4th grade Shakespearean Play

Today the students had the privilege of watching the 4th grade students perform Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. The students LOVED IT!!! The play was almost an hour long and our class sat there and watched every minute. They hung by the characters words and laughed and clapped and gasped every time they were supposed to!

Your children may have come home talking about Queen Titania or King Oberon or Puck or the fairies or one of the many many characters... there were a ton! Or they may have even talked about the sword fight or pretend death. The play offered had many different acts and offered a lot of enjoyment.

 Well after the play we wanted the students to write Thank You cards for the students and WOW the class blew up away!! They had the best drawing and writing that we've ever seen... they took their time and we wanted to show you a few pictures of their hard work. :)    

Enjoy!!

P.S. We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Mrs.Hardage and Mr. Haas... your students were amazing and we LOVED the play!!!

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Week of June 6

We have enjoyed having your children in our Kindergarten Class. (In case you've never heard us say it... "We have the best K Class!!!")The students have worked very hard and learned so much!! They have matured and they have lost many, many teeth.  We love their gap smiles.

We have a busy week planned and wanted to remind you all of our dates and times:

Award Ceremony Day in the Multi Purpose Room at 12:30

Following the ceremony, we will be serving punch and cookies in our classroom. We know many of you are taking the time off of work for this special occasion and we thank you! 

Toy Day

Your child is able to bring one toy to school. Our guidelines are the toy must fit in their backpack, no electronics and nothing with little pieces. Please be aware we will not be responsible for anything that breaks or gets lost at school.

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Summer Birthday Celebrations

If your child has a summer birthday and you would like to send in a treat for the class, please let us know. You can send an email or write a note in your child's folder.

Thursday

USA Party Day

We will be celebrating with a Patriotic Party!! Our party time is 12:00-2:00. Thank you to all the parents that signed up to volunteer, if anyone would like to join us... we'd love to have you!!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

We will begin dismissal at 11:30. Just a reminder... Extended Day is closed this day.

Week of May 31

Our Resources for the week are: TUESDAY Music and FRIDAY #1-18 MEDIA and #19-37 P.E. On Wednesday we will be watching the 4th grade perform a Shakespearean play (this is not all fourth grade students just particular classes).

Friday is School Spirit Day!!

HANDWRITING/ WRITING

We are practicing handwriting by writing our weekly sight words, writing words for the word families and then writing CVC or CVCe words.
And... we are getting our Memory Books done!! The students just have to add more color details. :)

MATH  
2-D and 3-D shapes are rocking our classroom this week. We are taking our knowledge of edges, faces, corners and vertices and using them to work with and explain shapes. We are also reviewing numbers on the number line, whether to move forward or backward depending on addition or subtraction.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
We are reviewing the different topics we've discussed this year and all the different things we've learned about Africa.

READING 

Our Sight Words for the week are all the four letter words we have learned this year: the, big, and, etc. Our Word Family is -ook. Our blend is sp, here is the slideshow we will be using. We are reviewing all Medial Vowel sounds. We will discuss whether it's a short one or long one using this slideshow. (I'm not sure if the speaker icon's will work in this slideshow... I am crossing my fingers it does. ) Then we will  end by writing CVC and CVCe words.

We are continuing our Module on the Presidents. The students are really enjoying it and are having fun listing the presidents they know. Everyone loves to tell us Barack Obama! haha They all know he's a president! The stories we will be listening to are Abraham Lincoln,    Teddy Roosevelt,   and   Barack Obama.

Brayden and Michelangelo

Last Friday the students had a surprise visit... Brayden's family stopped by with their pet turtle, Michelangelo. The class was in awe of Michelangelo and had a ton of questions all about him. 

Enjoy the pictures we took and make sure to ask your child all about Michelangelo!!

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Library Visit

We had another amazing library visit with Mrs. Thomas. She brought colorful pictures, sticks for the students to beat on, and amazing books!! She read the books Blue by Ashley Wolff and If Elephants Wore Pants by Henriette Barkow. Watch the youtube video and enjoy the book Blue.

            

ooh I almost forgot the students favorite part!! Every time Mrs. Thomas comes for a visit she always asks them questions that pertain to the Jacksonville Public Libraries: how many braches there are, how many books you can check out at one time, etc. Well her question today was How many books can you check out at one time? Jordon remembered that the magical number was 50!! So make sure to visit the library over the summer and keep reading. 

Enjoy the pictures!

 

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Sight Word Picnic

We had the best time eating lunch with the students today. There were tons of talking and giggles! Lots of the students said that it was the, "BEST DAY EVER" and we were the "BEST TEACHERS EVER!!" And that just melted our hearts... :)

Here are the pictures we took of our 17 Sight Word Reading Champs!!ooh I almost forgot, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Williams even stopped by our picnic. They were so impressed by all the students and their success of reading sight words.

Jordon, Blake and Elliott

Jackson, Reese, Paris, Abigail, Zayvien and Mrs. Pitts

Abby, Sydney, Zavion, Lakeisha, Layla, Emily, Juelz and Ms. Finocchiaro

Graham and Orlando

2D and 3D Shape Making

We made 2D and 3D shapes using toothpicks and marshmallows. It was the cutest thing ever!! Check out the slideshow and make sure to ask your child what shapes they built. :)

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Sight Word Testing - Picnic Time

Sight Words!

We completed Sight Word Testing and WOW! Some of the students have really been practicing. We’ve been practicing A TON at school and we can tell many of you have been practicing at home. J

If you misplaced your sight words or need to make another copy of them, please visit the links on our blog. **They make great flashcards for the Summer.**

Ooh I almost forgot the best part!! The students who read 90+ words will be eating a Picnic Lunch with the teachers on Friday,change that to Thursday!!! Here is a list of the students joining the Picnic F-U-N:

Elliott - Jordon - Juelz - Abigail - Zavion - Graham - Lakeisha Orlando - Reese -Zayvien - Blake  Paris - Jackson - Sydney
 Abby - Layla - Emily

Peanuts Movie Night

You're invited to a FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT!!

This Thursday, May 26, at 6:00p.m. we will be showing The Peanuts Movie in our Multi-Purpose Room. 

We invite you to come in your most comfy pajamas. :) Bring your favorite pillow, blanket or pull up one of the chairs provided. PTA will have a bag of popcorn and a drink for all who attend.

**The movie will begin after a brief 15 minute meeting.**

Week of May 23

 

Our Resources for the week are: WEDNESDAY Music and FRIDAY #1-18 MEDIA and #19-37 P.E. On THURSDAY Mrs. Noah Thomas is stopping by for our last Library Visit. :)

Friday is Sunglasses Day!! Sydney will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class.

HANDWRITING/ WRITING

We are practicing handwriting by writing our weekly sight words, writing words for the word families and then writing CVC or CVCe words.
We are finishing up our Memory Books. :) They are looking great!!

MATH  
2-D and 3-D shapes are rocking our classroom this week. We are taking our knowledge of edges, faces, corners and vertices and using them to work with and explain shapes. Here is a fun video we will watch!

 

SCIENCE
Studying real and pretend animals fits perfectly with our international study of Africa. We will look at the many animals that live in different regions of Africa and compare them to the way the animals act in movies such as "Lion King" and "Madagascar". We will also learn about the Cheetah and other animals on International Day!

READING 

Our Sight Words for the week are all the three letter words we have learned this year: the, big, and, etc. Our Word Families are: -ar and -all. Our blend is pr, here is the slideshow we will be using. We are reviewing all Medial Vowel sounds. We will discuss whether it's a short one or long one using this slideshow. (I'm not sure if the speaker icon's will work in this slideshow... I am crossing my fingers it does. ) Then we will  end by writing CVC and CVCe words.

We are beginning a new Module titled Presidents and American Symbols. :)The stories we will be listening to are: The Home of the President; Washington D.C.     A Dishonest Story About an Honest Man    A Clever General    George Washington    Thomas Jefferson

Patriotic Songs

We began our Module on Presidents and American Symbols yesterday. We start each lesson by listening/singing to a Patriotic Song. :) 

Pledge of Allegiance

   

 America the Beautiful!!  

 God Bless America  

 The Star Spangled Banner  

 You're a Grand Old Flag

   

 I'm Proud to be an America

 

International Day

International Day 2016 was GREAT!!!

The students were amazing at participating in the lessons presented by our wonderful presenters (Sugar Plum Enterntainment, Mrs. Silkert, Mrs. Chakraborty, and our very own Mrs. Pitts), "traveling the world and tasting all the yummy cookies and listening to the teachers. :)     We have the best Kindergarten Class!!

(Because Mrs. Pitts was presenting, our favorite substitute Ms. Davis spent the day with us. :) Along with Mrs. Capel. :) Thanks so much ladies for your help!!)

Well we're sure your children came home with a ton of stories and couldn't wait to show off their work and passports... but we couldn't wait to show you the pictures we took.

Enjoy watching the slideshow!!

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Week of May 16

IT'S INTERNATIONAL WEEK!
 
If you have time later in the week, stop by to take a tour of the school. The decorations going up are beautiful and I'm sure your child would love to check it out with you! 

Our Resources for the week are:

Monday #1-18 ART and #19-37 MUSIC. 

Tuesday #1-18 P.E. and #19-31 Classroom Activity

Wednesday Art and is an Early Release Day.  

Friday is International Day!!

Parents, please remember if your child painted a t-shirt, we held on to the t-shirts at school. 

HANDWRITING/ WRITING

We are completing handwriting by writing our weekly sight words, writing words for the word families and then writing CVC or CVCe words.
We are continuing our Memory Books. :)

MATH  
We wrap up working with teen numbers this week and return to working with shapes. We will review flat shapes first and then move into working with 3-D shapes. It will be a fun way to end the year!
  SCIENCE
Studying real and pretend animals fits perfectly with our international study of Africa. We will look at the many animals that live in different regions of Africa and compare them to the way the animals act in movies such as "Lion King" and "Madagascar". We will also learn about the Cheetah and other animals on International Day!

READING 

Our Sight Words for the week are all the two letter words we have learned this year: on, is, we, etc. Our Word Families are: -eat and -eep. Our blend is sm, here is the slideshow we will be using. We are reviewing all Medial Vowel sounds. We will discuss whether it's a short one or long one using this slideshow.  Then end by writing CVC and CVCe words.

We are finishing up our Module on Earth. :) The last story we will be reading is Goodbye From Good Old Earth. Then we will take our test and have a Culminating Day by watching videos on Earth Day and Recycling. Along with discussing what we are going to do so that we create less garbage and pollution.  It's going to be a great week!!

**If your child missed any of the stories we read in class, please read them the stories. Our Module Test has questions from every story throughout the Module.  

Updated May Calendar!!

We received the remaining Resources for May. Please click on the link to see the Updated May Calendar. 

(If you wish to print a copy of it, you should be able to. )