Newsletter

Hi,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!  We only have a few weeks until the winter holiday, so lots of learning and hard work will take place in that time!  

Remember to record time read over break and turn it in on Monday for prizes. ALL students who have read at least 150 minutes in the 9 days of break (less than 20 minutes a day) and turn in a reading paper, will get to choose a prize from our prize table.  The student who read the most amount of minutes over break will get to choose first!  We will choose from the table in order of minutes read from the most minutes read down to 150 minutes.  If you read less than 150 minutes, you will not get to choose a prize. You can fill out the Schlitterbahn Reading paper or just turn in another paper or your reading log with times read over break.

Remember to fill out notecards for books finished, so that they count in our 40 Book Challenge.

TAG Parent Nomination

TAG Parent Nomination is open from now until December 6th. View the powerpoint presentation slide.Please make sure to turn in your referral packet by December 6th. No late submissions will be accepted. For more information, please visit the Gifted and Talented website.

OMS Toy Drive for Dell Children's Hospital-We have over 150 toys donated already. Our goal is 200 toys and the toy drive ends this week. Please consider donating a toy for the children at the hospital. Thank you so much for helping us help others. From the FCE Service Club

Great job on our Boogie O"Rama performance. You worked hard and it was a fun and funky performance. Thank you to our music teachers, Mrs. McDaniel and Mrs. Crochet, and all the singers for their hard work.

Passport to Adventure-Forest Creek’s Annual Literacy and Multicultural Night will occur on Thursday, December 8th, 2016! Your trip through the continents will highlight our studies of varying countries and cultures, including presentations from our own FCE community.  If you’d like to host a table and share your culture, please view the informational flyer and email questions to girlieluna@gmail.com.

Read about our week:

Reading: In reading we will read some biographies and literary nonfiction books.  We will also research Asia as well as read and analyze fairy tales and folk tales from Asia for our literacy night projects. Fourth graders will highlight Asia for Literacy Night and will complete projects that will be on display.  Be sure to attend.

Spelling: We will work on words with silent letters this week.

Writing: We will continue to work on writing expository pieces and set writing goals for ourselves.  

Social Studies:  We will learn about missions and the positive and negative aspects of the Spanish Missions in Texas.

 Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 28-Thanksgiving Break Reading Challenge Minutes due for Prizes, Service Club and Running Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2-Homework Packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in reading logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club and Running Club after school

  

Wednesday, Dec. 7-PTA Family Fun Night at Zaxby's

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9-Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in reading logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.  Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm 

Monday, Dec. 12-College Shirt Day, Service Club 2:50-3:50 pm

Thursday, Dec. 15-Winter Party for fourth grade at 1:00 pm in classrooms

Friday, Dec. 16-Winter Break begins-Winter Break Reading Contest!

Tuesday, Jan. 3-Welcome back to school!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  I am thankful for having the opportunity to work with such wonderful students and families and am excited to be back with everyone on Monday.

See you soon.

Sincerely,

Pam

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Hi,                                                                        November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, Dress for the Boogie O’Rama!

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green. Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

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Hi,                                                                        November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at school.  Our lunch time is 11:25.

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O-Rama at 12:05, Homework papers due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling and Vocabulary test, Turn in reading logs as you finish them, Dress for Boogie O'Rama.

No school -Thanksgiving Break-Nov. 21-Nov. 25

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club 2:50-3:50, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2-Homework papers due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirtit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy-Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9-Homework papers due, Reading Response Letter due, spelling test, turn in reading logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.  Ridgeview Middle School Choir, Band, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

Newsletter

Hi,                                                                        November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, Dress for the Boogie O’Rama!

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green. Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

Newsletter

Hi,                                                                        November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, Dress for the Boogie O’Rama!

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green. Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

Newsletter

Hi, 
November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, Dress for the Boogie O’Rama!

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green. Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

Newsletter

Hi,                                                                                               November 11, 2016

Friday was an amazing Veterans Day Celebration!  Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel and our choir for a wonderful performance and to all the Veterans who were able to attend.  It was our honor to recognize you and thank you for your service to our country.

Reflections-Congratulations to all our Reflections participants!  Thank you for your extra effort to submit your creative work to this program.  Congratulations to Lillian and Aubrey for having their work selected to move on to the next level of judging.  Great job!

OMS Toy Drive- Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected over 100 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive- We are collecting food for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Please drop off non-perishable food in the purple barrels by the front office.

Read about our week:

Reading: Poetry continued to be our focus and we practiced a strategy for reading poetry.  First read the entire poem to get the gist of its meaning.  Then read a stanza and sketch a picture of what we see happening in our minds. Continue drawing and taking notes as we reread to monitor comprehension and help us understand.  Talk about the poem with someone.  Discuss the meaning of the poem and our questions, connections, inferences, as well as the theme.   Talk about the descriptions used and phrases or words that we thought were amazing.  Thinking in this way helps deepen our understanding.  Then read it aloud and enjoy the sounds.  If there are questions, answer the questions, but continue to go back and reread to check your answers and your thinking.  We will do a little more with poetry next week and will also read some literary nonfiction about Thanksgiving.

Get ready for our Thanksgiving Break Read-a-thon!  More information to come!!!!

Vocabulary:  We will have a quiz on poetry and figurative language vocabulary words as part of reading on Friday.  See the attached lists and definitions and your child can also study on Quizlet.  (Moellenberg and Bartholomew’s Class, Poetry words and Figurative Language words)

Writing: I love reading poetry written by your children.  It allows the kids to use their imagination and have some freedom in their writing.  This week we wrote some poems from an object’s point of view.   Then we found photos to go with our poem and added some eyes.  With the help of Mrs. Smith in the library and Mrs. Erickson, we used the iPads and chatterbox to make videos of our photo reciting our poem!  They are amazing!  If your child logs onto their google drive (s######@student.roundrockisd.org, password =two word password) , then they should be able to see it.  I will have the kids share their videos with me and we will try to get them on our website for you all to enjoy.  We will write about Thanksgiving this week and things that we appreciate.

Spelling:  Our review week of plurals was a success on our tests, but now we need to continue to work on applying the correct spelling of plurals in our writing.  This week we will practice possessives and plurals in our spelling and grammar.  This can be confusing and we need to think carefully about the words and their meaning to use the correct form.  (example: child, child’s, children, children’s, lady, ladies, lady’s) 

Social Studies:  Explorer projects are looking great!  We will continue to work on them next week and will begin presentations by Thursday.  The children are using their creativity to teach others about Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and the impact that their explorations had on the world.

Dates to remember:

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERVICE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, Dress for the Boogie O’Rama!

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Nov. 28-Service Club after school, College Shirt Day

Wednesday, Nov. 30-Picture Retakes

Friday, Dec. 2- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green.

Monday, Dec. 5-College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50

Thursday, Dec. 8-Passport to Literacy Night at FCE-More info to come

Friday, Dec. 9- Homework packets due, Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear purple and green. Ridgeview Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert at 1:15 pm

I am actually out of town for a wedding in Florida and will return to school on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Keep reading this weekend and enjoy some family time.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,

Pam

Newsletter

Hi,

We had a busy and fun week.  Pajamas, Monthly Book Challenge Lunch Treat, Flashlight Reading, Halloween... and that was just on Monday!  We also had a choir concert and received our report cards!

OMS Toy Drive-Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital.  We collected 53 toys so far and our goal is 200 toys.  Our drive will continue until the end of November.

Food Drive-Our school is also participating in a food drive for the Round Rock Serving Center.  Thank you for sending in non-perishable food to help our people in our community.

TAG Parent Information Night-The TAG teachers will host an information night on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 in the library. The meeting will be held from 6:00 to 6:30 PM and is for parents of students not currently in TAG, who are interested in learning more about the program.

Veterans Day Program

We will be having a  tribute to Veterans on the morning of November 11th.  Please invite any veterans you know to Forest Creek to have breakfast with the student(s) they know.  The cafeteria will serve cinnamon rolls, fruit and milk or juice from 7:15-7:30 a.m.  Please help us prepare for breakfast by completing this form to provide an accurate number of those eating.  There is no charge for our special guests.

We will be having two patriotic programs to honor our Veterans on November 11th - one at 8:15 a.m. for grades Kinder-2nd and another one at 9:00 a.m. for grades 3-5.  You may attend one or both.  Thank you for helping us teach our students the meaning of this holiday and why it is so important to honor those who have served our country.

Veteran’s Photo Needed

We look forward to recognizing these special men and women who have contributed so much for our country through a slideshow presentation.Please send a photo of your special Veteran to Kelly_Erickson@roundrockisd.org. Please include the Veteran’s name and unit or job title during their service. Veterans do not need to be present for our program to be included in our slideshow.

Read about our week:

Reading-Poetry paints a picture in our minds. We compared two videos made from the same poem and realized that the same words create different images for different people. Ask your child about the videos for Enter this Deserted House by Shel Silverstein. We learned the difference between free verse and lyrical poems and also used the lyrics from Katy Perry's Firework to learn about similes and metaphors. We will continue to read, analyze, and interpret poems this week.

Writing-Writing poems is great because our imaginations can soar. We went outside and used our senses to practice our descriptive writing and tried to create some similes and metaphors. We are working on writing a poem from an objects point of view and then we will go to the library and use the I-Pads with Ms. Smith to create a video with our poems. We will use an app that can make a photo of our object's mouth move as we read our poems. It's going to be so cool.

Grammar-We will work with possessives this week and comparing plurals and possessives.

Spelling-We will review all the ways to make words plural

Social Studies-We will research and work in groups to create projects in class to teach others about Texas explorers. We will focus on Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and will discuss the impact that these explorations had on Texas, its native people, and the world.

Dates to Remember:

Monday, Nov. 7- College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50 in library

Tuesday, Nov. 8-TAG Parent Information Night in library at 6:00 pm

Thursday, Nov. 10-PTA Reflections Gallery Night at 6:30 pm

Friday, Nov. 11-Veteran's Day Program at 9:00 for 3rd-5th.  Homework packets due,Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn inReading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear green and purple.

Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERViCE CLUB TODAY, Family Fun Night at Chick-Fil-A

Thurs. Nov. 17-Thanksgiving Lunch at School.  Our lunch time is 11:25

Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due,Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear green and purple.

No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break

Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the extra hour!  Thank you for sharing your child with me.  

Sincerely,

Pam