NEWSLETTER MRS.TURNER OCT. 31-NOV. 4
HALLOWEEN- I hope you have a safe and happy Halloween. The only homework is to list 15 items that come in threes…example-tennis balls
CONFERENCE WEEK- Thank you for a very successful conference week. I hope you felt like the information was valuable. You have wonderful children. I feel very blessed to be able to work with them every day.
PLURALS PROJECT- Students are bringing home information about a Plurals Project that is due this Friday. Examples have been shared in class. We will be having a big plurals test on Friday.
ACCELERATED READER- Students have a 10 point goal this nine weeks with 80% accuracy.
BINGO NIGHT- Come and take part in a night of fun on Friday, November 4th from 6-8.
STUDENT HOLIDAY- Students will not have school on Tuesday, November 8th.
THANKSGIVING FEAST- Please plan to join us on Wednesday, November 15th for our annual Thanksgiving Feast. The lunch will be from 12:00-12:50. The portion in our classroom will start after lunch…~1:00. Please write “yes” or “no” in the agenda as to whether you plan to attend the classroom portion.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY- Students will not have school from November 21-25.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING-We will be working on words that end with –ce, -ve, and –se. An assessment will be given on Friday
ENGLISH- Our Plurals Project will be assigned on Monday and due on Friday. Students should be prepared to share their project with the class. An assessment will be given on Thursday and on Friday. Students have MANY plurals sheets to use to study.
READING/WRITING- We will be learning how to write a response to literature this week. We will be reading Stephanie’s Ponytail and The Kissing Hand. We will also be doing an oral reading of “Play Ball Cinderella”. We will be comparing and contrasting various genres: biography, fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, etc. We will practice reading nonfiction text with our Time For Kids magazines.
MATH-The fish tests are in full swing! We are now on a three day rotation. Students who passed the Real Deal Twos will move on to the Threes tables. Students who have not passed the Twos will stay on the Twos. Students should be able to say the table in order VERY QUICKLY before they should start studying them mixed up. Do some practice fish tests at home. Thanks for devoting lots of time to this very important task. Everything we do from now on depends on knowing the multiplication facts very well. Assessments are given daily!!!!
SOCIAL STUDIES- We are discussing Paul Revere.
SCIENCE- We did a Science Olympiad event today. Ask your child how his/her team did
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER OCT. 24-28
CONFERENCE WEEK- Students will be dismissed at 12:15 each day this week. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone this week.
BOOK FAIR- We previewed the Book Fair on Friday. Students are welcome to make purchases any morning before 7:45 and any afternoon. Please come and check out the Book Fair.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH- Our community outreach this year is to donate 12 unsharpened pencils to less fortunate students. Please send those in this week if you are able.
RED RIBBON WEEK- We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week. Each day is a different topic. Today was “Crazy Hair Day” / Tuesday is “Crazy Sock Day”/ Wednesday is “Favorite Team Shirt Day”/ Thursday is PJ Day/and Friday is “Wear Red Day”. Many thanks to Mrs. Kastensmidt for decorating our wall…”We Put A Cap On Drugs” …great idea!
REFELECTIONS RECEPTION- Most of the students in our class participated in the literature portion of the Reflections Contest. They received an invitation to the Reflections Reception this Wednesday, October 26 at Durham Middle School starting at 6:30. Congratulations to Caroline Kastensmidt for coming in second place!!!!!
MULTIPLICATION FISH TESTS- An orange sheet of paper came home last week explaining the Multiplication Fish Tests. I will go over it again at our conference. Please make sure to help your child study his/her multiplication facts on a nightly basis. The fish tests officially start this week!
THANKSGIVING FEAST/ CLASSROOM VISIT- Another orange sheet of paper came home last week advertising the Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday, November 16th from 12:05-12:50. We are inviting the parents to come back to our classroom after the feast to hear some very important writings from the students. That should last for ~45 minutes.
CLEMSON FOOTBALL- We are 8 and 0! Sorry…I just had to write that If you read this, write the name of your favorite college team in the agenda.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Consonant blends are our focus this week. An assessment will be given on Friday.
ENGLISH- We will be discussing all of the ways to make words plural/ A mini-assessment will be given each day on the pattern we discuss at school.
WRITING- We have watched and read many different versions of Cinderella. We have been discussing the story elements that go along with each. Students will be writing their own version of Cinderella this week. As your child about Bubba, the Cowboy Prince…very funny book!!!!
READING- We will be comparing and contrasting various versions of Cinderella and discussing story elements associated with fairy tales. This is a great week to earn AR points since we get out of school early every day.
MATH- Multiplication will be our focus this week. The fish tests start today. Please help your child study!
SOCIAL STUDIES- Paul Revere is our person of interest. Students were given directions on how to access the books online.
CONFERENCE WEEK- Students will be dismissed at 12:15 each day this week. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone this week.
BOOK FAIR- We previewed the Book Fair on Friday. Students are welcome to make purchases any morning before 7:45 and any afternoon. Please come and check out the Book Fair.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH- Our community outreach this year is to donate 12 unsharpened pencils to less fortunate students. Please send those in this week if you are able.
RED RIBBON WEEK- We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week. Each day is a different topic. Today was “Crazy Hair Day” / Tuesday is “Crazy Sock Day”/ Wednesday is “Favorite Team Shirt Day”/ Thursday is PJ Day/and Friday is “Wear Red Day”. Many thanks to Mrs. Kastensmidt for decorating our wall…”We Put A Cap On Drugs” …great idea!
REFELECTIONS RECEPTION- Most of the students in our class participated in the literature portion of the Reflections Contest. They received an invitation to the Reflections Reception this Wednesday, October 26 at Durham Middle School starting at 6:30. Congratulations to Caroline Kastensmidt for coming in second place!!!!!
MULTIPLICATION FISH TESTS- An orange sheet of paper came home last week explaining the Multiplication Fish Tests. I will go over it again at our conference. Please make sure to help your child study his/her multiplication facts on a nightly basis. The fish tests officially start this week!
THANKSGIVING FEAST/ CLASSROOM VISIT- Another orange sheet of paper came home last week advertising the Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday, November 16th from 12:05-12:50. We are inviting the parents to come back to our classroom after the feast to hear some very important writings from the students. That should last for ~45 minutes.
CLEMSON FOOTBALL- We are 8 and 0! Sorry…I just had to write that If you read this, write the name of your favorite college team in the agenda.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Consonant blends are our focus this week. An assessment will be given on Friday.
ENGLISH- We will be discussing all of the ways to make words plural/ A mini-assessment will be given each day on the pattern we discuss at school.
WRITING- We have watched and read many different versions of Cinderella. We have been discussing the story elements that go along with each. Students will be writing their own version of Cinderella this week. As your child about Bubba, the Cowboy Prince…very funny book!!!!
READING- We will be comparing and contrasting various versions of Cinderella and discussing story elements associated with fairy tales. This is a great week to earn AR points since we get out of school early every day.
MATH- Multiplication will be our focus this week. The fish tests start today. Please help your child study!
SOCIAL STUDIES- Paul Revere is our person of interest. Students were given directions on how to access the books online.
Monday, October 17, 2011
NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER OCT. 17-21
POP AND READ/ AR- I think the students enjoyed Pop and Read. I hope it helped them get off to a great start for the second nine weeks. Many thanks to Mrs. Runyon for providing pops and snacks for the students who met their AR goals! The goal for the second nine weeks is 10 points with at least 80% accuracy.
CONFERENCE WEEK- Students will be dismissed at 12:15 each day next week. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone.
STANDARDIZED TESTING- Many thanks to all of the people who sent in food, drinks, and surprises throughout testing. The students worked hard. I hope the results will show their effort. We have two more county Benchmark tests that we have to take this week. The Math Benchmark test will be given on Tuesday and the Language Arts Benchmark test will be given on Wednesday. These tests will show if the students have mastered the standards we have covered so far in Math and Language Arts.
SCIENCE FAIR- Please encourage your child to enter the science fair. Participation forms are due this Friday, Oct. 21. Projects are to be completed at home. Science Fair projects are due on Tuesday, November 15th.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on homophones this week. Please help your child study for the test on Friday.
ENGLISH- The Benchmark test will be given on Wednesday./ We will be working on capitalization and abbreviations / DOL quizzes will be given this week also./ A new DOL packet has been placed in our morning work folders. The first nine weeks DOL packet is being sent home today.
WRITING- Response to Literature will be our writing focus this nine weeks. A prewriting will be completed on Friday.
READING- We will be studying story elements-characters , setting, plot, etc. We will be comparing and contrasting various versions of Cinderella this week.
MATH- We will be taking the Benchmark test on Tuesday. Multiplication fish test letters will be coming home today. We will begin the fish tests next week. We will be taking a break from our Math Buster tests after this Wednesday. Please write in the agenda which timed Math Buster Test your child needs to be studying for this week. An assessment will be given on Friday over estimation problem solving.
SCIENCE- We will be completing activities on rocks and minerals.
SOCIAL STUDIES- Finish discussion on the three branches of government
POP AND READ/ AR- I think the students enjoyed Pop and Read. I hope it helped them get off to a great start for the second nine weeks. Many thanks to Mrs. Runyon for providing pops and snacks for the students who met their AR goals! The goal for the second nine weeks is 10 points with at least 80% accuracy.
CONFERENCE WEEK- Students will be dismissed at 12:15 each day next week. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone.
STANDARDIZED TESTING- Many thanks to all of the people who sent in food, drinks, and surprises throughout testing. The students worked hard. I hope the results will show their effort. We have two more county Benchmark tests that we have to take this week. The Math Benchmark test will be given on Tuesday and the Language Arts Benchmark test will be given on Wednesday. These tests will show if the students have mastered the standards we have covered so far in Math and Language Arts.
SCIENCE FAIR- Please encourage your child to enter the science fair. Participation forms are due this Friday, Oct. 21. Projects are to be completed at home. Science Fair projects are due on Tuesday, November 15th.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on homophones this week. Please help your child study for the test on Friday.
ENGLISH- The Benchmark test will be given on Wednesday./ We will be working on capitalization and abbreviations / DOL quizzes will be given this week also./ A new DOL packet has been placed in our morning work folders. The first nine weeks DOL packet is being sent home today.
WRITING- Response to Literature will be our writing focus this nine weeks. A prewriting will be completed on Friday.
READING- We will be studying story elements-characters , setting, plot, etc. We will be comparing and contrasting various versions of Cinderella this week.
MATH- We will be taking the Benchmark test on Tuesday. Multiplication fish test letters will be coming home today. We will begin the fish tests next week. We will be taking a break from our Math Buster tests after this Wednesday. Please write in the agenda which timed Math Buster Test your child needs to be studying for this week. An assessment will be given on Friday over estimation problem solving.
SCIENCE- We will be completing activities on rocks and minerals.
SOCIAL STUDIES- Finish discussion on the three branches of government
Monday, October 3, 2011
NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER OCT. 3-7
CATO- We will be going to CATO Nature Center tomorrow. It is supposed to be a beautiful day, but cool in the morning. We WILL be outside so make sure to dress in layers. Bring a sack lunch and drink if you did not order one from school. Mrs. Perkins, our Earth Parent, will be our chaperone.
VULCAN ROCK QUARRY- We had a neat field trip to the Vulcan Rock Quarry. The students were able to see how the rock is mined. They also received a hard hat, info book, and as many rocks as they could fit in their bags! Mrs. Gibson got lots of cool pictures.
SCIENCE NIGHT- Please join us tomorrow night for a great night of hands-on science experiments! The activities start at 6:00 in the gym and cafeteria. Any student who comes from our class and completes at least 5 experiments, will be exempt from all homework Tuesday night. Make sure you bring your form to school on Wednesday to prove that you were there. You will also receive a homework pass for future use. I will be working at the pulley station. Come see me
STANDARDIZED TESTING- We will begin taking the Cognitive Abilities Test on Wednesday. Students need to bring their own snacks this week. We will have a SPECIAL snack schedule next week for the ITBS test. A letter was sent home last week with assigned days and items. Students should get to bed early and eat a good breakfast each morning during testing.
CONFERENCE WEEK- We will be having conferences after school the week of Oct. 24-28. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 each day that week.
ACCELERATED READER- All students need 9 AR points by the end of the nine week period. We only have two weeks left to meet that goal. Please encourage your child to meet his/her AR goal.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION- Please continue to send in Box Tops to help our school earn money.
REFLECTIONS CONTEST- All students are working on a literature piece for the Reflections contest at school. Students are encouraged to try another category at home.
SUBJECT MATTER:
SPELLING- Our sounds this week are:au, ou, al, and aw. An assessment will be given on Friday.
ENGLISH/WRITING- We will be writing a paragraph about Author’s Purpose. We are also writing our final drafts for our favorite place. Reflections writings will be worked on at school this week./ Antonyms will be discussed./ Review subjects and predicates
READING- We will be reading some cute books this week: A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink-a book about nouns / To Root, to Toot, to Parachute-a book about verbs / Punctuation Takes a Vacation-a book about punctuation
MATH- We will be using this week to review for our POST TEST and to review time and money. If you read this, please draw a $ in the agenda. We will still take the 7 minute timed test on Wednesday. Congratulations to Valerie Barnhart for becoming our first Math Buster!!!!
SOCIAL STUDIES- Three Branches of Government
CATO- We will be going to CATO Nature Center tomorrow. It is supposed to be a beautiful day, but cool in the morning. We WILL be outside so make sure to dress in layers. Bring a sack lunch and drink if you did not order one from school. Mrs. Perkins, our Earth Parent, will be our chaperone.
VULCAN ROCK QUARRY- We had a neat field trip to the Vulcan Rock Quarry. The students were able to see how the rock is mined. They also received a hard hat, info book, and as many rocks as they could fit in their bags! Mrs. Gibson got lots of cool pictures.
SCIENCE NIGHT- Please join us tomorrow night for a great night of hands-on science experiments! The activities start at 6:00 in the gym and cafeteria. Any student who comes from our class and completes at least 5 experiments, will be exempt from all homework Tuesday night. Make sure you bring your form to school on Wednesday to prove that you were there. You will also receive a homework pass for future use. I will be working at the pulley station. Come see me
STANDARDIZED TESTING- We will begin taking the Cognitive Abilities Test on Wednesday. Students need to bring their own snacks this week. We will have a SPECIAL snack schedule next week for the ITBS test. A letter was sent home last week with assigned days and items. Students should get to bed early and eat a good breakfast each morning during testing.
CONFERENCE WEEK- We will be having conferences after school the week of Oct. 24-28. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 each day that week.
ACCELERATED READER- All students need 9 AR points by the end of the nine week period. We only have two weeks left to meet that goal. Please encourage your child to meet his/her AR goal.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION- Please continue to send in Box Tops to help our school earn money.
REFLECTIONS CONTEST- All students are working on a literature piece for the Reflections contest at school. Students are encouraged to try another category at home.
SUBJECT MATTER:
SPELLING- Our sounds this week are:au, ou, al, and aw. An assessment will be given on Friday.
ENGLISH/WRITING- We will be writing a paragraph about Author’s Purpose. We are also writing our final drafts for our favorite place. Reflections writings will be worked on at school this week./ Antonyms will be discussed./ Review subjects and predicates
READING- We will be reading some cute books this week: A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink-a book about nouns / To Root, to Toot, to Parachute-a book about verbs / Punctuation Takes a Vacation-a book about punctuation
MATH- We will be using this week to review for our POST TEST and to review time and money. If you read this, please draw a $ in the agenda. We will still take the 7 minute timed test on Wednesday. Congratulations to Valerie Barnhart for becoming our first Math Buster!!!!
SOCIAL STUDIES- Three Branches of Government
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