Archive for January, 2015

Week of Jan. 20th

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Hello!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conference sign ups will be posted by the end of this week!  Sign up to get your spot 🙂

New JH Mentor

We got our new Junior High mentor this week!  He will stay with us until May.  Kalel will be with us on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  He will be in the classroom with us from 10:10-11:40.  He will help with some reading groups, check off, math help, and spelling tests.  He will even get to go outside for a few minutes during recess to play with our class.  Welcome Kalel!

Valentine’s Party

Our Valentine’s Day party will be Feb. 12 from 9-11ish.  Please email/contact Jaida Ryan if you would like to help!

Group lessons this week:

Level 1s: 3D solids review, money review

Level 2s: Rounding, measuring acute angles

Level 3s: How to do and start Utah Compose

In cultural this week: Zoology

Level 1s: Reptiles

Level 2s: Manatees and Dugongs

Level 3s: Mollusks

 

Have a great upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K

A need for a coffee maker or water heater

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Hello!

The food truck as been coming, however, they sell Cup of Noodles.  It takes awhile to wait in our microwave line and then to heat them up, have them sit, and then eat them (I wish they didn’t sell them!)  I give them a little extra time to eat, but on most Wednesdays when they come 3-6 students buy them, so some students are having to wait.  If anyone has an extra coffee maker or hot water pitcher, we are in desperate need of something to heat water very quickly, so all our Cup of Noodles can be cooked and eaten.

 

Thanks!

Week of January 12th

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Hope you are enjoying your long weekend!

Candy Orders!

A Sees Candy form went out this week.  Students have until this Friday to sell candy if they would like since Valentine’s Day is around the corner!  Please bring in all forms by Friday morning.

3rd Grade Writing Test

The 3rd grade writing test for our class will take place February 17th in the afternoon from 12:30-3.  We usually do a 3rd grade breakfast on a testing day, but since it is in the afternoon maybe something else can be thought of?  Any suggestions and help on that would be appreciated!

Planetarium

Our trip to The Clark Planetarium will be February 18th.  We will be taking the Frontrunner to SLC for this field trip. We will be going with Ms. Jalee’s class as well.  We have an itinerary for times, however, they are good until a week before our trip, so we will be double checking to make sure everything is in order for The Frontrunner the closer we get.  What you need to know right now is that on this day we will ALL be meeting at 2393 Wall Ave in Ogden by 7:45am.  The train is scheduled to leave at 8:07am.  If you are late, we will leave with out your child and you will have to drive him or her to the Planetarium.  No exceptions.  Please plan accordingly.  We are due back to 2393 Wall Ave. at 3pm.  Please make sure drop off and pick up is at the train station.

If any parents are going, we will be seeing an IMAX film.  Adults who are coming with us will have to pay small fee for the IMAX.  Between Jalee’s class and ours we have the maximum amount to fit in the theater.  It may be possible, that not every adult is going to fit in the theater, so just a heads up about that.

Permission slips are going to be handed out during conferences, so they don’t get lost in backpacks.  When you come to see us, you will sign it there 🙂

Valentine’s Day Party

The week of February 9th is the week of Parent Teacher Conferences.  They start the 10th and go until Thursday the 12th.  February 12th is when I would like to have a little Valentine’s Party.  The kids can exchange cards and do some activities. This will take place in the morning as the 10th-12th are all Early Dismissals.  Anyone wanting to help, please contact Jaida Ryan.

This week in group lessons:

Level 1s: Time to the hour assessment, horizontal and vertical lines

Level 2s: Money assessment, how to measure right angles and straight with a protractor

Level 3s: Utah Compose overview, Fractions on a number line

 

In cultural: History

Level 1s: Time to the hour (practice at home!)

Level 2s: The Sun and Mercury, Distance between planets bracelet

Level 3s: Mesozoic Era and Triassic period with Triassic Dinosaurs

 

Have a great upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Field Trip Correction Date!

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I made a boo boo! The field trip date to The Planetarium is Feb. 18th.  Time TBD

Happy 2015!

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Happy New Year Everyone!

We had a fabulous week back.  We’re continuing to talk about expectations and grace & courtesy in the classroom.

This coming Friday it is an early dismissal at 1pm. Monday the 19th is NO SCHOOL

Lunch Time

Please pack forks, spoons, etc, that your child needs for lunch.  It is only sometimes that we have these things (like extra from our holiday feast).

The food truck comes Wednesdays, however, this week it was scheduled to come, but didn’t.  We were never sent a schedule, so many children expected it to come.  If you send your child with money on Wednesdays for the food, please pack them a back up lunch for a just in case circumstance.

If your child gets pizza on Fridays, pack them a few other things as well in case they need more.

Things coming up!

In February we have a field trip to The Planetarium.  We will be riding The Front Runner to SLC.  It will be Feb. 18th.  Please let me know if you would like to go.

Towards the end of February, 3rd graders will take their first state test of the year!  Writing will be first.  We are working on getting our schedule for our classroom.  Our classroom does a breakfast for each of the test dates.  As I get further notice on a date, please let me know if you wish to help make breakfast for our 3rd graders in February.

PTC conferences will be approaching soon!  They are February 10th-12th.  Sign ups will go up soon.  There will be a cut off a few days before the first date of conferences.  Please plan ahead, as sign ups will be going up very soon.

Snack

Please look at the snack sign up to see when your date is.

Slippers

Only a few children didn’t have slippers this week, but most of our class does.  I am checking every morning as slippers are part of the dress code.  Ask your child if their slippers are fitting or if they know they have a pair at school.

Newspaper needed!

Our third graders will be making newspaper 3D shapes from kinds of polygons.  If you or anyone you know has newspaper laying around, we need it!

This week in group lessons:

Level 1s: Start of line study, 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, 10 more

Level 2s: Protractor introduction, rounding game

Level 3s: 3D newspaper building project introduction, making arrays

 

In cultural this week: Botany

Level 1s: Need of plants all week

Level 2s: Pinnate/Palmate and Paripinnate/Imparipinnate leaves all week

Level 3s: Edible flowers, Poisonous flowers, Medicinal flowers, Edible plant salad

Friday: Studio, Junior High’s Mythology presentations, Introduction to Static Electricity

 

Hope everyone has a good week!

Cheers!

Ms. K