Emerald City is green! It's okay if your kids don't know why they have to wear green on Friday - it's actually more fun as they figure it out for themselves while I'm reading. :)
Next week, we'll be back at it in all subjects. In Reading, we will be adding reading strategies to our CAFE menu and wrapping up our learning of the Daily 5 behaviors. In SMART, we will focus on the next vowel of Vowel Valley, /i/. On Tuesday, I will send home a new homework sheet with our Spelling words for the week. In Math next week, we will continue our learning of number concepts. Our focus will be on number order and extending number sequences up to 120. Our Science unit will continue with plants, and in Social Studies we will begin learning about American Folk Tale Heroes.
In other news today, our class received a special snack for good behavior! They earned this special snack because we (finally) had a day in which no one clipped down below green. Hooray!!! We used class charts to vote on various categories of snacks, and the winning categories were sweet, soft/chewy, and one big piece. Based on their categories, I selected a simple (and delicious) yeast doughnut and the kids were thrilled. They devoured them so quickly, I wasn't able to take a photo!
Next Friday, September 11th, please send your child to school wearing green... as much as possible! As you know, we are reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in class. Next Friday, we will read about the characters entering the Emerald City for the first time. Everything in the Emerald City is green! It's okay if your kids don't know why they have to wear green on Friday - it's actually more fun as they figure it out for themselves while I'm reading. :)
Next week, we'll be back at it in all subjects. In Reading, we will be adding reading strategies to our CAFE menu and wrapping up our learning of the Daily 5 behaviors. In SMART, we will focus on the next vowel of Vowel Valley, /i/. On Tuesday, I will send home a new homework sheet with our Spelling words for the week. In Math next week, we will continue our learning of number concepts. Our focus will be on number order and extending number sequences up to 120. Our Science unit will continue with plants, and in Social Studies we will begin learning about American Folk Tale Heroes.
I had originally asked for students to send in their own headphones or earbuds this month. However, I I recently ordered a set of headphones that we can keep in the classroom. If you have already sent some to school, thank you!! I will send them back home with your child today. The kids will begin "Listen to Reading" with The Daily 5 by the end of next week!
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