Busy, Busy, Busy

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is hard to believe we only have 3 more weeks until winter break. The next few weeks are going to be really exciting and busy!

Please make sure your child brings in their wrapped cereal box by tomorrow. Secret Elf starts this week and everyone needs a box.

Your child's new Star Reading Report will come home in their weekly work folder on Wednesday. It is yours to keep. Please use it to help your child pick just right books at home. You can also change your child's reading level on the bookmark I gave you at our conference. Just use a Sharpie to underline their new range.

Please encourage your child to test on at least 1 Accelerated Reader book per week. They will test on books they have read at home. Please write down the title and author of the books they read in their folder, so I will know what test they need to take on their test day. Their test day is written on their AR folder. On their day, they will just put their folder on their table. That is how they let me know they need to take a test. Friday is our open test day, so anyone can test. Please let me know if your child cannot find their folder, and I will make them a new one.

The photo site has been updated. Thanks so much for all you do!

Important Info

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! We have a busy week and a half coming up. Please visit our class wiki to learn more about a special activity we will be participating in next Tuesday. http://lpmiller0521.wikispaces.com/Stone+Soup

Please visit the EPGY page on the blog to learn more about Stanford Math. Your child's login, password information, and a link to the website can be found there. Stanford Math offers a wonderful opportunity for your child to practice their math skills at home. Please have them complete at least 1 session per week.

We are in need of baby food jars and mason jars. Please send them our way if you have some you can spare. 

I don't want to overwhelm you with sign-ups or information, but I know many of you need to plan ahead. Therefore, I have already setup the wiki for our class winter party http://lpmiller0521.wikispaces.com/Winter+Party and for our secret elf fun http://lpmiller0521.wikispaces.com/Secret+Elf. The wikis have more information about these activities.

Please continue having your child practice their math facts each night. We will test on the 5 facts on Friday. The biggest fact on the test will be 5+5=10, but they should study and practice all the way up to 10+5=15.

With the Thanksgiving season approaching, I want to let you know how thankful I am for you and your wonderful children. It is a joy to spend each day with them. They make our classroom a magical place.

Pumpkins!!

Happy Monday,

Our main focus last week in language arts was our pumpkin book reports. On Monday, I worked with each student independently to help them pick out a book for their report. After reading their book, they created a story web. From their story web, they focused on the physical traits and character traits of the main character. They then transformed a pumpkin into their character. They did an amazing job! On Friday, we started our writing for our reports. We will finish it up this week and take an AR test on the book we read. Their fabulous pumpkins are below.

Make sure to check out our class photo site for pictures from our first class party. Also, please feel free to add any pictures you may have taken. Thank you so much for helping with the party and sending in the items we needed. I had many students tell me it was the best day ever!

We are going to get focused on our math facts again this week. We will have a fast fact test on the 4 facts this Friday. The biggest equation on the test will be 4+6=10. However, I would like them to study all the way up to 4+10=14. 

Have a great week!