Geography and Spelling Bees
The Geography Bee is Friday! All 4th-8th graders are required to participate in the Geography Bee. There are practice quizzes online at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
The Spelling Bee is January 29th. All 3rd-8th graders are required to participate in the Spelling Bee. This month, for spelling words, students will have words from the official Spelling Bee list that will be used during our school bee.
Science
We have a field trip to the Crane Flats on Friday morning to collect data! We will be collecting data from one of the ditches that drains the Crane Flats.
PE (Climbing Wall)
This Thursday Van Swanson will teach our class basic climbing skills in the gym on the climbing wall. Please read over the release form in the Red Folder and sign it to give your permission for your child to participate. If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to ask.
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
The K-5 will be performing Goldilocks and The Three Bears on February 26th at 7pm! In today’s Red Folder there is a CD with all of the songs that we will be learning for the play. There is one CD per family.
Paragraph a Week
The paragraph of the week assignment this week is, “I Have a Dream Too.”
Words of the Week: adamant, forensics, comatose, litigation (These are some words from the songs we are learning for Goldilocks and The Three Bears!)
Showing posts with label 3rd-5th Grade Newsletter. Show all posts
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter
Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a great holiday and is well-rested.
Reading Homework, Fabulous Friday and Bingo!
We are starting something new for reading homework—we will be playing Reading Bingo! The game sheets are in the Red Folders. Students can record books of different genres on these sheets. Once they have a bingo (five in a row in any direction) they can bring their sheet in and receive a free book and Bear Bucks. They can bring in a bingo at any time. This is a great way for students to explore new genres. Please continue to record reading minutes in your child’s planner. For reading homework they are required to read 25 minutes four times a week. This reading also counts, and is required, for Fabulous Friday.
Geography and Spelling Bees
The Geography Bee is January 15th and the Spelling Bee is January 29th. All 4th-8th graders are required to participate in the Geography Bee and all 3rd-8th graders are required to participate in the Spelling Bee.
This month, for spelling words, students will have words from the official Spelling Bee list that will be used during our school bee. The entire list is in the Red Folder. The words at the Spelling Bee will start easy and then gradually get harder.
Science
We have new science books! We will be cracking them open for the first time tomorrow! On Friday we will be going to Glen’s Ditch to collect data for our year-long study on watersheds. We take a field trip every week—Glen’s Ditch every other week and then a different river, creek, or ditch within the Gustavus Flat’s Watershed on the alternating weeks.
Important Dates
Geography Bee—January 15th
Story Hour—January 18th
Spelling Bee—January 29th
Play (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)—February 26th 7pm
Paragraph a Week
There is no paragraph assignment this week.
Word of the Week: brackish
Reading Homework, Fabulous Friday and Bingo!
We are starting something new for reading homework—we will be playing Reading Bingo! The game sheets are in the Red Folders. Students can record books of different genres on these sheets. Once they have a bingo (five in a row in any direction) they can bring their sheet in and receive a free book and Bear Bucks. They can bring in a bingo at any time. This is a great way for students to explore new genres. Please continue to record reading minutes in your child’s planner. For reading homework they are required to read 25 minutes four times a week. This reading also counts, and is required, for Fabulous Friday.
Geography and Spelling Bees
The Geography Bee is January 15th and the Spelling Bee is January 29th. All 4th-8th graders are required to participate in the Geography Bee and all 3rd-8th graders are required to participate in the Spelling Bee.
This month, for spelling words, students will have words from the official Spelling Bee list that will be used during our school bee. The entire list is in the Red Folder. The words at the Spelling Bee will start easy and then gradually get harder.
Science
We have new science books! We will be cracking them open for the first time tomorrow! On Friday we will be going to Glen’s Ditch to collect data for our year-long study on watersheds. We take a field trip every week—Glen’s Ditch every other week and then a different river, creek, or ditch within the Gustavus Flat’s Watershed on the alternating weeks.
Important Dates
Geography Bee—January 15th
Story Hour—January 18th
Spelling Bee—January 29th
Play (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)—February 26th 7pm
Paragraph a Week
There is no paragraph assignment this week.
Word of the Week: brackish
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
3rd-5th Grade Newsletter 12-07-09
Last Week
Ø Thank you to Miła and Ela for teaching how to make paper!
Ø Ground Truth Trekkers Presentation
Upcoming Events
Ø Bear Bucks Store December 17th--Thanks to those who have donated items!
Ø Winter Mug Exchange--December 18th
Ø Good River Trip This Wednesday! (12/9/09) We will be leaving at 12:10 to go to the Good River to collect data for our year-long watershed study.
Ø Holiday Program December 16th
Ø Holiday Story Hour December 16th 10:30-11:30
Paragraph a Week
The assignment this week is A Great Discovery!
Word of the Week: mycologist
Ø Thank you to Miła and Ela for teaching how to make paper!
Ø Ground Truth Trekkers Presentation
Upcoming Events
Ø Bear Bucks Store December 17th--Thanks to those who have donated items!
Ø Winter Mug Exchange--December 18th
Ø Good River Trip This Wednesday! (12/9/09) We will be leaving at 12:10 to go to the Good River to collect data for our year-long watershed study.
Ø Holiday Program December 16th
Ø Holiday Story Hour December 16th 10:30-11:30
Paragraph a Week
The assignment this week is A Great Discovery!
Word of the Week: mycologist
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter
Bear Bucks Store
The Bear Bucks Store will be open on Thursday, December 17th! This will be a great opportunity for students to shop for Christmas gifts. We have several items for the store, but any donations of small items would be greatly appreciated.
After School Tutoring and Homework Help
Emma Johnson has offered to help students will homework after school, 3:30-4:30, on Mondays. This homework help will start next Monday, December 7th. I have talked to several of the students about this and many are interested. This is a great chance for students to complete math assignments, re-do work (from Red Folders), and to get started on the Paragraph of the Week Assignment.
Winter Mug Exchange
Attached is information about this fun activity!
Glen’s Ditch
We have a Glen’s Ditch trip scheduled for Wednesday, December 2nd. Are you interested in joining us?
Holiday Program and Holiday Story Hour
The Holiday Story Hour at the library is scheduled for December 16th, from 10:30-11:30. The annual School Holiday Program is the evening of December 16th. Save the date on your calendar!
Paragraph a Week
The assignment this week is Letters About Literature. Only the rough draft of this assignment is due on Friday. We will be revising and editing these letters next week in class.
Word of the Week: thalweg
The Bear Bucks Store will be open on Thursday, December 17th! This will be a great opportunity for students to shop for Christmas gifts. We have several items for the store, but any donations of small items would be greatly appreciated.
After School Tutoring and Homework Help
Emma Johnson has offered to help students will homework after school, 3:30-4:30, on Mondays. This homework help will start next Monday, December 7th. I have talked to several of the students about this and many are interested. This is a great chance for students to complete math assignments, re-do work (from Red Folders), and to get started on the Paragraph of the Week Assignment.
Winter Mug Exchange
Attached is information about this fun activity!
Glen’s Ditch
We have a Glen’s Ditch trip scheduled for Wednesday, December 2nd. Are you interested in joining us?
Holiday Program and Holiday Story Hour
The Holiday Story Hour at the library is scheduled for December 16th, from 10:30-11:30. The annual School Holiday Program is the evening of December 16th. Save the date on your calendar!
Paragraph a Week
The assignment this week is Letters About Literature. Only the rough draft of this assignment is due on Friday. We will be revising and editing these letters next week in class.
Word of the Week: thalweg
Monday, November 23, 2009
3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter
Glen’s Ditch and our Class Blog
We had a great trip to Glen’s Ditch last week. We looked for macroinvertebrates and found some to bring back to the classroom to look at closer. The students have been posting field reports and photos from our trips on our class blog. Be sure to look at it! http://gustavus345.blogspot.com/ Please leave a comment for us! (Additionally, this newsletter is posted on our blog too. I will begin to post paragraph assignments on that blog next week.)
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
We finished this book (a class read aloud) last week! Today we did a short Reader’s Theater of one of the chapters. There is a quiz for this book on the website: http://www.bookadventure.com/ that your child can take and earn points to trade in for Bear Bucks. I have student usernames and passwords for this website if your child has forgotten or lost theirs.
After School Tutoring and Homework Help
Emma Johnson has offered to help students will homework after school. I have talked to several of the students about this and many are interested. Hopefully, this will start next week. I will let everyone know soon what day and time this will be.
There isn’t a spelling test this week!
Paragraph a Week
There isn’t a paragraph assignment this week. Next week’s assignment will be a letter to an author of your child’s choice. The author that they write to should be an author of a book that they recently finished.
Word of the Week: benthic
Have a great holiday!
We had a great trip to Glen’s Ditch last week. We looked for macroinvertebrates and found some to bring back to the classroom to look at closer. The students have been posting field reports and photos from our trips on our class blog. Be sure to look at it! http://gustavus345.blogspot.com/ Please leave a comment for us! (Additionally, this newsletter is posted on our blog too. I will begin to post paragraph assignments on that blog next week.)
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
We finished this book (a class read aloud) last week! Today we did a short Reader’s Theater of one of the chapters. There is a quiz for this book on the website: http://www.bookadventure.com/ that your child can take and earn points to trade in for Bear Bucks. I have student usernames and passwords for this website if your child has forgotten or lost theirs.
After School Tutoring and Homework Help
Emma Johnson has offered to help students will homework after school. I have talked to several of the students about this and many are interested. Hopefully, this will start next week. I will let everyone know soon what day and time this will be.
There isn’t a spelling test this week!
Paragraph a Week
There isn’t a paragraph assignment this week. Next week’s assignment will be a letter to an author of your child’s choice. The author that they write to should be an author of a book that they recently finished.
Word of the Week: benthic
Have a great holiday!
Monday, November 16, 2009
3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter
Bartlett River Field Trip
We had a fantastic field trip last week to the Bartlett River. Kimber Owen came with us and we would like to thank her for her time and all of her knowledge that she shared. The class worked on a field report today and posted it to our blog: http://gustavus345.blogspot.com/ Check it out!
Glen’s Ditch
We will be taking a trip to Glen’s Ditch on Wednesday! Students must have appropriate clothing (rubber boots, jacket, rain/snow pants, gloves, hat) in order to go.
Butterflies in the Classroom
Our butterflies have emerged! The first one came out of its chrysalis last Wednesday during our Morning Meeting! The second one came out on Thursday. We are hoping that they will lay eggs so that we can watch the entire process again.
Book Orders
Book orders were in last week’s Red Folder. Orders are due tomorrow and this is the last order before Christmas! Don’t forget that you can place orders online! Go to www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs. If you haven’t set up an account you will need to one-time activation code: 1DY35
Paragraph a Week
The paragraph assignment this week is, “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.” The assignment is based on a book that I am reading aloud the class. I recommended to all of the students that they get an early start on this assignment in case they have questions that they need to ask at school. I will be checking in with them each day to see if they have questions.
Word of the Week: inanimate (this word is from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane)
We had a fantastic field trip last week to the Bartlett River. Kimber Owen came with us and we would like to thank her for her time and all of her knowledge that she shared. The class worked on a field report today and posted it to our blog: http://gustavus345.blogspot.com/ Check it out!
Glen’s Ditch
We will be taking a trip to Glen’s Ditch on Wednesday! Students must have appropriate clothing (rubber boots, jacket, rain/snow pants, gloves, hat) in order to go.
Butterflies in the Classroom
Our butterflies have emerged! The first one came out of its chrysalis last Wednesday during our Morning Meeting! The second one came out on Thursday. We are hoping that they will lay eggs so that we can watch the entire process again.
Book Orders
Book orders were in last week’s Red Folder. Orders are due tomorrow and this is the last order before Christmas! Don’t forget that you can place orders online! Go to www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs. If you haven’t set up an account you will need to one-time activation code: 1DY35
Paragraph a Week
The paragraph assignment this week is, “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.” The assignment is based on a book that I am reading aloud the class. I recommended to all of the students that they get an early start on this assignment in case they have questions that they need to ask at school. I will be checking in with them each day to see if they have questions.
Word of the Week: inanimate (this word is from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane)
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