Turkey Trot 2010

Laura in ACTION!

Jose with his prize

Brrrrrr!! What a cold day for the Turkey Trot... but that didn't stop Laura or Jose. They both took 2nd place in the entire 5th grade! Way to go you two!!

Clear Creek

Despite the frigid whether, we had a blast at Clear Creek this month!

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!

What a SWEET turnout

We had SO many guests Wednesday for Donut Date, thanks for coming, I hope you enjoyed the time spent with your student!

DONUT DATE!!

Tomorrow morning parents are invited to come into our classroom from 9:15-9:45 to enjoy a donut and a book with your child. This is a fun opportunity you have to read one on one with your kiddo. Hope to see you in the morning.

Native American Unit

We have completed our Social Studies on Native Americans, we had a great time! We learned a ton and were able to incorporate some fun writing and art projects into our learning. Each group was given a tribal tale from the tribe they had studied. As a group, the kids wrote scripts and turned the story into a puppet show. I was super impressed with the creativity of the students. Our final project in the unit was to make dreamcatchers, they turned out great. Now moving to EXPLORERS....

SEPs

Tomorrow, September 20th, your student will be bringing home a letter from me regarding SEPs, or Parent Teacher Conferences.  Please take time this week to choose a time that will work for you and fill out the GOAL sheet attached to the letter.  With so many students this year, I have cut the time down from 15 minutes to 10.  Filling out the goal sheet prior to SEPs will allow more time for us  to actually discuss where your child is and where we would like to see them go. I look forward to seeing each of you either October 6th or 7th. Thanks for your support! 

Making the GRADE

We are in a few weeks now, and that means that grades are already starting to amount.  I DO NOT send home progress reports.  I feel that this is a waste of paper.  I expect that you check your student's grade via SKYWARD, this is a GREAT tool for you.  If you do not remember your log in, or have not yet received one please contact the office.  I myself am not allowed to give you your log in information.  

The students are aware of the late work policy in my room.  The student has TWO WEEKS from the turn in date to get late work to me.  I post missing work on the back white board each time I enter grades into the computer.  After two weeks, the student will receive a ZERO. No exceptions. 

PLEASE check your student's grades and progress often. Thanks! 

Timp Cave

We had a great time hiking up to the Timpanogos Caves. What a wonder we have right in out own backyard! The rangers were kind and taught us a lot of new words like cave bacon, stalagmites, stalactites, helictites, and drapes.  What a wonderful learning experience! 

First Day Fun!

Today was the first day of school, and it went off without a hitch! We had a lot of fun getting to know each other's names by playing Name Bingo, and learning to stick together as a class team by playing Red Rover. It was great to see all 31 happy, eager faces greet me this morning. We are going to have a GREAT year!