YAY FOR ANASTASIA! WINNER OF OUR ESTIMATION STATION! We had 317 total Hershey Kisses! Anastasia got the closest guess with 295!
Thank you to Dr.Chaconas for teaching us more about skeletons and your COOL job as a Physical Therapist!

Learning EVERYWHERE we go!  Luca completing homework at Tavern on the Green and studying skeletons at the Museum of Natural History in NYC this weekend! 

Congratulations to Tati for being the FIRST 2nd grader to make it into the MILLION WORD CLUB!  We are proud of you, hey, we are proud of YOU! 🙂

Thank you for coming to Open House!  It was so great to see everyone!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Mayor Hubble is in Trouble by Dave Gutman;  describing the structure of a story including the beginning, middle, and end; continued adding -ing and -ed to words and base words

Writing: making lists into stories

Math:  double-digit addition with re-grouping

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  Matter

Students of the week:

Abby and Luca

Thank you for being generous and polite!

Important Dates:

• 10/23:  School House Rock field trip forms and money due
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!  Students come dressed to school as a book character (please bring the book the character is from!) Students may change into regular clothes immediately following the parade if they are uncomfortable.
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30
• 10/31:  Send in Halloween snacks
• 11/1:  Class book fair visit
• 11/5:  Picture re-takes
• 11/6:  Field trip to Amphitheater to see Schoolhouse Rocks!
• 11/19:  Country research project due

Reminders:

• Email our homeroom parent Mrs. Charalambous to sign up for a time slot for our Fall Festival booth or contribute to supplies!  Thanks for making this a fun day for our kiddo’s!
• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!
• Students have been VERY eager to work on Study Island at home – access to the link is here:  https://app.studyisland.com/cfw/login/ Their username and password should be memorized.  If not, email me and I will give it to you!
• Don’t forget to send in field trip forms to the amphitheater!
• Make sure you have access to HAC!  There will be no paper report cards send home this year.  It is crucial you are aware of your child’s progress in school.  Please contact Wendy Thurston at the front office if you are having difficulty.  Her contact information is:  [email protected]
  (904) 547-7958

Namaste!

Thank to Mrs. Sasha for the fun YOGA lesson that took us on an underwater dive!  

Thank you to SAFD for the great presentation on fire safety!

Congratulations to all students who met their A.R. goal for 1st quarter!  They enjoyed a snow cone party and extra recess!  Keep up the great work!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  It’s Halloween, I’m turning Green;  asking and answering questions such as who, what, when, where, why and home to demonstrate an understanding of the key details in a text; adding -ing to words and base words

Writing: adding temporal words (First, next, then, last) to help organize writing.

Math:  double-digit addition with re-grouping

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  States of Matter

Students of the week:

Gia and Colvin

Thank you for being generous and polite!

Important Dates:

• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/18:  OPEN HOUSE 5:00-7:00!  Be there or be square!  Your child is PUMPED to show off their work and classroom!
• 10/23:  School House Rock field trip forms and money due
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!  Students come dressed to school as a book character (please bring the book the character is from!) Students may change into regular clothes immediately following the parade if they are uncomfortable.
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30
• 10/31:  Send in Halloween snacks
• 11/1:  Class book fair visit
• 11/5:  Picture re-takes
• 11/6:  Field trip to Amphitheater to see Schoolhouse Rocks!

Reminders:

• Email our homeroom parent Mrs. Charalambous to sign up for a time slot for our Fall Festival booth or contribute to supplies!  Thanks for making this a fun day for our kiddo’s!
• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!
• Students have been VERY eager to work on Study Island at home – access to the link is here:  https://app.studyisland.com/cfw/login/ Their username and password should be memorized.  If not, email me and I will give it to you!
• Don’t forget to send in field trip forms to the amphitheater!
• Make sure you have access to HAC!  There will be no paper report cards send home this year.  It is crucial you are aware of your child’s progress in school.  Please contact Wendy Thurston at the front office if you are having difficulty.  Her contact information is:  [email protected]
  (904) 547-7958

Busy at work in math centers this week putting our addition and subtraction strategies to WORK!

Dem bones, Dem bones, Dem DRY BONES!  Creating our skeletons while listening to Bob Barner’s SKELETON SONG!  We learned some great information about our bones this week!

Observing Leaf Bugs at recess!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk by Megan McDonald;  determining CENTRAL message, lesson, or moral in folktales, vowel-sound SORTS

Writing: Read Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach, and The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams – students created their own “scary” stories using the writing process.

Math:  Addition and subtraction strategies

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, and skeleton) and their basic functions while creating skeletons and reading Dem Bones by Bob Barner

Students of the week:

Tatiana and Kolton

Thank you for having integrity and zest!

Important Dates:

• 10/9:  gifted screener – if you don’t wanted your child tested, please sign and return the opt-out letter sent home.  If your child has already been tested and qualified, they will not be tested and will be sent to another room.  🙂
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/18:  OPEN HOUSE 5:00-7:00!  Be there or be square!  Your child is PUMPED to show off their work and classroom!
• 10/23:  School House Rock field trip forms and money due
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!  Students come dressed to school as a book character (please bring the book the character is from!) Students may change into regular clothes immediately following the parade if they are uncomfortable.
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30
• 10/31:  Send in Halloween snacks
• 11/1:  Class book fair visit
• 11/5:  Picture re-takes
• 11/6:  Field trip to Amphitheater to see Schoolhouse Rocks!

Reminders:

• Email our homeroom parent Mrs. Charalambous to sign up for a time slot for our Fall Festival booth or contribute to supplies!  Thanks for making this a fun day for our kiddo’s!
• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!
• Students have been VERY eager to work on Study Island at home – access to the link is here:  https://app.studyisland.com/cfw/login/ Their username and password should be memorized.  If not, email me and I will give it to you!
• Don’t forget to send in field trip forms to the amphitheater!

Breaking geodes to find what color minerals were inside!  

Sneak Peek at our “Best Part of Me” writing project from the book The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald.  Can you guess what your child chose as the best part of them?

Boosterthon Fun Run!  Thank you so much for helping us reach our school goal!  We had a blast!

Students presented their final draft writing projects to Ms. Garman, Ms. Antoine, 2 Flagler interns, and my Mom (a former 3rd grade teacher) – Susan Joyner!  Special thanks to my mom for bringing in a cookie cake for us to celebrate all our hard work!  Their writing was so impressive!  Ms. Jarocki and I are beyond proud!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary;  Recounting Stories – including fables and folktales from diverse cultures

Writing: completing the writing process for the Best Part of ME writing project and presenting their final drafts

Math:  Addition and subtraction strategies

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  Rocks, minerals, and gems

Students of the week:

Katelyn and Kai

Thank you for having integrity and zest!

Important Dates:

• 10/2:  SAC meeting – Please join us!
• 10/9:  gifted screener – if you don’t wanted your child tested, please sign and return the opt-out letter sent home.  If your child has already been tested and qualified, they will not be tested and will be sent to another room.  🙂
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/18:  OPEN HOUSE 5:00-7:00!  Be there or be square!  Your child is PUMPED to show off their work and classroom!
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!

Students are FIRED UP about the FUN RUN!  Don’t forget to find sponsors!

Sharing progress on our “Best Part of Me” writing project!

 

Looking modelesque for picture day!

100% participation in SILLY SOCK day AND SPIRIT DAY!  WOO HOO!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Esio Trot by Roald Dahl,  Text features – glossaries, indexes, and Table of Contents, “bossy r”, punctuating greetings and closings of letters

Writing:  Narrative writing – the best part of me; complete sentences

Math:  Addition and subtraction strategies

Social Studies:  technology

Science:  Rocks, minerals, and gems

Students of the week:

Gianna and Emma

Thank you for being ambitious and considerate!

Important Dates:

• 9/27:  Fun Run! 9:35-10:35 on the field!  Please make sure your child wear shorts, running shoes, a shirt they can easily and independently change out of (they will be changing into their FUN RUN shirt once they arrive to school) and hair pulled out of their face.  A water station will for on the field for students to use during the run.
• 10/2:  SAC meeting – Please join us!
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/18:  OPEN HOUSE 5:00-7:00!  Be there or be square!  Your child is PUMPED to show off their work and classroom!
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• DON’T FORGET TO GET SPONSORS FOR BOOSTERTON!
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• THANK YOU to Luca, Colvin, and Emma for sending in eraser tops!  We are set!
• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!

 

Emma caught a lizard!

Hard at work in reading and writing!Leaping into Friday like…….

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Began Gooney Bird Green by  Lois Lowry,  Text features – captions, sub-headings, and bold print, long e vowel patterns, formal and informal language, adjective and adverbs

Writing:  Fictional writing with silly sentences

Math:  Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers

Social Studies:  the history of calendars

Science:  Different soils and their properties

Students of the week:

Kaia and Aiden

Thank you for being enthusiastic and courteous this week!

Important Dates:

• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Please sign and return progress report envelopes – thank you!
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• Scholastic book orders due by September 15th.  Class code:  mbcqn
• Classroom Need:  Eraser tops or pink erasers!  Thank you!

Happy Girls 🙂

 

Math centers this week practicing place value, fluency, and STRATEGIES!

Intense, strategizing faces during teacher-time work!  These kids are mathematicans!

Students are having a BLAST learning about rocks, minerals, and GEODES!

HAPPY CLASS – 100% school spirit! YAY!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry and the Triple Revenge by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test,  Character point-of-view and dialogue, homophones

Writing:  Narrative writing about friends

Math:  Place value to 1,000

Social Studies:  rules/responsibilities and UNICEF

Science:  Rocks and Minerals

Students of the week:

Amelie and Dimitrios

Thank you for being a leader this week and being showing perseverance!

Important Dates:

• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile
• Scholastic book orders due by September 15th.  Class code:  mbcqn
• Classroom Need:  Eraser tops or pink erasers!  Thank you!

The race is ON!  The results are in… Amelie is the fastest girl in our class and Colvin is our fastest boy!  We will check again halfway through the year to see if anyone catches up!

 

Congratulations to this RAVENOUS READER who received a popsicle for earning OVER 50 AR points!  GO TATI, GO!

 

Using the Scientific Method to determine if food coloring will move faster through cold or warm water!  We are practicing being good scientists and questioning EVERYTHING!

 

Happy 7th birthday, Kolton!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry takes the cake by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test,  describing characters, short/long vowel patterns

Writing:  made a list of ideas to write about, “It happened to me” story….

Math:  Chapter 1 Math test, began Chapter 2 – Numbers to 1,000

Social Studies:  Being a good citizen

Science:  How do you solve a problem?  The Scientific Method

Students of the week:

Anastasia and Cash

Thank you for having a growth mindset and being eager to learn!

Important Dates:

• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile
• Please go over Chapter 1 Math test and Independent Practice – “Stone Soup” with your child!

Sketching inspiration for our writing from our surroundings!

Scientific tools at work!

 

Practicing asking/answering questions with partner reading!

 

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry and the Goog by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test, asking/answering questions, short long vowel patterns

Writing:  sketching, gaining inspiration for topics

Math:  Base-10, expanded form, hundreds chart patterns

Social Studies:  Florida on a map

Science:  Scientific Tools

Students of the week:

Abby and Luca

Thank you for being inquisitive and goal-oriented this week!

Important Dates:

• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile

GO BRAZIL!! 🙂

We learned A LOT about our classmates this week!

Number Sense with 100’s charts

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Daily 5 center rotation group training, asking/answering questions, short/long vowels

Writing:  Narrative writing – My Summer

Math:  Number Concepts

Social Studies:  Community

Science:  Inquiry Skills

Students of the week:

Liam and Soleil

Thank you for being good listeners and hard workers this week!

Important Dates:

• 8/24:  Volunteer Welcome Back Breakfast – please RSVP with Laura at the front desk!
• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Please remember to turn in red, yellow, and green pocket folders!
• Math homework is due the following day it is given (unless there are special circumstances… write a note!) and Reading Logs are due the following Monday.  For the back side of the reading log, students may write about their FAVORITE book from the week or novel they are currently reading.  There is never homework on Fridays.  Enjoy your time with family.  🙂
• All graded/checked work will go home on Fridays.
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!