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Newsletter 4-23-12

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling words

cow, how, town, out,
mouse,  mouth, stir, blur, marker, been

Word
Wall Words- been, gone, other
Vocabulary words: invisible, clues, searching

Writing- We are working to include good introductions and closing sentences to
our stories. We are also working to remember punctuation and capital letters.

Math- We are still working on double digit addition. They are doing great!

Science –  We will be learning about the adaptations of the animals in a forest habitat.

Reading- We will be learning about the sounds ou & ow. They make the sounds you
hear in the words ouch and down.

This is a very important week
for our 2nd -5th graders. This week is our TCAP testing
week. We will not be going to Library, Music or Art this week because of
testing. I will allow the students to borrow AR books from our classroom
library this week since there will be no open checkout. The Lebanon Public
library also has a list of AR books at Coles Ferry if you would like to check
out books there.

I am including our last book
orders for the year. It will be a May, June, & summer order. Since there is
so many to choose from I am giving you two weeks to look through and make your
choices. The forms will be due Monday May 7th.

I will not be sending home Homework folders on
Tuesday. They will have a 5-a-day math sheet for the week.

Also, I have noticed that students are not taking tests on their AR
books. Every student should be taking a minimum of 2 tests each week. I will be
including a test summary with the progress reports. Please help your child
remember their reading. The only way to get better is by practicing.

 

Have a wonderful week!-Staci
Smith

Newsletter 4-16-12

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Staci Smith

 

Spelling words

her, fern, bird, dirt, fur, burn, part, corn, stork, spark

Word Wall Words- places, animals, from, ground, beautiful

Writing- We will continue to work on our “How to” stories. We will also practice some letter writing.

Math- We are continuing with double digit addition. We will also be “regrouping” our ones to make a ten. This is a hard concept for them to understand. In the beginning we will be doing lots of practice together.

Science – We will study the forests, We will be learning about the habitats, animals, and adaptations of this environment.

Reading- We will learn the last bossy “R” sound. It is tricky to spell because it has three different spellings. We will learn er as in her,  ir 

These beautiful weekends sure are getting me ready for summer! We still have six weeks left.

Mid-nine weeks progress reports will go home next week (on Monday). If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

Your child will be bringing home a permission slip to our walking trip to Don Fox Park. It is not until May 11th, but I need that returned by April 18th. It is very important that I know who is requesting a sack lunch from the school so that the cafeteria can order the correct amount.

We are out of Kleenex. With the allergy season starting so early we are down to our last box. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. *Thanks to those who have already sent them in today! You are AWESOME!!!!!!

 

Have a wonder week!-Staci Smith

Newsletter 4-2-12

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling words

 

cart, art, barn, yarn, arm, harm, star, far, or, better

Thank you to all the parents who joined us on our field trip! We saw lots of cool animals (and not just inside the Discovery Center!). I know the kids had a blast and besides being very tired I had a great time too. I was upset that my camera’s batteries died. If you took a picture of the whole class I would like a copy please. J!

This will be a short week with Friday being Good Friday. We will not be having an egg hunt this year, but we will have a special activity and snack Thursday afternoon. If you would like to send in any treats for that day we would love it.

You may have heard your child discussing Ozzy’s visit to our school. The Nashville Sounds are partnering with Coles Ferry to encourage reading. For every 10 AR points your child earns, they will receive a prize. For 10 they earn a bookmark, 20=bookmark & ticket to a Sounds game, 30= Bookmark + ticket to Sounds game + a chance to be a VIP for the day at the game, & 40= bookmark + ticket to the game and a chance to be a Sound for the day. Keep on reading!

I will send home homework & poetry folders today. The only homework this week is 5-a-day math (5 math problems for each day of the week) and reading your AR book.

Have a blessed week and wonderful Easter!-Staci Smith

What we are Learning About

Word Wall Words- children, better, round, or, far

Writing- We will continue to work on creating our persuasive writing.

Math- We will finish our unit about plane or 2-D shapes. We will be learning about equal parts, ½, and ¼ fractions. We will be using the vocabulary fraction, half, fourth, and quarter.

Science – We are learning about magnets, forces, and motion. We will be conduction many experiments this week about magnets!

Reading- We will be learning the ar sound. I always connect this to the way a pirate says “arrr!”. We will incorporate this pirate theme into learning this sound. We will go on a treasure hunt Thursday by finding the hidden ar words.

 

 

 

Announcements

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling words

always, each, light, show,
kind, wheel, sailboat, opened

What we are
Learning About

Word Wall Words- same as spelling words

Writing- We are going to learn about persuasive writing with the books “Don’t
Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late” and “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus”.

Math- We are learning about 2-D shapes and their properties (characteristics). This week we will focus on how we can break one shape into smaller shapes. Then we will
move on to equal shapes and fractions.

Science – We are learning about magnets, forces, and motion. We will be conduction many experiments this week!

Reading- We are reviewing all the previous learned long vowel sounds. Our spelling words reflect what we will be practicing.

Letter from Mrs. Smith

I cannot believe the weather we had over the break. Some days it was hard convince myself it was only spring break. I hope you are all rested and ready to tackle the last 9 weeks!

Our field trip is this Friday. We will be leaving at 8:00. If you are sending a sack lunch for your child that day please make sure it is in a paper or plastic sack with their name and my name on it. We want to make sure everyone gets his or her lunch that day!

I am asking for volunteers to send individually packaged snacks for
Friday when we return. Let me know if you are able to help! Thanks for all you do!

Our Spring book fair will be opening Wednesday March 28th. It will be open until Thursday April 5th. Be looking for more information from Mrs. Hines this week.

Have a blessed week! –Staci Smith

Announcements

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling Words

find, kind, right, night, by, my, low, boat

Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember 

March 7th: Report Card go home

March 9th: Awards at 8:15. AR Awards immediately following

March 9th: Field Trip permission forms & signed Report cards due

March 30th: Field Trip

Letter from Mrs. Smith

I guess March came in like a lion. Lets hope it stays like a lamb for the rest of this month. The weather we had on Friday is nothing to blow off. I know it is a hard decision to make when officials let out school early, but I was glad to be safe at home when the weather came through. I hope everyone made it through everything without major damage.

This week before Spring Break is going to be a busy one.

Report cards go home Wednesday. Please sign and return before Friday. Thursday will be our Spring Conferences. I have will send a note home with today’s papers if I am requesting a meeting. If you do not get a note and would like to meet with me please let me know. I am trying to meet with parents I may not have had a chance to meet with so far this year.

Our Field trip to the Discovery Center will be the Friday (March 30th) we return from Spring Break. We are sending home permission forms today. Please return those along with the money for the trip by Friday.

Some of our older students here at CFE have been working on an American Themed Musical. They will be performing for the community this Tuesday at 7:00. We will get a sneak preview that morning. I know they have worked very hard on this performance.

I hope everyone has a very blessed week and safe Spring Break!
Staci Smith

What We’re Learning About!

Word Wall Words- shout, ball, head, should, never

Writing- We created a rubric to grade ourselves on our writing. We are working toward making a 3. After writing this week we will use our rubric to give ourselves a grade.

Math- Describing and sorting shapes by their properties (a square and rectangle both have straight lines and corners).

Theme – We will be learning all about our state!

Reading- This week we will be studying the long i sound spelled with y, igh,  & i alone. We have been working on adjectives,(our poem this week will be about them) we will use er & est at the end of verbs to compare them.

Announcements

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling Words
low, row, boat,
coat, no, go, slow, show, funny, puppy

Letter from Mrs. Smith

This Friday will be a Read-Me-Day at Coles Ferry. We will celebrate Dr.
Seuss’ birthday by having special guest readers at school that morning. We will
also be doing a lot of our skill practice the “Dr. Seuss” way as well. I know
it is not easy for many of you to take time to come and read, but if you have
any time this week you would like to come read in our class please let me know.
We would LOVE to have you!

This is also the end of the 3rd 9-weeks (can you believe it?). That means this is the last week to earn AR points for this quarter. I will send home a note with your child’s total points listed today. Each ring of beads for their necklace represents five points. So
if your child earned 5 points last nine weeks they would need to earn a total
of10 points for this nine weeks to earn their next ring of beads.   Have a blessed
week!-Staci Smith

What We’re Learning About!
Word Wall Words- always, mother, father, try, love

Writing- We have been working on gathering facts About Harriet Tubman to create a report. We will finish that this week.

Math- comparing numbers using symbols, using a 120 chart to find 1 more, 1
less, 10 more, and 10 less.

Theme– We will finish our unit on America by discussing our symbols such as the
statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, and our flag.

Reading- We will be reading long o words with the spelling patterns o, oa & ow. We will be using adjectives to describe nouns.

Announcements

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling Words
 bumpy, penny,
happy, funny, sandy, bunny, many, any,
keep, read,

Letter from Mrs. Smith

I hope everyone had a nice extra day to your weekend.  I know I
enjoyed relaxing more knowing I had an extra day.

Thank you everyone for my Valentine’s day treats! Also
thank you for sending in the food for our party. The kids seemed excited just
to be able to eat! They also enjoyed handing out their Valentine cards.

 

I will be sending home poetry and homework folders today.
The homework folder contains a reading passage (for fluency practice) and a
math sheet. Also, please have your child count to 120 this week. We are working
hard to count past 100 in class.

HOMEWORK FOLDERS ARE NOT DUE UNTIL FRIDAY this
week because your child needs to read the passage for one minute each night. On
the recording sheet you need to write the number of words your child read in
one minute. On the last night, you can have your child read the entire passage
so they can answer the questions.

 

I apologize for not having the spelling sheet for last week. If your child ever forgets to bring one home, just have them practice the words every night and write their sentences on
Thursday.

Have a blessed week-Staci Smith

What We’re Learning About!

Word Wall Words- happy, here, before, told, because
Writing- We are still practicing adjectives and using them in our writing to add details.
When your child writes sentences at home have them include adjectives.
Math- We are still working with tens and ones, but we are now comparing numbers
using symbols.  (> greater than; < less than: = equal to).
Theme – We are still learning about America’s beginning and history. We will be learning about the Civil War, slavery, Harriet Tubman, & Abraham Lincoln this week.
Reading- This week we will be reading words with y as the long e sound. Y makes two sounds long e and long i. When it is at the end of a multiple syllable word it says e. When it is at the end of a single syllable word, it says i. We will learn a poem that will help us with this.

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling words

me, we, feed, keep, seat,
beak, see, three, the, read

Letter from Mrs. Smith

Thank you to Katie’s family for donating some class snacks! Also a big thanks goes to all the parents that have volunteered to help with our V-Day party. I am so lucky to have you all.

Please send in your valentine cards. We will pass out our valentines just before the party at 2:00.

I have several students that are working on sight words so they are ready for AR. I also have several students that just started AR. I know schedules are hectic, but please make time to read each night with your child. The more they practice their reading the better
they get. The better they are at reading, the more confident they become, and the more confident they are the more they will want to read. It is a wonderful cycle of reading!

If you would like an updated list of words for your child to practice please
let me know.
I will not be sending home AR reports this week. Our computers received much
needed updates last week & I am not able to print those just yet.

Have a blessed week- Staci Smith

What We’re Learning
About!

Word Wall Words- knew, kind, house, friends, by , far

Writing- There are several students working on stories that they want to publish! We
will also be doing some research about a famous president & writing about what we learn.

Math- Last week we worked on different ways to make numbers with tens and ones. We
also practiced reading and writing numbers past 100. We will continue to practice this skill along with number patterns (skip counting by 10s starting at any number).

Theme – We will continue to learn about American History and our first president. We will also be learning about other important people in American History.

Reading- This week we will be reading and writing the long e sound with double vowels. We will practice reading words with e, ee, & ea. We will also practice distinguishing  between different punctuation (. ? !) and when we use each kind.

February 14th: Valentines Party @ 2:00

February 20th: NO School-President’s Day

February 24th: Jump Rope for Heart donations is due

Announcements

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Staci Smith

Spelling words

use, June, tune, flute,
cute, chose, smile, rake, want, went

What We’re Learning About!
Word Wall Words- find, after, done, old, new, work

Writing- We are working on writing detailed sentences. (The fast brown dog is chasing
the car. Instead of ; The brown dog chased the car.) We are still working on improving our Narratives

Math-We will begin Chapter 6 in our Math books. We will be learning about place value and counting to 120. We will start slow with tens and ones. This will help guide us into adding two digit numbers.

Theme – Last week we expanded a bit more on the Antarctic and wrote about penguins. We will begin our study of solids and liquids this week. We will be describing their physical properties (it is rough and blue, it is large and small, it floats or sinks).

Reading- We will be reading the last of our vowels with “sneaky e”. We will be learning about u-e words (tube, cube, mule, etc.) We will continue to practice contractions.

Letter from Mrs. Smith

It was so nice to see the sunshine this weekend!  I hope everyone had a nice
weekend.

Remember that Mid-Nine-Weeks progress reports will go home today. Please look over these and return them ASAP. If you have any questions or would like to meet with me please do not hesitate to ask. Our printer at school is currently on the Fritz! I will write your child’s weekly AR points on their progress report for you. When the printer is fixed I
will send home a report every Monday.

I will be sending home a class list for Valentine’s Day. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A VALENTINES BOX. We will be making our own. I will also be sending home a sign-up sheet if you would like to come or send in items for our party.

If you wanted to order pictures from Mr. Griffith please return that order ASAP.

Thank you for all of your help with our 100th day homework. I hope the students were able to make memories that will last a lifetime.

Continue to spend 20 minutes of reading each night. It is so important to their reading growth. Homework this week will be a reading passage. Please have your child answer the accompanying questions. This helps with their comprehension.

Have a blessed week- Staci Smith