Monday, May 12, 2008

Newsletter

NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER MAY 12-16

MOTHER’S DAY- I hope all of you wonderful mothers had a very special day. I truly appreciate the Spa Gift Certificate from the class. I can’t wait to get pampered

FIELD DAY- We will be having field day tomorrow. Please wear an orange or red shirt so we can keep an eye on everyone. Bring sunscreen and a labeled water bottle. I would also bring a sweatshirt for the morning events. It might be kind of cool outside when we begin.

LIBRARY BOOKS- All Ford library books were due today. If you have any books checked out, please return them tomorrow for sure! I have books on my shelves that you can borrow or you can check out books from the public library.

ACCELERATED READER- This is the last week to earn AR points. All students need 10 points by this Friday!!!!!!!!! As of today, you have ________out of 10 points. I want everyone to be able to come to the “P” Party.

“P” PARTY- All students who have met their AR goals EVERY nine weeks will be invited to Mrs. Turner’s house on Monday, May 19th from 5-7. I’ll hand out invitations with directions on Friday.

HAWAIIAN DAY- Friday is Spirit Day. Dress in your favorite Hawaiian outfit.

THE EXCUSE OYMPICS-The Nifty Nine will present The Excuse Olympics on Friday, May 16th from 8-9 in Mrs. Turner’s classroom. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come.

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We are combining the core words from the last 3 units into this week. We will have a list test on Thursday. Core Words: inside, age, sad, early I’ll, learned, brought, close, nothing, though, idea, before, lived, became, add / Sitton Achievement Test #3

CURSIVE- We will continue working on our uppercase cursive letters

WRITING- I have hired the students to be the writers for my new NARRATIVE movie that I want to produce. We will be working on our story maps and our actual writing this week.

ENGLISH- Review for End of Year English Test / Test on Thursday

READING- Read Time for Kids / Complete vocabulary sheets / Time Order Words / Reading Tables and Graphs to gather information / Reflection

MATH- Long division / Review multiplication with partial products / Timed Tests / Reflection

JEOPARDY- Continue to make cards for all subjects / Our Jeopardy competition will begin on Wednesday and continue until the last day of school / Watch Jeopardy on T.V. to see how the game works

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