Wax Museum

We worked very hard on our Wax Museum Boards today. Our presentations will be next Thursday, February 23rd.

Please make sure you child has their costume ready for that day. They will need to bring a change of clothes as we will be finished by 12:00.

Please be on the look-out for conference dates.

Thanks!

Pencils, Paper, and Mid-Year Conferences!

Parents-

Please make sure you students have PENCILS and PAPER everyday- I have run out of my yearly supply.

Mid-year conferences have been sent home. Please make sure you are on time for your appointment. We will discuss promotion, academic levels, and plans for next year.

Thanks!

Where did January GO???

We have been so busy these last 4 weeks! We are really diving into some literacy skills that will, in the end, help us to increase our comprehension. We are learning about vocabulary and fluency strategies that will help us comprehend the stories we are reading.
We are also working on writing to a prompt. 4th graders will take the FCAT Writes February 28.

In Math we are really working on decimals. Remind your students to show you their place value charts.

At the beginning of March we will take a field trip to Marine Science! That is a great day of fun!!

Make sure your student is accessing Compass as much as they can from home. This is a great resource to assist in promotion.

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Spelling Bee-

Congrats to Warren and Keyerra for participating in our school Spelling Bee today! Both did a great job, because we all know how nerve wracking it can be to stand in front of a large group and spell! Congratulations again.

Words like: twig, scoop, shamrock, sparkle, mixer, fashion, wallet, hula, mimic, broadcast and shuffle knocked a few out of the running.

We are practicing our writing daily now in hopes of helping our writing scores. Please ask your student what they have been writing about!

The cold weather is here- please make sure your student has a jacket and gloves!!!

Happy New Year!

A Great Holiday :)

Hello! I hope you have all enjoyed your holiday break spending time with your family and friends! I know that I have really enjoyed my time off. It is the first year that I have actually stayed right here in town and just literally "Hung OUT!!!"
Last night Wolfson won the Baker County CHRISTMAS Tournament! That was 12 games of basketball in 3 days with 8 teams! I was so proud of Wolfson!!! They have such an awesome basketball team this year!!
With all the fun that has been had, it is time to start thinking about the new year and all the promise that it holds. We will be getting to work Day 1 because we have many days off in January and February.
For 4th graders- you will start really working on your writing. Your FCAT writes test will be February 28th this year- what a sweet birthday gift for your teacher HA!
Then, we have the BIG FCAT test in April. We still have SOOOOOO very much to cover to get you ready for that. So- day 1 we are starting with the motto "Get to work!"
We have a few changes in classroom management, but I think you will see how much more productive you are going to be!
See you in a few (4) short days!!!

Happy Holidays~

Well, we will finish with day 78 of school on 12/16/2011. It doesn't seem possible!

We are working hard in the classroom, and we need to make sure students are working just as hard at home. This year is billed as a "year of remediation" for students. That remediation will only be successful if students are working at home as well. The District has designed Compass Odyssey to assist struggling students at home. Each student has been assigned a learning path, and should be working on this nightly. If there is no computer access available, students should be working in their Math or Reading books. The "catch-up" that we are all looking for will NOT occur if students are only exposed to academics in class.

The holiday break is a great time to reinforce basic math and reading skills. I hope you will take advantage of this wonderful learning opportunity!

Happy Holidays!