Thursday...

Hi All,
We have had a very busy day today, and tomorrow should be a big day, too.  Tomorrow is our end of the month celebration, and we are switching to October's character trait, which is creativity.  We are asking students to wear tie-dyed shirts if they have them, or brightly colored shirts.

Homework for tonight is as follows:

• Reading: Log; study for reading test over Kapok Tree story and vocabulary
• Spelling: study for test
• Math: finish worksheet
• Study for DR quiz

Many students pulled sticks today for not having a reading assignment finished.  We are also having a great deal of DRAMA beginning in our class...with boyfriends and girlfriends, with lying, with tattling, and with not treating one another respectfully.  Please reinforce with your child the importance of focusing on what's important at school. Thank you.

Wonderful Wednesday

Did you know that today is "Read a Child a Book You Like" Day? This day celebrates the birthday (1856) of Kate Douglas Wiggin, author of Rebecca at Sunnybrook Farm and other wonderful children's stories. Share a book you've loved for a long time with a child you love now!

Tomorrow is Picture Day! Please send your child to school in their picture day clothes, as we usually do pictures in the morning.  Don't worry about gym--Mr. Fields usually doesn't require gym shoes on picture day.  Also, even if you don't plan to order a package of pictures, please return the form anyway with your POSE SELECTION marked.  This is the pose they'll use for the yearbook photo.

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; quiz on Friday on Great Kapok Tree
• Math: finish "Estimating Products" worksheet (most finished in class today)
• Spelling: study words; worksheet

Have a great night!

Terrific Tuesday

Hello everyone!

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; quiz over Great Kapok Tree on Friday
• Spelling: Study Words
• Math: worksheet 5-1 on multiplying by 10 and 100
• Return Picture Forms (even if you're not ordering a package, I still need to know what pose you'd like for the yearbook)

Thanks! Have a great night!

MANIC Monday!

Hello! Hope you had a restful weekend.  Please be sure to check your child's yellow folder today--it is FULL of important information and graded papers!  (More graded work will come home this week--I still have a few math papers that need to be recorded.) 

Also, posting the newsletter to my website has proven to be a more difficult task than I hoped it would.  Please look for a hard copy in your child's yellow folder.  If you'd like to receive an e-copy, please let me know via email and I'll forward it to you! 

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; Read story The Great Kapok Tree (pp. 364-377).  (*You can use this for your reading log time!)  ALSO, this story is 0.5 AR points!
• Spelling: Study words
• Math: finish Prime/Composite Worksheet
• Review and Return emptied yellow folder

Have a great night!

Too busy Thursday. :)

Hi all!  We are in the midst of so many projects, it's kind of overwhelming!  Today students presented some awesome Winn Dixie projects, worked on some wonderful habitat posters, and added to our hallway Ocean Habitat for Kentucky Kids' Day tomorrow.  Hope you get a chance to come tour our wild and crazy hallways at SGE!

Don't forget to wear your ELECTRIC yellow SGE shirt tomorrow! 

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log
• Spelling: finish worksheet (sort); use to study for test tomorrow
• Math: finish review worksheet
• Study for DR Quiz 6 tomorrow

It's almost Friday!! :)  Tomorrow should be a very exciting day!

Wacky Wednesday!

Reading: Log; Bring Project tomorrow!!!
Spelling: Study words
Math: finish worksheet
Science: bring anything that you'd like to use for your habitat poster tomorrow (printed pics, markers, etc)

Tremendous Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; continue book report project
• Spelling: Study words
• Math: finish worksheet (most finished in class); study Mad Minute paper for re-quiz on Thursday (so basically study all facts 0's through 5's)

Also, tomorrow is Library day, so be sure to return any books that were checked out before the book fair!

Have a good night!

Marvelous Monday

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend--here's tonight's homework:

• Reading: Log; Book Project due Thursday
• Spelling: Study words
• Math: worksheet on multiplication patterns
• SS: Study for test TOMORROW!

Thursday

Don't forget that tomorrow is our Fall Fair.  Games begin at 5:00, and pre-sale tickets will be on sale tomorrow morning at 10/$1.00.  They will be 10/$1.50 at the Fair.  Hope to see you there!  Also, tomorrow is the last day for the Book Fair.  It will NOT be open during the fair tomorrow night, so please send money with your child if you'd like them to shop during our library time tomorrow.

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; book report due one week from today
• Spelling: study for test
• Math: Practice X facts (we did 2's, 3's, and 4's today at school!)
• Study for DR quiz tomorrow

Have a great night!

Multiplication Meltdown...and Wacky Wednesday

Today we all realized a very scary fact.  4th grade math is going to be extremely PAINFUL for everyone if a bunch of 4th graders I know don't learn their BASIC MULTIPLICATION FACTS!  Whoa--in a one minute timed test (not for a grade), I had students who hardly got any correct (some only got one correct answer...).  We looked through our math book at what is coming our way (4-digit times 1-digit; 2-digit times 2-digit)...and we officially panicked.  I am declaring from experience that MEMORIZING basic multiplication facts will make all of our lives much much better.  I beg of you...please quiz your child!  Find multiplication games online (take them to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ and choose from a variety of multiplication drill games--we looked at a few in class).  Make flash cards together, or purchase an inexpensive set from the Dollar Tree or Walmart.  But please oh please make this a homework priority!  I suggested just ten minutes a night would be better than nothing at all.  (Can you tell I'm a bit panicked?)

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log; Book Project is due Thursday 9/22/11 (a letter came home about this today)
• Spelling: study words- test Friday
• Math: 10 minutes of multiplication drill (or more!!!)

As always, thanks for your support!
SJP

Terrific Tuesday

We had a fabulous bunch of parents and grandparents with us today!  It was so good to have 15 students with visitors--I met many wonderful family members, and got to brag on my sweet class.

Don't forget that tonight is Chick-Fil-A night for SGES!  Hope to see you there between 5:00-7:30. 

"Eat mor chiken!"

Please return your child's signed midterm as soon as possible.

Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log
• Spelling: finish sort worksheet, study

Have a great evening!

Marvelous Monday

HOMEWORK:

• Math: finish worksheet
• Reading: Log
• Spelling: study words

Also, please be sure to get your midterm signed and returned. 

Also, from Mr. Krueger:

BUSY WEEK AHEAD!

PTO is gearing up for the Fall Fair.  If you are signed up to bring in a 2L of soda, send those in anytime this week.  Baked goods for the Cake Walk can be brought to the office on Friday.  Finally, don't assume other parents are working for your class game - check with your child's teacher to see when they need help!

TOMORROW is Stamping Ground day at Chick-Fil-A.  Go to the school website for details, and download the flyer (which will also be sent home today) in the Forms and Downloads section!  Our time slot is 5:00-7:30.  We will also have a special visitor here to remind the kids about it as they leave school!

Grandparents week is upon us!  We look forward to having many special visitors the next three days.

The book fair is going on this week, too! 

Thank you for supporting our school and our PTO.  Your support is one of the things that makes SGE great!!

Wonderful (& wet!) Wednesday

Hello again on a rainy, gloomy day.  We have been very busy today! 
Tonight's homework is:

• Reading: Log
• Spelling: Finish worksheet
• Math: Finish worksheet (#1-12 ONLY)

Please also use the link on the right to visit Mrs. Fredericks' blog--there was a good entry yesterday about AR books and tests. : )

Thanks!

Hope you had a great long weekend.  There is no written homework tonight--just reading log, study spelling words, and surf through the yellow folder full of goodies.

Happy Tuesday--
SJP

Fantastic Friday!

Don't forget that there's no school on Monday for Labor Day.  Hope you have a great (LONG) weekend!

Tremendous(ly busy) Thursday!

So sorry I didn't post yesterday!  My to-do list could literally be written on a scroll, it's that long.  Hope you made it through without me! ; )

Tonight's homework is:
Math: finish worksheet
Reading: Log
Spelling: finish worksheet and study for test tomorrow
Study for Daily Review Quiz tomorrow

Don't forget that tonight is Giovanni's night!  Hope you'll have some pizza for supper. :)  Also, tomorrow we are wearing YELLOW because "Knowledge is Electric!"

TGIaF!