Hello Bat Families,
We had a wonderful week! We set up some Google Classrooms for the subject areas in our class and began working on an assignment. They did a great job helping each other and working with technology.
Sunday is Free Museum Day in Austin. Have fun and check out some museums this weekend. http://www.austinmuseums.org/museumday/
Writing Club begins this week on Monday, September 21 from 2:45-3:45 in the library. It is open to all 2nd-5th graders. Come and write with us and share your writing with others.
Toy Drive-The Service Club is starting a Toy Drive to bring awareness to OMS. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital. Bring in any NEW toys. Suggestion include baby toys, art supplies, Legos, stuffed animals, and I-Tunes Gift Cards. All NEW toys are welcome. Put the toys in the box by the office and give any gift cards to teacher. Service Club will meet again on Monday, September 28 from 2:45-3:45 in room 512. (Our classroom) It is open to all 4th and 5th graders.
Round Rock Serving Center- The Service Club will also volunteer once a month at the Round Rock Serving Center. Our first visit will be on Saturday, September 26 from 9-10. Email me and let me know if you and your family are able to come, so I can let them know our numbers. Your child can come to volunteer, even if they are unable to be part of our FCE Service Club. https://www.rrasc.org/
Reading-
*Continued to work on individual testing,
*Discussed theme, character motivation, and drawing conclusions from information in text
*will continue to work on strategies for reading realistic fiction this week, then will begin working on strategies for non-fiction text
*read independently daily
Writing-
*chose an entry to begin revising, editing, and publishing next week
*will work on drafting strong leads and meaningful endings
*will continue to plan, sequence, and add specific details to personal narratives so that the readers can see a movie in their heads with our words
Social Studies-
*Happy Celebrate Freedom Week!
*learned about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights
*discussed the Emancipation Proclamation and Women's Suffrage and amendments to the Constitution
*watched several Brainpop videos and Schoolhouse Rock videos to learn more
*recited the preamble-We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. and the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence-
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Spelling-
*last week-too, to, two (plus individual words) New lists will come out on Monday.
Vocabulary-
*last week-science and parts of speech
*this week-map skills
Go to Quizlet to play games and practice. https://quizlet.com/
Go to Learn2earn to log in reading time (use your paper reading log also) and respond to your reading. You can also earn coins to change your owl avatar.
https://www.learn2earn.org/
Dates to remember:
Sunday, September 20-Free Museum Day in Austin!
Monday, September 21-Wear Forest Creek Shirts-Writing Club 2:45-3:45 in library
Wednesday, September 24-Early Release Day at 12:45-Kona Ice will be here.
Friday, September 25-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test, vocabulary test-wear college shirts
Saturday, September 26-Volunteer at Round Rock Serving Center from 9-10 am. Email me to let me know if you are able to come. https://www.rrasc.org/
Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Sincerely,
Pam
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Week 3-Great week!
Hello Bat Families,
Happy Grandparents' Day! It was wonderful to see such love and support of our children. We appreciate you being here!
Our week was fun and busy. We only had four days, but we packed a lot into each day.
Service Club begins on Monday, September 14 from 2:45-3:45 in room 512. (Our classroom) I am excited to get this group started this year. We will have a guest speaker, Mrs. Dennis, who will give the children information about a toy drive to bring awareness to OMS and give toys to the children at Dell's Hospital. We will also volunteer once a month at the Round Rock Serving Center. Our first visit will be on Saturday, September 24 from 9-10. Email me and let me know if you and your family are able to come, so I can let them know our numbers. Your child can come to volunteer, even if they are unable to be part of our FCE Service Club.
Reading-
*Continued to set up reading workshop and work on individual testing,
*Discussed what readers do to stay focused and think about the text w/proof
*Don't read like a curmudgeon! Read with understanding and expression.
Writing-
*plan and write small moment, seed stories
*add details to tell what you saw, heard, tasted,smelled, touched, and felt
*reread and revise
Social Studies-
*wrote about our favorite region
*worked together to create team names and flags
*Problem Solving challenge-use materials in bag (rubber bands, mailing labels, paper plates, paper, pipe cleaners) They had to imagine they were creating a rope to rescue a hiker who fell off the edge. Points were awarded by working together positively, 5 pts for every foot of rope, 25 pts if rope can stay together when people hold the ends.
Spelling-
*last week-their, there, they're, its, it's (plus individual words) New lists will come out on Monday.
Vocabulary will begin this week. Practice each day.There will be a test on Friday.
We talked about 9/11 today. Eventhough this is a sad day from history, we can remind ourselves to help others and turn it into a day of hope. We also read 14 Cows for America. Ask your child about it. We watched two videos and they are attached here.
http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid858992059001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X-I8zjhaYyMRNzgkSvpc3CO&bctid=1123712711001
http://www.scholastic.com/911day/
The children also wrote a bit about 9/11 also.
Dates to remember:
Monday, September 14-Service Club 2:45-3:45, Chick-Fil-A Night 5 pm Pflugerville
Tuesday, September 15-Sr. Choir Interest Meeting-3pm, TAG Night-6pm
Friday, September 16-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test,
Wednesday, September 24-Early Release Day 12:45
Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday. Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Pam
Happy Grandparents' Day! It was wonderful to see such love and support of our children. We appreciate you being here!
Our week was fun and busy. We only had four days, but we packed a lot into each day.
Service Club begins on Monday, September 14 from 2:45-3:45 in room 512. (Our classroom) I am excited to get this group started this year. We will have a guest speaker, Mrs. Dennis, who will give the children information about a toy drive to bring awareness to OMS and give toys to the children at Dell's Hospital. We will also volunteer once a month at the Round Rock Serving Center. Our first visit will be on Saturday, September 24 from 9-10. Email me and let me know if you and your family are able to come, so I can let them know our numbers. Your child can come to volunteer, even if they are unable to be part of our FCE Service Club.
Reading-
*Continued to set up reading workshop and work on individual testing,
*Discussed what readers do to stay focused and think about the text w/proof
*Don't read like a curmudgeon! Read with understanding and expression.
Writing-
*plan and write small moment, seed stories
*add details to tell what you saw, heard, tasted,smelled, touched, and felt
*reread and revise
Social Studies-
*wrote about our favorite region
*worked together to create team names and flags
*Problem Solving challenge-use materials in bag (rubber bands, mailing labels, paper plates, paper, pipe cleaners) They had to imagine they were creating a rope to rescue a hiker who fell off the edge. Points were awarded by working together positively, 5 pts for every foot of rope, 25 pts if rope can stay together when people hold the ends.
Spelling-
*last week-their, there, they're, its, it's (plus individual words) New lists will come out on Monday.
Vocabulary will begin this week. Practice each day.There will be a test on Friday.
We talked about 9/11 today. Eventhough this is a sad day from history, we can remind ourselves to help others and turn it into a day of hope. We also read 14 Cows for America. Ask your child about it. We watched two videos and they are attached here.
http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid858992059001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X-I8zjhaYyMRNzgkSvpc3CO&bctid=1123712711001
http://www.scholastic.com/911day/
The children also wrote a bit about 9/11 also.
Dates to remember:
Monday, September 14-Service Club 2:45-3:45, Chick-Fil-A Night 5 pm Pflugerville
Tuesday, September 15-Sr. Choir Interest Meeting-3pm, TAG Night-6pm
Friday, September 16-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test,
Wednesday, September 24-Early Release Day 12:45
Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday. Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Pam
Monday, September 7, 2015
Newsletter
Hello,
I hope you are enjoying your three day weekend! We went to Plano for a soccer tournament with my 12 year old daughter. It was hot, but we had some exciting games and had fun.
I am enjoying getting to know your children and they are working hard to read, understand, enjoy, and finish books and choose books that are just right for them. Thank you to those who were able to come to our Open House on Thursday. It was wonderful to see you. We will post the powerpoint that we shared. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.
Be sure to read over the holiday and record it on your reading log. Every child should read at least 20-30 minutes everyday (even weekends!) Happy Reading!!!!
Read about our week:
Reading-In reading, we are continuing to work on setting up our reading workshop and I have begun individual reading assessments on each child. It takes a long time, but gives me valuable information of each student as a reader. We will continue this week. We will also discuss 9/11 on Friday. We will read about the events and the way the world came together to show support. Be sure to write a reading response letter this week to turn in on Friday. See the sample in the homework packet.
Writing-We wrote some amazing poems last week! We went through the writing process by drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. We also used google documents on our accounts on the google drive. We will gather more entries for personal narratives this week and will discuss characteristic of quality personal narratives to use when drafting and revising.
Spelling-We will have a spelling test on Friday on their, they're, there, its, and it's. We each also have individual words on our list. Be sure to study and practice using proof (or substitute words) to be sure you have the correct spelling. Practice by putting the words in sentences to be sure that you have the write word. (their-our, they're-they are, there-here, its-his, it's-it is)
Social Studies-We went on a virtual field trips through the regions of Texas. We will use the photos that most students brought to school to discuss more about the regions and will continue to explore Texas this week. If you didn't bring in a Texas photo, yet be sure to do so this week.
Dates to Remember-
Tuesday, September 8-PTA Meeting at 11:00, Watch Dog kick-off at 6:00, Volunteer and Homeroom Parent Orientation at 6:45
Friday, September 11-Homework packet due, Spelling test, Grandparents' Day Lunch at 11:05
Monday, September 14-Service Club at 2:45-3:30 in Room 512 for 4th and 5th graders, Homeroom Parent Orientation at 9:30, PTA Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A at 5:00 pm
Monday, September 21-Writing Club at 2:45-3:30 in library for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
Wednesday, September 23-Early Release Day at 12:45
Did you know that the White House launched an "Every Kid in the Park" initiative, which gives fourth grade students and their family members FREE passes for a year to over 2,000 federal lands (including national parks)? Check it out at https://www.everykidinapark.gov/. It sounds very cool!
I am looking into a website that the kids can use to log reading time and write about their reading. More information to come. (Thanks, Mrs. Rodriguez!)
Have a wonderful day and a great week. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your children with me.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
I hope you are enjoying your three day weekend! We went to Plano for a soccer tournament with my 12 year old daughter. It was hot, but we had some exciting games and had fun.
I am enjoying getting to know your children and they are working hard to read, understand, enjoy, and finish books and choose books that are just right for them. Thank you to those who were able to come to our Open House on Thursday. It was wonderful to see you. We will post the powerpoint that we shared. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.
Be sure to read over the holiday and record it on your reading log. Every child should read at least 20-30 minutes everyday (even weekends!) Happy Reading!!!!
Read about our week:
Reading-In reading, we are continuing to work on setting up our reading workshop and I have begun individual reading assessments on each child. It takes a long time, but gives me valuable information of each student as a reader. We will continue this week. We will also discuss 9/11 on Friday. We will read about the events and the way the world came together to show support. Be sure to write a reading response letter this week to turn in on Friday. See the sample in the homework packet.
Writing-We wrote some amazing poems last week! We went through the writing process by drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. We also used google documents on our accounts on the google drive. We will gather more entries for personal narratives this week and will discuss characteristic of quality personal narratives to use when drafting and revising.
Spelling-We will have a spelling test on Friday on their, they're, there, its, and it's. We each also have individual words on our list. Be sure to study and practice using proof (or substitute words) to be sure you have the correct spelling. Practice by putting the words in sentences to be sure that you have the write word. (their-our, they're-they are, there-here, its-his, it's-it is)
Social Studies-We went on a virtual field trips through the regions of Texas. We will use the photos that most students brought to school to discuss more about the regions and will continue to explore Texas this week. If you didn't bring in a Texas photo, yet be sure to do so this week.
Dates to Remember-
Tuesday, September 8-PTA Meeting at 11:00, Watch Dog kick-off at 6:00, Volunteer and Homeroom Parent Orientation at 6:45
Friday, September 11-Homework packet due, Spelling test, Grandparents' Day Lunch at 11:05
Monday, September 14-Service Club at 2:45-3:30 in Room 512 for 4th and 5th graders, Homeroom Parent Orientation at 9:30, PTA Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A at 5:00 pm
Monday, September 21-Writing Club at 2:45-3:30 in library for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
Wednesday, September 23-Early Release Day at 12:45
Did you know that the White House launched an "Every Kid in the Park" initiative, which gives fourth grade students and their family members FREE passes for a year to over 2,000 federal lands (including national parks)? Check it out at https://www.everykidinapark.gov/. It sounds very cool!
I am looking into a website that the kids can use to log reading time and write about their reading. More information to come. (Thanks, Mrs. Rodriguez!)
Have a wonderful day and a great week. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your children with me.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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