Today was our First Mighty Mustang Day for the school year. We had 14 out of our 21 students participate. We want to win next time. Please mark your calendars to show your school spirit!

Below are the tentative dates and themes of each "Mighty Mustang Day" forthe school year.
Friday, September 28- College Day
Friday, October 26- Red Day
Friday, November 16- Favorite Book Character Day
Friday, December 21- Holiday Wear Day
Friday, January 25- Dress as a teacher/staff member Day
Friday, February 22- High School Musical Attire Day
Friday, March 28- Camouflage Day
Friday, April 18- Wacky Tacky Day
Friday, May 16- Hawaiian Day
*These dates may also be found on the PTSA calendar atwww.fordptsa.com.Please encourage your child to show their Ford Spirit!

October 1-5, 2007

There will be no homework or spelling words this week due to ITBS testing. Please remind your child to work on their "Tab" words in their spelling journals. We may pull them for special review sessions with their words. Below is the schedule for testing this week:
Monday - Reading
Tuesday - Language Arts
Wednesday - Math
Thursday - Social Studies/Science
Friday - Maps & Diagrams/Reference Materials

Specials for this week:
Monday - Music
Tuesday - PE
Wednesday - Art
Thursday - PE
Friday - Writing

**Stop by the Media Center this week and see our Map Mania projects. The kids did and AWESOME job!

**Don't forget Ford Movie Night this Friday. I'll be there behind the food booth raising money for our school chorus and the Relay for Life team at Ford.

**PLEASE buy your discount cards to support our school PTSA.

Fabulous Friday 9-21

First off ~ thank you for a wonderful day before my birthday. Mrs. McKay came in to be Mystery Reader and brought a beautiful bouquet of flowers with a Blockbuster giftcard. Several of the kids had sweet gifts too. Thanks for making me feel special!

PLEASE help out our PTSA by not only joining, but also with the fundraiser. Over half of our class has not sent in money or returned their cards that were sent home during Open House or the day after with your child. We would like this to be our only fundraiser for the year so please support our PTSA.

Don't forget that next week is our Cogat testing. A schedule of special treats for the kids to reward testing was sent home on Thursday. Each child is responsible for something on one day.

Specials for next week:
Monday, Wed., & Fri.-PE
Tuesday-Art
Thursday-Writing Lab

Spelling List: until, form, food, keep, children, plain, peninsula, gulf, island, & plateau

Homework:
Daily - Read for Reading Log and Stampede to Read - Map Mania project which is due Thursday
Monday - In spelling journal list 5 additional words for each diagraph in the chart we make in class. Math - Rounding Numbers
Tuesday - Spelling Take Home Task, Math - Rounding to the thousands place, Early to bed for testing tomorrow.
Wednesday - Finish Map Mania and bring in tomorrow, Math - Round the World, Cloze activity tomorrow.
Thursday - Landform Quiz tomorrow (be able to name/recognize them)
Friday - Have a fabulous weekend. Remember testing every day next week. Eat a good breakfast and get lots of sleep.

Week of September 17th, 2007

Hello all! Things are alive and in full swing in our classroom. I would like to start by complimenting all of the kids on the great job they did with their clock catalogs last week. They were awesome! Here's this week's news:
Spelling word list: world, going, want, school, important, landform, ocean, mountain, river, & lake
Homework:
Monday - Spelling (one pen-one pencil)
Math (Study for time quiz tomorrow - Complete review activity)
Tell mom/dad about Stampede to Read program
Tuesday - Spelling (Take Home Task)
Tell mom/dad about your new book buddy from Mrs. Jones class
Don't forget Cobb County Early Release tomorrow (12:20 dismissal)
Wednesday - Early Release Day
Spelling (Study for Cloze)
Math (Odd/Even)
Thursday - Social Studies (Map Mania project sent home and explained - Due September 27th)

**Don't forget your Reading Log -- Minimum 20 minutes at least 4 days
* Reading minutes count on both Stampede to Read & Reading Log