May 11 - 21, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

Field Day is Wednesday, May 13th.  We will also have "Lunch on the Lawn" in back of the school.  Students will pick up sack lunches and enjoy food and music in the back grassy area and on the pavilion.

 

HONORS DAY is Thursday, May 14th!  We will have hotdogs and fixings in our classroom at 9:00 a.m., then move to the PE room for our ceremony at 10:00!  Thank you to all parents who have sent requested items. 

 

Students may get report cards on Thursday, May 21st.  If you will not be here, you may send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to your teacher and the report will be mailed to you :)

 

We will enjoy "Game Day" in our classroom this Friday!  Bring your favorite board game to share with friends.  This includes card games, too!

 

Next week, beginning on Monday, we will start our Summer Cleaning.  Furniture needs to be moved, and carpet cleared for cleaning.  We will have the drawing for a brand new girl's and boy's bicycle at the last GOTCHA party on the pavilion~~ Wednesday, May 20th!

 

Last day is Thursday, May 21st.  Students will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m.  If this changes, I will let you know. 

 

Finally, I would like to thank all of my wonderful students and parents for Teacher Appreciation Week!  You surprised me with so many fantastic notes, cards, gifts, and flowers... I am a very blessed teacher and I love each of you so much!

 

Have a great summer and remember... READ EVERY DAY!

 

 

 

**Supply Lists for 2015-16 are on our school website.  Teachers will be sending a more detailed list late this coming summer :)

 

 
 

 

 

April 20 - 24, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

 

*Progress Reports come home Tuesday, April 21st.

 

BOWLING FIELD TRIP is this Thursday!  Your letter went home yesterday.  Please read it carefully :)

***PLEASE make sure your child is at school unless sick.  The last weeks are crucial and we need everyone in class EVERY DAY.  Try to schedule appointments later in the afternoon or after school.

 

 

 

 **Registration for next year is from April 1 - 30.  See the Coosada website for more information.

 

**Supply Lists for 2015-16 are on our school website.  Teachers will be sending a more detailed list late this coming summer :)

 

Our class can still use some very important items.  Parents, please continue to send paper towels, facial tissues, and #2 pencils.  Thank you so much!  

 

***HONORS DAY is planned for all blue pods on May 14th.  MORE coming soon!

 

 

*STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "A Birthday Basket for Tia."  We will read our story then learn more about comparing and contrasting parts of the story.  Reading Test WILL be on Thursday. Spelling words include words with -tion and -ture.  Spelling Test will be on Friday.
  

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in your child's Apple Binder.)

WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we will use context clues to find meanings of important words we may not know.

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This week we will continue studying data, charts, and graphs. Work on addition facts.  I have sent home timed drills with examples on the back to practice.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are enjoying learning about our country's symbols of freedom!  We will read about our first president, George Washington.

April 6 - 10, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!   

***PLEASE make sure your child is at school unless sick.  The last weeks are crucial and we need everyone in class EVERY DAY.  Try to schedule appointments later in the afternoon or after school.

 

I hope your family had a wonderful Easter!  We are now down to 34 days left in this school year.... Let's keep working hard! 

 

Speaking of Spring.... our SPRING FLING will be Friday, April 10th!  We are so excited to provide this wonderful family time for all of our students, parents, and friends.  Come join us for all the fun~~~THANK YOU Coosada Elementary PTO :)  THIS Friday from 4:00 to 8:00!  Lots of FOOD and FUN!

 

**Registration for next year is from April 1 - 30.  See the Coosada website for more information.

 

**Supply Lists for 2015-16 are on our school website.  Teachers will be sending a more detailed list late this coming summer :)

 

Our class can still use some very important items.  Parents, please continue to send paper towels, facial tissues, and #2 pencils.  Thank you so much!  

**See Social Science Lessons below for information about ANIMAL PROJECT due on Thursday, April 16th!

 

*Progress Reports come home Tuesday, April 21st.

***HONORS DAY is planned for all blue pods on May 14th.  MORE coming soon!

 

 

*STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Just Like Josh Gibson."  We will read our story then learn more about comparing and contrasting parts of the story.  Reading Test WILL be on Thursday. Spelling words include contractions using 're, 've, and 'd.  Spelling Test will be on Friday.
  

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in your child's Apple Binder.)

WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we will produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences.

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This week we will be using standard and non-standard tools to measure, do work problems using measurement, then begin studying data, charts, and graphs.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are enjoying learning about different types of animals and their characteristics.  This week we are studying mammals.  **ANIMAL PROJECT information is coming home today, Monday, April 6th.  Project is DUE on Thursday, April 16th. 

March 9 - 13, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Sunday, March 8th~~~~ SPRING FORWARD ONE HOUR!

HOLIDAY FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY, March 9th~~~Teacher Inservice
Don't forget to come pick up your COKES from the fundraiser on Monday, March 9th from 10 - 6 pm.

HOLIDAY FOR STUDENTS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 20th~~Teacher Inservice

~~~SPRING BREAK~~~ MARCH 23 - 27 :)
 
Spring Picture Day is Wednesday, March 11th.

Report Cards ~~~ Thursday, March 12th
 
Parents, please continue to send paper towels, facial tissues, and especially Germ-X.  Thank you so much!  

You will been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 4rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  CADEN


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Bad Dog, Dodger."  We will read our story then learn more about the plot and theme of a story.  Reading Test WILL be on Thursday.
Spelling words include silent consonants mb, gn, ng, and kn. Spelling Test WILL be on Friday.
 

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in your child's Apple Binder.)

WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying adverbs. ***Test is on Friday. 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

 

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about two-step word problems, using number lines to add and subtract to 100, then data, charts, and graphs.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are enjoying good literature that has to do with weather.  We will finish "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "Pickles to Pittsburgh," and "Thundercake" this week.  Next lessons will be about mammals, birds, and snakes.  Students will receive information about an "Animal Project" due after Spring Break!

March 2 - 6, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK!  DR. SEUSS CELEBRATION!

Monday:  I Am Not Going to Get Up Day ---- Wear PJs!
Tuesday: Fox in Socks Day---------Wear silly socks and Dr. Seuss Shirts
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday-------------- Wacky clothing
Thursday: Green Eggs and Ham Day--------- Wear Green
Friday:  Cat in the Hat Day -------------------  COSTUME PARADE!!!!
             Dress up as any Dr. Seuss character you choose :)


NO SPELLING TEST THIS WEEK!

Book Fair ~~ March 2 - 6

Read Across America Night is Tuesday, March 3rd

Parent Survey deadline has been extended due to technical issues.

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 8th.  Spring forward one hour.

SPRING BREAK ~~~ March 23 - 27!!  :)

End of the Nine Weeks ~~~~ March 6th



**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:    We will complete the Quarter 3 "Post Test" this week.  The test includes a review of all skills from Quarter 3.


NO Spelling Test this week! 
 
 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  We will review and complete Quarter 3 Language Test on Thursday or Friday. This test includes singular possessive nouns, plural possessive nouns, reflexive pronouns, irregular past tense verbs, contractions, using commas, and expanding sentences using adjectives.
 
 


**MATH:  We will finish and test Quarter 3 skills, which include equal shares, fractions, angles, shapes, counting money, telling time, rows/columns, and addition/subtraction problems.

Quarter 3 Math "Post Test" will be on Wednesday or Thursday. 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
We are continuing our study of different types of weather.  Literature includes "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "Pickles to Pittsburgh."


 
 

 


 

February 9 - 13, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Progress Reports come home on February 12th

PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13!

Valentine's Treat!  Our Special Snack will be on Friday, February 13th during snack time.

THANK YOU to all parents who have helped our class :) Please continue to send paper towels and facial tissues as you can.  


 You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Helen Keller and the Big Storm."  We will read our story then learn more about the fact and opinion.  Spelling words include vowels using oo, ue, ew, ui.

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in Apple Binder).

WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying prefixes and suffixes.

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about counting money, telling time, and geometric shapes.  **Please continue to count money over $1.00, up to $5.00.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are learning about different types of weather and how meteorologists make predictions.

February 2 - 6, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Progress Reports come home on February 12th

PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13!

Valentine's Treat note was sent home on Tuesday, February 3rd.  Please sign and return BOTTOM PART of the letter about special treats!  Our Special Snack will be on Friday, February 13th during snack time.

THANK YOU to all parents who have helped our class :) Please continue to send paper towels and facial tissues as you can.  


 You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  Sierra Waarvik


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "I Like Where I Am."  We will read our story then learn more about the theme and plot.  Spelling words include diphthongs "oi" and "oy."

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in Apple Binder).

WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying irregular past tense verbs such as:

eat - ate

come - came

see - saw 

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about counting money, telling time, and geometric shapes.  **Please go ahead and start counting a handful of change on the table at home.  We will start counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will continue our study of amphibians this week!  We will then learn about reptiles and fish.