Schedule for the Week of April 16-20

THANK YOU CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!! WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY!!!

• M - Music/P.E. and Media (Please remember your library books!!)
  
• T- Art
  
• W- P.E./Music
  
• Th- Music/P.E.
  
• F- Art & Computer & Celebrate Johnathan's Birthday!!
  

Star of the Week: Cormac!

Sight Words: and, there

Letter of the Week: Uu

Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous

Math: We are continuing to work on organizing data, graphing the data and learning how to read different graphs.

Literacy: This week we are beginning a new theme called "Animals All Around." We will be reading some fun new stories and talking about how to write a Thank you letter!

Schedule for the Week of April 9-13

• M - Art, Media & Character Class with Mrs. Swanson! & Celebration of Elizabeth's Birthday!!
  
• T - P.E./Music
  
• W - Music/P.E.
  
• Th- Art & 4th Grade Buddies
  
• F- Music/P.E.
  

Star of the Week: Elizabeth!

Sight Words: Review of: up, down, we, want, she, good, out, who, are, they

Letters of the Week: Yy & Zz

Vocabulary: Review!!

Math: We are continuing to work on organizing data, graphing the data and learning how to read different graphs.

Literacy: This is our last week talking about "Jobs People Do." We will continue with our literacy centers, Guided Reading Groups and practice building and decoding words.

****Please Remember to send in donations for our classroom basket!! Our theme is: "Family Sports" *******

Schedule for the Week of March 26-March 30

• M- Art & Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!) and celebrate Jack M.'s Birthday!!
  
• T- Music/P.E. and Adventures in Art!!
  
• W- Music/P.E.
  
• Th- Art
  
• F- P.E./Music & Computer
  

Star of the Week: Lucas!

Sight Words: are & they

Letters of the Week: Vv & Jj

Vocabulary: protecting, volunteer, responsible, adore, melancholy, exquisite

Math: Finishing chapter 9 on Measurement!

Literacy: We are starting a new theme this week in Language Arts called "Jobs People Do"- this theme will last for the next 3 weeks. We will continue with our literacy centers, Guided Reading Groups and practice building and decoding words.

WE'RE BACK!!!

It is great to see everyone again coming back from my maternity leave and spring break - I hope you all had a wonderful break last week and were able to get out and enjoy this amazing Minnesota "spring" weather we have been having.

Schedule for the Week of March 19-23rd

• M- Music/P.E. & Media (please remember your library books! :-) )
  
• T- Music/P.E.
  
• W- Art
  
• Th- P.E./ Music
  
• F- Music/ P.E. & Computer

Star of the Week!: Anna

Sight Words: out, who

Word Families of the Week: -ed (creates words such as: Ted, bed, led) -en (creates words such as: ten, Ben, Ken)

Vocabulary: Review..... treasure, sturdy, worth, compliment, confer, mingle, contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate

Math: Chapter 9.... learning about measurement!

Literacy: Reviewing the theme of "In the Neighborhood" and re-reading some of our stories to cover this theme. We will also be working on describing a place in our writing and understand how to comprehend the setting of a story. The students don't know this yet, but we will also be building our own neighborhood too!

Schedule for the Week of November 14-18

• M- Music & P.E. and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!) and we will have Character Ed. Class with Mrs. Swanson... the theme... "Be Your Best!"
  
• T- Art
  
• W- Music & P.E.
  
• Th- Music & P.E.
  
• F- Art & Computer
  

Star of the Week: Natalia!

Sight Word: he

Word Family of the Week: -ap (creates words such as: sap, map, rap)
-am (creates words such as: Sam, Pam, ram)

Vocabulary: Review of the last two weeks

Math: Last week of working on Chp. 4 - numbers 6-10

Schedule for the Week of October 24-28

• M- Art and Media (Please remember to return your library books!)
  
• T- P.E. & Music & Picture Retake Day!
  
• W- Music & P.E.
  
• Th- Art & Meet up with 4th grade buddies!
  
• F- Music & P.E. and Computer

** Rollerskating begins this week in P.E., so please remember to bring your helmets! :-)

Star of the Week: Henry!!

Sight Word: Review: I, a, go, the, my

Letter of the Week: Cc

Vocabulary: Review: feast, appetite, aroma, prepare, urgency, lonely, gusto, surround, remind, savor, tradition, preoccupied, perfectly, mellow, talent

Math: Chap. 3 focusing on graphing and numbers 1-5

Schedule for the Week of October 10-14

• M- Music/P.E. & Media (Please remember to return you library books!)
  
• T- Art
  
• W- P.E./Music
  
• Th- Music/P.E.
  
• F- Art & Computer

Star of the Week: Isabella!

Sight Word: go

Letter of the Week: Cc

Vocabulary: appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

Phonics: rhyming

Math: Chapter 3 - Numbers 1-5

Schedule for the Week of October 3-7

• M - Art & Media Class with Mrs. Williams (*Please return library books!) and Character Class with Mrs. Swanson
  
• T - P.E./Music
  
• W - Music/P.E.
  
• Th - Art
  
• F - Music/P.E. & Computer

Star of the Week: Jack M.

Sight Word: the

Letter of the Week: Nn and Pp

Vocabulary: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied

Phonics: Syllable blending, segmentation and deletion

Math: Chapter 2 - Our last week of covering patterns

Schedule for the Week of September 26-30

• M - P.E./Music & Media with Mrs. Williams (*Please return your library books by today!)
  
• T- PICTURE DAY!! Music/P.E.
  
• W- Art
  
• Th- Music/P.E.
  
• F- Music/P.E. & Computer & Celebrate Camryn's Birthday!!

Star of the Week: Camryn

Sight Word: my

Letter of the Week: Tt

Vocabulary: Review (ability, confident, encourage, talent, differ, perfectly, resemblance, reverse

Math: Chp. 2 - Patterns

Schedule for the Week of May 23-27

• M- Computer & P.E. /Music & Our End-of-the-Year Rock Star Assembly!!
  
• T- Music/P.E. & Our Last Day of Media -PLEASE bring back your Library books!! We will have our Yearbook Signing Party today too!
  
• W- Art
  
• Th- P.E./Music
  
• F- SUPER TEAM DAY!!!! - Parents you are invited to join us for the afternoon!! PLEASE send a packed lunch today - the kitchen will be closed!

SUPER TEAM DAY on FRIDAY!!!!:
Please Send these items with your child for this day:

• packed lunch (the kitchen is closed)
• water bottle
• tennis shoes - we will be doing many sporting events
• have your child wear light blue or blue
  

Star of the Week: Brekken!

Sight Words: Review

Vocabulary: Review

This will be a very busy but FUN week!!

Schdule for the Week of May 9-13th

• M- computer & P.E. and Music
  
• T- music and P.E. & Media (please remember your library books!)
  
• W- Art
  
• Th- P.E. and music
  
• F- No School! Teacher Workshop Day.

Star of the Week: Zachary

Sight Words: that, have

Vocabulary: peek, watchful, lively, active, clever, boastful, ravenous, famished, hollow, defend, quarrel

Schedule for the Week of April 25-29

• M- Computer & Art
  
• T- P.E./Music & Media (Please remember to return your library books!)
  
• W- Music/P.E.
  
• Th- Art
  
• F- P.E./Music

Star of the Week: Sam!!

Letter of the Week: Uu

Sight Words: and, there

Vocabulary: hollow, scurry, watchful, cling, defend, ravenous

Schedule for the Week of April 18-22

• M - Computer & P.E./Music
  
• T - Music/P.E. & Media (please remember to return your library books!)
  
• W - Art
  
• Th - P.E./Music
  
• F - Music/P.E. & Happy EARTH DAY!!

Star of the Week: Joey!!

Letters of the Week: Yy & Zz

Schdule for the Week of April 11-15

• M- Computer & Music/P.E.
  
• T- Art & Media (Please bring back your Library books!)
  
• W- P.E./Music
  
• Th- Music/P.E.
  
• F- Art

Saturday, April 16th - Shirley Hills Spring Carnival!!! 11am-3pm

Star of the Week: Vaughn!!

Sight Words: she, good

Word Families: -et (pet, set, bet) -eg (peg, leg, beg) & -en (pen, Ken, ten)

Vocabulary: appreciate, grace, host, lush, marvelous, constantly

Schedule for the Week of March 28 - April 1

• M - Computer & Music/P.E. - Coloring Contest Entries for the Carnival are Due!!
  
• T - Art & Media (Bring back your Library books!)
  
• W - P.E./Music & Make-Up Field Trip to Lowry Nature Center!
  
• Th -Music/P.E.
• F - Art
  

Please continue to send in your items for the Food Drive!!!

Star of the Week: Reagan!!

Sight Words: out, who

Word Families: -ed, -en

Schedule for the Week of March 21-25

Sorry friends! I have not been good about updating my blog in a timely manner.....

• M- Art
  
• T- P.E./Music
  
• W- SNOW DAY - no School! - Hope you enjoyed the unexpected day off!
  
• Th- Art & Adventures in Art with Mrs. Linkert!
  
• F- P.E./Music & Celebrate Lindsay's Birthday! - Look for your child's report card today too!

Please send in anything you would like to donate to our Carnival Basket: the theme is- SWIMMING FUN

We are doing a Shirley Hills Food Drive, please remember to bring in your donations through the end of March!

Star of the Week: Emerson!

Sight Words: we, want

Letter of the Week: Ee

Vocabulary: treasure, sturdy, worth, compliment, confer, mingle

Schedule for the Week of March 7-11

• M - P.E./Music & Computer
  
• T- Music/P.E. & Media
  
• W - Art
  
• Th -P.E./Music & Adventures in Art with Mrs. Linkert!
  
• F - Music/P.E.
  

Star of the Week!! Mac

Sight Words: up, down

Vocabulary: contrast, meander, tidy, famished, modify, unfortunate

Word family: -ox, -ix to create words such as: box, fox, sox, fix, mix, six

Parents! Please remember to send back the PTA Fundraiser packets - they are due back this week! Also, just a reminder, we have no school next week -Happy SPriNg BrEAk!!

Schedule for the Week of Feb. 7-11

• M- Computer and Music & P.E. & Celebrate Mac's Birthday!
  
• T- Art, Adventures in Art with Mrs. Buescher!! and Media (Please remember to bring back your library books!)
  
• W- P.E. & Music
  
• Th- Music & P.E.
  
• F- Art & Please bring in Valentine's for Classmates!

Star of the Week: Mikayla

Letters of the Week: Ll & Hh

Sight Words: one, see

Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill

This week we have begun a new theme in Language Arts called "Let's Play" and we will also start earning our Medallions!

Schedule for the Week of Jan. 10-14

• M - Computer, Music & P.E.
  
• T - Art and Media (don't forget to return your library books! :-) )
  
• W - P.E. & Music
  
• Th - Pastries w/ Parents before school!! Music & P.E.
  
• F - Hats on for Hearts - bring a 1$ to wear a hat! Art, Happy Birthday to Jordyn!
  

Star of the Week: Alaina!!

This week will be a review week of sight words and vocabulary words. We will also be focusing on learning to create words with word families such as: -it .... sit, bit, pit, etc. and -ip..... sip, lip, dip, etc.

Parents, we are also starting to run out of extra snacks for those who forget to bring a snack from home some days.... if you are at the store and are able to pick up a box of your child's favorite healthy snack, that would be great! Thanks!

Schedule for the Week of January 3-7, 2011

Hello! Happy New Year and welcome back after a nice long break! Thank you, thank you to all of you for the gifts you gave to our classroom and to myself for the holidays.... you were all very generous - thank you!
I hope you all enjoyed your time-off and are now ready for the New Year! I am excited to be back and see everyone and I hope you are too.

This week we will be jumping right back into the swing of things and even have a new Character Assembly Monday afternoon called "Caring Hearts" to kick-off the new year of 2011. For our "Caring Hearts" assembly, we will be learning how we can work together as a school to raise money to help children whom are born with heart defects.

Here is a glance at our schedule this week:

• M - Computer & Art .... and we will celebrate Maeve's Birthday (which was over the long break)!!
  
• T - P.E. & Music..... don't forget to bring a nickel!
  
• W - Music & P.E. ....... don't forget to bring a dime! Today is also Media day, so please remember to return your library book!
  
• Th - Art ...... don't forget to bring a quarter!
  
• F - P.E. & Music ...... don't forget to bring a dollar and you can have your picture taken in the photo booth!

Star of the Week: Fletcher!

Letters of the week: Gg & Ff

Sight Words for the Week: here & this

Vocabulary for the Week: anxious, huddle, moans, productive, idle, & scrumptious

Let's have a great FIRST week of the NEW YEAR!!