Report Cars and PTC

Hello!

Quarter 2 report cards and conference times were sent home yesterday.  Let me know if you have a question about a grade or if you need to reschedule your conference.  :)

In other news, there will be a final test on "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" on Monday.  We played a review game today in class that included all the questions on the test.  I told the students that if they knew all or most of the answers, they would be in good shape for the test.  I also told them that if they didn't know the answers that they should take a book home over the weekend and study.  It seemed the most of the kids knew most questions.

We have a Quick Quiz and Fluency Check in math today.  To be honest, I have been too busy to update our math tutorials, but I hope to play a little catch up this weekend.

After "The Mouse and the Motorcycle", we will be studying and learning about Aesop's Fables.  As part of our learning, the students will be making paper bag puppets.  They aren't sure what their puppets characters are supposed to be yet, but I have asked them to bring in a variety of crafty supplies.

Have a great weekend!

Gracie's Dream

Congratulations to Gracie!  She was our other speech winner.  You can watch Gracie's Dream speech below.  I'm so impressed by her beautiful ideas!  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

I'm proud of you, Gracie!

**Updated w/ Working Link** Eric's Dream Speech

Please click on the below for Eric's award-winning speech.  What a speech and what a delivery!  Congrats, Eric!  I am so proud of you!!  :)

Eric's Dream Speech

 

I have a dream....

To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, students wrote their own "I Have a Dream" speeches.  We had a contest in our classroom to find out who could write the best speech.  The winners received $5 in Marienfeld Moola and a chance to be featured on the blog.  All of the students had fantastic ideas and they all did a great job!  It was very hard to choose the winners!  Please watch the blog for video updates of the winners reading their speeches. 

Also, remember that Thursday is Early Release.  It is also the end of the second quarter.  You can expect report cards to be sent home on Monday, January 27.

Have a wonderful day!

Update

Hello!  Happy New Year!! 

I apologize for taking a while to update the blog.  It has been busy!

We finished our pioneer unit before Christmas break and we have started our new unit in ELA called Animals with Character.  This unit will focus on how authors can use animals as characters using writing devices like personification.  We will read two books this unit, The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary and Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. 

STAR reading and STAR math tests will take place over the next two weeks along with our second round of DIBELS testing.

Students took their Unit 3 math test today.  Any make ups or retakes will be administered this week.  All students must have their test signed by you and turned back into me.  You can expect them to be sent home Wednesday or Thursday this week.  We will begin Unit 4 later this week or early next week. 

The end of Quarter 2 is on January 23.  It is also another early release day for HCSD.

Have a fabulous day!