Hi,
We worked very hard to complete our Texas Hero projects. The children were creative, focused, patient, and cooperative. They worked together, helped each other, and patiently waited for conferences with me. It was wonderful and the projects look great.
If your child wasn't in class today or didn't finish, they can either finish over the spring break week or stay after school for tutorials on Monday, March 23 to complete the project. We won't have time in class to work on them. We will begin presentations on Tuesday, March 24 in the afternoon, so they will need the three objects (or pictures/drawings of objects) that represent their person's life for the presentation.
Be sure to read at least 100 minutes over spring break for our Reading Challenge. Make at least 20 minutes I-Station. Explore Storia also. Our class (and a few other classes in school) has a trial of Storia to test before we considering purchasing it for our school. Let us know what you think of Storia (good and bad) to help with our decision. Storia log in is- www.storiaschool.com. Username-(child's first name)-smit128 for example: pam-smit128. Your child has a little paper with the initial password. Then he/she will be asked to change their password-use their birthdate then they will remember it. IF you have any questions about Storia or trouble with logging in, email mariah_smith@roundrockisd.org
Return reading logs on Monday, March 23. Prizes for reading over 100 minutes will be given out on Tuesday. Readers with most minutes will choose first.
Have a wonderful spring break! Have fun, enjoy your family, read, rest, come back to school ready for WRITING CAMP!!!!!
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam
Friday, March 13, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Newsletter
Hi, March 8, 2015
I hope that you are all staying dry. We had an amazing time on our field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum. Everyone did a great job and had fun. Thank you so much to our volunteers, Ms. Gordan and Mr. Junkans! We couldn't have done it without them! The first floor of the museum was under renovation. Be sure to go back and visit this summer. The tours at Texas State Cemetary and the Texas State Capitol also are wonderful trips to learn more about Texas history. These would be fun activities for spring break! Check out http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/SPB/Plan/Tours.htm and http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/tour.asp for more information.
Spring Break Reading Challenge: We will be having another fun reading challenge! Read at least 100 minutes from March 13-March 22 and receive a prize when we return to school on March 23. The students who read the most will get to choose their prizes first. Challenge yourself and lose yourself in some great books. I can't wait to hear about what you read!
Reading: We will read more non-fiction this week. We will be examining some articles in Time for Kids as well as reading more about the Texas Revolution and famous Texans. We will be summarizing, making inferences, and determining character traits using textual evidence about our famous Texans. Reading summary and response is due this week on Wednesday and Friday. Don’t forget to work on I-Station for at least 20 minutes as part of your reading log time. Reading logs will be due on Friday this week.
Writing: We are determining the difference between personal narratives and expository writing. We will be writing more expository entries this week and continue to go over our CBA and figure out our strengths and challenges in writing to help us make improvements as writers. We will also continue to use mentor sentences to work on conventions.
Social Studies: Our goal is to complete our Texas Hero projects in school this week. We will continue researching on Monday and then begin typing our information for our posters or cereals boxes. We were going to learn a new computer presentation site for the projects, but will use that for our next project after spring break. Please send in empty cereal boxes this week and/or regular size poster board for your child's project. We will work hard to complete them in class this week. (extra empty cereal boxes would be appreciated!)
Dates to Remember:
Monday, March 9-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded.
Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, Kinder Round Up, Kona Ice sales at 3:15
Tuesday, March 10-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, PTA Meeting at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11-Early Release at 12:45. Summary and Response due, Kona Ice sales at 1:15
Thursday, March 12-Service Club 2:45-3:45 (Work on Empty Bowl Project)
Friday, March 13-Summary and Response due, Reading log due before Spring break, spelling and vocabulary test
Monday, March 16-20-Spring Break-We will have a Reading Challenge!!!!! Yeah!!!!
March 24-27-Writing Camp!!!!!!! More information will come soon.
March 27-Spring Carnival at 5pm
March 30-31-STAAR Writing Tests
April 3-Spring Holiday-No school
Have a great rest of the weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam
I hope that you are all staying dry. We had an amazing time on our field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum. Everyone did a great job and had fun. Thank you so much to our volunteers, Ms. Gordan and Mr. Junkans! We couldn't have done it without them! The first floor of the museum was under renovation. Be sure to go back and visit this summer. The tours at Texas State Cemetary and the Texas State Capitol also are wonderful trips to learn more about Texas history. These would be fun activities for spring break! Check out http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/SPB/Plan/Tours.htm and http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/tour.asp for more information.
Spring Break Reading Challenge: We will be having another fun reading challenge! Read at least 100 minutes from March 13-March 22 and receive a prize when we return to school on March 23. The students who read the most will get to choose their prizes first. Challenge yourself and lose yourself in some great books. I can't wait to hear about what you read!
Reading: We will read more non-fiction this week. We will be examining some articles in Time for Kids as well as reading more about the Texas Revolution and famous Texans. We will be summarizing, making inferences, and determining character traits using textual evidence about our famous Texans. Reading summary and response is due this week on Wednesday and Friday. Don’t forget to work on I-Station for at least 20 minutes as part of your reading log time. Reading logs will be due on Friday this week.
Writing: We are determining the difference between personal narratives and expository writing. We will be writing more expository entries this week and continue to go over our CBA and figure out our strengths and challenges in writing to help us make improvements as writers. We will also continue to use mentor sentences to work on conventions.
Social Studies: Our goal is to complete our Texas Hero projects in school this week. We will continue researching on Monday and then begin typing our information for our posters or cereals boxes. We were going to learn a new computer presentation site for the projects, but will use that for our next project after spring break. Please send in empty cereal boxes this week and/or regular size poster board for your child's project. We will work hard to complete them in class this week. (extra empty cereal boxes would be appreciated!)
Dates to Remember:
Monday, March 9-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded.
Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, Kinder Round Up, Kona Ice sales at 3:15
Tuesday, March 10-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, PTA Meeting at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11-Early Release at 12:45. Summary and Response due, Kona Ice sales at 1:15
Thursday, March 12-Service Club 2:45-3:45 (Work on Empty Bowl Project)
Friday, March 13-Summary and Response due, Reading log due before Spring break, spelling and vocabulary test
Monday, March 16-20-Spring Break-We will have a Reading Challenge!!!!! Yeah!!!!
March 24-27-Writing Camp!!!!!!! More information will come soon.
March 27-Spring Carnival at 5pm
March 30-31-STAAR Writing Tests
April 3-Spring Holiday-No school
Have a great rest of the weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Newsletter
Hi, March 1, 2015
I hope that you are all staying warm. This weather is crazy, and it looks like it may stay unpredictable for a bit longer.
Tomorrow is Texas Independence Day! It is the day that the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed on Washington-on-the Brazos in 1836. We will be learning more about this event tomorrow in class and we will begin researching a Texas Hero! Mrs. Walkup is teaching us how to use the Google Drive. We will be choosing a famous Texan to research using books and websites. We will be taking notes on our person using a document on Google Drive. We will be collaborating with a classmate as we research and write a bibliography. We will do a project to teach others about our famous Texan, and we will decide to do our project individually or with our partner. It will be a great way to learn together as we learn about famous people of Texas.
Friday will be our field trip to the Bob Bullock State History Museum. We will be having our spelling test and our vocabulary test before we leave for the trip. We will be leaving at about 9:15. Our lunch will be outside, so dress accordingly. I ordered lunch for those that requested a lunch from the cafeteria. Be sure to bring a lunch, if you didn’t order one. If your child has a Forest Creek Elementary t-shirt, wear that on Friday. If not, don’t worry. A green or purple shirt would be great. Your child won’t need any money for the trip and we aren’t allowed to take photos in the museum, so cameras won’t be necessary. Please remind them that the rules for school also apply on a field trip. If you’re able to be a chaperone, we would love to have you attend. Let me know. I am excited about going to this museum and know that your child will have a wonderful time!
Reading: Your children did a great job on their book projects of their lit circle books. We enjoyed some super power points, posters, and even a play. It was great. Last week we read more nonfiction about Antarctica and will read more non-fiction this week on the Texas Revolution and famous Texans. Reading summary and response is due this week on Wednesday and Friday. Don’t forget to work on I-Station for at least 20 minutes as part of your reading log time.
Writing: We are determining the difference between personal narratives and expository writing. We will be writing more expository entries this week and continue to go over our CBA and figure out our strengths and challenges in writing to help us make improvements as writers.
Social Studies: Texas Revolution and researching famous Texans will be our focus this week. Going to the museum on Friday will help to pull together a lot of the information that we have been learning.
Vocabulary and Spelling this week will include words from the Texas Revolution.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, March 2-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded. Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, March 3-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Wednesday, March 4- Summary and Response due.
Thursday, March 5-Writing Club from 2:45-3:45
Friday, March 6-Field Trip to Bob Bullock Museum, Spelling and Vocabulary test, Summary and Response due. Hoe Down for K-2
Monday, March 9-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded.
Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, Kinder Round Up, Kona Ice sales at 3:15
Tuesday, March 10-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, PTA Meeting at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11-Early Release at 12:45. Summary and Response due, Kona Ice sales at 1:15
Thursday, March 12-Service Club 2:45-3:45 (Work on Empty Bowl Project)
Friday, March 13-Summary and Response due, Reading log due before Spring break, spelling and vocabulary test
Monday, March 16-20-Spring Break-We will have a Reading Challenge!!!!! Yeah!!!!
March 24-27-Writing Camp!!!!!!! More information will come soon.
March 27-Spring Carnival at 5pm
March 30-31-STAAR Writing Tests
April 3-Spring Holiday-No school
Have a great rest of the weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam
I hope that you are all staying warm. This weather is crazy, and it looks like it may stay unpredictable for a bit longer.
Tomorrow is Texas Independence Day! It is the day that the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed on Washington-on-the Brazos in 1836. We will be learning more about this event tomorrow in class and we will begin researching a Texas Hero! Mrs. Walkup is teaching us how to use the Google Drive. We will be choosing a famous Texan to research using books and websites. We will be taking notes on our person using a document on Google Drive. We will be collaborating with a classmate as we research and write a bibliography. We will do a project to teach others about our famous Texan, and we will decide to do our project individually or with our partner. It will be a great way to learn together as we learn about famous people of Texas.
Friday will be our field trip to the Bob Bullock State History Museum. We will be having our spelling test and our vocabulary test before we leave for the trip. We will be leaving at about 9:15. Our lunch will be outside, so dress accordingly. I ordered lunch for those that requested a lunch from the cafeteria. Be sure to bring a lunch, if you didn’t order one. If your child has a Forest Creek Elementary t-shirt, wear that on Friday. If not, don’t worry. A green or purple shirt would be great. Your child won’t need any money for the trip and we aren’t allowed to take photos in the museum, so cameras won’t be necessary. Please remind them that the rules for school also apply on a field trip. If you’re able to be a chaperone, we would love to have you attend. Let me know. I am excited about going to this museum and know that your child will have a wonderful time!
Reading: Your children did a great job on their book projects of their lit circle books. We enjoyed some super power points, posters, and even a play. It was great. Last week we read more nonfiction about Antarctica and will read more non-fiction this week on the Texas Revolution and famous Texans. Reading summary and response is due this week on Wednesday and Friday. Don’t forget to work on I-Station for at least 20 minutes as part of your reading log time.
Writing: We are determining the difference between personal narratives and expository writing. We will be writing more expository entries this week and continue to go over our CBA and figure out our strengths and challenges in writing to help us make improvements as writers.
Social Studies: Texas Revolution and researching famous Texans will be our focus this week. Going to the museum on Friday will help to pull together a lot of the information that we have been learning.
Vocabulary and Spelling this week will include words from the Texas Revolution.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, March 2-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded. Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, March 3-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Wednesday, March 4- Summary and Response due.
Thursday, March 5-Writing Club from 2:45-3:45
Friday, March 6-Field Trip to Bob Bullock Museum, Spelling and Vocabulary test, Summary and Response due. Hoe Down for K-2
Monday, March 9-Reading log due with at least 20 minutes of I-Station recorded.
Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, Kinder Round Up, Kona Ice sales at 3:15
Tuesday, March 10-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, PTA Meeting at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11-Early Release at 12:45. Summary and Response due, Kona Ice sales at 1:15
Thursday, March 12-Service Club 2:45-3:45 (Work on Empty Bowl Project)
Friday, March 13-Summary and Response due, Reading log due before Spring break, spelling and vocabulary test
Monday, March 16-20-Spring Break-We will have a Reading Challenge!!!!! Yeah!!!!
March 24-27-Writing Camp!!!!!!! More information will come soon.
March 27-Spring Carnival at 5pm
March 30-31-STAAR Writing Tests
April 3-Spring Holiday-No school
Have a great rest of the weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Pam
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