mrs davis classroom blog

December 13th

2011-12-13T06:37:00.000-08:00

Spelling Words: bug, rug, shrug, twig, dig, jig, us, we, your, king
Challenge Words: zigzag, ladybug, American, shape, weather

We will go ahead and check out library books today, please keep them in a safe place for the break. Also, I am missing quite a few guided reading books. If you have any please forward them my way.

Friday is party day!!! It will start at 1:45-2:45. If you plan on taking your child home after the party, please sign out on the sheet that I will have out for you.

If you could donate $5.00 for the party that would be great. If you could send it in by Thursday that would be helpful.

January 2, 2012 -- Welcome Back to School!!!

Have a Wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year!

Sincerely,
Nora Davis

reminders for Dec 5th

2011-12-05T11:40:00.001-08:00

Parents,
We are learning Holiday Traditions Around the world. We are making crafts and learning how different countries celebrate the Holidays. We are really having fun making things (it is my favorite part!)

Spelling: men, ten, when, let, get, jet, my, is, me, had
Challenge: pencil, better, west, number sentence, senses

Tomorrow is “wear green” day
Also, tomorrow is Science Night from 6-7:30. Hope to see you there!

Thursday is Chick-Fil-A Day.
Friday is Robertson Round-up be there by 2:00

I think that is it!! Let me know if I forgot something.

week of November 28th

2011-11-28T11:11:00.000-08:00

Parents,
Thank you for being so patient while I was away. The surgery was a little more difficult than first thought. I am much better now, just moving a bit slower than normal.
**I will send home guided reading books tomorrow as I have a meeting today (this is when I would normally get the books.)
** Spelling Words are: sun, run, fun, cut, hut, nut, big, not, look, he
**Challenge Words are: shutter, under, south, equals, solid

**Literacy: we are talking about the past, present, and future. We talked a bit today about how things have changed, like phones, stoves, computers, etc.
**Science: Observe and record changes in the sky. The moon and sun.
**Math: We are learning about shapes. Math homework: Unit 2, pages 3,4,7,18,33.

I think that is it for the week!

Week of October 31st

2011-11-01T07:58:00.000-07:00

We have the Fall Festival this week on the 4th from 5-8p.m. Come if you can, it is a lot of fun!

Spelling Words: mad, dad, glad, bat, sat, flat, was, get, do, all
Challenge Words: pattern, ladder, community, addition, compare

Reading: We are retelling the story
Writing: We are editing our stories, looking for capitals and ending punctuation.
Science: We are learning about sound and how sound travels.

November 7th—We have Celebration of Learning. We will be dressing up in a Baseball Theme, so wear your baseball shirts and caps! It is at 8:30 a.m. if you would like to come!

I think that is it for this week!

2011-10-24T12:39:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun on Friday making ice cream, sorry about the messy clothes.

10/27—Chick Fil A Day
10/27—Report Cards come home
10/28—Library

Spelling Test: cap, lap, trap, plan, can, man, like, no, the, at
Challenge Words: strap, banner, family, addend, cycle
*** Challenge words do not count against the initial 10 spelling words they are just for extra points.

Reading: Retelling the story, acting it out
Writing: practicing our punctuation
Science: Learning about Light
Social Studies: We will be Skyping my Granddaughter in England. We will discuss what it’s like to live in England and the difference in our schools.

If I have missed anything, please let me know.
Have a great week!

Week of October 17th

2011-10-14T15:30:00.001-07:00

Parents,

Sorry about not sending home guided reading books today, but it was crazy. We had story time with Mrs. Boor, Spelling test, Pumpkin sink or float and finally Robertson Round-up. So they will get new books this next week. Continue to read and you can write it down on their form next week.

Spelling Words: at, it, they, to, you

Language Arts/writing: We are still working on inferring in our reading. We will be introducing Adjectives in our writing.

Science: We will be learning about heating and cooling in different materials. We will be making ice-cream in plastic baggies either Thursday or Friday.

***If anyone has an allergy to milk, could you let me know ASAP

We will go to Library this Friday so don’t forget your books. Due to the book fair we have been unable to go for the past 2 weeks.

I think that is it for this week! Just let me know if you need anything.

Have a great weekend!

Nora

Reminders for the week of October 10th

2011-10-10T05:55:00.001-07:00

Parents,

An exciting week coming up... Safety Town!!!!

Also, I know this is last minute, but we wanted to change up Science this week and do some fun things with pumpkins. Could you please send a small pumpkin with your child by tomorrow or Wednesday.

Tuesday 11^th –Twin Day, Dress up with someone!

Wednesday 12^th—Lunch with a loved one

Thursday 13^th—Positive Proof Pictures

---Safety Town 11:15 approximately. Wear you red shirts!

Friday 14^th—Spirit Day (wear a Robertson shirt)

--Round-Up—2:10

--Congratulations for Cole, he is our Hippest in the House.

Spelling Words: are, is, see, the, up

Language Arts: we are learning about inferencing, using clues to predict what will happen in the story.

Science: we will be working with pumpkins

I think that is it for this week!

September 26-30th

2011-09-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Dear Parents,
Just a couple of reminders for the week:

The kiddos did really well on their first spelling test. Remember they are learning to take a test, the words will get harder and we will be adding a sentence. For now, we just want them to learn how to study and take a test.

Monday’s pre-test: am, have, I, like, me

In Language Arts we are learning to write at least 3 good sentences. We are taking a simple sentence and making it better. They are trying to come up with ideas on their own and writing about them.

In Math, we will be learning about money, just a little bit for now and in a few more weeks we will visit money again. So practice with your student at home. Have them identify coins and their value.

In Science, we need your help this week! If you could send a few pieces of fruit with your child this week that would be great! We will be sinking and floating, measuring, weighing the fruit this week.

Our library time has been changed to Friday’s at 12:30, so please put your child’s library book in their backpacks before Friday so they can check out a book.

9/29 is Chick-fil-a day
9/30 Spirit Day (wear your red shirts!)
10/3 Watch Dog Dad’s begins
10/10 No School, it is Conference Day. If you want to conference please let me know as I have a few times still available. If that day doesn’t work for you, e-mail me and we can set up another day.
10/10 Book Fair Begins

I think that is it for this next week, Have a great weekend!
Nora

September 16th

2011-09-16T06:01:00.001-07:00

Dear parents,
Just a couple of reminders of things coming up:

I have sent home guided reading books. I will put a reading log in your child’s folder to have you initial. When they fill the log they can pick from the treasure chest.

Sept. 19—Spelling Pretest (these are words they learned in Kindergarten)—The words are: a, be, can, go, for
I will send them home with the spelling words on Monday, then on Friday we will take a test.

Sept. 22—PTA Board Meeting @ 5:00
--PTA Program at 7:00 (The Magician will be here)
--We go to the Library, so don’t forget your books!

Sept. 23-- Field Trip Permission slips due.
--Don’t forget to go on the Frisco Website and register as a volunteer. If you don’t register, you cannot go on the field trip.

Language arts—we will be using a circle map to write stories on our own.
Math—we will be learning about odd and even (Odd Todd & Even Steven)
Science-- we will be talking about different kinds of weather and making windsocks!

Congratulations to Bailey Crawford for being our Hippest in the House for the month of September.

Don’t forget your shirt money, thanks to those who have paid.

Have a great weekend!