Wk 9 News

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer's best of weather

And autumn's best of cheer.

~Helen Hunt Jackson

It looks as though autumn is finally here! Last week's weather was wonderful with warm temperatures, sunny skies, and a light cool breeze. Students definitely enjoyed their recess time in the sunshine and fresh air. Mornings have been a bit on the cool side. Many students are wearing jackets. Please be sure to write your child's name in his/her jacket to minimize the chance of it getting lost or mistaken as someone else's. 

I wanted to thank everyone for the support you've shown for our school and our students. Gilbert welcomed over 325 grandparents to our Grandparents' Day event. We had seventeen grandparents and other family members to visit our classroom. Your purchases at the school's book fair allowed your grandchildren to get some awesome books for their collections and earn money for our library! Our school earned a little over $1700 for our media center. Mrs. Massey plans to use the funds to purchase even more books and AR quizzes for our collection.

Important Reminders

We have P.E. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. Be sure to wear tennis shoes on those days!

Please initial behavior and homework sheets each night! 

Remember to read your AR book as part of your homework. Our goal is for every students to take at least 

one AR test each day. Be ready for your test when you return to school.

Send in Box Tops and Campbell's Soup Labels! 

Dates to Know

October 1 Mr. Hayes will visit our classroom to observe Reader's Workshop.

October 2 Attendance awards will be given during lunch.

October 2 LHS Homecoming Parade

October 2 LHS Community Pep Rally & Bonfire 8-8:45

October 3 Gator Day - School Spirit Day - wear green (Gators) or orange (Ramblers)

October 3 Biscuits on Sale - Chicken or Sausage $2 each

October 3 Ice Cream Day

October 3 LHS Homecoming

October 6-10 Fall Break

This week at a glance...

Math Workshop - Addition

Writer's Workshop - Title, Excluding Extraneous Details, Writing Rubrics

Reader's Workshop - Retelling

Phonics - th, sh, and ch

Spelling - Short O words

Fluency Passages - Scruffy is a Dog, The Rabbit and the Turtle, and the New Friend

Word Wall Words - Individualized lists

Handwriting - Letters K-T review

Skills - graphing, place value word problems, short vowel review 

We Love Our Grandparents!

On Tuesday, Gilbert celebrated Grandparents' Day. Grandparents were invited to visit the classroom to pick up students, enjoy refreshments, and shop the book fair. We had 17 grandparents and other family members to visit us! Check out our Grandparents' Day movie!

I was hoping my own grandmother would make it. However, she had a doctor's appointment and was unable to attend. I included my grandmother and grandfather's photographs in the movie. Look closely at the black and white photo towards the end. Does that little girl look familiar to you? Make your prediction and watch to see if you recognize her!

AR Congratulations!

I would like to announce our newest members to the A.R. Point Clubs!

10 Points

Alexis, Connor, and Bailey

(earned earlier)

10 Point Club

Kai, Isaiah, and Chyanne

25 Point Club

Alexis!

Way to go, guys! More to come soon!

Star Student of the Week

Meet Alexis!

Alexis is our Star Student of the Week!

Alexis is 6 years old.

Her favorite color is pink.

Her favorite thing to do is play soccer.


When Alexis grows up, she wants to be a soccer player or a teacher.

Alexis says, "The best part of me is that I'm friendly."

Alexis and Trystan enjoying ice cream!

Alexis and Trystan on the playground. They are best friends!

Remembering 9-11

Although most of my students were born the year of the 9-11 tragedy, we will take today to learn about what happened and remember those who were lost. 

What is a noun?

Our class learned all about nouns! Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or animal. On Friday, we cut picture of nouns from magazines and glued them to our visual reminder. Who knew English could be such fun!

Shout Out!

Shout Out!

I wanted to give a big shout out to Camden! Camden and I both went to the LHS football game at Trion! He came over to visit me while I was waiting to watch my son, Alex play with the band at half-time.

Week 5 Newsletter

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend.  It was nice to have an extra day off to spend with family and friends. It's difficult to believe summer's almost over and we've been back in school for 22 days!

On that note, progress reports will be sent home this week. Please review this report carefully. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me to schedule a conference. We are planning to have a "Meet the Teacher" night in September. But, I am happy to meet with you before that date to address any concerns you may have.

REMINDERS:

• Please sign behavior and homework sheets daily. Remember to read your AR book each night as part of your homework. Due to time constraints, your child needs to be ready for an AR test each morning.
• Send in Box Tops and Campbell's Soup Labels.
• Book order forms were sent home last week. If you would like to place an order, please return the order form and payment by Friday, September 5th. Every purchase helps our class earn free books for our classroom library.
• 5th grade will be sponsoring and bake sale and candy sale on Friday, September 5. Baked goods and drinks are 50 cents each. Candy bars are $1 each. Thanks to you, they earned $102 last week!

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

Math Workshop - Graphing, Data Interpretation

Writer's Workshop - Personal Narrative

Reader's Workshop - Predicting

Phonics - Letter sounds d, o, b, and c

Spelling - Short A words

Fluency Passages - Sam Is In, Untitled, The Frog

Handwriting - Uu, Ss, Bb, and Pp

Word Wall Words - Individualized Lists

Dates to Know

September 4 Silhouette Artist @ Gilbert

September 5 Bake/Candy Sale

September 5 Book Order Deadline

September 5 LHS @ Trion

September 10 Individual Fall Portraits

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