FLASHBACK FRI-YAY!

Thank you so much for making me feel SO loved during teacher appreciation week!  WHOA!  I was overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

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

Academics

ELA:   began class novel How to eat fried worms by Thomas Rockwell, sequencing, and reading non-fiction

Writing:  “Special” writing project

Math:  3rd grade prep

Social Studies:  Economics

Students of the week:

Nolan and Honora

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/12:  ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!!  $5 for class party due

5/12:  Islander Music Concert

5/19:  Class party – 11:00-12:30.

5/19:  Variety Show- GRADES 3 – 5 (We will be part of the audience!)

5/22:  Book/Beach Towel Day!   Mega Party – 1:40 – 2:30

5/23:  Game Day!

5/24:  Movie Day, last day of school, Report Cards sent home

• Reminders:
  
• Last homework packet will be going home next week.  Please encourage your child to read nightly to reach their individualized A.R. goal for this quarter.
• On May 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th our class will be having swim lessons.  The lessons will be from 11:00-12:00 at the Solomon Calhoun Pool.  Please read the following information: 

-Please send your child to school with their bathing suit ON, with clothing over-top.  (We will have resource before leaving.)

-Be sure your child has a change of clothes in a bag (for after the lessons).  Include undergarments, socks, a brush, whatever your child may need

– Send a towel with your child

– Apply sunscreen prior to school

-*STUDENTS MAY BRING GOGGLES IF THEIR EYES ARE SENSITIVE TO CHLORINE*

– We will be having lunch back at school, in cafeteria.

• Thank you to our amazing parent volunteers this year!  Whether you have helped in the classroom or with PTAO, PLEASE plan on attending the volunteer appreciation breakfast!  More info below!

Students wearing their broccoli necklaces after reading “How to be a Perfect Person in Just 3 Days”.  We had 4 students officially wear it for 24 hours.  I heard some hysterical stories involving dogs eating their necklace or their parents having them wrap the broccoli in tin foil while they slept!  HA!

This book had a great moral for students! Perfection is SO boring!

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

Academics

ELA:  review, began class novel How to be a Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes, watched the original and updated Charlotte’s Web movies to do a triple comparison!

Writing:  wrote thank you letters to Amphitheater for new water bottles and water fountains, poems for poem-in-your-pocket day

Math:  review

Social Studies:  Economics

Students of the week:

Nolan and Honora

5/2:  Swim Field trip forms DUE.  If you need support financially or don’t plan to have your child attend, please let me know ASAP so I can make arrangements. 

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/12:  ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!!

5/19:  *DATE CHANGE!*  Class party – 11:00-12:30.

5/19:  Variety Show- GRADES 3 – 5 (We will be part of the audience!)

5/22:  Book/Beach Towel Day!

5/23:  Game Day!

5/24:  Movie Day, last day of school, Report Cards sent home

• Reminders:
  
• No homework next week!  Students have worked incredibly hard this week and have earned a well deserved break!  As always, reading is non-negotiable!  🙂
  
• DE results will go home next week! 
• On May 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th our class will be having swim lessons.  The lessons will be from 11:00-12:00 at the Solomon Calhoun Pool.  Please read the following information: 

-Please send your child to school with their bathing suit ON, with clothing over-top.  (We will have resource before leaving.)

-Be sure your child has a change of clothes in a bag (for after the lessons).  Include undergarments, socks, a brush, whatever your child may need

– Send a towel with your child

– Apply sunscreen prior to school

– We will be having lunch back at school, in cafeteria.

Lighthouse Field Trip!

We couldn’t have asked for a prettier day to go!

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

Academics

ELA:  words ending in -sion and -tion, reviewed antonyms and synonyms, began class novel Charolette’s Web by E.B. White

Writing:  Re-visiting our writing community and previous work

Math:  Balanced Equations (SO much fun!), and adding/subtracting with money

Science:  Earth Day

Students of the week:

Liam and Gaby

4/24:  Interims sent home

4/26:  D.E. Reading Test

4/28:  D.E. Math Test, scholastic orders due

4/28:  Swim Field trip forms DUE.  If you need support financially or don’t plan to have your child attend, please let me know ASAP so I can make arrangements. 

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/17:  Class Party:  Time – TBA

5/19:  Variety Show- GRADES 3 – 5 (We will be part of the audience!)

5/22:  Book/Beach Towel Day!

5/23:  Game Day!

5/24:  Movie Day, last day of school, Report Cards sent home

• Reminders:
  
• On Wednesday and Friday of next week our class will take the Discovery Education test in Reading and Math.  Students are prepared and ready to SHOW what they KNOW.  My request from you is to ensure your child gets a good night sleep the night before, eat a healthy breakfast the morning of, and come to school ON TIME.  Thank you for your continued support in helping your child reach their highest potential!
  
• On May 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th our class will be having swim lessons.  The lessons will be from 11:00-12:00 at the Solomon Calhoun Pool.  Please read the following information: 

-Please send your child to school with their bathing suit ON, with clothing over-top.  (We will have resource before leaving.)

-Be sure your child has a change of clothes in a bag (for after the lessons).  Include undergarments, socks, a brush, whatever your child may need

– Send a towel with your child

– Apply sunscreen prior to school

– We will be having lunch back at school, in cafeteria. 

Voting for our favorite SSYRA Jr. book! 

Experimenting with force, velocity and traction using hot wheel cars! 

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

Academics

ELA:  syllables, point-of-view, completed Lesson 3 Wordly Wise vocabulary,  finished class novel – The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Writing:  Editing

Math:  Completed Geometry and Fraction Concepts and took test

Science:  Forces and Changes in Motion

Social Studies:  Wants/Needs

Students of the week:

Caenan and Emi

4/14:  No school

4/17:  Typed opinion pieces due for students who chose to type final drafts at home.  If your child did not bring home their opinion rough draft, they chose to write their final draft in class.

4/18:  Lighthouse field trip from 9:30-10:30.  We will eat in the cafeteria during our regular lunch time so there will be no need to send in a bagged lunch.

4/24:  Interims sent home

4/26:  D.E. Reading Test

4/28:  D.E. Math Test, scholastic orders due

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/19:  Variety Show- 3:00 – 5:00

5/24:  Last day of school, Report Cards sent home

Reminders:

• HELP NEEDED!!!  It is that time of year again!  Our students will begin computer based testing in April.  We need volunteers to serve as proctors during our testing sessions.  Please consider signing up for a session (or more!).  Proctor training only takes 10 minutes.  You are not responsible for any of the test materials.  You are simply another set of eyes in the room!  If you have any questions, please contact our School Counselor, Tricia McElhone or our Instructional Literacy Coach, Heather Eyestone.  We cannot thank you enough for all you do for our students.  Our goal is to provide your children with a testing environment that will allow them to show what they know!   Thanks to the support of our families, we know our students continue to shine! 

Sign-Up Genius link:    http://signup.com/go/KrpPMH

• Don’t forget to sign and return swimming field trip forms.
• Please have your child wear their RB Hunt shirt on our field trip Tuesday if one is available.

Happy Birthday, Ennis!

Enjoying yummy popsicles on this HOT day!

Happy birthday, Emi!

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

Academics

ELA:  Compound words, inferences, introduced Lesson 3 Wordly Wise vocabulary,  began class novel – The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Writing:  Continued Opinion Writing with accountable talk :

Math:  Began Geometry and Fraction Concepts

Science:  Forces and Changes in Motion

Students of the week:

Cassidy and Ennis

4/14:  No school

4/18:  Lighthouse field trip – free for students, $8.75 for chaperones.  If you plan to chaperone, please meet us at the Lighthouse at 9:30 and bring your $8.75 for admission at that time.  I will not be collecting any money for this field trip.  🙂

4/24:  Interims sent home

4/26:  D.E. Reading Test

4/28:  D.E. Math Test, scholastic orders due

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/19:  Variety Show- 3:00 – 5:00

5/24:  Last day of school, Report Cards sent home

Reminders:

• HELP NEEDED!!!  It is that time of year again!  Our students will begin computer based testing in April.  We need volunteers to serve as proctors during our testing sessions.  Please consider signing up for a session (or more!).  Proctor training only takes 10 minutes.  You are not responsible for any of the test materials.  You are simply another set of eyes in the room!  If you have any questions, please contact our School Counselor, Tricia McElhone or our Instructional Literacy Coach, Heather Eyestone.  We cannot thank you enough for all you do for our students.  Our goal is to provide your children with a testing environment that will allow them to show what they know!   Thanks to the support of our families, we know our students continue to shine! 

Sign-Up Genius link:    http://signup.com/go/KrpPMH

Thank you to the Leth and Gassert families for donating books from the book fair to our classroom library!  Students are P-U-M-P-E-D to read them!

Magical finds during recess! 

James and the Giant Peach was phenomenal!  Great job, MMS!  Students enjoyed comparing the book to the play.  There were SO many differences!

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

Academics

ELA:  Prefixes, Open and Closed syllables, sequence of events/cause and effect, Lesson 2 Wordly Wise vocabulary test,  finished class novels – Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

Writing:  Opinion Writing with accountable talk :

Math:  Took Data test and began Geometry and Fraction Concepts

Science:  Life Cycles

Social Studies:  Economics

Students of the week:

Leta and Jaxon

4/14:  No school

4/18:  Lighthouse field trip – free for students, $8.75 for chaperones.  If you plan to chaperone, please meet us at the Lighthouse at 9:30 and bring your $8.75 for admission at that time.  I will not be collecting any money for this field trip.  🙂

4/24:  Interims sent home

4/26:  D.E. Reading Test

4/28:  D.E. Math Test

5/8-5/11:  Swimming Days

5/11:  Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

5/19:  Variety Show- 3:00 – 5:00

5/24:  Last day of school, Report Cards sent home

Reminders:

• Please return your signed report card envelope if you haven’t already done so. 
• HELP NEEDED!!!  It is that time of year again!  Our students will begin computer based testing in April.  We need volunteers to serve as proctors during our testing sessions.  Please consider signing up for a session (or more!).  Proctor training only takes 10 minutes.  You are not responsible for any of the test materials.  You are simply another set of eyes in the room!  If you have any questions, please contact our School Counselor, Tricia McElhone or our Instructional Literacy Coach, Heather Eyestone.  We cannot thank you enough for all you do for our students.  Our goal is to provide your children with a testing environment that will allow them to show what they know!   Thanks to the support of our families, we know our students continue to shine! 

Sign-Up Genius link:    http://signup.com/go/KrpPMH

Taking advantage of the beautiful weather and eating snack outside!

Happy birthday Nolan!

Game Day Fun!  Students who met their AR goal for third quarter had a blast during game day! 

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

Academics

ELA:  Prefixes, Wordly Wise lesson 2 vocabulary,  began new class novels – Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

Writing:  Poetry – figurative language and similes

Math:  Data

Students of the week:

Saylor and Noah

3/27:  Report Cards Sent home

3/28:  James and the Giant Peach field trip

3/30:  Book Fair visit at 1:00 – 1:30

4/14:  No school

4/18:  Lighthouse field trip – free for students, $8.75 for chaperones.  If you plan to chaperone, please meet us at the Lighthouse at 9:30 and bring your $8.75 for admission at that time.  I will not be collecting any money for this field trip.  🙂

Reminders:

• For our field trip to the amphitheater, please make sure your child wears their R.B. Hunt shirt (if available) and comfortable walking shoes.  We will eat lunch as soon as we return to school.
• We are in need of healthy snacks for students who forget to bring something in.  Examples are pretzels, raisins, crackers, etc.
• A note from Jo Ellen Parkey regarding James and the Giant Peach:

Good evening!

I have an opportunity for any of your parents who wanted to go to James and the Giant Peach, but were too late to sign up to go with the class: we need ushers. J

If any of your parents are willing to come to the Amphitheatre a little early and stay to help load the busses at the end, I could sure use the help.

They would not be able to walk over or walk back with R. B. Hunt, but they get to just sit and enjoy the show, so that will be nice.

The sign up link is: http://signup.com/go/xdXrhi

Thank you!

Jo Ellen

We had a busy and productive week!  Check out some of the highlights!

SO much fun at Field Day!  We had a blast!

Happy Birthday to Caenan!

Magnificent Musicians!  I’ve got rhythm, yes I do! I’ve got rhythm, how ’bout you?!

Congratulations to the following students for having PERFECT attendance for the month of January:  Belle, Cassidy, Gaby, Stella, Emi, Ennis, Brooke, Noah, Nicholas, Caenan, Leta.  These students earned extra recess on Thursday!  Way to go!

No homework over Spring Break –  enjoy your time with family and friends!  Return relaxed, refreshed and prepared to make 4th quarter the best yet!

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

Academics

ELA:  Biographies, completed/took lesson 1 Wordly Wise Test, 2 class novel quick reads – Horrible Harry and the Goog, Horrible Harry and the Triple Threat by Suzy Kline.

Writing:  Poetry – focusing on sound and action

Math:  Wrapped up length and took test, we will begin Data after Spring Break

Students of the week:

Gaby and Nicholas

3/10:  End of 3rd 9 weeks, Field Day, Spirit Night at Marble Slab (I will be there from 4:30 – 5:00), Field Trip forms DUE!

3/13 – 3/17:  Spring Break

3/20:  Teacher Planning Day – No students

3/21:  Students Return

3/23:  Book Fair Preview

3/23:  Game Day for students who met their A.R. goal 3rd quarter

3/27:  Report Cards Sent home

3/28:  James and the Giant Peach field trip

4/14:  No school

4/18:  Lighthouse field trip – free for students, $8.75 for chaperones.  If you plan to chaperone, please meet us at the Lighthouse at 9:30 and bring your $8.75 for admission at that time.  I will not be collecting any money for this field trip.  🙂

Reminders:

• Thank you for sending in pencils!  We are set for the year!
• Students are welcome to bring in games from home for meeting their A.R. goal.  Please make sure games are clearly labeled with their name.  No electronics. 

Congrats to Emi and Nicholas for completing Math Facts Mastery for Addition and Subtraction in the month of February.  They are PUMPED about multiplication!

Awesome first week back with students!  We had a smooth transition and jumped right back in with academics.    I appreciate all your love and support!  Thank you!

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

Academics

ELA:  Comparing fiction and non-fiction, contractions and compound words, began 3rd grade wordly-wise, and a class novel quick read – Horrible Harry takes the Cake by Suzy Kline

Writing:  Poetry

Math:  Measurement

Science – Life Cycles

Students of the week:

N/A

3/3:  Vocab journal due

3/9:  Extra recess for perfect attendance, Music Performance 9:25 – 10:05

3/10:  End of 3rd 9 weeks, Field Day, Spirit Night at Marble Slab (I will be there from 4:30 – 5:00), Field Trip forms DUE!

3/13 – 3/17:  Spring Break

3/20:  Teacher Planning Day

3/21:  Students Return

3/23:  Book Fair Preview

3/27:  Report Cards Sent home

3/28:  James and the Giant Peach field trip

Reminders:

• For the musical performance on 3/9, please arrive in enough time to check-in with the office and wait outside the Music Room door for our class to arrive.
• For Field day on Friday, 3/10, please have your child wear tennis shoes, shorts, a t-shirt, and have hair pulled back.  It will be H-O-T.  Sunblock and bug spray should be applied at home.
  
• Jaxon, Honora, and Caenan were the first to turn in field trip forms with parent request to be a chaperone that have not attended a previous trip.  Please send in an additonal $5 to be a chaperone by 3/10.  If you have not had a chance to chaperone a trip, have no FEAR!  We have more field trips planned.
• Classroom Need:  We are out of pencils!

Hello!  My name is Scarlett! 

Good Morning Families!  I will OFFICIALLY be back in the classroom starting tomorrow, March 1st!  I appreciate you giving me the time to spend with my baby girl.  Scarlett has a NATURAL mo-hawk and is an absolute DOLL!  Kenzie is an incredible big sister and we have had a lot of fun bonding as a family of 4.  I am looking forward to seeing the students tomorrow and getting back into our rituals and routines.  Thank you to Robin Streit for taking such good care of them and “holding down the fort!” while I was out.  We will be VERY busy the last (WHAT!) quarter of 2nd grade and have a lot of fun activities planned! 

Looking forward to seeing your sweet children’s faces bright and early! 

Mrs. Saxon