Friday, Sept. 28, 2012

HAVE A GREAT ONE!

Homework Sept. 25, 2012

Spelling: 3 times cursive

Language Arts: Practice Book P. 67 - run-on sentences
                          Comprehension: "Danny, Betsy..."

Reading: RAZ Kids
1) Listen
2) Read
3) Quiz

Math: Reteaching 4-1  (Q 1-9 only)
          Practice 4-1 (Q 1-12 only)

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REMINDERS

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.

SCHOOL MOVIE AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH

CHUCKEE CHEESE DINE OUT NIGHT ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH

Important Reminders - week of 9/24/12

Want to remind you all of a few things this week.

1) School will be closed on Wednesday, September 26th.

2) Parent conferences will be Thursday and Friday this week.  If I have scheduled an appointment with you, please be on time, so others aren't waiting and we can keep on schedule.

3) Thursday at 1:45pm, the movie "The Lorax" will be shown in the auditorium.  This is a 5th grade fund-raising venture, so please let your children participate and join everyone for the movie.  Tickets are $5.00 and will be sold at lunchtime and prior to the movie beginning.

Thank you.

Ms. Bennett

Homework Mon. Sept. 24, 2012

 HAPPY MONDAY!

Spelling:  ABC Order

Vocabulary:  Copy vocabulary words and definitions

Language Arts: Comprehension "Making a Difference"

Reading:  RAZ Kids
1) Listen
2) Read
3) Quiz

Math: Practice 6-6 (Decimal word problems)

Homework - Thurs. Sept. 20th, 2012

Spelling:   Fill in the Blank

Language Arts:  Comprehension passage "Extreme Sand Sculpting"

Reading: RAZ Kids
     1) listen
     2) read
     3) quiz

Math: Reteaching 6-4 (Q 1-6 only)
          Practice 6-4 (Q 1- 6 Only)
MUST SHOW ALL WORK IN MATH NOTEBOOK

REMINDER - SPELLING CHALLENGE TOMORROW MORNING - PRACTICE YOUR WORDS!

Homework - Wed. Sept. 19, 2012

Spelling:  Unscramble worksheet

Language Arts:  Comprehension "Compliments/Flattery"

Reading:  RAZ Kids
                 1) Listen
                 2) Read
                 3) Quiz

Math: Decimal Multiplication w/s

PICTURE DAY TOMORROW!  PLEASE RETURN ORDER FORMS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY :)

Homework Tuesday, Sept. 18th, 2012

Spelling: Challenge Words - ABC Order AND 3 times cursive

Language Arts:  Comprehension w/s "She's a Grand Old Flag"

Reading:  RAZ Kids - story to read is S.P.R.A.K.
 1) listen
 2) read
 3) quiz

Math: Reteaching 6-2  (Q 1-4)
           Practice 6-2  (Q 1-6)

Important Reminders for September

LOTS OF REMINDERS!!

Good morning to all - I have lots of things I'd like to share with you today.

 1) Thursday, September 20th - PICTURE DAY. Please send your child to school looking their most beautiful!!  They may bring clothes to change into after their pictures have been taken.  Don't forget to send in your picture order in the envelope that was sent home to you a couple weeks ago. 

2) Friday, September 21st - VAN GOGH SPELLING CHALLENGE - Students will be participating in a school wide spelling challenge.  The 5th grade spelling challenge words have been uploaded to Spelling City.  Make sure you let your child go online to practice their words, play games and become 100% proficient.  In addition, this is a fund raiser for the school, so please collect as many pledges as you can and return the pledge form and money to me this week.

3) Parent Conferences - conferences are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 27th and Friday, Sept. 28th.  I have notified all parents that I requested conferences with and confirmed our times.  

4) Early Dismissal - On Thursday, September 28th, students will be dismissed at 1:35 p.m.  A movie will be shown in the auditorium, the cost is $5.00, students will receive a bottle of water, some popcorn and some twizzlers.  This is also a fund raiser for the 5th grade overnight field trip, so we are encouraging to have as many 5th grade students there "representing"!!

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The next deadline to return book orders is Friday, Sept. 28th.  You are also able to order online using our personal classroom code H84K9.  Click here if you wish to place your order online.

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I have one last project that needs just $100 more to fully fund.   Our classroom will then receive another Barnes and Noble Nook.  I have less than 38 days to fully fund this project.  If you could help with a small donation, I know the students will be absolutely thrilled to receive another Nook for our ever-growing Electronic Library (currently we have 10!!).  Here's the link  

Well I think that's all for now.

Have a great week.

Friday, Sept. 14th, 2012

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Don't forget school will be closed on Monday, Sept. 17th, 2012.

Happy New Year to all my Jewish family and friends at Van Gogh!

 

Thursday, Sept. 13th, 2012

Happy Thursday!

In honor of author, Roald Dahl's Birthday today, here's a great quote from him

“So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.”
― Roald Dahl

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First, thank you to all the parents who were able to attend last night's informative "Back to School Night" session.  I appreciate that you took the time out of all your busy schedules.

A reminder for you that if you received a notice about scheduling parent conferences, please return to school as soon as possible with your 1st and 2nd choices of times.  I will do my best to accommodate your requests.  Parent Conferences are schedules for Thursday Sept. 27th and Friday Sept. 28th.

Homework

Spelling: 10 sentences (use 10 different spelling words from your list this week and write 10 different sentences)

Vocabulary: Practice Book Page 47

Language Arts:  Practice Book Page 56 (Complex Sentences)

Reading: RAZ Kids

               1) Listen

               2) Read

               3) Quiz

Math:  Multiplication Word Problems Page 12 & 13

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

I look forward to seeing most you tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m. for our rescheduled "Back to School Night".

Parents, on Thursday, September 28th the school will be having an early dismissal (1:35 p.m.) due to parent conferences.  There will be a movie shown in the auditorium.  This movie will be sponsored as a fund-raiser for the 5th Grade, to help with our overnight field trip fund raising.  We are looking for 5 parent volunteers to help with the movie - duties would include selling tickets at lunchtime on the yard; taking tickets prior to the movie beginning; handing out water and a snack to the students and supervising in the auditorium during the movie.  If you are able to spare a few hours after school on Thursday, September 28th, please let me know via email.

With regard to parent conferences, I will be sending out an email (in the next couple days) to parents that I wish to conference with.  

That's all for now.

Ms. Bennett

Monday, September 10th, 2012

HAPPY MONDAY TO ALL!!!

Well I know it's been a while since my last blog entry because of the recent family emergency I had in London.  Thank you to all who sent emails with well wishes.  It was bittersweet to say goodbye to the family there, but I am happy to be back in the classroom and getting back to what I'm here to do - TEACH!!

I'd like to remind you all that this Wednesday, September 12th @ 6:00 p.m. I will holding a "Back to School Night" meeting in order for you to learn more about what will be going on in Room 32 for your students this year.  I look forward to seeing you all then.  This meeting will only be for 30 minutes.  Just a reminder, this is not a time for parent conferencing.  I will be arranging those with you for the end of September.  

Another reminder is to please be sure your child goes on to RAZ kids every night to complete their reading homework.  They have been assigned a specific reading level and I would like them to complete their level before they move on.  They must always listen to a book first, then read it by themselves, then take the quiz.  

Spellingcity.com has all the weekly spelling lists and is a great source for your child to practice their spelling words. If you are not sure how to find the lists, please let me know and I will send you the directions again.

Another important date to remember is Thursday, September 20th - this is Picture Day - be sure to send your child looking their best.  They may bring clothes to change into after they have had their photos taken.

That's all for now folks.  Don't forget you can always contact me via email at anytime.

Ms. Bennett