Also, see post below. :)
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Log-a-Load and More
Tomorrow is our Log-a-Load field trip. It will be in Seeley and although the weather looks beautiful, it will be outside, so please dress your child appropriately to be in the woods. It might be a little cold in the morning. Lunch is provided. We are leaving school around 8:40 and plan to return around 2:00. I am super excited and I know the kids are too! :)
Also, I will *try* my best to kick out a calendar like this every month, but I can't promise I will always be able to deliver as it does take some time. I would love some feedback as to whether this calendar is useful or not for you at home. I will try to include anything major that I know about on the calendar and will probably even update it as the month continues.
Have a great week!
Also, I will *try* my best to kick out a calendar like this every month, but I can't promise I will always be able to deliver as it does take some time. I would love some feedback as to whether this calendar is useful or not for you at home. I will try to include anything major that I know about on the calendar and will probably even update it as the month continues.
Have a great week!
Monday, September 28, 2015
Homework Board for 9/27
Hello! Sometimes when the homework board gets a little crowded, I will snap a picture to put on the blog for clarity. 
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Log-a-Load
Hello!
I wanted to reach out and let you know about a cool opportunity that our students will be taking part in next week. On Thursday, the 4th and 5th graders will take a bus to the Seeley to an event called Log-a-Load sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the Great Lakes Timber Professional Association. Angie Woodburn of Ericson Logging said, "The first purpose [of Log-a-Load] is to do a charitable harvest and raise money for the Miracle Children's Hospital in the State of Wisconsin. The second purpose is to educate our area youth and teachers about the forest industry and the impact that this industry has on our local economy and forests." During this day trip, students will learn from many area experts about a wide variety of topics. We have never gone on this field trip before, so it will be new to everyone including teachers! There will be a letter going home very soon with more information about this very fun, educational day, so be watching for it. I don't know any additional information at this time, but I will keep you informed as I know more.
Have a great night!
I wanted to reach out and let you know about a cool opportunity that our students will be taking part in next week. On Thursday, the 4th and 5th graders will take a bus to the Seeley to an event called Log-a-Load sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the Great Lakes Timber Professional Association. Angie Woodburn of Ericson Logging said, "The first purpose [of Log-a-Load] is to do a charitable harvest and raise money for the Miracle Children's Hospital in the State of Wisconsin. The second purpose is to educate our area youth and teachers about the forest industry and the impact that this industry has on our local economy and forests." During this day trip, students will learn from many area experts about a wide variety of topics. We have never gone on this field trip before, so it will be new to everyone including teachers! There will be a letter going home very soon with more information about this very fun, educational day, so be watching for it. I don't know any additional information at this time, but I will keep you informed as I know more.
Have a great night!
Friday, September 18, 2015
Sept 21-25
Hello!
We survived our first full week of school and it feels good! Every week, your son/daughter will have a spelling list and 5 vocabulary words. The vocabulary words are different than their spelling lists. All students must look up the work in the dictionary and put the definition in their own words on the "Define It!" sheet. We will always go over the definitions before students make their flashcards. Students use index cards as their flashcards and then they all go to an index card box to save for future reference.
Miss Morgan (student teacher) will begin teaching spelling full time and she will also pick up one math lesson on Thursday.
I hope you all have a great weekend! Your kids looked absolutely adorable today for pictures. :)
Now...... Ladies and Gentlemen.... without further ado I present...
Monday, September 14, 2015
Week of Sept 14-18
Greetings!
Today is the first full week of the 2015-16 school year and we have a LOT to accomplish. Students will finish all pretesting this week including timed reads, spelling pretests, STAR math/reading, etc. Tomorrow, September 15, will be the first official day of Reading Interventions in our Learning Lab. The interventions will take place every Monday - Thursday from 10:00-10:45 in the morning. Some of our math interventions have already begun, but it will be in full swing tomorrow from 8:30-9:00.
I will be sending home a Lyrics2Learn username/password information sheet this week. However, if you lose it, don't panic. The website is www.lyrics2learn.com. The teacher name is: Marienfeld. The username is your child's first name and last name together like this: FirstLast. The password is GoCanes. The important thing to remember is that your child should sing along out loud at least three times before taking a quiz. The purpose of the website is to help build reading fluency and, in turn, comprehension in an engaging way. The kids love it! It is pretty catchy and super fun to listen to them!
Please be sure to turn in all forms to the office if you haven't already done so. We can't wait to show you our music video, but I need all forms turned in before I can post it. :)
UPCOMING REMINDERS:
* Hurricane Apparel orders (forms/info went home on Friday) are DUE TOMORROW
*Picture day is on FRIDAY! Please let me know if you need a new form.
*Book orders are due October 1.
*Homecoming is on Friday, September 25
* Parent/Teacher Conferences are on the evenings of October 12 and October 19
Please email me with any questions/concerns.
Make it a great day!
Today is the first full week of the 2015-16 school year and we have a LOT to accomplish. Students will finish all pretesting this week including timed reads, spelling pretests, STAR math/reading, etc. Tomorrow, September 15, will be the first official day of Reading Interventions in our Learning Lab. The interventions will take place every Monday - Thursday from 10:00-10:45 in the morning. Some of our math interventions have already begun, but it will be in full swing tomorrow from 8:30-9:00.
I will be sending home a Lyrics2Learn username/password information sheet this week. However, if you lose it, don't panic. The website is www.lyrics2learn.com. The teacher name is: Marienfeld. The username is your child's first name and last name together like this: FirstLast. The password is GoCanes. The important thing to remember is that your child should sing along out loud at least three times before taking a quiz. The purpose of the website is to help build reading fluency and, in turn, comprehension in an engaging way. The kids love it! It is pretty catchy and super fun to listen to them!
Please be sure to turn in all forms to the office if you haven't already done so. We can't wait to show you our music video, but I need all forms turned in before I can post it. :)
UPCOMING REMINDERS:
* Hurricane Apparel orders (forms/info went home on Friday) are DUE TOMORROW
*Picture day is on FRIDAY! Please let me know if you need a new form.
*Book orders are due October 1.
*Homecoming is on Friday, September 25
* Parent/Teacher Conferences are on the evenings of October 12 and October 19
Please email me with any questions/concerns.
Make it a great day!
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Week of Sept 8-11
Hello!
We are off to a shining start! I feel so luck to have this group of kids. They have been a joy so far! This week we will continue to learn routines and how to be in the 4th grade.
Last week, you should have received something about Classroom Dojo from your student. It is an online behavior management system that I am going to use at least through the duration of the first quarter. Please ask your student about it. You can also check it out by clicking here.
Starting tonight (Tuesday, September 8), you can expect some form of math homework to come home almost nightly. We will not start our new spelling curriculum until next week. We will only have formal spelling lessons during weeks that we meet all five days. To clarify, we didn't meet Monday this week, so we won't start spelling until next week when we meet M-F. We briefly began our ELA unit in class today and we will dive deeper into in as the week goes on. We also started Writer's Workshop this morning. It has been a BUSY day!
Your child has had the opportunity to check out a couple of books from the library, so please encourage nightly reading. Reading out loud makes a HUGE difference if your son/daughter wants to strengthen their reading abilities. It's simple, free, and very effective.
Speaking of reading and improving skills, please ask your son/daughter about a new program we talked about today called Lyrics2Learn. It's a program that the 4th grade uses that combines catchy music and reading to make engaging reading practice. I will send home more information about that later this week, so be looking for it! :)
Please make sure all forms from the school are turned in asap. Also, if you get the chance, please complete the 1,000,000 words or less "assignment" and turn in to me. You can even email it if that's easier to bmarienfeld@hayward.k12.wi.us.
Picture day is next Friday, September 18!
Make it a wonderful week!
We are off to a shining start! I feel so luck to have this group of kids. They have been a joy so far! This week we will continue to learn routines and how to be in the 4th grade.
Last week, you should have received something about Classroom Dojo from your student. It is an online behavior management system that I am going to use at least through the duration of the first quarter. Please ask your student about it. You can also check it out by clicking here.
Starting tonight (Tuesday, September 8), you can expect some form of math homework to come home almost nightly. We will not start our new spelling curriculum until next week. We will only have formal spelling lessons during weeks that we meet all five days. To clarify, we didn't meet Monday this week, so we won't start spelling until next week when we meet M-F. We briefly began our ELA unit in class today and we will dive deeper into in as the week goes on. We also started Writer's Workshop this morning. It has been a BUSY day!
Your child has had the opportunity to check out a couple of books from the library, so please encourage nightly reading. Reading out loud makes a HUGE difference if your son/daughter wants to strengthen their reading abilities. It's simple, free, and very effective.
Speaking of reading and improving skills, please ask your son/daughter about a new program we talked about today called Lyrics2Learn. It's a program that the 4th grade uses that combines catchy music and reading to make engaging reading practice. I will send home more information about that later this week, so be looking for it! :)
Please make sure all forms from the school are turned in asap. Also, if you get the chance, please complete the 1,000,000 words or less "assignment" and turn in to me. You can even email it if that's easier to bmarienfeld@hayward.k12.wi.us.
Picture day is next Friday, September 18!
Make it a wonderful week!
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