Can Food Drive

In the spirit of giving this holiday season, our school will be collecting non-perishable food items for a school-wide food drive. During the weeks of November 30^th-December 16^th, each class will be collecting dried and canned food items to be donated to local area food banks and families in need.

At the end of the food drive, the class that has collected the most food items will be awarded with the UPA Gives Generosity Award and receive a special treat!

We hope that you will join us in this school-wide effort to give back to our community and reach out to those in need.

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO:

KeyShawn, Toni, Asia, Na’Zyia, Maranda, Kamayah and Jordan L. who have already donated items to the food drive.

Some items you may donate include…

–Canned fruits and vegetables, canned soups…

–Dried fruit, fruit juice boxes, bottled water…

–Cereals, dry snack foods…

–Dry pasta, macaroni and cheese, pasta sauce, rice…

Exhibition & Learning Team Meeting

December 12^th                    December 13^th

Toni Goss                            Sharnay Skinner

Davon Barker                       Joshua Nolen

KeyShawn Smith                 

Jordan Lewis                 

December 14^th                     December 15^th

Alyssa Lang                           Asia Greenlee

Trinity Anderson                   Kamayah Carr-Bunkley

Maranda Martin                     Jordan Harrell

                                           Chaderra Hayes

December 16^th

Michale Coffey

JeRon Wells

Charity Fells

Na’zyia Thompson

Winter Celebration

Our class will be having a Winter Celebration on Thursday, December 22, 2011.  The Winter Celebration will be from 12:30-1:15 p.m in our classroom.  During this time the students will be sipping hot chocolate and enjoying other treats. 

Your child will need to bring in a coffee mug and the item(s) that they volunteered to bring. Please remember to bring in enough to share with the whole class. There are 17 students and 1 teacher. We are celebrating the wonderful achievements that each student has reached in 2011 and I cannot wait to see the possibilities of 2012!  Have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year.

Please click on the "Permission Slip" tab to donate items. Thank You!

Thank You

I’m going “Bananas” over…

KeyShawn, Toni, Asia, Jordan L. and Na’yia for donating can goods to the food drive.

Trinity and family for donating books to the classroom library and math manipulative

Sharnay and family for donating books to the classroom library and snacks to the entire class

Jordan L. and family for donating snacks to the entire class

Michale and family for donating a board game for indoor recess 

New AMPT Schedule

Please view the right-side of the blog to view our new AMPT Schedule!

WOW!!!

Joshua has already passed his Milestone 3, a whole week ahead of time!

Milestone 3 Checklist for those who need may need it.

Milestone 3 Reminder

Milestone 3 Example & How to Input Pictures into PowerPoint

Here is a sample of what Milestone #3 can look like. This example will be used during the exhibition demonstration on Thursday at 9:00. I hope to see you there!

Please pay close attention to the following when assisting your child with any visual aid.


1. Notice that there are NOT A LOT OF WORDS on the slides. 
***Remember that a visual aid should NOT contain words other than labels or titles, that was Milestone 2. Milestone 3 is visual. It is expected that your child memorize the information that they are presenting, to demonstrate the knowledge that they have gained.


2. There are pictures showing the step-by-step directions. 


3. The few words (which should be titles or labels) have not been copied and/or pasted from any website or book. Everything is in my own words.

4. As an added bonus, when copying someone else's picture from the web, the website was cited underneath the picture (for most). That way no one will be stealing or plagiarizing anyone else's work. 


Tutorial on how to input pictures in PowerPoint

Multiplication with Partial Products

In math we are learning how to multiply larger numbers (example: 156 x 7 and 27 x 45 ). The students will be learning a new method called Partial Products. This involves breaking down the numbers into expanded form and multiplying those parts. Then you add the parts together to get the final answer.

Since this is a method that you probably didn't learn when you were a kid, here are two videos (courtesy of Mr. Curran) that demonstrate the steps of the process.


Example: 3 digit by 1 digit

Example: 2 digit by 2 digit




I hope this helps you as you assist your child in their learning. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you still have any questions or confusion.


Also remember, now is a great time to get into the habit of practicing facts every chance you get. Students should know multiplication and division facts up to 12. You can make your own flashcards or purchase them where  I did (The Dollar Tree) and help your child to memorize them. Mastery of math facts really helps students when the topics get more challenging (fractions!).

Brag Board-December

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

“My favorite winter memory of (Child’s name) is…”

*If you have a picture of your child playing in the snow, opening presents on Christmas, or any other winter activity, please allow them to bring it to school and I will make a color copy of it to include on the brag board. I will return your original the next day!

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.