TODAY! MONDAY
September 28 Get LTN donations in to me for
express check-in. Send T-shirt
size for your child.
E-mail was sent on Friday.
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Light
the Night Walk! Come one and
all.
Everybody is invited
to the celebration walk!
Remember, Mr. and Mrs. J
will be registering everyone
at the Express Check in on
Tuesday. I don't need
to know who is walking, but
I do need signatures from
parents on the back of
envelopes. I also need your
child's T-shirt size by
today.
When?
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at
6:00 p.m.
Where?
Bass Pro Parking Lot
What?
Carnival-like activities for
everyone, free food, parade
with lighted red balloons in
the dark, and more.
Come if you can or have the
time. This is NOT a
required activity, just a
fun one to bring a close to
our service learning
project.
Wear comfy shoes and
clothing appropriate for the
weather. Wear your LTN
T-shirt if you can! I
want to take a group picture
about 6:30, so try to make
it by then.
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Food Vendors
Pizza
Krispy Kreme
Cookies
Chips
Soda & Water
Entertainment
Vendors
American Kids
Performance
Troupe Sarab
Performance
Bounce Houses
Carnival Games |
Memory Garden
For those
walking in
memory of a
loved
one, please
visit our Memory
Garden for
a serene place
to honor and
remember.
Dedication cards
and prayer
cards will be
available for
use. Guests
are invited to
bring photos or
letters to the
garden to place
in memory of
their loved
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Frequently Asked
Questions
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How do I get
a gold
balloon, and
what does it
symbolize?
You can pick
up the
gold balloon
at the Walk.
Gold
balloons are
carried in
memory of a
loved one
lost to
cancer.
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Can I
register the
night of the
walk?
Yes.
Registration
tents will
be onsite.
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What does it
cost to
participate?
It is a $25
donation to
participate
and you will
receive a
balloon to
carry.
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What time
does the
Walk start?
The Carnival
begins at
6pm, and the
walk is
scheduled to
begin at
7:45.
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Can I bring
my dog to
the walk?
Yes. As long
as they're
on a leash.
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Where should
I park?
Parking will
be available
in the Bass
Pro Parking
lots.
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Will there
be food?
Yes, lots of
it.
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Where is the
Walk
located?
The Walk is
located at
Bass Pro
Shops.
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If my entire
family wants
to come and
carry a
balloon at
the Walk how
much will it cost?
If you have
a family of
four then
for each
member to
carry a
balloon would
be $100.
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I will not
be able to
attend the
Walk but
still want
to
fundraise.
Can I turn
in money
after the
Walk?
Yes. You can
mail your
money to The
Leukemia &
Lymphoma
Society,
6811 Shawnee
Mission
Parkway,
Bldg. 1,
Suite 202,
Shawnee
Mission, KS
66202.
Please
include a
note with
your name
and/or your
Team name.
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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
4th graders decided on wearing
camouflage colors. I told them
that if they only have a camouflage
hat, they could wear that, or they
could wear browns, tans, khaki,
greens, etc. Do not go out
and purchase anything, please.
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 |
Coming
Events
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Monday, Sept.
28 Mid-term grades coming home in Home Connection Envelopes.
Please sign and return. If you
have any questions, please contact
me.
TODAY! MONDAY
September 28 Get LTN donations in to me for
express check-in
Friday, October 2 is World Smile
Day..."Do an act of kindness — help
one person smile."
October 3Light 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
Get your membership $10 in, check
written to Elementary Math Club, and
send me your email telling me that
your child will be a member and so I
can easily add your email address to
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Tests/Projects |
This
week:
spelling pretest today; final
Word Study* test on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Next
week:
Tuesday- Missouri
History: The First People,
Chapter 3
Spelling pretest on Monday:
final on Friday
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Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday, meeting 3:20
- Tuesday, LTN
Express Check-in. Mr. and Mrs.
J will do this and pick up T-shirts
for everyone.
- Wednesday,
- Thursday, During
the day, I will be the guest speaker
at Temple Hall for Dr. Black's
Science for Elementary Teachers.
I will be in and out of the
classroom. eMINTS
class 3:30 - 7:00 p.m.
- Friday, 5:00,
supervise Jr. High basketball game
in gym vs. Walnut Grove
- Saturday, Light the Night Walk
at Bass Pro, 6:00 p.m. |
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Math: We
began
Unit
2 Using Numbers and Organizing Data
on
Thursday last week.
Lesson
2.2 Many Names for Numbers: to
review equivalent names for whole
numbers and name-collection boxes
Lesson 2.3 Place Value in Whole
Numbers: to provide practice
identifying values of digits in numbers
up to one billion; and to provide
practice reading and writing numbers up
to one billion (I guess we should be
going up to a trillion so the kids can
understand the U.S. debt better!
-smile-)
Lesson 2.4 Place Value with a
Calculator: to provide practice with
place-value skills using a calculator
routine; and to review reading and
writing large numbers
Lesson 2.5 Organizing and Displaying
Data: to provide practice organizing
and displaying data with a tally chart
and determining the maximum, minimun,
range, and mode (the data number that
comes up the most frequently) of a set
of data.
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Keep
reviewing multiplication skills!
Try to get in at least 10-15
minutes of practice per
night to get the cobwebs out! |
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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
2.2, Earth Words: Latin
and Greek Roots 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:
This week chapter
3, The First People
includes:
Lesson 2, Mississippian Mound
Builders
Lesson 3, the Plains Indians who
lived in Missouri
Lesson 4 the Osage View of the
World, including learning more about
legends (stories that explain how
something in nature came to be, such as
why the owl stays up at night or how the
land was created) Students will be
writing their own legend.
Review will be on Monday next
week; test over the chapter on
Tuesday.
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
Force and
Motion Unit begins this week.
Ms. Lea will be teaching the unit with
my guidance. We gave a pre-test on
Friday to see what the kids already
know. This is a unit where we will
learn more about physics and concepts
such as: gravity, inertia, friction,
momentum, drag, speed, mass
and how all are interrelated.
Water Education test was disappointing
in some cases to both the students and
me. Instead of having an essay
question, I ask the students to draw a
diagram and label ten items to show that
they understood their meaning. Mmm...it
seems we have a number of students who
do not read directions. Sad, but
true. I have told them that this
test had less points than their daily
accumulated homework, and if they did
their best on each of those, their grade
won't be awful.
I included the pre and post test in
their Home Connection envelope today. I would appreciate both copies to be
returned with a signature on the final
test. I want you (and the students have
already done this) to see how much they
did learn since the pre-test, and that
the post test shouldn't have been a
surprise since they did see that
information at least once!
Encourage your child to really make use
of the objectives sheets that come home
since they also serve as a study guide
throughout the unit. it was
referred to almost on a daily basis.
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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 don't dignify the
ridiculous
by offering factual information.
There's nothing wrong with a child that
an arguing parent can't make worse.
Wise parents know that their kids may
someday choose their nursing home.
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Love and Logic Stories
Is Your Teen A Textaholic?
How many text messages is your teen
sending and receiving per day?
According to the Nielsen Company,
the answer is about 80. Yep! Eighty
text messages in one day…not in a
year…but just one day! It makes my
brain…and thumbs…and wallet hurt
just thinking about it. To make
matters even scarier, a study by AAA
recently reported that 46% of teens
admit texting while driving. Ouch!
Maybe these studies are flawed,
causing these numbers to be
inaccurately elevated. Anything's
possible. Let's say that teens
only send and receive 40
texts per day…and that
only 23% of them admit
texting while driving. Yikes, that's
still high!
Data like this tempts me to do some
pretty ineffective things with my
kids. These include quitting my job
so that I can follow them around all
of the time, using duct tape to
restrain their thumbs and fingers,
moving the family to a
cell-phone-free zone within the
Arctic Circle, yelling, screaming,
etc.
Particularly with teens, all we
really have control over is:
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How we act around
them |
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What we provide for
them |
Rather than moving to an igloo, it's
far wiser to model responsible cell
phone use and to set firm limits
over who pays for the phone. This
might sound like, "Honey, you may
have a phone when you can pay for
it. If it will help any, you can
just tell your friends that your
parents are so old fashioned that
they think that talking face to face
with your friends is better than
texting. And…by the way…we love you
and would miss you if you died while
texting behind the wheel."
For more tips on navigating teenage
trials, get your hands on our
Teen
Package. If
it doesn't completely change your
life, return it for a full refund.
Thanks for reading!
Dr. Charles Fay
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