Welcome to Blythe-Bower! I am looking forward to having you in my class. I know we are going to have a great year this year. You are going to learn a lot of new things. I hope you are ready to jump in and work hard. You will be learning so many new things like cursive handwriting, multiplication facts, and how to read even better than you already do. I can’t wait to get started.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
July 3 Summer Break!
I hope everyone is having a great summer break. It is hard to believe how fast it is going by. Only a few more weeks until we are back and ready to go for a nother fun year.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Last Week of School
I can't believe this school year is over already. Things have been so busy. We have just returned from a great trip to The Lost Sea and CiCi's pizza. We had an eventful and stormy Field Day. Now, we are heading down the home stretch. I want to let you know a few events coming up for us. Tomorrow we be a day to celebrate our students. They have done some amazing things for our community during the tragedy of the tornado. Our students have such big hearts. They gave up their Spring Carnival and instead made school supply donations so other students in Bradley County would have what they needed to go to school. I am so proud of them. Mr. Kiser has decided as a way to show our students how proud we are, we will have a fun Friday tomorrow. They will be going outside tomorrow afternoon for refreshments and a kickball tournament. FUN!
Next week, we will be having our multiplication banana split party. All students who have passed all their multiplication facts will be invited to a banana split party at 2:00. Tuesday, we have scheduled the third grade spelling bee. This will be at 9:00 in the Little Theater. All parents are invited to attend. Wednesday will be our annual cookout/water day. I will be sending more information home on this event. Thursday is the last day of school. It will be a half day. We will be having our awards ceremony in the gym. More information on this event to follow.
I want to this opportunity to thank all of you for your support. This group is an amazing group of kids. They are so fun and I love them all. You should be proud. While I am looking forward to summer break, I am actually very sad to see this year end. We have had a great year. I will miss them. Have an amazing summer. See ya next year.
Next week, we will be having our multiplication banana split party. All students who have passed all their multiplication facts will be invited to a banana split party at 2:00. Tuesday, we have scheduled the third grade spelling bee. This will be at 9:00 in the Little Theater. All parents are invited to attend. Wednesday will be our annual cookout/water day. I will be sending more information home on this event. Thursday is the last day of school. It will be a half day. We will be having our awards ceremony in the gym. More information on this event to follow.
I want to this opportunity to thank all of you for your support. This group is an amazing group of kids. They are so fun and I love them all. You should be proud. While I am looking forward to summer break, I am actually very sad to see this year end. We have had a great year. I will miss them. Have an amazing summer. See ya next year.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Week of March 14
I cannot believe we are already at the end of the third nine weeks. Friday was our last day for this nine weeks. Report cards will be going home the Monday after Spring Break. That is Monday, March 28. Please make sure you sign and return the card as soon as possible.
Next week we will be reading the story "How Our Family Lives in America". The students will be learning about children from Puerto Rico, Senegal and China. The story tells students of these children's cultures and how they still honor those cultures in America. We will be looking at the vaious countries and focusing on the reading skill main idea and supporting details. You student can practice main idea with one of the games on this website. Main Idea Games
In math, we will be beginning our math T-Cap practice. This will be a practice and review of all the skills we have covered and how they will appear on T-Cap. The students will continue to have their t-test daily and have homework in this area.
Thank you so much for checking your child's binder each night. Be sure that they have written their homework down as this is their responsibility. If they have not, ask them. It is important that the students practice responsibilty in making sure their binders are signed and their homework is complete. Thanks for all you do.
Next week we will be reading the story "How Our Family Lives in America". The students will be learning about children from Puerto Rico, Senegal and China. The story tells students of these children's cultures and how they still honor those cultures in America. We will be looking at the vaious countries and focusing on the reading skill main idea and supporting details. You student can practice main idea with one of the games on this website. Main Idea Games
In math, we will be beginning our math T-Cap practice. This will be a practice and review of all the skills we have covered and how they will appear on T-Cap. The students will continue to have their t-test daily and have homework in this area.
Thank you so much for checking your child's binder each night. Be sure that they have written their homework down as this is their responsibility. If they have not, ask them. It is important that the students practice responsibilty in making sure their binders are signed and their homework is complete. Thanks for all you do.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Week of March 7
This week we will be reading the story "Suki's Kimono". This is a story of a little girl who comes to American from Japan. We will be studying Japan and talking about comparing and contrasting our country with Japan. The students will be making Kimonos on Thursday for a Japanese party on Friday. Students who did not bring in a shirt or order a shirt will be assigned a project to be done at home and turned in on Friday. We will be having running records in reading groups and will not be bringing home books this week.
In math we are working on counting and making change from a dollar. Keep working on math facts at home. In English, we are looking at verbs. In writing, we will be finishing out biographies and out stories for the PBS Writing Contest.
Tuesday will be a field trip to see the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra at North Cleveland Church of God. We are also collecting money for the "Do Something Challenge". The students are raising money to send music to schools still struggling from Hurricane Katrina, send toys to the patients at St. Jude's and helping the ASPCA. The winning team will be the team with the most money by weight. They will be awarded with a bowling trip in May.
Thank you for checking in on our blog. Have a great week.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Week of February 28
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| Gertrude Ederle |
I hope everyone had a great weekend. This weather is so beautiful. Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy it. This week we will reading the story America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle. This story is a biography of Gertrude Ederle who swam the English Channel. We will also be talking about other important women in history and their accomplishments. We will be reviewing character, setting, problem and solution.
In writing, we will continue working on our biographies. The students are interviewing a friend in class and will be writing a biography about that person. It is exciting to hear about each other and learn how we are alike and how very different we can be.
In math, we will continue to review elapsed time and making change from a dollar. These skills are very difficult and are posing a challenge for many of us. You can still click on the links I provided last week for some additional practice in these skills.
Please be aware that homework will be completed in cursive from now on. We have learned all of the lower case letters and need to practice those. When they are completing spelling homework, please be sure they are writing in cursive.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week of February 22
This week we will be reading the story "Rocks in His Head". This story is a biography. We will be focusing on summarizing and sequencing this week. Each student will be given a page from our story to read and then write a summary of their assigned page. The students will then read their summary and work as a class to sequence the story. I am also asking each student to bring in a rock from home. We will be doing several activities with the rock and then make a pet rock.
In writing, we will be taking a timed writing test and begin working on a biography project. The students are still working on their piece for the PBS writing contest.
In math, we will be reviewing making change from a dollar and elapsed time. These are very difficult skills, and I would like to go back and review these skills. I am including a link to some games so your students can practice at home. I am also including a link to a site that includes flashcards for practice with math facts.
Please remember to look at the spring picture sample sent home last week. If you would like to order, please complete the form and send the form and money to school as soon as possible. Because of the short week, we will not have a Monday folder this week. Have a wonderful week.
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