Entries from October 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Halloween Schedule

Tomorrow is the day that we will have our costume parade and classroom party. Students should not wear their costumes to school. Look below to see the afternoon schedule…

1:45 Put costumes on
2:00 All School Parade
2:20-2:50 School-wide Double Recess
2:50-3:25 Classroom Party
Thanks to everyone that is helping, sending things in, etc.! We could [...]

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

H1N1 District News

Hello everyone. I have really enjoyed talking with all of you about your wonderful children this week. Please see the note sent out to parents about the district’s information on H1N1. Have a great night!
Click on the link below…
Supt_letter_October_09[1]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Fluency

We have been working hard this week in Reader’s Workshop. Our main focus has been fluency. We have worked on what it sounds like to be a fluent reader. The fabulous students in this room know that reading fast does not make a fluent reader. They know that you need pausing, [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Classroom Update…

Hello to everyone! We are having a great week! I just wanted to share a few updates with you…
* MEAP – We started our MEAP testing today. It will continue on Thursday, October 15, Tuesday, October 20 and finish up on Thursday ,October 22. Please help your child remember to [...]

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Math Website…

I will add websites as the year goes on as I find them that apply to our curriculum. This one caught our eye and I wanted to share it with you. It is a great practice site for all kinds of concepts. Enjoy!
Johnnie’s Math Page for Kids

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Building a Library…

We are working hard in fourth grade! Today we started to do some serious work in making our classroom library our own. The team spent some time looking at, discussing, and brainstorming different ways to sort our classroom books. It was fun to watch them in action. I heard such great [...]

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Construction Aggregates and School Store

WOW! A busy week, but so good! We are in the flow of things and all is well. We went on another field trip that was full of learning and important information. We were in Grand Haven on Thursday at the Construction Aggregates site. We learned all about the mining [...]