Tuesday,
1:00 p.m.: Go to Springfield Little
Theatre to see
Alice in Wonderland.
We will be traveling by Springfield School
bus.
I need to have the
permission slip
returned to me Tuesday.
I will send a hard copy home, or you can go
to the link above and print off now to send
back signed on Monday or Tuesday.
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Halloween Night at The
Museum |
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Discovery Center of
Springfield
438 E. St. Louis Street
Springfield, Missouri 65806
www.DiscoveryCenter.org
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Halloween Night at
the Museum
Discovery Center of
Springfield
DATE:
Friday, October 30,
2009
TIME:
6pm-10pm
LOCATION:
Discovery Center
$5.00 per person
Members free
Children 2 and under
free
For more information
visit our
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Parking For Halloween Parade and
Party
Parents,
Please park in Bear Park North
and Lot 44 (just north of BPN).
I would like to avoid Lot 28
because it’s normally full and I
don’t want the parents straying
in to the church section.(per
MSU parking administration)
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Costumes
No weapons, bloodiness, or
outfits suggesting
sexual connotations are allowed.
Keep in mind
that kindergarten, first and
second graders will
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Friday afternoon timeline
1:00 change into outfits
1:30 parade: outside front of
school, back inside at west
doors to parade through
secondary, then to gym
2:15 classroom party
2:50 clean up, pack up,
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Coming
Events
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Thursday, Oct. 29, Book Fair
visit, 1:30-2:00 students will
choose their wishlist books.
Friday, October 30, 1:00
Halloween changing; 1:30 parade;
2:30 party in classroom
Friday, Nov. 6
Sock Hop 6:30 to 8:30
Click here for more information.
Monday, Nov. 2 Conference
Sign-up sheets posted outside Mrs.
Perryman's elementary counselor's
office (across from lunchroom
entrance)
Thursday, Friday, Nov. 12, 13
Elementary Parent/Teacher
conferences
 Mark
your calendar!
The Jefferson City field trip date
has been set for Wednesday, March
31, 2010 |
Tests/Projects |
This
week:
Friday-spelling pretest today; final
Word Study tests on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Next
week:
Spelling and vocabulary pretests on Monday:
finals on Friday |
Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday, 3:05 parent
conference
- Tuesday,
- Wednesday,
- Thursday, 3:30
- 7:30 teaching eMINTS
- Friday, 4:30 personal appt.
- Saturday,
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Please let me know if and when a link is not working on my website. |
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Math: We
continue with
Unit 3
Multiplying,
Dividing, Number Sentences and Algebra
Each day we will have a timed
multiplication quiz. Keep students
practicing the multiplication facts at
home. These timed tests are competition
against themselves. Students are
keeping a longitudinal line graph of
their progress in their binders behind
the math tab. Check out to see how
they are doing.
Lesson 6:
World Tour: Flying to Africa
to
practice interpreting data and maps;
short research project about Cairo and
Egypt through the World Tour Project
Lesson 7: Finding Air Distances
to provide practice measuring length
and using map scale.
Lesson 8: A Guide
for Solving Number Stories:
to introduce a
simplified approach to solving number
stories; to provide practice solving
number stories
Lesson 9: True or False Number
Sentences: to review the meanings of
number sentences; to provide practice
determining whether number sentences are
true or false.
Remember to have students go to the Math
Links to find extra and enrichment
practice on the class webpage!
Watch planners for daily assignments.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students should be reading
at least 30 minutes per
night! Fill out book
reports as books are
completed. go to:
Reading Links for forms.
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Word Study:
Unit 3.2
Health related words; Latin
and Greek Roots
Latin root: manu,
meaning hand; Latin and
Greek root: ped, pod,
meaning foot;
Latin root: fac, fect,
fic, meaning to make; to
do; easy; face; adding
prefix de- to a word,
making the word mean its
opposite meaning
Pre-test for spelling and
vocabulary today; finals on
Friday.
Please
watch for daily assignments.
On Tuesdays, students are to
correct their spelling lists
and get them signed by a
teacher.
Click Here for the spelling
list on Tuesday (or late
Monday after school). Print the list
out in D'Nealian handwriting
for double the
practice--spelling and
handwriting!
Cursive Handwriting:
We are practicing in class
whenever we can, and I've
asked the students to
practice for 10 minutes at
night on letters that are
still giving them trouble.
I handed out a "model"
D'Nealian handwriting sheet
that should be stored in the
binder for easy reference.
All students should be
practicing their cursive
handwriting. After 1st
conferences, I will be
expecting them to use
cursive at all times (except
labeling in geometry).
To see how to form the lower
case letters, go to:
Handwriting Practice (animated) lowercase
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Writing:
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Missouri History:
A major unit about Lewis and Clark's
Corps of Discovery expedition begins on
Tuesday this week. This unit will
take 3-4 weeks to complete.
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
Monday: We begin a unit
about Antarctica. (Didn't get it
started last week as planned.) This unit will
include mapping skills, experiments,
comparing and contrasting the North
Polar Arctic with the South Polar
Antarctica.
Wednesday and Thursday we will finish
that unit up.
Please check in daily planners for any
independent practice activities
(homework).
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Love and Logicisms , Wise Words About
Kids
by Jim and Charles Fay
Without saying a word, we constantly
show our kids what we believe they
can be. They will either live up
to our
highest expectations--or down to our
greatest fears.
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Love and Logic Stories
Kids Who Trick Their Parents
Some kids trick us into thinking
that poor parenting practices work.
These sweet, docile youngsters
almost always behave, even when
we've fallen into habits such as
lecturing, threatening or rescuing.
Before long…if we're unfortunate not
to have another child who is
strong-willed…we begin to believe
that all is right with the world.
Or is it?
Some children come out of the womb
holding doves. Nobody really knows
for certain why, but these kids are
wired to please others. In fact,
they even want to please us when our
skills hit the skids.
Am I the only one whose skills ever
go down hill?
Here's the problem:
Easy-going kids act out just as much
as strong willed kids.
They just do it on the inside…or put
it off until they're young adults.
In my work as a therapist, my office
was filled with nice kids whose
inner lives were in turmoil. Since
they didn't want to offend their
parents, they simply suffered with
anxiety, self-doubt, and depression.
Our world is also filled with young
adults who were so sweet as kids
that they never learned to think for
themselves. Oftentimes, these young
people have mid-life crises at 20.
In Jim Fay's CD,
Four
Steps to Responsibility,
he teaches a process for helping
kids develop good thinking skills
and self-esteem. Key to this process
is encouraging them to make
decisions, allowing them to make
small mistakes and letting them see
that they have what it takes to
succeed.
If you can get your easy-going kids
to make at least one small mistake
this week, my mission in writing
this tip has been accomplished.
Thanks for reading!
Dr. Charles Fay
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