Right off the bat I want to thank all of you that came out to the Ice Cream Social. It was a BLAST! I have not laughed that hard in a long, long time. Watching all of you interact with your kiddos was my favorite part. Great times!!! If you attended the function, please write ICE CREAM SOCIAL in the planner for $50 tomorrow. Thanks for your support! (I also noticed that the MT Song didn't come through last week. So…here it is again along with some Ice Cream Social fun!)
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A special thank you to the Thompson family, the Dowler family, the Lambourne family, the Arroyo family, the Wagmeister family, and the Ellis family for donating your time and skills! Your help was sooooooo appreciated! We could not have done it without you!
We ended the week last week with our very first star of the week. Miss. Emily set the bar high for us! She brought in some fun items to share and told us some great details as to why they were special to her. It was the perfect example of what I hope all of the star of the weeks to be like! Thank you Emily! I soooo enjoyed learning more about you. I LOVE that you are in the Special Olympics. You have won so many medals!!! I LOVE that you have a cheer leading uniform just like your big sister at West High! And…I LOVE your night light! How cool is that thing! I would love going to sleep every night if I had one of those! Thank you for sharing with us little missy!
This week will be even more academics. We are starting to move away from procedures and get into more life long learning.
Math: Rounding, comparing large numbers, ordering large numbers, and discovering how numbers relate to one another.
Lead 21: We will start small leveled groups. I will be texting you your child's level group this week. I graded their placement tests this weekend. Kids will be doing some independent reading at their level and then coming back to group to discuss and dissect it. Kids move groups all the time throughout the year as they show growth or needs.
Language: Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Writing: RACE paragraphs. R-restate the prompt. A-Answere the questions being asked. C-cite examples to support the answer, E-end it with a wrap up statement.
Spelling: Words with short and long e sounds. Test Friday. This will be the qualifying test for the Alternate Spelling Program. Those that score a 100% on this test will be offered to join the alternate spelling group. They receive more challenging words at a higher level that still practice the same skill in class. It is optional. Students may join any week they get a 100%. Alternates still have to do the regular skill work in the spelling book all week.
Social Studies: Fallen Rock Book. We will FINALLY begin the book!!! (We had to keep postponing it last week due to a SuperHero project we did in class)(Which was WELL worth the wait!!! They turned out awesome!!) We will take a look at a map of the USA and divide it into the 5 regions we will study this year. We will follow the two boys across the US as we read the story and map their trail. We are all super excited to start the journey!
Montana History: We will take a look at the states that border our great state. We will also begin to look at the three regions of Montana and what kinds of landforms are found in each, including the Continental Divide!
Science: Wind. We will take a look at how it is formed, where it comes from, and what it can cause.
FlyTime: Trustworthiness and being a good sport. This will wrap up our 6 traits of character study. Next, we will get into more specifics of what I am seeing in our own classroom. Last week, we did our Respect pillar. We read a book called, My Mouth is a Volcano. Ask your child what it means to have a mouth explosion. If they can tell you that it is when we can't wait for a teacher to call on you and instead their words just come flying out of their mouth write the word VOLCANO in the planner for a $10 bonus. In the story the little boy was always interrupting others. Then it was hist turn to share some items with the class. Two other kids end up interrupting him. He then gets a taste of his own medicine (an idiom we talked about!). All day on Friday, I was saying…Uh oh…someone's volcano just exploded. Unfortunately, in our class eruptions cost kids $20 a pop!
Please mark your calendars for Thursday, September 18th. That will be our open house at Arrowhead. This is for parents only. It will be a time we spend together and talk about your child's upcoming year in my classroom. Bring any questions you have. This is NOT a time to talk about individual kiddos. We can do that anytime one on one or at our November parent teacher conferences.
There is one more thing I would like to talk about today. Saturday Live is coming up later this month. Our classroom has decided to do a gift card basket. Kids may bring in a gift card from any place for any amount. I know that I had some mom's volunteer to put this together for me. With all the volunteers for Ice Cream Social, now I can't remember who said they would help. Please write me a note in the planner if this was you. I apologize for not being more organized. My bad.
Students may begin to bring in gift cards at anytime. There are no rules or limits on this one. Anything goes and is gratefully welcome! In fact, I will pay $100 in fake money for each card a child brings in. We did this same basket last year and it brought in some good money for our school when auctioned off at Saturday Live. Who wouldn't want a basket full of free stuff????? Dinner could be served for a month, not to mention ice cream and coffee for desserts! :0) Please consider donating to our school basket soon. Thank you for all you do!!
I can't tell you how much I enjoy each and every one of your kiddos! They are all so unique and so special. I can't wait to take them from point A to point Z! All of them need to be challenged at their level and beyond, and I can't wait to be the one to do just that! Thanks for trusting me with your children. It is not an honor I take lightly!
Happy End of the Weekend!
Mrs. Grewell
PS-Please send in football, soccer, or whatever schedules. My kids and I love to come watch as many as we can!
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