Fabulous Friday!

Well, March has definately flown by in a hurry. The scariest part of that is there are only 7 school weeks left before summer vacation. This is the last week before Spring Break and then only 6 weeks left when we return. Here are the updates for next week:

Sitton Words: living, black, eat, short, & United States
Challenge Words: motion, transfer, thermal, measure, & friction

English: Yearly review for CRCT (parts of speech, types of sentences, grammar, etc.)
Science: Heat & Energy
Math: One digit by two digit multiplication
Reading: Comprehension strategies & Inferencing

We will be going to see the play, "Duck Soup" on Tuesday as part of our yearly Performing Arts program. We will eat lunch early before we leave at 10:45 and then have our snack upon returning to school.

DON'T FORGET~~ PTSA meeting Thursday night. The 5th grade musical will be the program.

Make sure you are spending time each week practicing for the "Are you smarter than a third grader" otherwise known as the CRCT. It will be here before we know it. Testing starts April 23.

Don't forget there is NO SCHOOL April 7-11 for SPRING BREAK! Enjoy the time off! I already have my book picked out and my hammock set up in the backyard.

Reminder: April 19th is the Spring Fling! Please make sure you plan on coming to enjoy all of the fun! It will be a great time for all!

Letter from Mrs. Pepper

March 19, 2008

Dear Parents,

I want to congratulate Mrs. Soto’s Class for being nominated as the Class Act for 11-Alive News. It was very exciting for the students to be on camera and then on 11-Alive News! Way to go Ms. Soto!

I also want to clarify any misinformation that you may have received regarding recess. I feel recess is extremely important. Last year as some of you may be aware, I purchased a storage shed for the lower field to house play equipment for outside recess as well as physical education instruction. As a school we have a sign up sheet for outside recess to coordinate outside time so all classes are not out at the same time for safety reasons. All teachers have signed up. Recess has also been addressed at a staff meeting and all teachers have been encouraged to have recess daily. I do understand there may be exceptions due to weather and special scheduling. Along the same lines tag/flag football will not be allowed due to safety concerns: lack of equipment, appropriate training, tag/flag football becoming tackle football, as well as injuries. We do encourage participation in the Cobb or Acworth County’s Department of Recreation football program. RECESS DOES COUNT!

If you have any questions or concerns my door is always open.

Sincerely,
Peggy Pepper
Princi “pal”

Test Prep Help

Check out this great site that I found for practicing math facts in CRCT format. I've added it to the links section of the blog called "Test Prep Math". Yes, I'm a geek up late on the computer playing games to try for your kids. :-) Oh well, I love my job...what can I say?

Your kids are doing an AMAZING job with their "autobiography" writing. We have the laptops in the room tomorrow and Thursday to type them. I hope you all get a chance to come in and check out their biographies and autobiographies when they are posted together in the hall outside. The biographies are up and the autobiographies should be up by next week. I'll let you know when they are.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Fabulous Friday!

Hello to all! I hope that you have all had a great week. We wrapped up our instruction today with activities on the laptop computers. The kids had a fabulous time and almost forgot that they were learning. HA HA! I love it. They have a challenge over the weekend for a special treat on Monday if they go to the Harcourt Math site which is linked on this blog and show you the measurement activities we did today. There has to be a note in their agenda to get a prize though.

Next week:

Sitton Words: face, door, cut, done, & group
Vocabulary: magnet, attract, repel, predict, & pole

English: Creative writing with "Hands" stories
Reading: Content area with Magnets materials
Science: Magnets
Math: Measurement

**We have earned another REWARD for silver spoons in the cafeteria. We will be having a Pop & Read on Tuesday. Children may bring a "soda pop", pillow, blanket, and small stuffed animal to read with around the room.

Report Cards come home on Thursday.

Summer school registration letters will be sent home on Monday for those students who had scores last year or from the IOWA this year that has put them in a "Red Flag" area. If we were totally worried about your child and their passing you would know. This is just a precaution so that we are prepared in the event of this happening.

** FRIDAY FOLDERS are NOT going home today. They will come home on Monday. **

Have a fabulous weekend!! Stay dry. :-)

Marvelous Monday!

Hello all! I don't know about you, but the weather today was a welcome sight for sure. I hope it is a glimpse of what is to come. The kids were so excited to go outside for recess and not freeze. I don't think they were half as excited as Mrs. Kelly and myself though.

Here is the news for this week:

Sitton Words - upon, family, later, turn, & move
Challenge Words - March, autobiography, decimal, lucky, & leprechaun
Math - Measurement (inches and centimeters)
English - Creative writing/synonyms/review of previous skills
Science - Magnets

Wednesday of this week is our Environmental Fieldstudy titled Endangered Species from 9:25 - 10:25 in the classroom.

Friday is the end of the third nine-week grading period. Report cards will come home next Thursday.

Don't forget to check out the PTSA website and calendar of events for upcoming activities at our school. We have Bingo night this week, the Ford Fun Run is coming soon, Spring Fling, etc.)

Have a great week!