Flat Stanley Project

Dear Parents,
 The Flat Stanley Project is going to be presented during the week of January 14. Please be prepared to present on the 14th. We will just take the students in turn. Thank you.

Here is a copy of the original handout. Please do not stress over this. I just wanted the student to share a personal experience about a different culture/place. Also, students are to share a culture which they are less familiar with. I am currently out of town and have limited service, but I will do my best to answer any questions via email. I have zero phone service. I hope this helps!

Flat Stanley Project

First Assignment:

The purpose of this project is to connect our lives with other lives around the globe. This can be anywhere from another State, city or country! Your job is to choose someone from another place, different from your own, who will be willing to take your Flat Stanley on a picture tour of their location. The goal is for Flat Stanley to be introduced to these new locations and share them with you. This will be done through the receiver taking pictures of Stanley with important monuments/places from their location. Then, the receiver will tell what each place is and why it is significant. The sender (student) will write a letter to the person they want to learn more from. In the letter they will write why they chose the person, what you hope to learn, and a little about yourself. You will mail your Stanley to the sender or send a digital copy via email. The person will take pictures with Stanley, and reply with a letter describing their location and information. These pictures and newly gained information will be shared with the class once it is completed. This place needs to be a unique place that has never been visited/or rarely visited. 

You may choose your location. Our class will record on a map where each of their Flat Stanley's have been sent to.

Second Assignment: 

Over Christmas break, you will take your Flat Stanley to a place you are visiting/spending time/a place of significance, and take pictures with him. Then, you will present the pictures to the class when we return. These places will be recorded on map as well to show the different adventures. Examples of places to take him could be:

1. A Farm

2. A city

3. A play

4. The mountains 

5. The beach

6. The Zoo

We will be making Flat Stanley in class. 

If you would like to look up more information, go to this website: 

http://www.flatstanley.com

Newsletter Week 18 12/17-12/18

This is a short week. School will be a full day on Monday and a half day with dismissal at 12:00 p.m.

Monday:
    We will have a Grinch Party/Song Performance for our class Christmas Carol-off. This is what everyone needs to wear:

•        Singers: summer/pool/swimming attire (please bring warmer, free dress clothes to change into afterwards) 
•         Snowflake dancers: all white with toboggans or earmuffs 
•         Sun dancers: all black with sunglasses 
•         Weatherman: Suite 

Tuesday: 

        School is dismisses at 12:00 noon. This day is free dress/P.J. Christmas attire. PTA is having a school Christmas party from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

School resumes Monday, 1/7/12.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!!!

 

   
 

Week 12/10-12/14

Reminders:

•          Lunch forms are due Wednesday morning at the beginning of school.
•          School Christmas Performance is Thursday night. Please be at the school 6:00 p.m. The performance will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Please remember to have your child dressed the way mentioned in the BDS Newsletter 

-Math: We will have a math over multiplication on Wednesday, 12/12. Please continue working on your math facts and multiplication facts for 0,1,2,5,9,10. 

- Reading: We will be focusing on different Christmas stories and completing activities with the children. Also, we will be listening to "The Best Christmas  Pageant Ever" being read and take a comprehensive quiz over this story. In addition, we will do paired reading partners with the kindergarteners. 

- Language Arts: We will be focusing on contractions 

- Science: Stages of Matter. We will have a class party Friday afternoon, so please try to attend if you can! 

Spelling: 

 Please study the following dolch words. There will be a test over these on Thursday. I will randomly pick 30 words from this list for students to spell correctly. Any words are possible choices, so please stud. Every child in our class should be able to correctly spell these words.

always 
around 
because 
been 
before 
best
both
buy 
call 
cold 
does 
don't
fast 
first 
five 
found

gave 
goes 
green 
its 
made 
many 
off 
or 
pull 
read 
right 
sing 
sit 
sleep 
tell 
their

these 
those 
upon 
us 
use 
very 
wash 
which 
why 
wish 
work 
would 
write 
your 

Newsletter Week 16 12/3-12/7

Reminders:

Please be getting your child's outfit together for the Christmas performance! You can find it in the BDS newsletter.

January Lunch forms are due the morning of December 12! As always, the sooner the better. :)

        As you are well aware, there is a lot of sickness going around our classroom and the school. I can't tell you how much we appreciate you getting your child well before sending them to school. As stated in the BDS newsletter, your child should be symptom and fever free for 24 hours before sending them to school. By waiting the 24 hours you are ensuring that your child is truly well and that he/she is no longer contagious to any others. Since October 31, we have had 1 day in which our whole class has been at school! We do so many fun, active learning projects that I wish everyone could be a part of it. Please help us get everyone well by following the 24 hour rule. I think everyone's immune system is pretty weak at this point, and we could use all the help we can get. I try to advocate continuous hand washing, spraying Lysol and cloroxing the tables. Also, if your child has been sick, or needs to miss due to illness, please call/email/text me! I want to do everything I can to make sure your child stays caught up and misses as little as possible. Even if you have a question about the work on how to teach it, I would love to explain it to you either in person or over the phone. Please know I want to help the best way I can. Thank you for working with us to get everyone well. I can't thank you enough.

THANK YOU JENNIE ANTINNES!! Jennie has GREATLY helped out with our new math unit on Multiplication! She brought the entire class beans, pasta and styrofoam  cups to use as manipulatives to help the students to master the understanding of multiplication. They have been a wonderful tool.

This week:

Math: Continue Multiplication. Please be working with your child at home on the multiplication facts of 0,1,2,5,9 and 10. Also, continue with the basic math facts of addition and subtraction.

Reading: We will continue with our independent reading centers. Students take AR tests over the books read in this center. Also, we will be reading several of Dr. Seuss' works and doing activities which relate.

Social Studies: We will continue with our study of cultures around the world by beginning our Flat Stanley Projects! I will be sending home rubrics and directions for the project. I think it will be really fun and neat!

Language Arts: Following our Dr. Seuss Theme, we will be learning about poetry.

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on the final blend -sk

1. away
2. house
3. animal
4. desk
5. mask
6. task
7. disk
8. multiply
9. equal
10. array

Spelling Dictation: 
1. Point to the page as you read.
2. Your task is to clean your messy desk.  

Vocabulary:

1. barber- someone who cuts hair for men
2. bold- strong, courageous, think
3. disk- a round, thin, flat object
4. govern- to rule over someone or something 
5. jog- a slow run
6. lawn- a grassy opening; normally someone's grassy yard
7. plentiful- to have a lot of something 
8. toxic- poison-like 
9. valley- a low land in-between 2 mountains or hills 
10. youth- to be young, but not a baby 

Newsletter Week 15 11/26-11/30

Welcome back from Thanksgiving! I hope you have all had a lovely time. This week will be a normal week!

Math: Start multiplication! It is important that your child knows his basic addition facts since this is a building block for multiplication. 

Reading: continue with our story "The Boy on Fairfield Street" Dr. Seuss 

Language Arts: Review the different types of sentences (compound, complex, simple, run-on and incomplete) There will be a test given on Friday over these sentences similar to the practice quiz taken 2 weeks ago. Also, we will write a friendly letter to Santa. If your child does not do "Santa" at home, I will make changes for them so that they can participate comfortably. However, please remind your child to be respectful of others and their beliefs during this time. 

Spelling and Vocabulary: 

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on the final blend -st

1. try
2. kind
3. hand
4. fast
5. past
6. last
7. contrast 
8. blast
9. again
10. picture

Spelling Dictation: 

1. The men put on shorts and went to play sports.

2. She will ask you if you need to read the book. 

Vocabulary:

1. plague- something that really bothers someone without them wanting it around
2. exaggerator- someone who makes stuff seem bigger than it really is
3. classmate- someone who is in the same school class as you
4. mailroom- a place where all the mail collects 
5. postman- a man who collects the mail 
6. tourist= someone who explores a new place since they are from a different location 
7. vague- unsure, small amount, hard to know the truth  
8. autograph- a fancy way of writing your name 
9. promote- to support, or agree with something and let other people know that you agree with it 
10. apartment- a small place where there is a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom attached in a big building where there are lots of other apartments 

Science: Communities around the world 

Newsletter Week 14 11/19 and 11/20

THANKSGIVING WEEK

NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY

We do have school on Monday and Tuesday

PLEASE HAVE A BUTTERNUT SQUASH for your child on Monday

Lunch forms were sent out today (Friday). Please have them filled out and returned by Tuesday at the latest. We have to turn them into the office for December lunches Tuesday morning, 11/20/12. Tallies are made and lunch orders are placed Tuesday morning to the local rester businesses. After that has been done, changes cannot be made.

Math: Cumulative review of unites 1-4 in Math. (2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction, estimation, money, properties, word problems, place value) 

Social Studies- Thanksgiving; Please Bring a Butternut Squash to school on Monday!

Reading- continue with "The Boy on Fairfield Street" 

Language Arts- Work on our stories from Conceptual

Vocabulary and Spelling:

Spelling: 

1. what
2. when
3. there
4. eye
5. who
6. they
7. then
8. should
9. please
10. friend 

Vocabulary:

1. gobble- the noise a turkey makes

2. giblets- small pieces of food 

3. centerpiece- a decorative arrangement made of either items, candles, of flowers that is in the center of a table 

4. gratitude- being thankful 

5. maize- a type of corn that the Indians grew and shared with the pilgrims on the first Thanksgiving 

6. voyage- a long trip; normally spent on the seas 

7. drumstick- a term used when describing the leg of a chicken/turkey/bird that has been cooked.   

Newsletter Week 13 11/12-11/16

Great field trip! Thank you for all your input into the trip. We had a great time and learned a lot.

This week:
    Math: Finish with subtraction and take a test on Thursday, 11/15
    Science: Animal Kingdom
    Language Arts: Application of complete, compound and complex sentences
    Reading: Please download "The Boy on Fairfield Street" by Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson and Lou Rancher

Spelling and Vocabulary:
Focus on the r-controlled "e"

1. because
2. turn
3. here
4. why
5. germ
6. herd
7. clerk
8. nerve
9. serve
10. fern

Spelling Dictation: 

1. That boy had a lot of nerve to eat my food.

2. The priest will use the materials to build a new church.

Vocabulary:

1. feasted- to eat a lot of something, or to take a lot of something in either physically or mentally 
2. explore- to go looking for something 
3. sledding- riding a sled on snow down a hill
4. doodling- drawing silly pictures without any reason to be drawing 
5. excelled- to do really well at something 
6. gather- to come together 
7. prowl- to sneak around looking for something to attack
8. stubborn- wanting to only do what you want, no matter what
9. chatter- to talk a lot
10. perhaps- maybe 

 

Newsletter Week 12 11/5-11/9

Week 12 11/5-11/9

Reminders: 

     -Health Week: if your child is not eating at school, please remember to send a lunch with them. The only other option for lunchless children is to give the Mac and Cheese.

     - Field trip to the Capital in Jackson Friday! Please leave your house or the school by 7:30 a.m. Your child needs to be in his/her school uniform

    - If your child is going to miss a day of school (especially test days), please let me know ASAP so that I can plan all missing assignments. Also, if you will miss a test, then your child will need to take it before the planned absence. This does not apply to excused sick days. Thank you for understanding and working together to aid in your child's success. 

This week:

       Reading: Test over "Liberty Porter" on Thursday, 11/8/12

      Language Arts: Complex sentences

      Math: New unit which depends the discussion of subtraction. Please keep working on your basic math facts for addition and subtraction

      Science: Primary focus on the Animal Kingdom. We have been learning about the different living organisms and their kingdoms 

Spelling words and sentences: focus is on the -ew- pattern 

• 
  
• Spelling and Vocabulary:

• 1. well
• 2. large
• 3. even
• 4. grew
• 5. stew
• 6. drew
• 7. chew
• 8. few
• 9. metric
• 10. color
• 1. She ate the stew and grew big in just a few weeks.
• 2. A few of the shapes have four sides.
• Vocabulary: 
• 1. boring- not interesting or exciting
• 2. ducked- to bend down suddenly, normally when trying to keep from being hit
• 3. suppose- to think or imagine
• 4. celebration- a joyous gathering, usually to mark important events
• 5. furious- very angry
• 6, graceful- lovely way of moving
• 7. develop- to make something better or to improve something 
• 8. features- traits or characteristics which describe something or someone
• 9. feat- an amazing act
• 10. heroine- a woman who has done something very brave or helpful 

News letter Week 12; 10/29-11/2/12

Thank y'all for an awesome Fall Festival!! It was awesome!

Math: Continue learning about subtraction. Test on Friday, 11/2/12.

Language Arts: Continue Learning about sentences: complete, complex and compound. Main focus on compound sentences, 

Reading: Continue Reading Liberty Porter. Please remember to do your reading at night on the chapters read during class.

Science: Continue learning about the kingdoms; focus primarily on the fungi and plant kingdom

Spelling and Vocabulary:

1. set

2. put

3. end

4. another

5. head

6. bread

7. dead

8. sweat

9. deaf

10. mineral

1. He spread butter on the bread and ate it.

2. A rock and a mineral can both break. 

Vocabulary: 

1. announce- to tell something out loud to others 

2. proud/pride- to feel good about one's self about what they can or did do

3. horrified- completely shocked, scared and frightened about something 

4. lecture- a talk about something that is important; mostly about a specific topic 

5. harmless- with out harm; not able to harm anyone 

6. moan- to make a sound that does not have words which represents dislike or uncomfort

7. steer- to show the way to somewhere by using your words or body

8. giggle- laughing with little, happy laughs. 

9. monitor- someone who watches over others

10. autograph- a signature; a fancy way of writing someone's name    

Newsletter Week 10/11 10/22-10/26

Fall Break is Next Week(10/15-10/19)! I hope you all have a wonderful time.

The following week after Fall Break: 10/22-10/26

Reminders: Fall Festival will be on Friday, 10/26! We will have a special guest giving a yoga, Halloween inspired class. Children can and are encouraged to dress up in their costumes!! 

November Lunch Forms Are Due Wednesday, 10/24

Math: Starting a new unit on Subtraction 

Language Arts: Continue our study on Complete, Compound and Complex Sentence 

Reading: Continue with our story; there will be a reading quiz over chapters 1-4 on Thursday, 10/25

Science: Animal kingdoms and organisms  

Spelling words and sentences: Focus on -ea- 

• also
• around
• three
• small
• mean
• clean
• peak
• dream
• beach
• team
• In my dream, the beach was clean.
• The team is small, but they have big dreams.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• twirl- to spin in a circle 
• polish- to make look good, to shine 
• mustache- hair above the top lip
• smear- rubbed messily 
• assure- to make someone sure or confident about something 
• spazzy- crazy, unexpectedly, out of control 
• precious- sweet looking, kind acting 
• miniature- a small version of something which is normally large 
• Oval Office- the room where the President does his business in the White House 
• photographer- someone who professionally takes pictures 

Homework Folders

Dear Parents,

    We have made some exciting changes in the classroom! One of the results in the changes is the way unpacking and packing up are carried out. There are no longer specific "Keep" and "Return" papers organized in their homework folders. Instead, you will have to organize your child's folder. The folder should be checked daily and all papers should be taken out. The only papers which should be returned to school in the folders are:

• Homework assignments
• Forms from BDS (field trip forms, script orders, book orders, lunch forms….)
• Signed and Return Papers

Please be checking your child's folder each day. We will be sending home work done in class to involve you in their learning process. Thank you for working with us to make our classroom a productive and positive environment! 

-Mary Katherine Wilson 

Week 9 Newsletter 10/8-10/12

Reminders: 

Field Trip from school at 10:00 a.m. There WILL be classes before we leave.

         

 Fall Break is October 15-19

         

Spirit Week is this week! Please check the BDS school newsletter for information on 

                      what to wear. 

         

This coming week marks the end of the first 9 weeks of school. Report cards will be sent

            out the week after Fall Break. 

This Week:

Math: We will finish the math unit and have a test on Friday, October 12, 

Science: Seasons

Language Arts: Complex, Compound and Simple sentences. 

Reading: We will begin incorporating reading centers into our daily classroom routines. I believe the practice of using centers will help the students to stay focussed and engaged in learning throughout the entire day by being able to focus on different activities for a reachable amount of time. Also, this will provide your child with the ability to engage in more individualized instruction. 

Please download "Liberty Porter, First Daughter" to your iPad.  

Spelling and Vocabulary Words

• follow
• came
• want
• nurse
• curve
• turn
• burn
• curl
• purse
• growth
• The boy wants to follow the nurse around the room.
• Will gravity affect the growth of the plant? 

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• liberty- freedom to do what you believe is right 
• press conference- a time when a group of people from the news come together to get information on a special topic. This information is given by someone who really knows what is going on with the topic and is given in person- normally as a speech followed by a question, answer section. 
• Secret Service Agent- someone whose job it is to guard a special person at all times and make sure they are safe; that person is always near by, even if you can't see them.
• nauseous- feeling sick in the stomach like you might throw up
• homeschooled- to learn school from your parents or a tutor at your own house. 
• announcer- someone who tells a video camera or group of people what is going on. 
• entire- whole, complete 
• traditional- something that has been done consistently over a long time and continues to be done in honor of what the action represents 
• chef- someone who is really good at cooking and normally does it as a job; a professional cook
• occasion- an important event   

Recycling and The Environment Links (In class)

pbs recycling information: http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=environment

                                           http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/episode3/recycle.html

                                           http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/greenliving/article3.html

More links:
                        http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/actiongames/recycle-roundup/


                        http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/reduce/

                       http://www.kidsrecyclingzone.com

Newsletter Week 8 10/1-10/5

REMINDER: The Unit 2 performance is Friday, 10/5, at 1:45. Those who have speaking parts were sent home with their lines yesterday and today. Please be working on these lines so they are memorized by next week's performance rehearsals.

Please be checking folders for signed papers and forms- especially the field trip forms for Michael Farms to be returned Monday.

Friday, 10/5, the Jaywalkers are performing for a BDS fund raiser at Cooperstown.

Boxtops are due 10/1

Please download

"New Girl in Town (Liberty Porter, First Daughter)" 

by Julia DeVillers 

This Week:

Latin: There is a Latin test on Thursday

Language Arts: We will continue discussing Prefixes and Suffixes- primarily focusing on Suffixes this week. We did not take a quiz over prefixes this week and will just have a combined test of both prefixes and suffixes on Thursday.

Reading: We will be reading short stories on architecture and doing learning activities relating to them.

Math: We will be spending the next two weeks studying 3 digit addition and subtraction, rounding and estimating. There will be a test over the materials the week before Fall Break.

Science: We will be learning about recycling.

Spelling and Vocabulary:

 Spelling words and sentences:

• same
• tell
• blue
• true
• clue
• glue
• argue
• hero
• action
• influence
• The fast action of the hero saved the day!
• What would cause them to argue?

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• famous- to be well known by a lot of people
• frighten- to be scared
• reflect- to mirror, to show back, to show the image back by using water or a mirror
• slight- small, a small amount 
• wealthy- rich, having a lot of money 
• nibble- to take quick, small bites
• leap- to jump very far
• greedy- to want more than you have or need. To want more than your share of something 
• banner- a long sign which says something important 
• atlas- a flat map of the world, normally found in a book 

Dubai Research

http://www.rr-middleeast.oie.int/viewpage.asp?ID=236

http://www.jumeirah.com/Hotels-and-Resorts/Reiseziele/Dubai/Burj-Al-Arab/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab

Newsletter Week 7 9/24-9/28

Math: Finish up our unit on money. There will be a test over money on Thursday, 9/27/12.

L.A.: Affixes; primarily focusing on prefixes this week.

Science: The Water Cycle

Reading: Finish reading "The Secret of the Painted House." There will be a test over the book on Friday, 9/28/12.

Spelling and Vocabulary: Focus on the spelling pattern: -ou-

 
Spelling words and sentences
▪ much
▪ before
▪ loud
▪ sound
▪ house
▪ shout
▪ count
▪ urban
▪ magnet
▪ suburban
▪ It can be too loud in an urban area.
▪ When you shout, your mouth is wide open.
Vocabulary Words and Definitions
▪ weeping willow- a big tree with drooping leaves that looks like grass.
▪ unlit- not lit, not on fire.
▪ protect- to guard yourself or something from harm
▪ shudder- for your body to shake with fear or from being cold.
▪ disappear- to go out of sight
▪ mournful- sounding very sad
▪ sneakers- tennis shoes
▪ oozed- to flow slowly
▪ grimy- slimy, sticky, dirty
▪ prickled- a tingling or prickling feeling- like when your foot falls asleep

Salmon Facts

http://www.cityofvancouver.us/watercenter.asp?waterid=24980&watersubid=27445

Games and Activities
http://www.ugglug.com/games/salmon.html

More Facts and info!
http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season2/salmon/facts.cfm

http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php?animal=Chinook%20Salmon

Newsletter Week 6 9/17-9/21

Dear Parents,
    Thank you for those of you who were able to help out with the field trip. I'm happy you were there. 

Math- Learn and practice money

Reading: Continue Reading "The Secret of the Painted House" 

Language Arts: Adverbs

Science: Life Cycle of the Fish

Spelling words and sentences:

• United States of America 
• through
• where
• was
• gold
• colt
• fold
• mold
• sold
• told
• Gold is a limited resource.
• Where can a parent get help?

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• padlock- a strong lock placed on a door to keep people from opening it
• rust- metal that has been turn to a red powder caused by continuously getting well
• rotten- old, soggy, not like it was when it was new
• shatter- to break something into many pieces that they fly in different directions 
• belong- to own, to have
• window frame- the wood that outlines the glass part of a window 
• jagged- uneven, rough edges that are normally formed when something breaks unevenly 
• palette- a plate used to hold different colors of paint for an artist
• polite- using good manners
• beg- to ask many times or in a needy voice

Money Activities

http://www.math-play.com/Money-Game/Money-Game.html

Newsletter Week 5 9/10-9/14

Dear Parents,
    Thank you for all your work with Grandparent's Day! It was wonderful meeting all of the students' grandparents.

Math- Finish up place value, ordinal numbers and comparing numbers with 4-digits. TEST ON WEDNESDAY 9/12/13

Reading: Please download "The Secret of the Painted Tree House" by Marion Dane Bauer to your iPad.

Language Arts: Adjectives

Spelling and Vocabulary:

▪     name

▪     sentence

▪     think

▪     right

▪     might

▪     high

▪     tight

▪     flight

▪     bright

▪     community

⁃                          I think the man might be my ancestor.

⁃                          Our things were in the third box.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions

▪     uncertain- not sure

▪     springing- bouncing

▪     sloped- to tilt downwardly slightly

▪     peer- to look closely

▪     emptied- to get rid of everything inside

Aesop's Fable In Class Friday

Click the Link below to read :)

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page7.htm

Thursday's Reading Homework

Please click the following link to read the fable for homework:

"The Fox and the Crow"

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page3.htm

U.S. Symbols

Click the link below to research U.S. symbols and what they stand for


http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/


Tours of our Nation

http://ahp.gatech.edu/dc_map.html

White House:
http://www.visitingdc.com/white-house/virtual-tour-white-house.htm

Capitol Building:
http://www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/virtualtour/tour.html

Wednesday Reading Homework

Click the link below to read about "The Ant and the Grasshopper."

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page1.htm

Aesop's Fables- In class

Click on the link below to read the fable:

http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_fables_lionmouse.html

http://aesop.pangyre.org/alphabetical.html

Newsletter Week 4 9/3-9/7

This coming Friday, 9/7/2012 is our unit performance. It will be held right after school at 1:45 p.m. Children are to wear their uniforms. 

Math: In math we will continue doing place-value and number sense of 4 digit numbers. We will have a test Monday, 9/10/12.

Reading: On Tuesday, 9/4/12 we will have our multiple choice comprehensive test over "Summer of the Sea Serpent." 

Language Arts- We will keep learning about verbs, helping verbs and modal verbs since we did not get to study them as much as needed due to the storms.

Social Studies- We will study U.S. symbols and their meanings.

Spelling and Vocabulary:


Spelling words and sentences:

• things
• our
• just
• girl
• dirt
• shirt
• third
• thirst
• birth
• produce
• The girl got dirt on her shirt and had to change. 

• He has the strength to push the big car out of the way. 

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• appearance- the way something or someone looks
• attempt- to try to do something
• blame- to claim someone or something is responsible for it; it is someone/something's fault
• clever- smart; intelligent 
• consider- to think of someone or something else
• destroy- to ruin something completely, to make something worthless and broken 
• govern- to rule
• mount- to get on something
• pleasure- to be happy about something
• squirm- to wiggle or move around  

U.S. Symbols- In Class

Here are Links for U.S. Symbols to research

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/symbols/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/

Weather Reports/Updates for Hurricane Isaac

Dear Parents,
    Kelly Oliver sent out an email regarding the weather situation. BDS is going to follow the Lamar County Plan of Action regarding the storm. If they [Lamar County School District] have early dismissal, late arrival or school closings, we will also do the same. The website to check is: http://www.lamar.k12.ms.us. It will say what is going on at the top of the page, directly beneath the website title. I hope this helps with any questions you may have and I hope we all stay safe.
-Mary Katherine


Weather Links:

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/atlantic-depression-storm-nine-20120817

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker/2012/isaac

Upcoming Conceptual Project

For our Unit Performance, we are doing a class project on ancient story telling.
Please send the following items by Wednesday of next week (8/29/12):

1. $5
2. Boys bring sponges (size, shape and style don't matter) 
3. Girls bring brown and/or black Tempera Paint

Lunch Form For September

Name:_______________BDS September Lunch Menu  #flu shot_______#flu mist_______

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 NO SCHOOL **Please check the days your child will be eating. Please indicate and pay for the number of grandparents eating.	4 Corner Market Cost: $3 Grilled Cheese Chicken Noodle Soup Choc. Chip Cookie _____	5 Movie Star Cost: $3 Fried Chicken leg, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, peach cobbler _____	6 Lenny’s Cost: $3.25 Circle: Ham     Turkey Chips, Choc. chip cookie _____	7 Grandparent’s Day catered by Fran Ginn: Fran’s “House Pasta,” salad, roll, caramel cake Cost: $7 per grandparent # of grandparents_______________ Child’s Option: Fran’s Mac and Cheese, apple slices, roll Cost: $5 __________
10 Baker’s Burgers: Cost: $3.50 Please Circle: Sliders   or Hot Dog On wheat, chips, mini-dessert _____	11PICTURE DAY Corner Market Cost: $3 Baked Potato Bar, Lima Beans _____	12 Topher’s: Cost: $3.25 Chicken Fingers Spicy Fries _______	13 Strick’s Cost: $3.50 Chicken and Dumplings and a vegetable _____	14 FIELD TRIP COST: $11 ($5 for seminar $6 for lunch) COMIC BOOK FIELD TRIP AND BIANCHI”S PIZZA $11 ________
17 Qdoba Cost: $4 Please Circle: Nachos    Tacos _____	18 Corner Market Cost: $3 Fried Chicken Sandwich, Chips, fruit cup _______	19 Movie Star Cost: $3 Red Beans and Rice with Sausage, French bread, blueberry crunch ________	20 Lenny’s Cost: $3.25 Circle: Ham    Turkey Chips, Choc. chip cookie _____	21Krystal’s Cost: $3 Circle: 2 Krystal Chiks or 2 Krystal Cheeseburgers, chips _____
24 Baker’s Burgers: Cost: $3.50 Please Circle: Sliders   or Hot Dog on wheat, chips, mini-dessert _______	25 Corner Market Cost: $3 Corn Dog Nuggets, Potato Logs, Apples ________	26 Corner Market: Cost: $3 Grilled Chicken tenders, rice and gravy, cookie ________	27 Strick’s Cost: $3.50 BBQ drummettes and baked beans _____	28 Domino’s Pizza Cost: $3 Please Circle: Cheese, Pepperoni, Sausage Corn _____

FORMS ARE DUE BACK BY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29^TH.  Keep a copy at home as well.  **********EXCLUDING GRANDPARENT’s DAY – the total is $65.75 per child.  This price does include the field trip.  

Week 3 Newsletter 8/27-8/31

Newsletter Week 3 8/27-8/31

Math: WIth the placement tests completed, we are going to start Unit 1 of the Grade 3 curriculum covering ordinal numbers, place value and operations of numbers with up to 6 digits. Once I have the tests assessed and analyzed, I will then alter the lessons to best meet the needs of our class. While challenging our students and pushing them to their full potential is a strong desire, I believe it is vital that the fundamental elements have been mastered in math education. If it appears that there are weaknesses and gaps, we will take time to review/learn the information from 2nd grade math while simultaneously pushing forward in stronger areas. I will send out an email letting you know how your child did on the placement test along with a few pieces of information that might benefit his or her needs. Afterwards, if you still have any questions, please feel free to set up a meeting. I would love to answer any questions that you may have. 

Reading: We will finish reading Summer of the Sea Serpent and take our chapter test over the book at the end of the week. 

Language Arts:  We will be discussing and exploring Verbs, Helping Verbs and Modal Verbs this week.  Our phonics emphasis for the week is on -aw-. 

Spelling words and sentences:

• live

• back
• give
• most
• saw
• law
• raw
• jar
• straw
• country
• Give me back the pencil, so I can draw the ocean.
• Most kids like to drink with a straw. 

Vocabulary:

 ▪ toppled- to fall over clumsily 

• ancient- very old, from a long time ago 
• terror- very scared, completely filled with fear
• forked- split in half, 1 thing that is split into 2 separate things 
• huddled- close together 
• stunned- shocked, completely surprised 
• arch- to bend 
• gleaming- shining/sparkling 
• uncoil- unwrap from a circular position 
• twilight- the beginning of morning when the sun is just beginning to shine 

Social Studies:

     We will be exploring and researching the different symbols which represent the U.S.A. and what these symbols stand for. 

Science: 

     We will finish up our lesson on extinct and endangered animals/species. 

Online Math Flashcards In Class and At Home

We all need to be working on perfecting our math facts. Please spend at least 5 minutes daily practicing your math facts. We will be working on these in class as well. It is crucial for these basic facts to be mastered in order to successfully move on to higher math skills.

Click on "Math Flashcards" below

Math Flashcards

Endangered Species In Class Activity

In Class Activity

1. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/articles/endangered_animals/endangeredanimals_101.htm

2. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/whats_the_problem.htm

2. http://www.endangeredspecie.com/

3. http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.html

4. http://www.earthsendangered.com/

Newsletter Week 2 8/20-24

This Week:

     In Math, we are going to be finishing up our blitz review in math. The kids have worked really hard and I am very proud of them. On Thursday and Friday, they are going to be taking the 2nd grade placement test to see where they range. I'm trying to stay true to the BDS standard of teaching students so they are ahead, not behind. Hopefully after the tests I will do a month long review of 2nd grade math and then begin on the third grade curriculum. I have noticed a weakness in the students' basic math skills; simple addition and subtraction. Practicing flash cards will be a great way of improving these skills. 

    For Language Arts we will have a new set of Vocabulary and Spelling Words. Spelling pretests are given on Wednesday. Students who make a 100 hundred on their pretest will not have to take the spelling test on Friday. Sentence Dictation is where I read the sentence and students write the sentences. 

     Spelling words and sentences:

• little

• rain

• mail

• place

• years

• wait

• paint

• paid

• history

• services

• With a little work and a little paint, the place will look new.

• I had to wait in the rain, so the mail got wet. 

Vocabulary 

• bobbed- to go up and down 

•   anxiously- nervous, not patient, worried about something 

• periscope- a mirrored telescope that allows you to look above your head without having to stick your head up. 

• woven- a cloth formed by weaving; material that has been braided together in a fashion to create an object like a dress

• concerned- to worry about someone or something

• gales- very strong winds

• torpedo- an underwater rocket

• murky- cloudy, not clear 

• pulse- to thump in a rhythm 

• quivers- body shakes of fear  

Also, we are going to be learning about Nouns this week and continue learning about journaling, writing and penmanship. 

In reading we will continue reading Summer of the Sea Serpent and doing our Literature Circles. 

For Science we will be learning about endangered species and extinct species. We will be incorporating different activities which coincide with it.