Students:

What are you most excited about for Winter Break?

Mrs. Jones is excited to get to spend more time with my family...and, of course, sleeping in late!!!

Students:

You have really been doing a great job with learning multiplication and division. We know it's out there in the "real world" and that we will use it all the time. Can you find an example of a multiplication or division scenario at your house? If so, please share one here!

I'll go first...

Mrs. Jones' water bottle is twice as tall as her pencil holder. If the pencil holder is 4 inches tall, how tall is the water bottle?

Today we had the honor of having Catherine Fowler (Fowler Middle School is named after her) talk to our class about what life was like when Frisco was founded and how our city came to be. Students can you share something you learned?

Parents and students:

What's on your mind regarding guided reading?

Parents:

Our students have kicked off our Bluebonnet reading. Each year books are nominated to win the Texas Bluebonnet Award, and our students help select this book by reading at least five books and then voting for their favorite. Our librarian, Mrs. Seddighi, has already introduced them to this year's nominees. If you would like to learn more about the Blubonnet nominees, here is a link. http://txla.org/TBA-nominees 

Please help me to encourage good reading choices with your child by encouraging them to read at least 5 Bluebonnet nominees. We are reading one of the books, Dying to Meet You, in class together.

Students:
Can you share what Bluebonnet book you look most forward to reading?

Students,

Today we discussed thick and thin questions. What are some THICK questions you could ask about your Just Right reading book?

I'll go first..."What if I took the main character out of the mystery I'm reading and replaced her with Junie B. Jones? I wonder how she would solve the mystery..."

Can't wait to read your questions!

Students:

Yesterday we discussed adding senses to your writing. When we add literal and even figurative (there's that big word again) sensory statements to our writing we really start to sound grown up. Can anyone share any other ideas on how you can hear, smell, touch, taste, and see better in your stories?

Miss Samantha shared one with me today that I'll pass on to you...Feeling: I'm steaming in the hot air. Good one, Samantha! Who's next?!?

Today our students read Thunder Cake by Patricia Pollacco and practiced sequencing the events in the story. We learned new time order words and then applied our knowledge to sequence the events from Freckle Juice, a book we just finished last week. Ask your child about their lesson and their thundering!!!

My fabulous students:

How do you plan to spend your labor day weekend? Do you know why we observe Labor Day?

Parents: Ask your child to see the special 3 day weekend math "brainbuster" I sent home!

Don't forget that you only have to do THREE days of log since we only have a four day week.

Meet the Teacher Night is one of my favorite times of the school year! I look forward to this all summer long, and I LOVE to meet my new students. Believe it or not, teachers don't find out our class lists until a few days before you do. (And then we scramble to get everything ready!)

I hope you enjoyed looking around your new room and meeting me, your new teacher! Feel free to add a comment about the evening. This blog is to keep us all--teacher, students, and parents--connected.

Well, now that the night is over, it is officially back to school time. Come to our class with two goals...to have a great time and learn something new--I will help you meet both! Let's have a rockin' year!