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30
Apr

Week 35

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Hello Everyone!

 

Thank you everyone for getting your child to the the UTA train station on Wednesday!  The kids had a great time.  That is all for field trips this year!  That’s a wrap!

We had some great science projects from the 1st and 2nd graders come in this week!  We only have a few kiddos left who need to share!

 

Upcoming Week:

LAST Project of the year! Book report on either the genre of Science Fiction or Fantasy.  We will be talking about this genre in the month of May.  Students will choose one more option from the book report list that they haven’t done.  Here is the list again:

Book Report Presentation Choices

*You may only do 1 choice once

 

___Book cover

___Oral report to the teacher and/or class

___1 page written report

___A wanted poster for a character in your book

___Poster advertising your book

___Design a bookmark

___Make a poem about your book

___Create a picture book about your favorite parts from the beginning, middle, and end

___Create a video about the book

___Dress up as favorite character and tell about the book

___Create a mobile with 5 events

___Write and draw an alternative ending

___Create a timeline with at least 10 events

___Draw a map describing places

___Create a travel brochure

___Make a puppet show explaining your book

___Create a board game

___Diorama of a scene

___Do a 1 page report about the author

___Create a week long journal as if you were the character

 

2nd SAGE TEST- 3rd graders will take their 2nd SAGE test on Wednesday.  We are 9am-12noon again.  Please make sure your student is on time to eat breakfast and that a snack is packed for them that they can take into the testing environment.  Here is the second sign up for breakfast!

Breakfast Sign up!  

 

Teacher Appreciation Week May 8th-May 12th 

Monday– Best grace and courtesy from students and give a high 5, hug, or handshake

Tuesday– Bring a flower for your teacher and assistant teacher.  Flowers may be real, fake, a drawing, or homemade

Wednesday– Make a note/letter for each of your two teachers

Thursday– Bring a drink for each of your two teachers.  I like flavored waters and Arnold Palmers.  I also enjoy coffee and hot teas.  Ms. Anna likes any kind of juice

Friday– Teacher Spirit Day!  Wear your teacher’s favorite colors and maybe donate a classroom supply.  I will hint that we are on our last few pencils!  My favorite colors are aqua, green, and pink. Ms. Anna’s are green and blue

Ms. Anna is PREGNANT!  She is due around Thanksgiving time.  She doesn’t know what she is having yet and is hoping to find out at the end of the month

This week marks the start of end of year reading and math tests for all students.  I am having the students accomplish their end of the year CBM Math computer test this week.  DIBELS reading will also begin on our side of the building this week. Next week I will be doing UURC (University of Utah Reading Clinic) reading level tests

3rd Graders will begin Upper Elementary shadowing next week and into the 3rd week of May in Ms. Stephaney’s class.  Her classroom will also be our partner on the day of  3rd grade bridging.

Starting Monday May 1st our class will begin earning classroom coins and dollars.  This will be income practice for our Store Day that will happen May 18th.

Store Day is coming! – May 18th from 9am-11am will be Store Day!  Our kiddos will earn classroom money (and also possibly owe) over the next few weeks that will be used on Store Day.  It works like a yard sale and it become the student’s business.  Students may bring in items to sell (toys, books etc that they no longer want, treats/snacks, or crafts.  A lot of other Upper Elementary classrooms participate and we team up with them.  After Store Day is over we all debrief after to talk about successes and who earned what.  This is a favorite end of the year event, so mark your calendars!

Past Week:

This past week we had the local fire department come and present on Fire Safety.

In group lessons:

Level 1s: Partitioning circles, squares, and rectangles 

Level 3s: Area of shapes

In cultural this week: Zoology/Physiology

Level 1s: Review the 5 classes of vertebrates and Endangered animals

Level 2s: Muscular system, Nervous system, and introduction to the brain

Level 3s: Spiders 

 

Dates for May:

School Spirit Days
May 15th  Crazy Hat/Hair Day
May 16th  Crazy Sock Day.  LAST Box Tops Store 
May 17th  Mix Match Day
May 18th  PJ Day- Store Day 9:00-11:00 and 3rd grade party 1:15-2:30
May 19th  Dress Down Day – FIELD DAY!  We will also be doing a movie in the afternoon.  They may bring pillows and blankets
May 22nd-  Early release 1pm and start of PTC (bring your child to conferences)
May 23rd- Kindergarten bridging day to Lower El 11am ceremony.  Kinders will enjoy a picnic lunch with Lower El classes.  Early release 1pm and PTC (bring your child to conferences)
May 24th- 3rd Grade bridging to Upper El 10:30 ceremony.  Early release 1pm and PTC (bring your child to conferences)
May 25th- Early release 1pm
May 26th- Last day of school. Yearbook distribute and kickball game.  Early release 1pm

Hard to believe it is May already.  I don’t feel like it is the end of the year yet, but it will quickly come!

Snack: Alden has snack again this week

Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K