Permission Slips

We will be watching the movie, Shiloh on Tuesday, November 1st. If your child has permission to watch this movie, please click on the "permission slip" tab and complete the form.

Fall Celebration Reminder

Fall Celebration

 

·       The celebration is THIS Monday, October 31^st from 12:30-1:15 p.m. in our classroom.

·       All parents are invited to attend!

BRAG BOARD

November

The brag board will be changing for the month of November. Please fill out the cornucopia with the sentence starter,

“I am thankful for (Child’s name) because…”

I will be keeping each of the brag board templates to make a small book at the end of the school year as a keepsake for your child. The children love reading your words on our board every day. Thank you for taking the time to complete them.

Thank You

Thank You

Chaderra and family for donating snack to the entire class!

Classroom Item Needed

Dear Parents,


One of our bulletin boards, "Work Worth Treasuring" was designed as a place for students to showcase their work. Every Friday, they will look through their Friday folder and choose any graded assignment that they are proud of to display on mounted black construction paper. These assignments do not have to be a 100%.


I tried to staple the construction paper to the board, but it keeps falling off, so I am in need of velcro and lots of it. 


If you happen to go shop at Wal-Mart or Target over the weekend, could you please donate some to the classroom? This is a bulletin board that I am desperate to keep because it allots the opportunity for every student to SHINE!


Thanks for your continuous support of the learning in our classroom.


Very appreciative,


Mrs. Drain

Milestone 2

 Milestone 2

Due Thursday, November 17^th 

All students are required to submit their Milestone 2 in an outline format.

I.               History

a.    Who created it? (Short bio: birth/death, education, etc…)

b.    When and where was it created/invented? (Year, state, and/or country)

c.     Why was it created/invented? What was the original purpose?

II.             I Step-by-Step Directions

a.    Step #1

b.    Step #2

c.     Step #3, etc…

III.           Fun Facts

         a. Fun Fact #1

         b. Fun Fact #2

         c. Fun Fact #3

A more descriptive note describing all of the requirements will be sent home in this week’s Friday folder

REMEMBER:

·       Each Roman numeral (I, II, III) needs to be 1-2 sentences in length.

·       Each sub-topic (a, b, c) needs to be 2-3 sentences in length

NO School on Monday!

Monday, October 24th 

The school will be closed on Monday, October 24^th for teacher’s Professional Development!

Fall Celebration Reminder

Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to donate items to the Fall celebration. I have sent home a reminder of those item(s) in this week’s Friday folder.

DON’T FORGET:

·       Pizza money, if your child chooses to purchase pizza!

·       The celebration is Monday, October 31^st from 12:30-1:15 p.m. in our classroom.

·       All parents are invited to attend!

Thank You

Charity for donating snack to the entire class

JeRon for donating snack size baggies

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the following students who passed their Milestone 1

Davon

Kamayah

Joshua

Sharnay

Asia

Jordan H.

Jordan L.

Maranda

Chaderra

Na’Zyia
Charity
Michale
JeRon

Congratulations...

Congratulations to the following students who have turned in and passed Milestone#1, EARLY!!!

Davon

Kamayah

Maranda

Joshua

Thank You

Thank you...

• Joshua for donating fruit snacks and miniature bottles of water to the entire class for snack!
• JeRon for donating math flashcards
• Sharnay for donating copier paper, line paper, and snack size baggies.

A Reflective, Thank You!

I had a conversation Thursday morning with one of my classroom parents. She came up to check on her son’s progress and to get my perspective on how I thought the year school was going thus far.

She stated that she would ask her son every afternoon how was his day and he would reply, “Good!” She said it seem too good to be true, that everyday, everything was going well!

That put a smile on my face because I can say sincerely say that the beginning of this school year has been absolutely WONDERFUL!!! I love the students of Room 318. They are engaged, respectful, and truly a joy to be around.

Then to add icing on the cake, I am so fortunate to have you as my classroom parents! You are receptive to my phone calls, supportive of the learning/homework, and you provide/donate any and everything that I ask for. I am grateful. If this is what the beginning is like, I cannot wait to see what the next two years bring us. Thank you for making the start of this school year so great! 


Okay, okay, I'm done being sentimental...

REMINDER

Milestone 1:

Due THIS Thursday, October 20^th  

(this is the last weekend before it's due) 

o   PLEASE NOTE: Your child needs to bring in ALL of the following in order to pass their first milestone:

1. three books from the library, home, or the book store pertaining to their topic

2. Print-outs from each of the three websites that they will be using

3. the Milestone 1 form completed with a parent's signature

All of this is due next Thursday, however, I would LOVE for students to turn it in

early. Especially since this is the first Milestone and it will provide me the opportunity to correct any misunderstandings BEFORE the 20th! 

Milestone #1 Reminder

THANK YOU

Maranda and family

Michale and family

…for RAPIDLY answering the call for snack-size baggies! I asked and the next day, you provided! WOW!

Conclusion of the MEAP

MEAP Testing will conclude next week. Please make sure that your child is in school and on time.

Tuesday, October 18^th – Mathematics

Wednesday, October 19^th – Writing Day 2

Classroom Item Needed

Because I have so many WONDERFUL classroom parents, we have had a lot of snacks donated, which ensured that every child had a snack. Thank You and please continue to donate!


However, with snack time taking place during our reading block, I have had to make individual baggies for each student to take with them to their reading class. We are going through the baggies pretty quickly. So, I say all of that to ask, can anyone please donate "snack size" baggies to the class?  I want to continue to ensure that each student gets a snack.


As always, thanks for all that you do!

Thank You

It was a GREAT surprise to walk in this morning and have three students with snacks in their hands.


A big shout out goes to...


JeRon, Maranda, and Trinity for providing snacks to the entire class.


                 Again,

Fall Celebration NOTICE

PEANUT ALLERGY!!!!

I forgot to mention in the Fall Celebration letter, that we have a student that is allergic to peanuts. So when you are making/purchasing candies or snacks for the Fall Celebration, please make sure that it DOES NOT contain peanuts! Thank you!

Fall Celebration

Mrs. Drain’s class will be having a Fall Celebration on Monday, October 31, 2011.  The Fall Celebration will be from 12:30:-1:15p.m. in our classroom.  We are celebrating the wonderful transition that your child has made into the fourth grade and the completion of the MEAP. Please join us in this celebration! We would love all parents who can, to attend! It would be great to see you!

The students have voted to have pizza during the Fall Celebration. Your child is NOT required to purchase pizza; they can still eat the school lunch during that time. However, if your child would like to eat pizza, the cost is $1.00 a slice and they have the option of either cheese or pepperoni. All money should be turned in by Friday, October 28^th. Other items are also needed for the celebration. If you would like to contribute other item(s), please click on the permission slip tab above.

When purchasing or preparing the items, please be mindful that there are 17 students in the classroom, plus 1 teacher. Thank you for your support!

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

Monday, October 24th

The school will be closed on Monday, October 24^th for teacher’s Professional Development!

MEAP

MEAP Testing will begin next week. Please make sure that your child is in school everyday on time.

Tuesday, October 11^th – Reading Day 1

Wednesday, October 12^th – Reading Day 2

Thursday, October 13^th – Writing Day 1

Tuesday, October 18^th – Mathematics

Wednesday, October 19^th – Writing Day 2

Tutoring

Tutoring will begin this Tuesday, October 11^th for those students who received a letter. If your child received a letter, please make sure that you sign It and return it to school ASAP! Otherwise his or her spot will be given to someone else.