Blue
Jays-in-Blue Jeans
at Gilardi's Ristorante
This
Friday, Sept.
25
6:00 p.m.
Great auction items
available! Come
with your checkbook to
help with this PTA major
fundraiser! |
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Our Light
the Night Summary of a very
busy and successful week...
and we have
$1060
donated on-line so far!
I have a few envelopes to
count up, too.
Our
total so far is: $3342.26.
We made $2282 just this week
with the projects!
Whoo-ee! How impressive is that? |
BAKE
SALE raised
$572.26!
Oh my! Thank you
one and all for baking
and making this
experience possible for
the students and our
service learning
project!
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A special thanks goes to
the following people:
Melissa for organizing
the help! and...
Loni
Harrell
Rick Smith
Helen (Adeesh's nanny)
Carol Ann Haake
Angie Allen
Alex Keller
Beth Jones
Michele Rowe
Tracy Hammer
Krish Anand,
Sarah Smith
Tiffany Wilgus
Nicola Gilardi
Julie Haverstick |
Garage Sale
Results
A special thanks to Melissa
and Loni, for organizing
this event. The
pizza-pricing party for
the kids was a wonderful
learning opportunity,
too! Thanks to all
the moms and dads who
helped, and certainly,
thanks to everyone for
bringing all the rummage
for resale!
$1065 !! WOW!
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Charity Kick Ball
Event 
What a HUGE success
this was for the 5th
grade boys who
organized the event!
They were Julius
Walker, Trevor
Engleman, Paul
Parrish, and Tommy
Montileone.
And, special thanks
goes to their
parents, Letitia
Walker, Gina
Engleman, Rosalia
Parrish, and Jonna
Montileone for
backing the boys up
in their project.
A special thank you goes to all the 7th graders who
volunteered to pitch
the game and help
out! What a
great bunch of kids!
All 4th and 5th graders who participated had a blast.
I must say that I
was so very proud of
the wonderful
behavior of all the
students; it was an
impressive night for
all who attended.
From what I heard
from parents,
everyone had a fun
time.
The boys had a $200 goal, and they far surpassed it,
earning
$645.00!
We sold water (50¢)
and popcorn (25¢),
and the silent
auction consisted of
free homework and
recess passes and
candy were donated
by Mrs. Milburn and
me! Thanks,
Mrs. Milburn for
helping out with the
silent auction items
you made available! |
Coming
Events
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Monday, Sept.
28
Mid-term grades coming home in Home
Connection Envelopes
September 29 Get LTN donations in to me for
express check-in
October 3 Light the Night Walk 6:00 p.m. Bass
Pro Parking Lot
October 5 - 9 Greenwood
Homecoming Week
October 14
Elementary Math Club - first meeting
3:05 - 4:45 p.m.Mrs. J's room
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Monday - Friday,
Oct. 5 - 9
is Spirit Week!
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Monday: Comfy Day
Tuesday: Twin Day
Wednesday: Class Color
Day (Students in
grades 7-12 design and
pay for a class shirt.) Elementary
grades will each decide on what
color they would like to wear.
Thursday: Sports
Team Day
Friday:
Blue Day
Wednesday, Oct. 7 Hamburger
Fry, 6 – 8:00 p.m.
(Only
for students,
grades 7 – 12. Class presidents
will be selling tickets for $5.)
Friday, Oct. 9 2:30 p.m.
K-12 pep assembly, gym
5 – 6:30 p.m., Chili Supper
in cafeteria
(Tickets on
sale in the office.)
7:00 p.m.
Soccer game vs. Aurora,
Cooper Soccer Complex
Following soccer game,
Pie/Cake Supper Tailgate on Cooper
parking lot. (no charge)
Saturday, Oct. 10 Homecoming Dance,
8 – 10:00 a.m., cafeteria |
Tests/Projects |
This
week:
spelling pretest today; final
Word Study* test on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Wednesday is the Unit 1 Math test.
Next
week:
Spelling pretest on Monday:
final on Friday
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Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday,
- Tuesday,
- Wednesday,
- Thursday, 6:30
Springfield Council Reading
Association Meeting
- Friday, Blue Jays in
Blue Jeans
- 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
finish
Unit 1 Naming and Constructing Geometric
Figures
Lesson 1.8
Hexagon and Triangle Constructions: to
guide students in the construction of
figures with a compass and straightedge;
we will be discussing congruent figures
(figures that are the same shape and
size), perpendicular lines
Lesson 1.9 Review Students should
have brought home the study guide on
Friday. The answers are included
with the study questions, and there is
no need to hand it in, but if a student
has a particular question on Tuesday,
they should bring it before the class
during the review. I will go over
various aspects of the unit on that day.
Wednesday is the Unit 1 test.
Unit 2 begins on Thursday. Ms. Lea
begins teaching math with my guidance.
Using Numbers and Organizing Data.
Lesson 2.1 A Visit to
Washington, D.C.: to review examples of
the various ways in which numbers are
used (for counting, measuring,
identification and codes, comparisons,
and reference--dates, time,
latitude/longitude) Study Link 2.1
requires that students find numerous
ways that numbers are used in their
environment. They may need some
assistance finding examples.
Students should
be reviewing and memorizing basic
addition, subtraction, and
multiplication facts. They can use
sites on the classroom website, flash
cards, or any other way you come up with
doing.
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:
pretest on
Monday. We will be
learning the routine of
completing our
vocabulary/spelling
exercises
with Unit
2, Earth Words
this week.
The word study test will be
on Friday.
Click Here for the spelling
list on Tuesday. Print the list
out in D'Nealian handwriting
for double the
practice--spelling and
handwriting!
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).
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Writing: integrated
into other subjects
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Missouri History:
We begin Chapter
3, "The First People" this week.
Ms. Lea will be teaching with my
guidance. We learn about the Paleo
Indians, the Archaic Indians, the
Woodland Indians, the Hopewell People,
the Mississippian Mound Builders,
including the Cahokians who lived in the
St. Louis area.
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
Water Education Unit
finishes this week with an
assessment on Thursday. We've been
reviewing in class each day to make sure
everyone is understanding the terms and
concepts we've learned. The
Water Education Unit Objectives
can be
opened here, or can be found on the
science links page. This week we
learn about healthy water and get to
have some hands-on experience with pond
water and identifying
macro-invertebrates. Guess
speaker, Kellie Herman, steam team
member, will be sharing this lesson.
She is an intern with the James River
Basin group.
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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
Wise parents encourage
their kids to go first class
on their own money.
Never give a kids the bad news about
the cost of something, if someone else
will do it for you. Why? Children,
like adults, are always angriest with
the messenger.
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Love and Logic Stories
Skipping Classes
Toby was admitting to his mom that
he had skipped one of his classes
six times.
"Oh, no," responded Mom. "You're
going to fail that class."
"No, Mom. I'm not going to fail. You
worry about everything. It's no big
deal."
"Wait a minute," she answered. "The
school rule says that five unexcused
absences earn a failing grade."
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm covered."
"Wait a minute. You didn't commit
forgery, did you?"
"Yeah, Mom. But it's no big deal;
everybody does it."
Believe it or not, Mom called a
national talk show asking for advice
about how to handle it without
letting Toby fail the class.
If I were to ask you about this,
you'd probably tell me that Toby
needs to face the music. He needs to
confess and learn from the
situation. And you would be right.
Toby's mother can either stand
between his bad decision and the
consequences, or she can stand
beside him, supporting him as he
learns from it. She can't do both.
I'd suggest that she say to Toby,
"What a sad situation, Toby. How do
you want to confess? Do you want to
do it in person, in writing, or
would you rather have me help you by
going with you to the principal's
office? I bet you might like a hug
right now. I know that I do." |
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