Class Happenings

Important Dates and Information:

May 6th-  FIELD TRIP to Viva

Mexico

May 9th- All Library books are due

May 15^th- Field Day  11:55am-1:05pm

May 23^rd- Last Day of School

We are so proud of our students!  Everyone was here and ready for the CRCT test.  Thank you to all the parents that helped their children get ready for the test!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, informational writing, inferring, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We are reviewing the meanings of antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms.  Do you know what these words mean?  Ask your child to see what they have been learning.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving throughout the day! We are really moving forward in math.  The students are learning to read graphs.  Being able to read and understand graphs is very important so help your children as they learn about this topic.

Science, Health, Social Studies: The next few weeks we will be discussing plants and animals!  The students will be participating in fun experiments as we learn about this fascinating topic. We planted seeds a few weeks ago we have been watching them turn into small plants.   Ask your child how their plant is doing and what they observed today!  We have also been working on animal projects.  We all got to do research on our favorite animal and use an encyclopedia to answer questions.

AR: We are working towards our new AR goal.  Please remember to read every night!  We have a shorter amount of time because all library books are due by May 9th.  We would love to have all our students participate in the AR party at the end of the year!

Please remember that the field trip to the Mexican restaurant is next Tuesday, May 6th.  We will be going to the park afterwards, so please make sure your child wears play clothes and tennis shoes.

Congratulations! Jasmine was chosen as our Breakfast of Champions!

Important Dates and Information:

April 19/ PTA Garage Sale

April 23- May 2/ CRCT Testing

REMEMBER:

The school asked that we remind you that no students should be checked out right before 2:15 each day.  This helps with the dismissal of school.

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, informational writing, inferring, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We are also practicing our test taking skills.  The CRCT is just around the corner!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving throughout the day! We have been using nonstandard units to help us measure and weigh different items in the room.  The students are having lots of fun and learning at the same time!

Science, Health, Social Studies: The next few weeks we will be discussing plants and animals!  The students will be participating in fun experiments as we learn about this fascinating topic.  We just planted seeds and we will be observing the process the seeds take as they turn into plants. Ask your child how their plant is doing and what they observed today!

AR: We are working towards our new AR goal .  Please remember to read every night!  We have a shorter amount of time because all library books are due by May 9th.  We would love to have all our students participate in the AR party at the end of the year!

Please remember that the CRCT is next week. We have been working very hard!  It is important that the students get a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast to help them be prepared for the test.  We will not have homework during the week of CRCT! 

Important Dates and Information:

April 2/ Kindergarten and new first grade student registration

April 7-11/ SPRING BREAK!

April 23- May 2/ CRCT Testing

REMEMBER:

This Thursday is Dowell's "BIG NIGHT OUT" at Barnes and Noble.  We would love for all of our students to participate.  There will be lots of fun things and great books to read! See you there!!!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, informational writing, inferring, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We are also practicing our test taking skills.  The CRCT is just around the corner!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We having been really working hard on how to tell time.  This has been fun and the students are doing great! Our next unit focuses on measurement.  We will practice measuring different items and learn to use nonstandard units.  Have your child measure things around the house and decide which items are long and which are short.

Science, Health, Social Studies: This week we have been talking about magnets! We did a fun experiement and used magnets in the classroom.  Ask your children to tell you everything they know about magnets.  Next week we will be discussing plants and animals.  We will determine what plants and animals need to grow and survive.

AR: We are working towards our new AR goal .  Please remember to read every night!  We have a shorter amount of time because all library books are due by May 9th.  We would love to have all our students participate in the AR party at the end of the year!

Important Dates and Information:

March 20/ Report Cards go home!

April 2/ Kindergarten and new first grade student registration

April 7-11/ SPRING BREAK!

April 23- May 2/ CRCT Testing

Our AR Reading Party is March 17 and many of our students have reached their goal of at 18 AR books! WAY TO GO STUDENTS!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, informational writing, inferring, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We are also practicing our test taking skills.  The CRCT is just around the corner!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have completed our unit on money and moving right along.  The students are now learning how to tell time.  Learning how to read an analog clock can be difficult for students so make sure you’re helping your child at home.  We are learning to tell time to the hour and half hour. 

Science, Health, Social Studies: This week we have been talking about nutrition and eating healthy.  We have been discussing the food pyramid and how important it is to have a well-balanced meal.  Ask your child why we should have a good breakfast and see what they say.  Hopefully, they will say because we need energy!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We have reached the end of the third nine weeks and we are so proud of our students!  Most of our students have reached their goal of 18 books and will be going to the first grade AR Party! We hope that ALL of our students can go to the AR Party at the end of the fourth nine weeks.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!  We are so proud of our Breakfast of Champion winner, Luisa!

Class Happenings

Important Dates and Information:

March 20/ Report Cards go home!

April 2/ Kindergarten and new first grade student registration

April 7-11/ SPRING BREAK!

April 23- May 2/ CRCT Testing

Our AR Reading Party is March 17 and many of our students have reached their goal of at 18 AR books! WAY TO GO STUDENTS!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, informational writing, inferring, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We are also practicing our test taking skills.  The CRCT is just around the corner!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have completed our unit on money and moving right along.  The students are now learning how to tell time.  Learning how to read an analog clock can be difficult for students so make sure you’re helping your child at home.  We are learning to tell time to the hour and half hour. 

Science, Health, Social Studies: This week we have been talking about nutrition and eating healthy.  We have been discussing the food pyramid and how important it is to have a well-balanced meal.  Ask your child why we should have a good breakfast and see what they say.  Hopefully, they will say because we need energy!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We have reached the end of the third nine weeks and we are so proud of our students!  Most of our students have reached their goal of 18 books and will be going to the first grade AR Party! We hope that ALL of our students can go to the AR Party at the end of the fourth nine weeks.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!  We are so proud of our Breakfast of Champion winner, Luisa!

Important Dates and Information:

• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 6- PTA Meeting/ CRCT Parent Resource Night
• March 7- Spring Pictures
• March 11- Dowell Night at Stevi B’s

Please remember to read every night and write it in their folder.  Also, make sure your child has four things done for homework.  We would like everyone to have their homework this Friday!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending new words), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade! We will also be practicing our test taking skills.  The CRCT is just around the corner!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be studying bills.  This will include ones, fives, tens, and twenty! Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: This week we have been talking about dental health.  The students are learning about how we can keep our teeth clean and healthy.  Please make sure they are brushing at least twice a day for three minutes.  Ask them ways they can take care of their teeth!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  The nine weeks are almost over and your child should have 18 test finished by the end. Please ask your child how many test they have passed, and encourage them to read, read, read!

February 14, 2008

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiencing many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiences many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

January 29, 2008 | Permalink

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiences many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiences many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiences many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

We are moving forward in class and experiences many new and fun things! Remember to ask your children about their day and what they are studying!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We are also discussing character traits.  Read a story with your child and have them describe a characters actions and appearance.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  We will be introducing dollar bills in the coming week!  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too! We will also be talking about North America.  This will include it's location on the earth, the location of Georgia, and the different landforms found in our country.

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

Mrs. Dudley our counselor came and spoke with us about random acts of kindness. Please talk with your children about this important topic.

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday
• March 4- Early Release on Tuesday
• March 7- Spring Pictures

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 6- Early Release at 12:20pm
• Feb.7- Cosmic Bowling!!! MORE INFO AT BOTTOM
• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday

We were so happy to see all of our parents at the conferences.  Please continue working with your children and helping them with their studies!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We have a fun game you can play at home!  Choose an object in your house and give your child clues.  See if they can guess or infer the object!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too!  In addition, we will be talking about North America.  Maybe you can show your child a map of North America and review the three countries that make it up!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We want to congratulate Hannah for representing us at the Breakfast of Champions!

Cosmic Bowling will be from 5:30- 7pm. Afterwards there will be a PTA meeting at 7-7:30pm and then bowling again till 8pm. Please look at the yellow paper your child brought home.  We need for you to please bring the correct change to the bowling.  Try not to come with big bills and need a lot of change.  Thank you for your help and support!

Important Dates and Information:

• Feb. 6- Early Release at 12:20pm
• Feb.7- Cosmic Bowling!!! MORE INFO AT BOTTOM
• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday

We were so happy to see all of our parents at the conferences.  Please continue working with your children and helping them with their studies!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!  we are also working with pronouns and introducing inferencing. We have a fun game you can play at home!  Choose an object in your house and give your child clues.  See if they can guess or infer the object!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have started working with money!  Please allow your children to count your spare change and quiz them on their pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.  Money is a very important subject for our students and they need to be practicing at school and at home.

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too!  In addition, we will be talking about North America.  Maybe you can show your child a map of North America and review the three countries that make it up!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We want to congratulate Hannah for representing us at the Breakfast of Champions!

Cosmic Bowling will be from 5:30- 7pm. Afterwards there will be a PTA meeting at 7-7:30pm and then bowling again till 8pm. Please look at the yellow paper your child brought home.  We need for you to please bring the correct change to the bowling.  Try not to come with big bills and need a lot of change.  Thank you for your help and support!

• Feb. 6- Early Release at 12:20pm
• Feb.7- Cosmic Bowling!!! MORE INFO AT BOTTOM
• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday

• Feb. 6- Early Release at 12:20pm
• Feb.7- Cosmic Bowling!!! MORE INFO AT BOTTOM
• Feb. 18 & 19- NO SCHOOL! Student Holiday

Important Dates and Information:

• January 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- No School
• January 22-28- Early Release- Parent/ Teacher Conferences      

We look forward to speaking with all of you at the conferences. Please remember your scheduled times and we will see you next week!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (blending words, /ow/ and /ou/), handwriting, guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, writing process, narrative writing, main idea and details, and special shared reading with our friends from third grade!

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition and subtraction sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than, 100-chart, daily number work). We have also added math work in the mornings! The students are practicing math and problem solving through out the day! We have been working very hard on learning fractions!  Some key vocabulary is fraction, whole, half, and fourth. Next week we will dive into the world of money!

Science, Health, Social Studies: Currently we are learning about maps and globes.  In addition, we are learning the seven continents! To help learn the continents, the students were taught a new song.  Please ask your child to sing the song and review the continents with them.  They were given the words to the song so you can sing along too!

Accelerated Reader (AR):  We are working on our new AR goals! Please make sure you child is reading every night.  If your child needs to take care of any business with the library, please do so ASAP! They can not check out books until all overdue books are returned and fines are paid.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We want to congratulate Jocelynn for representing us at the Breakfast of Champions!

We had a great beginning to our new year! Every child went to Fun Friday on January 11th.  We were so proud of our students! Our class was also featured in the Dowell newsletter for their outstanding behavior! WAY TO GO!

• January 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- No School
• January 22-28- Early Release- Parent/ Teacher Conferences      

• January 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- No School
• January 22-28- Early Release- Parent/ Teacher Conferences