Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Ms. Anna and I have noticed over the past week that the students seem to have “Winter Fever.”  It seems to be that time of year again where the kids are noisy and are losing what they learned with their grace and courtesy.  On Thursday had to reign them back by assigning Level 1 and Level 2s a certain rug place.  Level 1s were overseen by me and Level 2s were overseen by Ms. Anna.  Level 3s were tested to see if they could choose and be independent on their own.  With the rest of the class being overseen, the Level 3s were able to get more done.  In fact, with everyone hunkered down more everyone got more work accomplished.  This structure gives the students the reminder that we need to respect spaces and when each student is working to not bother one another.  We had each student raise their hand when they got a work done.  Myself or Anna would then check it off and they were then allowed to clean up and put that work back to get another.  This process will last into next week.  We want to see what the students are choosing and making sure they are doing quality.  We have witnessed other students copying others, so this process will take care of that too.  This really allowed Anna and I to track their work.  After a week we will dismiss those students who have learned the ability to be independent and have relearned their classroom respect.  Those who need more practice with choosing works or respect will continue to be a part of the circle until the lesson has been taught and practiced.

Ms. Jalee has submitted our field trip to the Planetarium for next month.  Know that I will have 5 free tickets to those parents who would like to come. One ticket will have to be for Heather or Adam Misner, so that will leave 4 extra tickets.  First come first serve.  We are leaving at 8:09am via the Utah Tracks.  We will be returning to the Tracks station at 3pm, so students WILL HAVE TO be picked up at the Tracks station.  Directions, times, and fees will be mentioned on the upcoming permission slip and under our our field trip tab I will provide detailed information in the next coming days.

March’s home project is our Science Fair.  The students will be focusing on the scientific method along with their proposed question.  I will post more info on the science fair under Home Projects this weekend.

On the 27th, parent night will take place (Safety in the school).  A flyer went home this week as a reminder.

This week in group projects:

Level 1s: Divergent, convergent, and parallel lines

Level 2s: Triangle angle star

Level 3s: SAGE practice math test, multistep word problems

In cultural:

Zoology/Physiology:

Level 1s: Birds intro

Level 2s: Circulatory System

Level 3s: Sea urchins

Geography:

Level 1s: Compass rose

Level 2s: Igneous rocks

Level 3s: Recording weather

Botany:

Level 1s: Parts of the stem

Level 2s: Cross stitching

Level 3s: The stamen

Friday: Studio, Library, Science fair talk

Have a great weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Thank you to those parents who came and also drove on Wednesday for our field trip!  The students really enjoyed going!

Our next field trip will be to the Clark Planetarium on March 13th.  We will be riding the front runner since it drops off right at The Gateway where the Planetarium is.  We will be going with Ms. Jalee’s class.  This will be an all day field trip.  Mark your calendars!

February 27th is Parent Education Night at MMA.  The topic will be about school safety and how can our schools become more safe nowadays?  Please visit this month’s newsletter on the school’s website to obtain more information.  There are also flyers on the front doors of the school.

This Tuesday, when we come back from President’s Day, the Upper Elementary will be holding their annual Science Fair!  3rd graders are invited to visit as to prepare them for next year when they will participate.  It will also give them ideas for our next and last assigned home project.  Our class will have its own Science Fair.  We will invite other classes to come and view when the project is due, which is March 24th.  I will be posting details in the Home Project tab soon.  1st and 2nd graders will be participating!  This project will also be evaluated.  Students will evaluate their own project as well as their peers will evaluate their projects.  Students will be looking to see how well they follow the directions, how well they know their topic, and how much of their project came from them.

This week in group lessons:

Level 3s: Editing a paragraph, multi step word problem solving (adding and subtracting)

In cultural this week:

History:

Level 1s: Time to the half hour game

Level 2s: Mars

Level 3s: Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era

Zoology:

Level 1s: Reptiles book

Level 2s: Mammal study

Level 3s: Starfish

Botany:

Level 1s: Kinds of roots

Level 2s: Leaf sewing

Friday: Myth of Cupid, Who was Saint Valentine?, Valentine’s crafts

Remember to get your pizza money in!  You can pay through the online link!  Money is due on Wednesdays before noon to get your order in for that week.  Please let me know if you have paid online to make it easier for the 6th graders to distribute the slices.  I’ve had to hunt down pizza because I didn’t know a student paid online.  Thank you!

Happy President’s Day!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Monday and Tuesday we had work cycle.  Wednesday we had a laid back day and got our room ready for the International Festival.  The school did a wonderful job on their projects.  Thank you for all of you who came to see and to help!  We had another successful year!

This coming Wednesday we will be going on our field trip, however we have to take care of rides!

Children who come to the school and need rides because their parents can’t get them a carpool or have their own parent take them, those children will get rides from our certified drivers.  Certified drivers, please email me and let me know if you can drive on Wednesday the 12th.  Drivers here at the school/carpools, we will be departing MMA at 9:10am.  The tour is at 10am at the Salt Lake factory and will go for around an hour.  We will leave after the tour is done and be back to MMA around or a little after noon.  Please pack your child a lunch as we will eat when we get back from our trip.

If you would like to set up a carpool, I cannot be a part of it for legal reasons, so you must contact parents from our class to create a carpool.  If you are taking your own child, I would greatly appreciate you having your child come to MMA FIRST so I can take roll and see who for sure if here before we leave.  Problem arise when parents meet want to meet us at the field trip site.  So, if you could have your child here at normal MMA drop off time I would appreciate it!

Here are two parents who are willing to carpool other children:

Annie Petree: Has 1 child to take of her own to take.  Call/text her at 719-492-8872.

Antoinette Panter: Has 1 child to take of her own.  Can fit around 5 more children.  Call/text her at 801-791-0997

ADULTS WHO ARE ATTENDING: to enter the factory, the fee is $1.00.  Students are covered in our field trip fund.  

Please email me and let me know your child’s ride situation.  Ms. Jalee’s class can no longer attend with us because they didn’t have enough rides.  Please help our students go on this field trip!

Don’t forget to get your pizza order in! The link is to the right of our blog!

In group level lessons this week:

Level 3: Editing a paragraph, Classification of trapezoids

In cultural:

History:

Level 1s: Time to the half hour

Level 2s: Earth

Level 3: Dinosaur study

Zoology/Physiology:

Level 1s: Reptile report

Level 2s: The skin

Level 3: Echinoderm (starfish, sea urchins…) intro

Have a great weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K

To the right of our blog, where you find our links, I added the Pizza Friday payment link.  Instead of having to bring a check in, we now offer online payment!

$1.75 per slice.  You may order as many slices as you want your child to eat.

Money is due on Wednesdays

No Cash

Can pay up to 4 weeks at a time.

Cheers!

Ms. K

This coming week is busy!  We have the International Festival Wednesday and Thursday.  Lower El’s presentations are on Thursday. It is all morning, starting at 9am.  Please have their festival projects in on Wednesday so we can set up the classroom!  You are welcome to attend the festival on both days if you wish.

Parent teacher conferences are also this week!  Starting Wednesday and ending Friday.  Please sign up if you haven’t.

Monday begins Come observe our classroom month!  Each parent gets a half hour to view what work cycle is like.

Both sign ups are to the right of this blog!

3rd grade parents!  I got someone from Academica West to come out and help set up our 3rd graders SAGE accounts.  I’ve been working on it for sometime with them and your child’s name was not being linked to me.  Everything should be fixed by this week and I will start them on practice tests.  It is imperative that they practice at home as well!  There will be 3 sections: a writing sections with 2 small essays (informative and opinion), a language arts section, and a math section.

Pizza Friday is BACK!  Each slice is $1.75.  Money must be in by WEDNESDAY! No exceptions.  Money this year must be in check form.  NO CASH PLEASE! You may also pay up to only 4 weeks in advance.  All these reasons helps keep things orderly and counting quicker.  Pizza Friday begins this week, I believe!

This week in group lessons:

Level 1s: Point in geometry with artist Seurat

Level 2s: Angles in art with artist Mondrian

Level 3s: Editing a paragraph, homophone practice, characteristics of kites, perimeter robot

In cultural:

History:

Level 1s: Time to the hour game

Level 2s: Venus

Level 3s: Triassic period

Zoology:

Level 1s: Kinds of reptiles

Level 2s: Marsupials

Level 3s: Make an octopus

Geography:

Level 1s: Compass game

Level 2s: Geysers intro

Level 3s: Temperature

Botany:

Level 1s: Parts of a root

Level 2s: No botany because of SAGE set up, however, the level 2s worked on their leaf rubbings

Level 3s: Birthday and state flowers

Friday: Classroom games, Chinese New Year, Library

Hope you have a great week and hope to see you this coming week!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Cheers!

Ms. K