Welcome to Curriculum Night at WE

Activities that your student might do in my room:

Reading:
Read just right books
Look at different literary genres
Talk about books they like
Work on letter sounds and the combination of letter sounds
Readers Theater
Poetry
Listening to Read
Read to others
and more..........

Math:
Activities to increase their math skills in daily stations and practice.
Use manipulatives to help them in daily math problems.
They will have study links similar to peers! -Expectation is they try to do the problems that I have marked for them.


Writing:
They will do a lot of free write to help them want to write more.
Share writing ideas.
Work on forming sentences, spaces, and paragraphs.
Create stories that are fiction and non fiction.
Work on writing the sounds they hear in the words they say.

Check out sites in each area linked on this page.

To help find just right books you can go to scholastic.com too

Middle School Students

It has been great seeing some of you walk through the halls of Waukee Elementary. Don't forget to swing by my room if you are in the building. *now in the new location by the 4th grade rooms*

I hope middle school is going great for you! Do your best and you can do great things!

This week at W.E.

Reminder that W.E. Curriculum Night - 6:00-8:00pm
6:00-6:30 – Kdg. & First Grade presentations in each classroom
6:30-7:00 - Related Arts presentation in the library
7:00-7:30 – Second & Third Grade presentations in each classroom
***7:30-8:00 – Fourth & Fifth Grade presentations in each classroom

You will go to the classroom for the presentations, but feel free to stop by the room and I would be happy to share with you some of the things we are doing in my room in addition to their regular classroom!


We have gotten started on a great note! It is going to be a wonderful year!

Upcoming Dates in August & September

AUGUST

August 25-Curriculm Night 6-8pm
August 31-Early Out

SEPTEMBER

September 5-Labor Day No School
September 6-No School
September 8-Picture DAY
September 14 &28 Early Out
September 18-25 MAP Testing

1st Day of School Tomorrow!

WELCOME NEW 4th GRADERS!!!

I was very excited to meet you all at open house. I look forward to getting to know you this upcoming school year!

FIRST DAY of SCHOOL 2011-2012

Open House is August 15th.

First Day of school is Wednesday, August 17th, 2011!

HEAT...Summer

How is your summer going so far?

What is something exciting you have done or seen this summer?

Did you find some good fire works to watch on the 4th of July?
"I went over to watch fireworks at Adventureland. They didn't last very long, but I had a good view of most of it."

What do you do when it is this hot outside?
"I love to have water fights, stay inside to play video games, and read books!"

Writing Topic Idea: Vacation Plans

Do you have any fun vacation plans for the summer?

What is your favorite vacation?

One of my favorite vacations was going to Washington D.C. when I was in high school. My grandmother took 3 of us grandkids because we could drive her. We drove to Kentucky first and went to the Mammoth Caves. It was a place she had gone to as a child on a family vacation so it was nice to learn some things about her childhood. From there we went to D.C. and visited lots of historical sites. I spent a very long time in the capital building and met a lot of impressive people. We stayed in a very nice hotel. We took a ride on the metro, and came home just in time for the last day of school!

Summer Reading at Public Library

Don't forget that you can check out the summer reading program at the Waukee Public Library.

www.waukee.lib.ia.us

Summer Writing Topic #2

What did you think of all the rain last night?
What is your favorite thing to do in the rain?
Or least favorite?