Holiday Party

We're having so much fun at our holiday party right now!  I forgot my phone at home....so I can't take any pictures...I'm so sad!  But I did post a video of the students painting holiday ornaments.  Check it out!  PARENTS:  You can pick up the ornaments at Baked Goods Pottery in 10 tens....so December 26th!  Just tell them it is with Mrs. Feldt's Class and their initials are written on the back of the ornament.  Thank you to all the parents who made this a special party for us!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Very Late Update

WoW!  It's already Wednesday and I failed to send out an update.  Please forgive me.  We are frantically trying to wrap everything up in time for the holidays and end of second quarter.

Spelling:  Everyone has completed their tests.  New words will be given when we return in January.

Social Studies:  We will taking a test over Government tomorrow.  Students are doing a fantastic job of studying throughout the week. 

Science:  We are creating a powerpoint presentation about planets in our solar system.  I hope that every student will complete their presentation by Friday, so they can present when we return from break.  I will be sure to video your solar system scholar, so you can view their presentation as well.

Writing;  We are poets!!  They are learning how to write cinquain poems, diamante poems, acrostics, and sensory poems. 

Reading: We are reading and discussing several poems, paying close attention to the structure of poetry and the rhyming words.

Math:  We are learning about the properties of multiplication.  Please study these with your child.  This will help them understand the concept of multiplication and relationship with numbers when multiplying.  I've attached a document you can use with your child, to help study all the properties.  Please remember to continue studying multiplication facts with your child over the break!

 

Dates to Remember:

Friday, December 16th:  Holiday Party 1:45-2:45, End of 2nd Quarter

Tuesday, January 3rd: Return to School!

Weekly Update 12.5-9

We had a wonderful week...it was probably because we missed school so much during the Thanksgiving break!

I hope next week is equally productive!

Spelling: blue group is testing Thursday and green group is testing Friday

Social Studies:  We are studying the three branches of government:  Legislative, Judicial, and Executive.  We are also learning how bills become laws.  Finally, we will be identifying and discussing the importance of national symbols and monuments.  If you have any pictures of these, please bring them in!  We have a government bulletin board in the class.

Math:  We are reviewing the concepts of multiplication:  arrays, listing combinations, groups of, intersecting lines and testing over our strategies on Tuesday.  We will then focus on learning our multiplication facts. If you are not encouraging your child to practice these facts every nights, please do so now!  This is an important skill to have memorized.

Science:  We are studying the planets in our solar system.  Students will take a quiz on Friday.  They are also working on a planet powerpoint.  They will be required to research two planets and write comparison paragraphs about them.  After they create a powerpoint, they will present it to the class.  I will be posting these presentations as videos on the blog.

Reading:  We are studying the various types of poetry.

Writing:  Students have done a wonderful job of writing their first narratives.  We will continue working on narrative pieces.  I am hoping they will become more vivid and clear authors!

 

Important Dates:

Monday:  Music Program!  Rehearsal at 2pm at Sappington.  Performance at 7pm at High School auditorium

Wednesday:  Early Release & Character Club field trip to Friendship Village (please wear green club shirts and Santa hats if you have one!)

Weekly Update 11.28-12.2

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!!

I had a lovely time with my family and friends.  I am very much looking forward to the longer Winter Break.  However, we have a TON to get completed in the next short three weeks. 

Here's what's happening this week:

Spelling:

Nobody is testing this week.  Blue- 24 withinwords Yellow- 6 within words Green- 17 syllable and affixes

Social Studies:

We starting chapter 8 and looking at government systems on the local, state, and national level.  We are also learning about taxes and what that money pays for.  We are also looking at how laws are made.

Math:

We are still working with multiplication, learning how to use multiplication to list combinations and how to represent multiplication facts with rows and columns. 

Science:

We are studying how the Earth, Sun, and Moon move. 

Reading:

We will work on identifying main idea and detail in short passages.  We will also begin reading poetry and understanding the types of poetry.

Writing:

We will be reading several wonderful narratives and then writing our own!

 

Important Dates:

Thursday, December 1st- Madison and Shane's Birthday!!

Friday, December 2nd- Cookies with Santa  6-8pm

AWESOME WEBSITE

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcompreheta.html

Oops!

I forgot to include in our Important Dates, that it is Ellie Goodman's birthday on Tuesday, November 22!

Thanksgiving weekly update

Happy Friday!

I sent home mid quarter reports with all students, so please discuss these grades with your kids and have them return the signed copy on Monday.  Many students are really struggling with writing.  Please be practicing writing every night.  I recommend they write in a journal or diary.  This can be about their day, about their reading, or they can write stories.  What I'm noticing is that their sentences don't really  flow and their overall ideas don't make sense.  They're really struggling with fragmented sentences and incomplete thoughts.  They can tell me stories, but writing them in an organized way is quite difficult.  Thanks for helping them with this!

Next week is extremely short, yet we're getting lots done.

No spelling next week.

Social Studies:  We're beginning the study of local, state, and national government.  We will begin by identifying U.S. symbols.

Math:  Students are learning how multiplication is just repeated addition.  We are finding multiplication in arrays and intersecting lines.

Science:  We are studying the lunar cycle and how to identify the different moon phases.

Reading:  We will be working on Thanksgiving plays!

Writing:  Students are writing a Thanksgiving story to their pen pals.  We will have this done...hopefully!

Dates to Remember:

Tuesday:  BOOK ORDERS DUE and Joey Otte's birthday!

Wednesday:  No school

Thursday:  Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday:  No school...Turkey leftover day!

Saturday:  Dylan Schade's Birthday!

weekly update 11.14-18

Did you know we're now in the middle of second quarter?  Seriously, where does the time go?  I will be sending home mid quarter reports to students have an area of concern.  If you do not receive a report, then your child is meeting expectations in our academic areas.

One more full week until Thanksgiving week!  This is what we will be covering:

Spelling:  Blue group test on Wednesday, Green group test on Thursday, Yellow group test on Friday

Social Studies:  We are wrapping up our study of being a good citizen.  We will test over chapter 7 on Friday.

Science: I normally do not do this, but for the sake of moving on, the students will have a quiz on Monday.  As always, the quiz is an open book quiz over pages 338-342.  The focus is on why we have seasons (Earth's tilt) and the Earth's movement (rotation and revolution).  Then we will move on to studying why the moon changes.  We will be studying the two types of eclipses (lunar, solar) and the phases of the moon.  I hope that everyone is remembering to fill out the moon calendar every night.  They will be turned in on Wednesday, November 30th.

Math:  We will wrap up our study of time on Tuesday with a test.  Then we will move on to MULTIPLICATION!  We will focus on the concept of multiplication as we investigate arrays and groups of items.  Now is the time to begin memorizing multiplication facts, if you haven't done so already!

Reading:  We are still practicing using visualization in our reading.  Then we will be working on retelling. 

Writing:  We are practicing using correct conventions in our writing.  Please remind your students to use capitals and punctuation appropriately.  I know they learned these skills several years ago, however, I'm still seeing a lot of students struggling to remember to practice this in their everyday writing. 

 

Important Dates:

Wednesday- Early Release

Thursday- Safe Touch class

Weekly Update Nov. 7

A huge THANK YOU to Mrs. McKay for organizing our Halloween party.  And thank you to all the families who donated treats, crafts, and party favors.  It was one of the nicest holiday parties I've attended in school.  The kids really enjoyed all the creative crafts...and candy!  A final thank you to all the parents and grandparents who helped run the party!  I'm looking forward to more holiday celebrations with you.

 

We ended the week with a fun fall activity of writing haiku poems and painting fall trees with q-tips!  Their masterpieces will go home after they are displayed in the hallways!

Here's what is going on this week:

Spelling:  Everyone is working on a new list this week.  Green:  16 syllable and affixes  Yellow:  5 within words  Blue:  23 within words  The lists are available on spellingcity.com

Social Studies:  We are beginning a new chapter (7).  In this study, students will explain how citizens can help improve their community, understand and apply the process of conflict resolution, and identify the U.S. Constitution as a document that helps protect our rights. 

Math: We are working with telling time, differentiating between a.m. and p.m., and finding elapsed time.  We will also work with calendars and schedules to sequence events.  On Monday, students will be asked to bring in photos of themselves from birth till present.  We will be making timelines with these pictures.

Science:  We are studying how the Earth moves.  Please be talking with your child about rotation (Earth spinning on its axis and takes 24 hours) and revolution (Earth rotating around the sun and takes 1 year).  We are also finding out that the tilt of the Earth is the reason for the changing seasons.  No matter how many times we work with flashlights, globes, and actually moving in rotating and revolving motions, this is a difficult concept.  Thanks for keeping these concepts and vocabulary in your conversations.

Reading:  We are visualizing while we read. I love teaching this skill, because it gives us so many opportunities to share our creative sides. 

Writing:  We are looking at how sentences are formed.  I'm seeing a lot of sentence fragments and run-on sentences.  We will be working on improving sentence fluency. 

Important Dates:

Tuesday:  I will be out all day for a workshop.  I will miss my class...but I'm looking forward to returning and hearing great reports!

Wednesday:  I will be out for a workshop in the morning.  I will return after lunch.

Baked Goods Pottery Night!  4:30-8:30.   A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Sappington. I'm going to be bringing GiGi, and we're making a Christmas present!  Hope to see you there.

Friday:  Veteran's Day assembly 9am.  Please let me know if a veteran is coming with your child.

Halloween Week Update

I am so happy that I got to meet with you at conferences!  I enjoyed talking about the progress your child is making.  I LOVE bragging about your kids to you!

Here is what is happening next week:

Spelling:  Blue group test on Monday, Green group test on Tuesday, Yellow group test on Wednesday

Social Studies:  We will be reviewing chapter 5 next week.  Our test will be on Thursday!  Then we will begin our study of Government!

Math:  We will be reviewing chapter 6 (money) Monday and Tuesday.  Our test will be Wednesday.  Then we will move to studying time.

Science:  We will begin the study of the our planet Earth, and our solar system.  We will begin by studying how the Earth moves and why we have seasons. 

Reading:  We will be using our reading strategies to infer what will come next in our books.  Inferring is when good readers use what they know and uses what the author tells them to make smart guesses as to what will happen next.  Sometimes authors don't clearly and obviously tell us everything.  They often use clues.  We are going to be finding those clues, to help us better understand our reading.

Writing:  We will be working on word choice.  As authors we want to keep our readers interested and excited, so we will be choosing our words carefully.  We will also look at the difference of word choice and voice in narrative pieces and expository print. 

 

Important Dates:

Monday:  Halloween!  Bring costumes to school.  Parade at 1:20, Party from 1:45-2:45

Tuesday:  SPTG meeting 5:45

Friday:  Picture Retake Day

weekly update 10.24-27

I hope you all are as excited as I am for parent teacher conferences, next week!  I have many wonderful things to tell you about your child!!  Thank you to Mr. Ackerman, who chaperoned our field trip.  We had a wonderful time at the Old Courthouse and visiting the Arch.  Check out the blog for pictures.  I should have them posted by Saturday night :)

This is what's going on next week:

 

Spelling- Blue group is testing on Thursday.  Green group is 15 syllable and affixes and yellow is 4 within words and blue is 22 within words on spellingcity.com

Social Studies-  We're finishing up chapter 5 (Early Settlers).  We will study how to read a time line and we will review all the concepts and vocabulary that we learned in chapter 5.  The test will be the following week.

Math- We are working with money.  We're making change from $5(subtracting money), adding money amounts, comparing different amounts of money with less than, greater than, and equal to signs.  You can access computer math games from my class blog.  The students have been playing them in class. Chapter 6 test will be early next week.

Science- We didn't get to our quiz this week, so we will take it on Tuesday.  Then we will review the entire unit and they will take a unit test (without the book) the following week.

Reading- We are discussing how schema helps us become better readers.  Students will:

*activate relevant prior knowledge before, during, and after reading

*decide if they need additional background information about the topic

*use their schema to enhance their understanding and provide a framework for learning new information

Writing- We are studying how writers use VOICE in their writing to change the purpose or meaning of their written work.  Students will write short pieces using various voices this week.

 

Dates to Remember:

Red Ribbon Week!

Monday- Wear RED! to kick of Red Ribbon Week

Conferences in the evening

Tuesday- "I'm a jean-ious, I'm drug free!"- wear jeans and Lindbergh spirit wear

Wednesday- "United we stand for a drug free land"- wear red, white, and blue 

Conferences in the evening

Thursday- "Hair's to a drug free life"- crazy hair day

Sheldon Music Hall field trip  (we will be back in time for lunch, so don't worry about packing a lunch)

Friday- No School!

Money Websites

Click on the link below for a list of money websites.  When choosing a website, click on the GREEN words. 

Money Websites

School Store

School Store is open tomorrow, Wednesday October 19th during lunch!

Culver's Night Tonight

What could be better

Than a big, Butter Burger?

A Culver's Butter Burger's

On your mind.

Add some tomatoes

And a side of fried potatoes (fries)

A better Butter Burger

You'll not find!

 

Thank you, thank you.  Poetry can be fun and tasty! (Subliminal message here---cheese curds) Hey--don't forget, the 5th graders will be hosting Culver's Night tonite, with proceeds from tips and purchases going toward their 5th grade party. (Subliminal message here---burgers and chicken) Eat in, carry-out, drive thru--it all works!  See you all there!  (Subliminal message here---ice cream).

weekly update 10.17-21

Sorry for not getting this out to you before the weekend!  Report cards have taken up every last free moment.  Well, that and the Cardinal games have thrown me off my normal schedule.  Here's what's going on this week:

 

Spelling:  Green group test on Monday.  Yellow group test on Tuesday.  Blue group is working on 22 within word list, Green group will be working on 15 syllable and affixes list, and Yellow group will be working on 4 within words list.

 

Social Studies:  We are continuing to study St. Louis Early Settlers.  Students will be role playing and writing letters to family members about life in St. Louis during the 1800's.  I'm excited to see how this study comes to full circle as they tour the Old Courthouse and the Arch Museum on Thursday!  We will also work on reading line graphs and making morse code sentences!

 

Math:  We will test over chapter 5 on Tuesday, and begin Ch. 6 on Wednesday.  Ch. 6 will focus on Money!  Students generally have a difficult time finding change from $5.00.  So if real world experience lends itself, please help your child practice adding and subtracting money.

 

Science:  We will be reviewing food chains and food webs.  An open book quiz will be given on Wednesday.  Then we will review for our unit test.  This test will not be open book and will be next week.

 

Reading:  We are working on developing individual reading goals for second quarter.  We will continue reviewing various strategies with online games and activities. 

 

Writing:  Students will work on their "How?" stories.  They will need to write about how something came to be...for example...How did zebra's get their stripes?  This will provide students with a creative and imaginary outlet for writing with a specific purpose. 

 

Important Dates:

Thursday- Old Courthouse field trip.  Please make sure your child brings a sack lunch to school; we will be eating a picnic lunch under the Arch.  Please make sure  you pay attention to the weather forecast for this day, as your child will be spending time outside. 

Saturday- Boonanza at the high school 4-8pm

Weekly Update 10.10-14

Hello!

Wow, this week went super fast!!  Thank you for helping your kids study for all the quizzes and tests we had this week.  I think they did pretty good!

Graded papers will be sent home on Wednesday in their Wednesday folders.  Just a reminder that First Quarter ends on October 14th!

Here's what is going on this week:

Spelling- Blue Group test on Thursday, October 13th

Social Studies- Beginning a new chapter (5) Newcomers Settle.  Students will identify reasons why St. Louis grew in the 1800's; describe the economies established by settlers in St. Louis; identify ways in which St. Louis has changed and stayed the same over time. They will also read and interpret historical data using a line graph. 

Math- Chapter 5 (Subtraction) Subtracting across zero's, regrouping, and subtracting 3-4 digit numbers. 

Science- We are studying pages 172-176 in our book:  Food chains and Energy pyramids! Check out the games I have for these concepts on the blog!

Writing- We are learning about themes and moral of the story, to help us develop a writing idea.  Students are writing two short stories this week.  Did you check out their imaginative animal stories on the blog?  I'm so proud of our team's authors!

Reading- We will be reviewing all the strategies we learned this quarter:  making predictions, finding cause and effect relationships, making connections, asking and answering questions.

 

FYI's

Monday- Sappington Psghetti's Night

Tuesday- St. John's Blood Drive at Sappington 2:15-6:15

Wednesday- Walk a Thon

Friday- Half Day Dismiss at 11:50

Science Sites

Food Chains

Food Web

Habitat Food Webs

Dairy Tour 2

Dairy Tour

Iestyn

Maddie

Tim

Dylan T

Ella

Olivia

Denise

Mimi

Isabel

Dylan S

Madison

Drew

Ellie

Shane

Zach

Hannah

Peace at the Magic House

Dear Parents,

You are invited to bring your entire family to The Magic House to celebrate our school-wide Peace Ball!

Monday, October 17, 2011

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Magic House (address and directions below)

·         Bring a camera to take a picture of your child and family with the Peace Ball

·         Come to the Main Entrance; if early, wait on the porch until doors open at 6 p.m.

·         Bring water; there are no refreshments in the evening

·         Enjoy the nation’s most popular Children’s Museum

·         Celebrate the Peacemakers that created your school-wide Peace Ball with individual actions of
compassion, fairness and conflict resolution.

Directions:

516 S. Kirkwood Road • St. Louis, MO 63122 • 314-822-8900

Kirkwood Road is the section of Lindbergh Boulevard between Big Bend Boulevard and Manchester Road.

From the Lindbergh exit, The Magic House is located:
one mile north of I-44 or
four miles south of I-40/64

Link to a map http://www.magichouse.org/plan-your-visit-directions.php

Weekly Update 10.3-7

Hi Team 38,

I hope all had a wonderful week!  I need to begin by apologizing for getting the mid quarter reports out so late.  Though we are only about 2 1/2 weeks away from the end of first quarter, I still wanted to inform you of your child's progress.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me. 

This is what we will be focusing on next week:

Spelling:  Green group test on Monday, Yellow group test on Tuesday.

Math:  We will finish chapter 4 on Thursday with a test.  The students are doing well with addition and regrouping.  Please remember to study addition facts with your child.  Knowing the groups of 10 and doubles are an important concept, so please review these facts!  We are practicing our facts at school, using flashcards and computer games.  Students are also learning the difference between number sentences (5+3=8) and number expressions (5+3).

Writing:We have finally completed the imaginary animal description.  They will be presenting next week.  Then we will focus on how to start our stories with a hook, how to incorporate a moral to our story, and how to end our story with closure.

Science:  We will quiz over ecosystems on Thursday.  Please remember that students are allowed to use their books during the quiz.  I do this so students are practicing how to go back to the text and locate information.  We will begin food pyramids and food webs.

Social Studies: We are completing our study of landforms, natural resources, continents, and oceans.  There will be a quiz on Tuesday over Missouri bordering states.  Students will need to label each bordering state on a map. 

Reading:  We will work on summarizing stories and passages.  This has generally been the most difficult concept for third graders to grasp.  So we will practice this a lot!  Students will read or listen to a piece of writing, then they will be asked to summarize the main idea of the passage by identifying the main character, setting, and events.  Including the theme in a summary is also an important part. 

 

FYI:

Monday- Cardinal Spirit Day!  Dress in your Cardinal gear.

Thursday- Library

Saturday- Tim's Birthday!

Wonderful Websites We Are Using This Week!

Check out these websites to practice reading skills we have practiced this year!

Cause and Effect-
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill2/garden.html

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/causeconnect.html

Types of Genre-
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/fictionnonfictionl.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/genresl.cfm

Story Elements-
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill13/allie.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill10/emperor.html

Summarize-
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=6&act=2&que=1

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill16/woodsong.htm

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=4&que=1

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill17/mosquitos.htm

Predictions-
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/predict_outcomes/3_predict.html

Reading Strategies-
http://el014.k12.sd.us/Reading%20Strategies.htm

Name that State-
http://www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm

http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/games/game_wheres_that_us_state.html

Oceans & Continents-
http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/games/game_my_world.html

Food Chains and Ecosystems-

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

Seasonal Fun-
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/baseball/index.html

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/halloween/index.html

PETER PAN THE ALL-DISTRICT MUSICAL WANTS YOU TO FLY! More! ANNOUNCING PETER PAN AUDITIONS! WHO: All Lindbergh District Students (K – 8) (9 – 12 Crew Help Only)
WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, September 29
Friday, September 30th: MEETING 2:40pm - 4pm – Sperreng Little Theater
Saturday, October 1st: MEETING/AUDITIONS 2:30pm - 5pm – Tesson Ferry Library
Friday, October 7th: Crestwood/Long AUDITIONS 5pm - 7pm – Long Cafeteria
Monday, October 10th: Kennerly/Sappington AUDITIONS 5pm - 7pm – Sappington Cafeteria
Tuesday, October 11th: Concord AUDITIONS 5pm - 7pm – Concord Music Room 37
Wednesday, October 12th: AUDITIONS 2:40pm - 5pm – Truman Tile-Floor Gym
Thursday, October 13th: AUDITIONS 2:40pm - 5pm – Sperreng Little Theater
Friday, October 14
Now through October 14th: MEETING 2:40pm - 4pm – Truman Tile-Floor Gym th: OPEN AUDITIONS 2:40pm - 5pm – Sperreng Little Theater th: VIDEO AUDITION – Submit via EMAIL, CD, or YouTube AUDITION PACKETS are available through your guidance office or email
Mr. Tyler at mtyler@lindberghschools.ws and he can send you one directly. ABOUT AUDITIONS Live Auditions will be held after school, in the evening, and on a Saturday. Choices are as follows:
1) Now until October 14th by appointment with teacher permission and Mr. Tyler permission:
2) Saturday (October 1
3) Friday (October 7
Monday (October 10
Tuesday (October 11
Wednesday (October 12
Thursday (October 13
Friday (October 14
4) Anytime before 5pm on October 14
Please sign up for only ONE of these days OR make special arrangements and prepare 4th hour only. st) 2:30pm – 5:00pm at Tesson Ferry Library (especially for elementary students but anyone can audition) th) 5pm – 7pm at Long Elementary’s Cafeteria (especially for elementary) th) 5pm – 7pm at Sappington Elementary’s Cafeteria (especially for elementary) th) 5pm – 7pm at Concord Elementary’s Room 37 (especially for elementary) th) 2:40pm – 5pm at Sperreng’s Little Theater (Especially for middle school) th) 2:40pm – 5pm at Truman’s Tile-Floor Gym (Especially for middle school) th) 2:40pm – 5pm at Sperreng’s Little Theater (Open to ALL) th via email, CD, or YouTube address. one monologue and one song for audition found in the AUDITION PACKET. The actual audition will only take about 15 minutes. There are 3 songs included in the audition packet in the guidance office or email from Mr. Tyler: 1) Never Never Land; 2) I Gotta Crow; 3) I Won’t Grow Up; 4) Happy Birthday Prepare only
Middle-schoolers be prepared to stay after school on
Elementary students will most likely be cast as chorus (London, Lost Kids, and/or Pirate – most likely ALL THREE … Oh yay!) as well as Fireflies for the younger students. This is our first year trying this so there’s bound to be a few surprises, but our goal is to include EVERYONE who wants to be a part of the show. My motto: "Include All, Exclude None!"
Parents & Elementary Students: be prepared to meet at Sperreng Middle School at 5:00pm on ONE of the three songs to sing for auditions or sing Happy Birthday. You may prepare a different version of your own song but it helps if the song is from the show. If you are interested in a lead role, it is strongly suggested that you sing the first song listed for that character. Singing in an *English accent is a plus but not necessary. Wednesday, October 19th (Truman) & Thursday, October 20th (Sperreng) to receive rehearsal calendars, important dates and additional materials. If you are unable to attend at least 2 dates (January 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21) please do not audition for a lead role. While we multiple cast lead roles, and everyone is cast, there is a considerable amount of time needed for us to do our best. Also, if there is a conflict with a rehearsal date, you must notify Mr. Tyler by leaving a message at 729-2400 x 2220 no later than the night before. Thursday, October 20th for a short MEETING in Sperreng’s Little Theater. You will receive the same information and the meeting will last no longer than 45 minutes. Information can also be sent via email if you are unable to attend the meeting. Your participation is a HUGE part of our show and we hope that rehearsals for our elementary kids can be mostly vocal/movement once every weeks and increase in frequency after the first of the year as we get closer to the show dates in January. IMPORTANT: If you bring or send a blank CD-R, I will make a copy of the audition music in the show. It will have the actual version we plan to use in our show. Put your child’s name, home phone and address on the CD and get it to Mr.Tyler. I can send it back to you at school or snail mail.

weekly update 9.26-9.29

Hello!

I hope you all had a wonderful week.  This week went by very quickly for us.  We are in full swing and moving fast!  I'm so glad I have a group of kids who show responsibility, so we can cover everything that we need to.  I went to technology training this week (Thursday), and learned a lot of useful strategies for class instruction.  I can't wait to incorporate new things throughout this next month. 

This is what we will be learning next week:

Spelling:  Students in green group will test on Thursday.  I am working on spelling city, but still don't have all the groups' words up and ready.  I hope to have this done by Monday.

Social Studies:  We are making landform posters using computer images. We will hang them in the hall because they look so great!  We will continue to study the various landforms on our Earth and then move to natural, renewable, and non-renewable resources.  We will also do some reader's theatre on Thursday!  If everything goes well, I will record their performances and post it on the blog.

Math:  We are beginning chapter 4, Addition.  We will be adding with regrouping, and adding 3-4 digit numbers and solving word problems.  Keep practicing your facts, daily!!

Science:  We are studying ecosystems.  We will look at different biomes and discuss how living and non-living organisms work together in each environment.

Writing:  We are a little behind with writing. I'm conferencing with everyone one on one, and it is taking longer than I expected.  Once we finish publishing our animal descriptive pieces, we will work on the trait: Ideas.

Reading:  We will identify all the story elements in each passage:  characters, setting, problem, event, solution, and theme.  It would be great practice if you asked your children to identify these elements after the read nightly. 

 

FYI:

Wednesday: PICTURE DAY! 

Friday:  No school for students....teachers get a full professional development day!

weekly update 9.19-23

I love this time of year!  The leaves are changing, the weather is changing (dramatically each day), and our class is growing into a community of friends. I had a wonderful time with everyone at Grant's Farm this week.  To those of you whom I missed, I apologize, there were only 900 some people there!  And our first buddy day was a success.  I loved watching my students lead the kindergartners, showing them how to do things, and being great role models.  I know they were excited to be the "big" buddy! 

 

Here's what we have to look forward to next week:

 

Spelling:  I had to adjust our schedule a little bit, do to unpredictable events.  So, green group is testing on Monday and yellow is testing on Tuesday.  We will receive new words this week and start another 9 day cycle.

 

Social Studies:  We are learning out landforms, the continents, and oceans.  Students will be expected to locate and label all continents and oceans on a map.  They will also learn all the states that border Missouri.  Our test will not be until the following week.  So we will spend this week practicing with maps and learning about different areas.

 

Math:  We will learn how to order numbers and how to compare numbers.  They will be using math vocabulary words such as, greater than, less than, and equal to.  We will test over chapter 3 on Friday. (I know it may seem like we're moving fast...we are!  We have a lot to get through in 3rd grade.  But rest assured I am constantly reviewing concepts along the way.)

 

Science: We are studying the process of photosynthesis.  Students will take a quiz this week, then we will begin the study of ecosystems.

Writing:  We are publishing and sharing our imaginative animal stories.  They we will be learning about the "Idea" writing trait.  We will be collecting ideas for our future writing pieces.

 

Reading:  Students continue to lengthen their independent reading time as I meet with small groups.  Together, we will study cause and effect relationships. 

Buddy Day

We had an exciting morning meeting our kindergarten Buddies!  Here are some pictures of our first day together.  All third graders did a wonderful job of being great role models and friends to their buddies.

weekly update Sept 12-16

Hi Team 38,

We have had another great week.  Though it was only four days, we jammed packed this short week with tons of learning. Here's what we are going to be working on next week:

 

Spelling:  Students are doing a FANTASTIC job being responsible for their daily spelling activities.  They work through a 9 day rotation and I am meeting with them on several days.  Please ask your child what group they are in because Blue group is testing on Thursday and Green group is testing on Friday. Yellow group will test next Monday (Sept 19th).

 

Social Studies:  We completed our study of communities and now we are moving on to land and water.  We will learn about the continents, oceans, and states that border Missouri.  We will work very hard on these concepts and have a quiz on Friday. 

 

Math:  We are learning about number patterns and will continues to study place value up to 5 and 6 digits.  Please be reviewing how to write and say larger numbers.  It seems that when we get into ten and hundred thousands this causes some struggle with third graders.  We will test over chapter 2 on Friday!

 

Science:  We are learning about complete and incomplete metamorphosis and how living things grow and change.  We will take a quiz over this material on Wednesday.  Again, the students are allowed to use their books, so when they come home with them on Tuesday, please be reviewing how to find the answers from the text.

 

Writing:  We are in the editing stage of the writing process.  Students will work on correcting capitalization, spelling, and punctuation errors.  They will also learn how to hold peer evaluations.  At the end of the week, I will confer with them and make any final corrections for the published piece. 

 

Reading: The reading strategy we will focus on is questioning.  We will learn the difference between thin and thick questions and learn how to use the text to answer those questions.  I will assign the first book project this week, so be on the look out for it to arrive in your child's homework folder.  The book project will be due on Friday, October 10th.

 

Dates to Remember:

Wednesday the 14th- Early Release

Thursday the 15th- Grant's Farm Night 5:30-8

 

Have a Wonderful Week!!!

weekly update Sept 6-9

Happy Labor Day Weekend!  I hope you all have big plans for the long weekend.  I will be spending time with my family!  My parents are flying in from San Antonio.  Try to stay cool and enjoy the day off!

 

Here's what's going on next week:

Spelling:  Groups have been formed based on the pre-test.  Students have been given new words and have them copied in their planners.  We go through a 9 stay cycle.  Day 8 they will have a test.  You will see test dates in the student's planners.

 

Social Studies:  Continued study of communities.  We will have a Test on Friday, Sept. 9th.  The quiz showed that students are still having trouble understanding the differences between urban, suburb, and rural communities.  So, we are creating a mural and writing postcards to citizens of various communities.

 

Math:  We will begin Ch. 2 Place Value and Number Patterns.  Next week we will study even and odd numbers, and place values of ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands. 

 

Science:  We are wrapping up our study of plant parts and plant life cycles.  We will take a quiz on Tuesday!  Then we will start studying how living things change and metmorphisis. 

 

Writing:  We are developing our first writing piece:  Imaginative Animal Descriptions.  Students created a clay imaginative animal last week.  This week they will describe all their animals features, following the writing process.  We will also write our first letters to our pen pals.  We are lucky enough to have pen pals in Waterloo and we will begin correspondence with an introductory letter describing ourselves.

 

Reading:  I will be meeting with small reading groups based on reading levels.  As a class we will study how to make predictions while we are reading.  We will see how predictions help us have a better understanding of the book and help us with unknown words. 

 

Special Events:

No school Monday!

Tuesday:  SPTG meeting 6:45

Friday:  Ella's Birthday!

Having Fun in Third Grade!

We played computer games, helping us with addition, subtraction, and place value.  We are creating a giant mural showing how urban, suburban, and rural communities are alike and different.  We have been Super Scientists, making observations of our celery experiment.  We left celery in water with food coloring for the entire week.  We kept records of our observations, predictions, and explanations in our science journals.

Weekly Update Aug 29-Sept 2

Parents, thank you for coming to curriculum night last night.  It was a pleasure seeing you again.  If you have any other questions regarding third grade expectations, please feel free to contact me, anytime.

Here's what's happening next week:

 

Spelling:  Continued set up and review of routines.  Students are currently using the names of their classmates as words to work with in the daily activity.

Social Studies:  Continued study of communities, laws, citizens. We will have a short quiz on Wednesday over the material.  The remaining week we will be learning about how rural, urban, and suburban communities are alike and different.

Math:  Complete chapter one.  Test on Thursday.  I am sending home the bonus home activity packet on Friday, August 26th.  Please use this to help your child practice the skills that will be tested next week.

Science:  What do plants need to live?  We will do an experiment with celery.  And we will be looking at different types of leaves, discovering what the different shape, color, and size tell us about that plant.

Writing:  We will be learning about the writing process, paying careful attention to the revising and editing stage.  Students will do an activity with clay, then write a descriptive piece about their creation.

Reading:  We will be reading various types of text and making several connections (text to self, text to text, and text to world). 

 

FYI:

Dylan T.'s birthday on Wednesday!

Entertainment books and order $ due on MONDAY!

Library on Thursday

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and week ahead!

Weekly Update August 22-26

This week we will be working on the following concepts and skills:
Spelling:  Learning our spelling routines, pre-test, student names as our first list
Social Studies:  What is a Community?  What type of community do you live in?
Math:  Fact Families, Missing Addends, Addition Properties, Double digit addition and subtraction
Science:  How fast do seeds grow?  What is the life cycle of a plant? 
Writing:  Developing our Writing community and learning our writing routines
Reading:  Developing Reading Workshop routines, Learning how to share by turning to our partner, building stamina to read independently for at least 20 minutes uninterrupted. 

Dates to Remember:
Curriculum Night on Thursday the 25th
Isabel's birthday on Friday the 26th

*If you have not turned in your child's emergency health form, please do so asap.

1st Day of School!

Today was a wonderful first day to the 2011-2012 school year!  I know we will have a memorable year of learning.  Today, I was most impressed with everyone's attitude.  Everyone was positive and happy to get to know each other.  Hope you enjoy our first class photos....one silly and one with just smiles.  We also created a list of "We Will" statements, based on how we want our class to look.  I think they covered everything!

Special's Schedule

Our class is the split class for the special's schedule.  This is the schedule and the groups that we will use for the remainder of the year.

Group 1- Ella, Mimi, Olivia, Drew, Dylan T.

Group 2- Isabel, Ellie, Iestyn, Shane, Zach

Group 3- Maddie, Hannah, Danny, Tim

Group 4- Joey, Madison S., Dylan S., DeNise

	A Day	B Day	C Day	D Day
Group 1- Whorton	PE	Music	PE	Art
Group 2- Handrahan	Art	PE	Music	PE
Group 3- Schmidt	Music	PE	Art	PE
Group 4- Porte	PE	Art	PE	Music