Try this subtraction game!

Click on this link to play the game!
http://www.scweb4free.com/subtraction010.htm

Spring Break

Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break!

Dr. Seuss Day Video

Academic Pep Rally Video

Star Honor Roll - 3rd Nine Week

CONGRATULATIONS!
Keep up the good work!

Samantha Carroll
Haley Underwood
Abby Watson
Emily Helton
DeiAngelo Shropshire
Amber Kendrick
Ezekiel Weed (not pictured)
Farrah Hines (not pictured)

Honor Roll - 3rd Nine Weeks

CONGRATULATIONS!
Casey Ramey
Destiny Sprayberry
Devin Clark
Ethan Payne
David Hayes

We met our AR goals!

CONGRATULATIONS!
You met your AR goal for this nine weeks!

Haley Underwood
Amber Kendricks
Devin Clark
Abby Watson
Destiny Sprayberry

Perfect Attendance

CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE
for this nine weeks!

Emily Helton
Casey Ramey
Farrah Hines (not pictured)

Dr. Seuss' Day

Gilbert Elementary will celebrate the life and works of Dr. Seuss on Thursday, March 20. Among Dr. Seuss' trademarks were his rhyming text and his outlandish creatures. He wrote and illustrated 44 children's books. This wonderful author gave us such favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, and many others.

Students are encouraged to dress up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character and join in the zany fun-filled activities. You can even make Gak! What's that you say? Come and find out on Thursday! The fun starts at 8:00 a.m. for first graders. There will also be a parade of characters at the assembly around 1:15 p.m.

CRCT is quickly approaching!

The CRCT, Criterion Reference Competency Test, is scheduled for April 14-22, 2008. The CRCT is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge described in the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) and the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC).
First graders are only required to take the Math, Reading, and Language Arts sections of the test. Thus, our test dates are as follows:

• Monday, April 14 - Reading

• Tuesday, April 15 - Language Arts

• Wednesday, April 16 - Math

Since this is your child's first year taking a test of this magnitude, he or she may be feeling more than a little nervous. We are taking practice tests in the classroom to help students become more comfortable with the format of the CRCT and the way questions are asked. We are also learning other test taking strategies to help them cope with any test anxiety they may have.

What can you do to help?

• Review the Benchmark Tests we send home. These tests are written in the same language as the CRCT. It will help you child become familiar with the different types of questions on the test.

• Be sure your child completes his/her homework each night. From now until testing is complete, we will have review pages for homework on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Have your child complete the assignment. Check over it quickly. Go over any problems or items missed.
  

• Check you child's folder daily, as I will be sending graded classwork home more frequently. In class, we are reviewing skills that were taught earlier in the year in preparation for testing. Although we go over this work in class, please go over the items your child may have answered incorrectly.
  

• Visit the following website to download a CRCT study guide for first grade: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_CRCT. There will be a menu on the right side of the webpage. Scroll down to first grade. It will download a PDF file that you can print or use from your computer. It has some great activities and ideas to help you and your child prepare for the test.
  

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Pep Rally Scheduled

Academic Pep Rally for 3rd Nine Weeks
Kindergarten - First Grade
Monday, March 17 @ 1:40

David Hayes catches up with Mr. Hayes.

 

Gilbert Elementary dressed up for Picture Day on Wednesday, March 12. David Hayes was "Little Mister Hayes" and "Big Mr. Hayes" was proud to stand beside his little friend. David shared with Mrs. Michelle Blaylock that he would be Mr. Hayes for the day.

Creative Discovery Museum

Looking for something fun to do with the family?

Why not try the Creative Discovery Museum? It's Wal-Mart Free Family Night once again! Join us on Thursday, March 13th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for some FREE FAMILY FUN! This month you will think your eyes are playing tricks on you when you join in the March Art Lesson, "Op Art" which is all about the art of optical illusions. You will also enjoy Creative Discovery Museum's newest exhibit, Moneyville, as well as the special March Story Time focusing on the works of award winning children's author, Lois Ehlert. As always, Project Ready For School will be here with an opportunity to sign up for FREE books.
Don't miss this chance for Free Family Fun, Creative Discovery Museum style!

Class Pictures!

Picture Day
Class & Individual Spring Pictures
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wear your best smile!

Here's a peek at what we're learning this week!

Phonics
Vowel Combinations

Spelling
Short Vowel Review
/aw/ spelled au-
Homophones

Writer's Workshop
Interrogative Sentences
Declarative Sentences
Nouns

Reader's Workshop
Antonyms
Synonyms
Homophones

Math Workshop
Money: Coins & Bills

Fluency Passages
After the Rain
The New Friend
Fun for Marge

Word Wall Words
Individualized List of Ten Words

Handwriting
Review w/ Poetry

Math Skills Review
Place Value
Counting Sets

Reading Skills Review
Verbs
ELA Pre-Test

AR Statistics

Words Read = 543,137
Quizzes Passed = 1707

Wk 26 Newsletter

Vol. 12 No. 26 A Weekly Newsletter for Parents and Students March 4,2008

Quote of the Week: "Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in that action." ~~ Mother Teresa

Here's a peek at what we're learning this week... Phonics: Review r-controlled vowels and vowel combinations

Spelling: Short e, /aw/, /or/

Writer's Workshop: Addressing a topic, telling a story, revising, and editing

Reader's Workshop: Graphic features, organizers, word parts, and cause & effect

Math Workshop: Rounding to the nearest ten, composing and deposing numbers

Fluency Passages: Sad Day Happy Day, Alan Bean, The Tiger Story

Word Wall Words: Individualized Lists

AR Update

I’m sure you have wondered why your child has been bringing home the same AR book each night. Regretfully, our computer server has crashed, which means we have no way of running our programs. Students have been unable to take quizzes on their books.

You can help by completing your magazine booklets! We are using the money raised from this program to purchase Renaissance Place. Renaissance Place will allow us to access our programs through an Internet connection and not have to rely on an in-house server to run them. If you haven’t already, please complete you address booklets and return to school as soon as possible.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the chili supper and test talk last week! If you were unable to come to receive a study guide for your child, you may obtain one by clicking the link on our school's website.

www.walkerschools.org/ge

Dates to Know

March 13 End of Nine Weeks

March 14 Professional Learning Day - No School for Students

March 20 Dr. Seuss Day

March 21 Good Friday Holiday

March 24-28 Spring Break

Welcome!

Welcome to our new and improved Weblog! Here you will find important dates, homework, and other important information and announcements. I hope you will check back often to see what's happening in our classroom!