Friday, September 30, 2011
Calling all parents!!!
Are there any parents out there who could volunteer to help during either reading (1:00-2:30) or Math (10:15ish-12:00) or both? It doesn't have to be every day. Just consistent if at all possible. You would be helping students who had questions during centers or rotations, while I work with a small group on that days concept. I can really use another set of eyes in my classroom. I am by myself most days without any adults in the room to help out at all. If you are interested please let me know!! Email, text, call. I remember a couple of people saying they could at the beginning of the year but I don't remember who had said they could! :) Thanks for your help!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Spelling Lists and News
Good morning,
At the bottom of this page you will have the spelling list. I will also update Spelling City.
Tomorrow we are going to COWS at Lincoln. COWS stands for Careers on WheelS. The purpose of the presentation is to show 5th graders why they need to graduate high school. It shows the different career possibilities using different vehicles. Make sure you ask your child about it tomorrow!
We will be going to the ACT Ottawa performance of Sleeping Beauty on Oct. 6th. The cost is $1. Please send this to school with your child ASAP. I will be collecting it. If you have ANY questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
There are some students that I will be sending a note home with. This note is in regards to putting their class projects on the class website. We will be doing a big explorer project and I want to be able to post it on here so that you can share it with your friends and families all over. I'm very excited about it. If you filled out the technology (orange) sheet both front and back at the beginning of the year during enrollment you do not need to worry about this. There were only 5 students whose parents forgot to fill it out.
Conferences are very quickly approaching. If you have not set up a time with me please do so! I will post on the calendar at the bottom of this page who is when. This way you will know what I have available if you have not signed up yet.
Spelling List Unit 6 Test on Friday Sept 30
glory
aware
carton
adore
aboard
dairy
ordeal
pardon
warn
vary
barely
torch
barge
soar
beware
absorb
armor
stairway
perform
former
Challenge Words
discard
forfeit
orchestra
rarity
hoard
At the bottom of this page you will have the spelling list. I will also update Spelling City.
Tomorrow we are going to COWS at Lincoln. COWS stands for Careers on WheelS. The purpose of the presentation is to show 5th graders why they need to graduate high school. It shows the different career possibilities using different vehicles. Make sure you ask your child about it tomorrow!
We will be going to the ACT Ottawa performance of Sleeping Beauty on Oct. 6th. The cost is $1. Please send this to school with your child ASAP. I will be collecting it. If you have ANY questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
There are some students that I will be sending a note home with. This note is in regards to putting their class projects on the class website. We will be doing a big explorer project and I want to be able to post it on here so that you can share it with your friends and families all over. I'm very excited about it. If you filled out the technology (orange) sheet both front and back at the beginning of the year during enrollment you do not need to worry about this. There were only 5 students whose parents forgot to fill it out.
Conferences are very quickly approaching. If you have not set up a time with me please do so! I will post on the calendar at the bottom of this page who is when. This way you will know what I have available if you have not signed up yet.
Spelling List Unit 6 Test on Friday Sept 30
glory
aware
carton
adore
aboard
dairy
ordeal
pardon
warn
vary
barely
torch
barge
soar
beware
absorb
armor
stairway
perform
former
Challenge Words
discard
forfeit
orchestra
rarity
hoard
Monday, September 19, 2011
Have a fantastic Weekend
Good evening. Friday I did send home the unit 2 social studies test. It was open book with a partner and if they did not get it finished they were to finish it last weekend. There were only 4 students who turned in a test on Friday and several left their social studies books here over the weekend.
Spelling is up on spelling city. We are working on theme and visualization in reading. Our story this week is "Elisha's Diary."
In math we are working with probability.
Here is this weeks spelling list.
ounce
sprawl
launch
loyal
avoid
basketball
moist
haunt
scowl
naughty
destroy
saucer
pounce
poison
August
auction
royal
coward
awkward
encounter
Challenge Words
poise
loiter
exhaust
assault
alternate
Spelling is up on spelling city. We are working on theme and visualization in reading. Our story this week is "Elisha's Diary."
In math we are working with probability.
Here is this weeks spelling list.
ounce
sprawl
launch
loyal
avoid
basketball
moist
haunt
scowl
naughty
destroy
saucer
pounce
poison
August
auction
royal
coward
awkward
encounter
Challenge Words
poise
loiter
exhaust
assault
alternate
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Also....
Please be sure to read the previous post. :)
Scholastic Book orders are going home tomorrow. They are due on Sept. 30. I will be submitting the order that morning. Remember you can order online securily with your debit or credit card. And if you order online I get bonus money/points to spend on books for our classroom!
There is a link to the left showing you where to go to order books. :)
Scholastic Book orders are going home tomorrow. They are due on Sept. 30. I will be submitting the order that morning. Remember you can order online securily with your debit or credit card. And if you order online I get bonus money/points to spend on books for our classroom!
There is a link to the left showing you where to go to order books. :)
Help me win a Project from Limeades for learning!!!
Please help our classroom!!! Goto http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/ and search for my project. I am one of only 2 people in Franklin County trying to fund a project for my classroom. http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/pages/search?src=start I'm not sure if this link will bring up my page to vote for. If it does not then click on search by location. Put in Kansas then click Franklin County and the Garfield. You will find my project there. But please spread the word via facebook, email, phone calls etc. You can vote everyday until Sept 29. IF you get a code from a sonic drink you get 2 free extra votes! Please help fund this project for your kids!
Thanks for supporting me!!!
Thanks for supporting me!!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Happy Monday!
Good morning,
Spelling words are written down in your child's planner. They are also posted to spellingcity.com/bekahjwadkins.
In math we talked about number stories that use addition and subtraction. We talked about variables (when a letter represents a word), and open sentences (number sentences that use variables.)
In reading we talked about vocabulary and we are starting a story called "Double Dutch: A Celebration of Jump Rope, Rhyme, and Sisterhood." While reading this story we will be talking about sequence of events, common and proper nouns, and the suffixes -ion, and -tion.
On Friday we will be visiting Lincoln School for the COWS (Careers on Wheels) Program. This is from 9:30-10:30.
Spelling Words
Spelling words are written down in your child's planner. They are also posted to spellingcity.com/bekahjwadkins.
In math we talked about number stories that use addition and subtraction. We talked about variables (when a letter represents a word), and open sentences (number sentences that use variables.)
In reading we talked about vocabulary and we are starting a story called "Double Dutch: A Celebration of Jump Rope, Rhyme, and Sisterhood." While reading this story we will be talking about sequence of events, common and proper nouns, and the suffixes -ion, and -tion.
On Friday we will be visiting Lincoln School for the COWS (Careers on Wheels) Program. This is from 9:30-10:30.
Spelling Words
glue
flute
youth
accuse
bruise
stew
choose
loose
lose
view
confuse
cruise
jewel
execute
route
cartoon
avenue
include
assume
souvenir
Challenge Words
conclude
pursuit
intrude
subdue
presume
Friday, September 9, 2011
Friday Sept 9th
Today in class we watched this video http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/nick-news-what-happened-the-true-story-of-september-11th-full-episode.html It seperated fact from fiction about the attacks on our country. It is only 20 minutes long and well worth watching. It inspires hope and makes students informed. I urge you to watch it and talk about it with your child. You may never forget that day, but they will never know that day if we don't tell them about it.
On a lighter note. We took our spelling test today, caught up on missing work, and finished up our reading selection about elections. The main focus for reading this week was comparing and contrasting.
Remember to continue working on multiplication facts with your child.
On a lighter note. We took our spelling test today, caught up on missing work, and finished up our reading selection about elections. The main focus for reading this week was comparing and contrasting.
Remember to continue working on multiplication facts with your child.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Change in Dismissal Pick Up for 3rd-5th Grade
Good Afternoon,
Today we took the spelling pretest. If your child received an A+ on the first 20 they do not have to take the test on Friday. If they did not get all of the challenge words correct they will need to take that part of the test. If they received an A+ on all 25 words they do not have to take the test at all. Your child is bringing home their pretest. If they have a purple star on it they do not have to take the test on Friday. There are only 4 students who do not have to take the test on Friday. The list for this week is at the bottom of this post. Words are also up on Spellingcity.com/bekahjwadkins
Slight Change in Dismissal Pick Up for 3rd-5th Graders
The city has requested that we make a slight change to the dismissal traffic pattern. Students will still be picked up on College in the loading zone. Instead of waiting on 13th street between College and Cedar, parents are asked to enter the line from 13th and Mulberry along the school property. However, buses will need to be able to exit the circle drive and make the turn toward Mulberry. Because of this, staff members will be at the entrance of the circle drive and at the exit of the circle drive helping to direct cars and keep cars from stopping between those two points. Thank you for your patience as we find the safest way to pick up your children. If you have nay questions, please don't hesitate to contact the school.
School Picture Day
Picture day is on Tues, September 27th.
Spelling List
Today we took the spelling pretest. If your child received an A+ on the first 20 they do not have to take the test on Friday. If they did not get all of the challenge words correct they will need to take that part of the test. If they received an A+ on all 25 words they do not have to take the test at all. Your child is bringing home their pretest. If they have a purple star on it they do not have to take the test on Friday. There are only 4 students who do not have to take the test on Friday. The list for this week is at the bottom of this post. Words are also up on Spellingcity.com/bekahjwadkins
Slight Change in Dismissal Pick Up for 3rd-5th Graders
The city has requested that we make a slight change to the dismissal traffic pattern. Students will still be picked up on College in the loading zone. Instead of waiting on 13th street between College and Cedar, parents are asked to enter the line from 13th and Mulberry along the school property. However, buses will need to be able to exit the circle drive and make the turn toward Mulberry. Because of this, staff members will be at the entrance of the circle drive and at the exit of the circle drive helping to direct cars and keep cars from stopping between those two points. Thank you for your patience as we find the safest way to pick up your children. If you have nay questions, please don't hesitate to contact the school.
School Picture Day
Picture day is on Tues, September 27th.
Spelling List
sign
groan
reply
thrown
strike
mighty
stroll
compose
dough
height
excite
apply
slight
define
odor
spider
control
silent
brighten
approach
Challenge
Words
require
plight
reproach
opponent
defy
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