May 11, 2015

Rising Star

We have several students from our class who will be published in the Rising Star book. Your student will have a letter today that explains what is going to happen.  They will be recognized on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00 PM in the library.  They will be able to present their work and tell a little about it.  If your student is being published, it would be great for them to be there.

Spring Conferences

Your student has a conference sign-up sheet in their blue folder.  Please choose a time that will best meet your family's schedule and return the form to me.  If none of the times are good, please let me know and we can work something out.  It is important for your student to be present because he/she will be leading the conference.

Field Day

May 29 is our Annual Field Day.  If you would like to volunteer, please contact the coaches.  They work hard to put this together for our students, but need a lot of help.

May 8, 2015

Field Trip

Our field trip to Inner Space Caverns is May 19.  We are all very excited about the trip.

Spring Conferences

For the spring conferences, we will have group conferences.  It is very different than the fall conferences.  I will send home conference forms for families to review before the conference.  On the evening of the conferences, there will be several families in the classroom at one time.  There will be 30 minute time slots for families to come.  The student will conduct their conference and show their family some things that they have done this year.  We have been working very hard to complete our PowerPoint presentations for the conferences, too.  I will be in the classroom and will be available for questions/comments from each family, but the student will be the lead on the conference.  If you would like to meet with me individually, that is an option, too.  If you are unable to attend a conference, we can talk over the phone, also.  It is a lot of fun for the students to have the chance to brag on themselves and their work.

I will send out a sign up sheet next week.  I plan to hold conferences on Monday, May 18, and Thursday May 21.  There will be time slots in 30 minute increments from 3:00 - 6:00.

Home Access Center/Teacher Access Center

These programs have changed a little.  A big change is grade history.  If I change a student's grade, I can view a history of the grades that have been entered in the past and the date it was entered.  I don't believe that you can see this as a parent, so I will continue to make comments on grades that I change.

Classroom Blog

Check out the pictures.  We have had a lot of fun working with gravity, force, and motion.  We made roller coasters and did a "Sheep in a Jeep" exploration using ramps, jeeps, and "sheep."  The kids had a lot of fun and learned a lot about these concepts.