DOUGHNUTS!!!!!

That's all I need to say-DOUGHNUTS!!  Finally, soft, warm, glorious, sweet, tasty, did I say soft, delicious doughnuts.  If it sleets tonight I could cry!!  Either way, the doughnuts will be here and you may pick them up by 7:00.  We love doughnuts!!!

It's the weekend!!!!

Happy weekend! Can you believe we made it through a whole week?  This coming week will be busy and remember we will have a sub for two days. 

A few reminders before I go: 
#1  DARE essay final copies due Tuesday
#2 Autobiographies are due on Monday with a visual
#3 Doughnuts are coming on Tuesday-pick-up begins at 7
#4 AR goals will be set and families need to focus on these goals
#5 Challenge AR party at my house DATE TBA
#6 Report Cards come home on Friday, Feb. 4 (my birthday)

Have a great weekend-I'll be doing report cards!!!

Great Math and Reading Websites

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

http://www.coolmath.com/

http://www.d49.org/schools/oes/Hammel%2009/reading%20links%20for%20kids.htm

These are a few good websites to help with math and reading.  I thought I would put these on here just in case it snowed this week and you wanted a few activites for your children to do.

SORRY!!!!  We have changed doughnut delivery date again.  With 800 dozen coming we can not take the chance of not being here and then being stuck with the doughnuts so we'll try again for the 1st of Feb which is a Tuesday.  Spread the word:  Doughnuts-Tuesday, Feb. 1

I will not be here next Thursday or Friday.  My daughter got an interview at Auburn in Alabama for Vet. School and we are leaving as soon after I get out of school on Wed. Feb. 2.  This is an amazing opportunity for her being that they only take 40 students from out of state.  Pray for us as we travel. 

DARE ESSAYS

Please try and get the DARE essay finished this weekend just in case we have snow next Tuesday!!!  Read the newsletter and notice that the spelling words are on the blog too for the week (for my lovely Matthew!!!)

Saturday School

Look on the Rockingham County website to see the new inclement weather schedule.  It looks like Saturday school is going to happen and by the looks of it I'll see you next Sat. the 29th if it snows next week like it supposed to :(  I've done it before and it's really not so bad, I promise.

Actually I'll just post it for you...

If inclement weather occurs on a Monday – Thursday:

-        Students will make-up for lost instruction on the Saturday of the same week.  

Elementary will dismiss at 12 noon

Middle and High will dismiss at 12:45

If inclement weather occurs and multiple days are missed in the same week Monday - Thursday:

-        Students will make-up for lost instruction on the Saturday of the same week then follow the make-up days listed, below.

If inclement weather occurs on a Friday:

-        Students will make-up for lost instruction according to the following schedule:

April 20, 2011

April 21, 2011

June 13, 2011

June 14, 2011

                        June 15, 2011

PRAY FOR NO SNOW!!  I CAN'T WORK ON SAT. FEB. 5 BECAUSE I'LL BE IN ALABAMA-I'LL TELL YOU WHY LATER, I'M LATE FOR GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL, PLUS MY NEPHEWS ARE HERE AND I HAVE TO GET THEM READY. 

LOVE YA'LL

SCHOOL ON MONDAY

The school board just announced that we would have school on Monday.  It is the make up day for today :( 

Let's pray for no more snow days.

UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Can you believe this weather? Well guess what, they are calling for it again on Friday and then next Tuesday.  So we have had to make some adjustments to dates.  Here they are for now and remember they are subject to change.

Doughnut money is still due tomorrow morning-NO LATE ORDERS!!!

Delivery is now going to be on Thursday, Jan. 27.  You may pick up your doughnuts at 7:00 am.

DARE rough draft essays are due Jan. 25.  We will be spending very little time on this in class.  No essay=no graduation and then Mr. Pyrtle becomes involved. 

Final copies are due on Feb. 2

Class reading is on Fe. 4

DARE graduation is on Thursday, Feb. 24th at 9:00.  Please make plans to attend the graduation.

We will still have the parent math lesson on Thursday at 9:00.  Be prepared to do a multiplication minute, mental math, and a math lesson on adding and subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping.  Are you smarter than a 5th grader??????

We will send home final payment letter for DC at the end of next week and final payment is now due on Tuesday, Feb. 8.  This is a change in the final payment date. 

Parent meeting for DC chaperones is on March 1 at 6:00.  This is a requirement-you must attend if you are a chaperone.  We will go over everything at this meeting-it is lengthy, at least an hour and a half.  Please be on time and be prepared to stay for the entire meeting.  Please leave the children at home-adults only.

AR dates still stand-the end of the AR for the second 9 weeks is the 20th.  I will reduce each child's points by 2 points.  The AR incentive will be next Friday, Jan. 28.  It will be a lot of fun!!!!  The children should have been reading while we have been out so there are really no excuses. 

I'll keep you updated on any changes.  Spelling test will still be on Friday.  The correct words are not posted and probably won't be posted this week. 

Benchmark testing will still be tomorrow and next Wednesday.

Please continue to look at the blog daily, you never know when I might get the urge to post. 

LOVE YA!!!!

POOTANGLE-DOODANGLE

Well, at this point I hate snow :)

School's out tomorrow and I'm going to bet there is a 2 hour delay on Friday.  I will not be there so I will see the kids on Tuesday.  Mrs. Belter will talk with them about their DARE essays.  There will be no homework over the weekend except to work on the DARE essay.  The due date for the rough draft is now Friday, Jan. 21.  The final copy will be due on the 26th and we will still read them on the 28th.  If this changes, I will let you know.  REMEMBER THAT THIS IS REQUIRED AND NOT OPTIONAL.

Doughnut money is still due on Tuesday.

Spelling test will still be on Friday.  Make sure all homework is finished. 

I guess that's all I've got to say about that :) 
It's going to be a busy next couple of weeks-I'll keep you updated as soon as I find out everything. 

Love ya! 

WHAT????

School is closed!!!  Man I hate that for me and the kids!!!  Have a great few days off.  Keep in touch, I'll miss the kiddos.

Here Comes the Snow

Ok, make up days here we come :( 

I will be going over the DARE essay requirements this morning.  The rough draft is due on Tuesday, Jan. 18 which might be the next day I see the kids.  I will be out on Thursday and Friday this week and if we don't have school on Tuesday and Wednesday the kids might not see me again until Tuesday.  Make sure they spend time working on their essay.  The directions are simple, just read the blog I posted a few days ago and then read the notes they bring home today.  Send me an e-mail if you have any questions but mainly just let them do it on their own.  I can tell a paer written by an adult in a minute!

Spelling homework, reading homework, and math homework stay the same. 

Love you guys and stay warm.  Sell those doughnuts and be ready to turn in your money on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Spelling words and Snow Homework

New spelling words are posted for the week.  Please notice the post about the DARE essay that I did this morning.  Look in your child's planner for snow homework.  We are preparing for a big storm just in case.  They have snow homework for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in math, spelling and reading.  If we are in school don't make them do it.  If we are not here then they know what to do.  Trust them and if you don't just look in their planners. 

I copied this from the homework page just in case you didn't see that page:

Have a great weekend! Keep the kids busy-study multiplication facts, read, write in a journal about their day, reasearch key locations in Washington DC, look up information about landforms and ecosystems, find online math games and sudoku puzzles, play board games, anything to keep their brains working.  It took me a week to get them started back, I can't take doing it again-HELP ME PLEASE!!!!  Limit video games and TV watching to a minimum.

DARE ESSAY

It's that time of year again when DARE essays are due.  In order to graduate from DARE, Officer Shelton requires all students to write a 5 paragraph paper on what they have learned in DARE.  The students then have to read the essay in front of the class.  He then takes the essays to an anonymous source that reads them and picks a winner from each class.  The winners get the honor of reading the essay during graduation.  They also get the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer.  It is quite an honor to read your DARE essay.  The winners get the DARE stuffed animal lion and the prestige of knowing that their papers were the best. 

This year the students will be writing their papers at home.  I will be sending home the details and format on Monday.  I am asking you to help your child very little.  Make them write the paper and only offer small tidbits of advice.  They will be required to do a rough draft at home and in class I will read the essays with each child and do revisions.  They will then complete the final copy at home.  This is a 5 paragraph paper.  It must have a beginning paragraph that grasps the readers attention and states the three things that they are going to talk about.  Paragraph 2 is all about the first thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences).  Paragraph 3 is all about the second thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences).  The 4th paragraph is all about the third thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences).  The final paragraph is the ending and just wraps everything up (3 to 4 sentences).  This paper is no joke.  It is about 2 pages long in the end, roughly 26 or more sentences.  Please encourage your child to get busy on this starting Monday.  The first rough draft is due on Tuesday, Jan. 18th.  The final copy is due on Wed. Jan. 26.  The reading of the DARE essays for the class is on Friday, Jan. 28.  Thank you for your help with this.  I will send you home the date of the DARE graduation when we pinpoint it down.  It will be sometime in late Feb.

Have a happy weekend and pray for NO SNOW!!!  The days now come off the Spring Break and I don't know about you but I love Spring Break!!!!

I'm Praying for NO SNOW!!!

Happy Winter!  I do love this time of year. 

Are you getting excited about DC?  I am and I know the kids will be especially after we sell doughnuts and get in to the lessons we have for the trip. 

Doughnut sale starts today and ends on the 18th.  The doughnuts will be delivered on the 21st and ready for pick up at 7:00 a.m.  The PROFITS go directly to your child's trip.

We are working hard in math now especially fractions.  Please make sure you are looking over the homework at night to make sure your child is on track.  It's amazing the amount of information that gets forgotten from the time it is taught to the moment they step in the door at home. 

Benchmark testing is as follows:  Reading next Wednesday, Jan. 12 and Math Wednesday, Jan. 19. 

End of the nine weeks and end of AR for the second session is Jan. 20. 

Please come and attend a math lesson on Jan. 20 at 9:20.  At this time you will come to class and take part in an actual math lesson.  Get ready for mental math and a timed multiplication test.  It's time for you to see what your child goes through every day.  I will send home the letter tomorrow.  Please respond yes or no.

Look through the folders today and send back the address forms.  All children are required to return these to the office.  I will send folders home again next week and then we will get back on a regular 2 week schedule. 

As far as my health-well, I'm not as dizzy thank God, but I haven't gotten all test results back yet.  My diagnosis is that the cyst in my right check cavity is causing the balance issues and until that gets drained or shrinks, I'll probably always be dizzy (or have vertigo as they call it).  It is the pits but I'm adjusting nicely and changing some items in my diet.  Thank you for your concern and prayers.  I'll keep you updated. 

Have a happy week and I'm back to posting every 2 days or so. 

Love ya'll