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Monday, March 12, 2012
Reminder!
Literature festival is on Wed! Please remember to send a lunch and a back pack with your child. They will be responsible for carrying their own lunch.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Unit 19 Spelling
1. lately
2. settlement
3. watchful
4. countless
5. steadily
6. closeness
7. calmly
8. government
9. agreement
10. cloudiness
11. delightful
12. noisily
13. tardiness
14. forgetful
15. forgiveness
16. harmless
17. enjoyment
18. appointment
19. effortless
20. plentiful
Challenge
suspenseful
merciless
seriousness
contentment
suspiciously
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Supplies Needed!!!
We are down to a ration of pencils. I am giving students 2 a week until I run out, from my emergency stash. I strongly suggest that you make sure your child has pencils they can stash in their lockers.
We are also in need of dry erase markers (we have 5 to last the rest of the year), and highlighters. As we start test preparation we will be using even more of the dry erase markers and highlighters. Thank you for your generous donation to our class.
In other news:
Students turned in their Arbor Day posters yesterday. We had several really good ones this year! They worked very hard on this.
On Thursday the students will be introduced to the DARE program. This is a program that is done all over the state. What is unique about our program is that students have the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer after finishing the program. We are the only town in the entire state that does this. We are very thankful for all of the sponsors that make this happen.
Spelling test is this Friday as usual. Time got away from me so we did not do an in class pretest. I encourage you to test your child and help them with the spelling words they are having difficulty on.
If you have not scheduled a conference please do so now! I will be calling on Friday to let you know what is left. Click on the sentence and it will take you to the google calendar so you can see what is available.
Next Tuesday is the wax museum during the lunch hour. Last year, if your child attended Garfield, they were statues. This year they get to go and hear all about it. It is always exciting to see what this group has learned or tells about that previous years didn't mention.
On next Wednesday is picture day! We WILL be taking a class picture that day! (Oh joy I'll be exactly 1 month away from having Flint. It will be a fun class picture for sure!)
Conference week is the 13-16th. Valentines day party will be on the 14. This is the last party your child will have. No holiday parties in Middle and High School. I'm game for making it as special as possible.
We are also in need of dry erase markers (we have 5 to last the rest of the year), and highlighters. As we start test preparation we will be using even more of the dry erase markers and highlighters. Thank you for your generous donation to our class.
In other news:
Students turned in their Arbor Day posters yesterday. We had several really good ones this year! They worked very hard on this.
On Thursday the students will be introduced to the DARE program. This is a program that is done all over the state. What is unique about our program is that students have the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer after finishing the program. We are the only town in the entire state that does this. We are very thankful for all of the sponsors that make this happen.
Spelling test is this Friday as usual. Time got away from me so we did not do an in class pretest. I encourage you to test your child and help them with the spelling words they are having difficulty on.
If you have not scheduled a conference please do so now! I will be calling on Friday to let you know what is left. Click on the sentence and it will take you to the google calendar so you can see what is available.
Next Tuesday is the wax museum during the lunch hour. Last year, if your child attended Garfield, they were statues. This year they get to go and hear all about it. It is always exciting to see what this group has learned or tells about that previous years didn't mention.
On next Wednesday is picture day! We WILL be taking a class picture that day! (Oh joy I'll be exactly 1 month away from having Flint. It will be a fun class picture for sure!)
Conference week is the 13-16th. Valentines day party will be on the 14. This is the last party your child will have. No holiday parties in Middle and High School. I'm game for making it as special as possible.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Unit 18 Spelling
1. duties
2. earlier
3. loveliest
4. denied
5. ferries
6. sunnier
7. terrifi ed
8. abilities
9. dirtier
10. scariest
11. trophies
12. cozier
13. enemies
14. iciest
15. greediest
16. drowsier
17. victories
18. horrifi ed
19. memories
20. strategies
Challenge
unifi ed
dictionaries
boundaries
satisfi ed
tragedies
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Unit 17 Spelling
1. tiring
2. borrowed
3. freezing
4. delivered
5. whispered
6. losing
7. decided
8. amazing
9. performing
10. resulting
11. related
12. attending
13. damaged
14. remarked
15. practicing
16. supported
17. united
18. expected
19. amusing
20. repeated
Challenge
assigned
entertaining
operated
rehearsing
donated
Friday, January 20, 2012
Unit 20 Spelling
1. salsa
2. mattress
3. tycoon
4. burrito
5. bandana
6. tomato
7. poncho
8. dungarees
9. lasso
10. patio
11. siesta
12. cargo
13. vanilla
14. tsunami
15. iguana
16. plaza
17. caravan
18. hammock
19. pajamas
20. gallant
Challenge
mosquito
cathedral
alligator
tambourine
sombrero
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Spelling List For Jan. 20th
1. scrubbed
2. listening
3. stunned
4. knitting
5. carpeting
6. wandered
7. gathering
8. beginning
9. skimmed
10. chatting
11. shrugged
12. bothering
13. whipped
14. quizzed
15. suffering
16. scanned
17. ordered
18. totaled
19. answered
20. upsetting
Challenge
compelling
deposited
occurred
threatening
canceled
Monday, January 9, 2012
Happy New Year
A ton of exciting things are happening in fifth grade! I'm sorry that the blog hasn't been updated in awhile. I posted this weeks spelling words earlier today. They are also already up on spellingcity.com.
Today a packet and letter went home about postcards. We are asking students to fill out addresses and bring them back. You have no obligation to buy. Students will get a prize just for filling out their postcards. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
This week my class has Mrs. Campbell for Science. They will have her for 2 more weeks. We are currently working on test preparation for State Assessments. Please be on the look out for reading test examples to come home. You can go over these with your child to continue to help them prep for state assessments. Please also continue to work with your child on their multiplication facts!
I am currently working on my Master's Degree. I graduate in May! (I'm very excited. I have learned a ton of different activities to do with your children.) The class I am currently taking is called Action Research. I have to do a research study and write a huge paper about it. I sent home today 10 letters asking for some of your children to participate in this study. The study is about using multiplication and finding strategies to help remember the basic multiplication facts. I need to signed permission slip by Friday. I am going to try and email each of the parents that I sent letters home to. This way they know to be on the look out for it.
The box tops competition is in full swing! Please make sure your child is turning in their box tops to our room. Put their name on the bag that has their name on it.
Spelling test is this Friday.
On Monday, January 16th there is no school.
On January 20th we will have the school wide spelling bee. On Thursday, January 12 we will have a class spelling bee. On Friday, January 13 we will have a fifth grade bee. The top 4 spellers will then go on to compete for the school spelling bee.
We just got word that Day at the K is scheduled for 17th. This is after school has ended for the year. So we are looking into other field trip opportunities.
Friday, January 27th there is no school.
We do have our c-section to have Flint scheduled for March 8th. I am planning on working up until March 7th. Dawn Rumford will be my long term sub. She will finish out the year with the kids. I will be back in periodically to say hi. Bringing the baby of course. I will be there for 5th grade graduation.
Today a packet and letter went home about postcards. We are asking students to fill out addresses and bring them back. You have no obligation to buy. Students will get a prize just for filling out their postcards. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
This week my class has Mrs. Campbell for Science. They will have her for 2 more weeks. We are currently working on test preparation for State Assessments. Please be on the look out for reading test examples to come home. You can go over these with your child to continue to help them prep for state assessments. Please also continue to work with your child on their multiplication facts!
I am currently working on my Master's Degree. I graduate in May! (I'm very excited. I have learned a ton of different activities to do with your children.) The class I am currently taking is called Action Research. I have to do a research study and write a huge paper about it. I sent home today 10 letters asking for some of your children to participate in this study. The study is about using multiplication and finding strategies to help remember the basic multiplication facts. I need to signed permission slip by Friday. I am going to try and email each of the parents that I sent letters home to. This way they know to be on the look out for it.
The box tops competition is in full swing! Please make sure your child is turning in their box tops to our room. Put their name on the bag that has their name on it.
Spelling test is this Friday.
On Monday, January 16th there is no school.
On January 20th we will have the school wide spelling bee. On Thursday, January 12 we will have a class spelling bee. On Friday, January 13 we will have a fifth grade bee. The top 4 spellers will then go on to compete for the school spelling bee.
We just got word that Day at the K is scheduled for 17th. This is after school has ended for the year. So we are looking into other field trip opportunities.
Friday, January 27th there is no school.
We do have our c-section to have Flint scheduled for March 8th. I am planning on working up until March 7th. Dawn Rumford will be my long term sub. She will finish out the year with the kids. I will be back in periodically to say hi. Bringing the baby of course. I will be there for 5th grade graduation.
Spelling Words for January 13th
Spelling list for Unit 15 January 13th.
formal
whistle
label
puzzle
legal
angle
normal
needle
angel
pupil
struggle
level
local
bicycle
channel
global
stumble
quarrel
article
fossil
Challenge words:
identical
vehicle
mineral
colonel
artificial
formal
whistle
label
puzzle
legal
angle
normal
needle
angel
pupil
struggle
level
local
bicycle
channel
global
stumble
quarrel
article
fossil
Challenge words:
identical
vehicle
mineral
colonel
artificial
Monday, November 28, 2011
Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving Break
I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving break! I know I did. Today a lady came around to talk to the kids about doing health careers. This is an after school program that takes 10 kids from 5th grade to go to the hospital and do activities such as touring the hospital. They will also be paired with one of the volunteers from the hospital. Once the children are selected it will start in January and be on the 3rd Thursday every month. If you have questions please contact Donna Zornes.
Progress reports were due back today! If your child has not brought their signed report back they can do so tomorrow. Spelling pretest started today. Some students were testing and will take it tomorrow.
Testing has started this week and will finish up next week for MTSS. This test measures their fluency and accuracy while reading. So far everyone that has been tested is making progress compared to the fall scores.
Book orders are due on Friday. I will be out of the building Friday morning for a Dr. Apt. I will be back at lunch. So I will send in the book order after school. Please remember that if you are wanting it to be a surprise for your child to let me know!
In science/social studies labs your child is starting a big colony project. They just finished social studies with me and should have completed their "fakebook" page about their explorer. Ask your child about it.
Students need to bring a paint shirt to keep in their locker by Friday.
Spelling Words!
1. human
2. exact
3. award
4. behave
5. credit
6. basic
7. vivid
8. evil
9. modern
10. nation
11. robot
12. panic
13. select
14. cousin
15. item
16. police
17. prefer
18. menu
19. novel
20. deserve
Challenge
autumn
nuisance
logic
column
laser
Progress reports were due back today! If your child has not brought their signed report back they can do so tomorrow. Spelling pretest started today. Some students were testing and will take it tomorrow.
Testing has started this week and will finish up next week for MTSS. This test measures their fluency and accuracy while reading. So far everyone that has been tested is making progress compared to the fall scores.
Book orders are due on Friday. I will be out of the building Friday morning for a Dr. Apt. I will be back at lunch. So I will send in the book order after school. Please remember that if you are wanting it to be a surprise for your child to let me know!
In science/social studies labs your child is starting a big colony project. They just finished social studies with me and should have completed their "fakebook" page about their explorer. Ask your child about it.
Students need to bring a paint shirt to keep in their locker by Friday.
Spelling Words!
1. human
2. exact
3. award
4. behave
5. credit
6. basic
7. vivid
8. evil
9. modern
10. nation
11. robot
12. panic
13. select
14. cousin
15. item
16. police
17. prefer
18. menu
19. novel
20. deserve
Challenge
autumn
nuisance
logic
column
laser
Monday, November 14, 2011
November 14th
Good evening,
Wow has it been a crazy couple of weeks! There is spelling this week!!! And we DO have school on Friday!
**Spelling list will be at the bottom of this post and it will be added to spelling city.
**There are several things going on over the next few weeks please make sure to check everything.
**Over the weekend 5th grade teachers sent home a huge paper turkey feather. Here is the letter that accompanied it.
Dear Families,
As we approach our Thanksgiving season, we will be discussing the many things we have to be thankful for in our lives. As a display of our thanks, I have given each student a feather to decorate with all of the people and things they are grateful for. Please make sure their name is written LARGE somewhere on the feather for everyone to see. Please copy and cut pictures of family and friends, draw items, use stickers (and any other craft items)- whatever you and your child would like to use to decorate. This will be their personalized feather of thanks. next week we will add each feather to the fifth grade turkey to show the school how much we have to appreciate. Please enjoy some time with your child over the next few days to reflect on how much good we really do have in our lives. The feathers should be finished and brought back to school on Monday NOVEMBER 14th. Thank you so much for your involvement and support!
**Only 8 students turned in their feather today! Please help your child finish their turkey feather and bring it in to school tomorrow!
**The 4th and 5th grade musical is this Thursday. The dress rehearsal for Garfield will be at 2:30pm. The public performance will be at 6:30 PM that night! Please have your child in costume and in the gym at 6:20pm that night!! I look forward to seeing you there.
**I am sending a packet home tonight that is due on Friday! It includes math and reading practice. The point of this packet is to help prepare them for state assessments in the spring. It was a joint 5th grade decision to send them home. They have all week to complete the assignments. We want to give every advantage to our students to allow them to be successful during state assessments.
**Last week we started using new classroom money. The students have a log on for learningearnings.com They can earn class paper money for different various things during the day. I can also send them a direct deposit. Students earn $5 for having a no tally day, $20 for being entered into the student of the week drawing, $10 for every A that is put in the gradebook, $5 for every B. Students have also applied for jobs and earn $5 a day for their job. I encourage you to have your child log into their account and show you all the cool prizes they can buy and how it works. They can even earn money for playing the educational games on the website. :)
**In class we have been talking about respect. I have talked with the kids about how I am going to have to really be strict until they prove they can handle some freedom. This may mean that one minute we are a little laid back and another we have to tighten up our rules. I have discussed with the students that sometimes life is not fair and I do not want to hear them shout out that that isn't fair. IT will be an automatic tally if I hear them say it isn't fair. So far we have been much better since I have become more strict. I do not like to be so strict, but it seems to be working for now. If after Thanksgiving break they seem to still have themselves under control I will start giving them back some of their freedoms.
Spelling words
1. bargain
2. journey
3. pattern
4. arrive
5. object
6. suppose
7. shoulder
8. permit
9. sorrow
10. tunnel
11. subject
12. custom
13. suggest
14. perhaps
15. lawyer
16. timber
17. common
18. publish
19. burden
20. scissors
Challenge
narrate
mentor
attempt
collide
ignore
Wow has it been a crazy couple of weeks! There is spelling this week!!! And we DO have school on Friday!
**Spelling list will be at the bottom of this post and it will be added to spelling city.
**There are several things going on over the next few weeks please make sure to check everything.
**Over the weekend 5th grade teachers sent home a huge paper turkey feather. Here is the letter that accompanied it.
Dear Families,
As we approach our Thanksgiving season, we will be discussing the many things we have to be thankful for in our lives. As a display of our thanks, I have given each student a feather to decorate with all of the people and things they are grateful for. Please make sure their name is written LARGE somewhere on the feather for everyone to see. Please copy and cut pictures of family and friends, draw items, use stickers (and any other craft items)- whatever you and your child would like to use to decorate. This will be their personalized feather of thanks. next week we will add each feather to the fifth grade turkey to show the school how much we have to appreciate. Please enjoy some time with your child over the next few days to reflect on how much good we really do have in our lives. The feathers should be finished and brought back to school on Monday NOVEMBER 14th. Thank you so much for your involvement and support!
**Only 8 students turned in their feather today! Please help your child finish their turkey feather and bring it in to school tomorrow!
**The 4th and 5th grade musical is this Thursday. The dress rehearsal for Garfield will be at 2:30pm. The public performance will be at 6:30 PM that night! Please have your child in costume and in the gym at 6:20pm that night!! I look forward to seeing you there.
**I am sending a packet home tonight that is due on Friday! It includes math and reading practice. The point of this packet is to help prepare them for state assessments in the spring. It was a joint 5th grade decision to send them home. They have all week to complete the assignments. We want to give every advantage to our students to allow them to be successful during state assessments.
**Last week we started using new classroom money. The students have a log on for learningearnings.com They can earn class paper money for different various things during the day. I can also send them a direct deposit. Students earn $5 for having a no tally day, $20 for being entered into the student of the week drawing, $10 for every A that is put in the gradebook, $5 for every B. Students have also applied for jobs and earn $5 a day for their job. I encourage you to have your child log into their account and show you all the cool prizes they can buy and how it works. They can even earn money for playing the educational games on the website. :)
**In class we have been talking about respect. I have talked with the kids about how I am going to have to really be strict until they prove they can handle some freedom. This may mean that one minute we are a little laid back and another we have to tighten up our rules. I have discussed with the students that sometimes life is not fair and I do not want to hear them shout out that that isn't fair. IT will be an automatic tally if I hear them say it isn't fair. So far we have been much better since I have become more strict. I do not like to be so strict, but it seems to be working for now. If after Thanksgiving break they seem to still have themselves under control I will start giving them back some of their freedoms.
Spelling words
1. bargain
2. journey
3. pattern
4. arrive
5. object
6. suppose
7. shoulder
8. permit
9. sorrow
10. tunnel
11. subject
12. custom
13. suggest
14. perhaps
15. lawyer
16. timber
17. common
18. publish
19. burden
20. scissors
Challenge
narrate
mentor
attempt
collide
ignore
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween and other treats...
The following is an email from Dean Katt our Superintendent about Dr. Jean McCally.
I have some sad news to share
with everyone. Dr. Jean McCally passed away early Saturday morning.
Jean has been an inspiration
to many of the USD 290 staff over the past 14 years. She worked in the
Paola school district for 8 years before coming to the Ottawa school system as
the Garfield Elementary Principal for three years. Jean then served as
the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for 11 years, where
she was instrumental in developing many innovative programs and a progressive
curriculum that has benefited thousands of Ottawa students. She was
a true educational leader that always put kids first. She will be sorely
missed by everyone in the educational community.
USD 290 will not have school
on Friday November 4. The number of staff attending the service is too
great to provide coverage of all the classrooms. All staff will be off on
Friday and leave request will not be required.
The district office will be
open for a short time Friday morning for the Chamber of Commerce Coffee that is
scheduled for 8:00 AM.
Service arrangements are as
follows:
Funeral services for Jean
McCally, age 47, of Ottawa, who died October 29, 2011, after a two year battle
with breast cancer, will be held at the Ottawa University Chapel, 10:00 a.m.
Friday, November 4, 2011, interment will follow at Highland Cemetery.
Mrs. McCally will lie in state at the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home from 11:00 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Thursday prior to her visitation. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8:00 Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church, Ottawa. The
family suggests memorial contributions be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure or University of Kansas Cancer Center, c/o
Lamb-Roberts Funeral, 325 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067.
Condolences may be sent to the family through www.lamb-roberts.com.
Dean Katt
USD 290
Superintendent of Schools
1404 South Ash St. Ottawa, KS 66067
(785) 229-8010
1. cellar
2. flavor
3. cougar
4. chapter
5. mayor
6. anger
7. senator
8. passenger
9. major
10. popular
11. tractor
12. thunder
13. pillar
14. border
15. calendar
16. quarter
17. lunar
18. proper
19. elevator
20. bitter
Challenge Words
21. stellar
22. clamor
23. tremor
24. circular
25. adviser
Friday, October 28, 2011
Free Cell Phones!!! This is not spam!!
Hi Everyone!
Below is an awesome link
to the Reachout Wireless government program that allows for
individuals/families to receive a free cell phone (and maybe some of you
already know about it).
To apply, a person needs to qualify by being enrolled in Medicaid, Food Stamps, SSI, TANF, Section 8, LIHEAP, and the National School Free Lunch Program.
A person may qualify if they fall under the Federal Poverty Guideline.
Check the web site out below, or call the toll free number at: 877-870-9444.
I called to try and get more applications, but they only allow the individual/family needing the phone to apply. They do not send out applications to agencies...
People can also apply online.
Please pass this information on to whoever you think can use it, or feel free to have any families contact me that you know of, and I will be happy to assist them in getting a phone.
To apply, a person needs to qualify by being enrolled in Medicaid, Food Stamps, SSI, TANF, Section 8, LIHEAP, and the National School Free Lunch Program.
A person may qualify if they fall under the Federal Poverty Guideline.
Check the web site out below, or call the toll free number at: 877-870-9444.
I called to try and get more applications, but they only allow the individual/family needing the phone to apply. They do not send out applications to agencies...
People can also apply online.
Please pass this information on to whoever you think can use it, or feel free to have any families contact me that you know of, and I will be happy to assist them in getting a phone.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The letter sent home by Mrs. Cannady about the Music Program
October
20, 2011
To the
4th & 5th grade Parents/Guardians,
The 4th
and 5th grade classes have started preparations for their fall musical,
“Go West!,” A Musical Celebration of America’s Westward Expansion. Auditions for Speaking Parts & Solos have
already taken place during class time.
All students were given the opportunity to audition for a part during
music class, and all students who want a part will get a part. Speaking parts are completely voluntary. Those with speaking parts will receive a copy
of their scene and lines with this letter.
Please help your son and/or daughter memorize the scene they are in, who
they follow and their speaking lines.
The
performance date is set for Thursday,
November 17th, and will feature the 4th & 5th
grade students in the musical, “Go West!” For
the program, the students will need to arrive by 6:20PM on the risers in the
Garfield Gym. The program will begin at 6:30PM in the gym and should conclude by 7:10PM.
The program is a graded assignment. If your son/daughter will not be able to
attend for any unforeseen circumstance or falls sick the day of the
performance, then please send a note, call or email, and I will make sure that
your son/daughter has the opportunity to make up the 100 points for the night
performance and 50 points for the school performance during the day.
Students
who are portraying actual characters with speaking parts need to dress similar
to that character. These students have been asked to research their character
here at school and/or possibly at home.
Students are to find out how said character dressed and any information
pertaining to said character.
Students
without speaking parts should come dressed either in nice dress clothes or as
any historical figure we are discussing in the musical; Pioneer, Cowboy/girl
(Cowpoke), Gold Miner, Railroad Worker, Native American, Steamboat Traveler,
Train Engineer, Texan, Townsperson, Trapper Man/Woman, Farmer, Sailor, Mountain
Man/Woman. (If no special attire can be
found, then a plain, simple shirt and pants will work just fine. No sweat pants or holes in jeans please.)
All
students are working extremely hard learning songs, choreography & speaking
parts, and we are looking forward to sharing it all with each of you! We’ll see you on the 17th! If you have any questions please call or email
me at school, 229-8060 ext. 4621/ cannadys@usd290.org. The best time to reach me by phone is 9:00 –
9:40AM.
Sincerely,
Stephanie
Cannady
K-5
Music
4-5
Honors Choir
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