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Week of May 21st
Chapter books: Chapter Book AR test in the Lab on Tuesday
School Talent Show: Friday, May 18th 6:30pm (free)
Jana Alayra Concert: Sunday, May 20th ($10 per family)
Monday: Turn in Worship attendance forms
Half Day: Friday, May 25th 11:30am - end of trimester
No School: Monday, May 28th
Class Party: May 31st, 9:45
All Library books need to be turned in now as we are finished going to the
library for this year.
Friday is the end of the trimester. All late work must be turned in. Please
turn in the Worship attendance papers on Monday.
Class Spelling Bee: We all did a great job on the class Spelling Bee! With
ten kids still in the run and having gone through all the words for the year,
I then went into the children's dictionary for more words. It was a little
more challenging and we did have some tears but got through it!
3rd Place: Tie between Haley M & Erika
2nd Place: Hailey S.
1st Place: Alana
Congratulations to all! Mrs. Shelby is proud of you!
End of the year party: If you are able to help with the class party on May
31st in any way, please contact our Wonderful Room Mom, Michelle Rivera!
Thanks!
You will start to see things come home that you haven't seen for awhile. If
your child tells you that they need to stay home, they are correct. It is
about time to start cleaning things out. God bless!
Shelby TimesWeek of May 14th
Memory: Lord's Prayer (Tuesday)
Class Spelling Bee: Thursday
Chapter books: Chapters 9 (Friday)
School Talent Show: Friday, May 18th 6:30pm (free)
Jana Alayra Concert: Sunday, May 20th ($10 per family)
Half Day: Friday, May 25th 11:30am
No School: Monday, May 28th
We are on the downhill slide now...still have work to finish so you should be
doing Reading every night and math homework every night. Routine and
structure
is so important so we will keep it going.
We had a great time on our field trip! Thank you to all the parents that
chaperoned! We brought back everyone that we came with! The bus tour was
super! Because it was cool down there (mid 60's) the animals were up and
active. It was so fun to listen to the kids, they were so excited!
A Blessed Mother's Day to all!
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Week of April 30
Memory: 39, 40
Spelling: 25 (words can be found on Spelling city website)
Jamba Juice: Pre-order on Thursday, $3 Mango or Strawberry
Chapter Books: Chapter 5 & 6 due Friday
May Calendar: on this website
Book Report Due: May 2nd
Chapel: Thursday this week only, National Day of Prayer
Zoo Field trip: Thursday, May 10th
Anthology Reading Schedule: on Monthly Calendar, please stay current
Chapter Books: For those children Reading Mr. Putter chapter book, they are
finished with their book and will take a test on it in the Lab on Tuesday.
For those reading Junie B. Jones, Lions at Lunchtime, or Arthur - they will be
reading two chapters a week (starting this week) because we have more chapters
than we have weeks left of school. So chapters 5 & 6 this week.
Sharing this go round: Because of my pet allergies, instead of bringing a
pet, I would like you to email me a video of your child's animal or pictures
when it is their turn. They will bring them when they get the share bag.
Thanks!
helby TimesWeek of April 16th
Memory: 35, 36
No Spelling this week
April Calendar: on this website
Anthology Schedule: on April calendar
Chapter Books: Chapter 3 due Friday
Book Report Due: May 2nd (Early Bird Due Date Thursday, April 26th)
Zoo Field trip: Thursday, May 10th (do not order hot lunch
on this date)
Mid-terms were sent home today. Please sign the envelope and return on
Monday for 20 stamps on your child's stamp card.
Book Fair: The book fair is all next week in the new library. The new
library is in classroom 3B. Check it out. We will go to the book fair during
library next Tuesday to write our Wish list. That means we won't be returning
or checking out any new books till the following week. I will have a Wish
list posted as well.
AR: I am letting some of the children check out AR books again and take
tests
on them. I am a little anxious about this because with our Anthology (with a
story due every day) and a chapter book, our plates are pretty full. I am
concerned that adding one more thing for some children will be too much and
their chapter book work or anthology work will suffer. I will talk with the
kids and decide with them who can be working on AR again and who should wait.
We will get our last anthology in a couple of weeks and the stories are a
little more difficult than what we have now. As always, you can have your
child read other books from the book fair or public library,...at home.
Earth Day Poster Contest: Hailey S. and Ben's posters were entered into the
Earth Day poster contest. We are still waiting to hear if they are one of
the ten finalist. If not, you can view their posters in the children't area
of the public library! Good Job, Ben and Hailey!
We had Mrs. Hartmann from the Water District come out on Wednesday to teach
us about using water and not wasting water. She did a great job and the kids
loved her! Ask them what they learned!
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Week of March 5th
Memory: 25 & 26
Spelling: NO SPELLING THIS WEEK
Computer Lab: Tuesday
Library: Tuesday
Chapel: Wednesday
Track Meet: Friday
March 10th: Sing for church (6pm service) meet at 545pm
March Calendar: information to be posted soon....
Tom Sawyer Play by CYT a great success! We all seemed to love the play that
we went to on Thursday. Because we were the youngest group there, most were
3rd graders, we got front/middle section so we could see. The kids were
pretty much mesmerized the whole time. It is a great performance and your
child brought home a buy one get one free ticket that you can use for this
play or any other that they do. I hope you are able to use it! Thanks to the
parents that went, we had a great,safe trip!
Needed for the class: Baby wipes and lysol wipes
Lutheran School’s Week
March 5-11
Monday, March 5th OPENING CEREMONY “Walking in Truth”
Class Flag Parade and All School Power Walk on the Field
Professional/College Team Sports Dress Day
Please follow Free Dress Guidelines
Basketball Game in the Gym - Teachers vs. 8th Grade
CANNED FOOD DRIVE—Bring your canned goods to your classroom
Tuesday, March 6th SPORTS INJURY DRESS DAY “Push Through the Pain”
Wear an “Ace” Bandage or “Band-Aids”
Please follow Free Dress guidelines
Ice Block Contest on Field
CANNED FOOD DRIVE continues
Wednesday, March 7th CHAPEL UNIFORM WITH SPORTS HAT DAY
Guest Speaker at Chapel
CANNED FOOD DRIVE continues
Thursday, March 8th SPORT YOUR BEST GRACE GEAR DAY
Wear your Friday shirts and free dress bottoms
Water Balloon Launch on Field
Cross Country Meet for 3rd-8th Grades
CANNED FOOD DRIVE continues
Friday, March 9th ALL SCHOOL TRACK MEET “Exercise Dress Day”
Grades K-5 wear exercise gear
Please follow Free Dress/shoe guidelines
Grades 6-8 Wear your P.E. Uniforms or Game Day Jersey
2:00 p.m. CLOSING CEREMONIES on the blacktop
Saturday, March 10th Kindergarten through 5th Grade sings at 6:00 church
service
Sunday, March 11th 6th through 8th Grade sings at 8:00 and 9:30 a.m. church
services
elby TimesWeek of Feb. 27th
Memory: 23 & 24
Spelling: 19
Monday: Return signed report card envelope for 20 stamps on stamp card
Computer Lab: Tuesday
Library: Tuesday
Chapel: Wednesday
Thursday: Morning Field trip to Tom Sawyer
Friday: Half day 11:30
March 10th: Sing for church (6pm service) meet at 545pm
March Calendar: information to be posted soon....
Memory: You may have noticed that as promised for our last trimester, we will
have two memory verses per week. Unfortunately I do not have enough time in
the week to promise to work with your child on every verse. Hence I need you
to go back and practice with your child so they can be successful!
Spelling: As I have been telling the kids, all spelling words on a test must
be spelled correctly, no incorrect capitals, and no reversals. I do remind
them during the test as well.
ABC Order: Our change in memory and spelling are all part of making our
transition into second grade a little smoother. This is also something we are
starting - to help with our transition. We have been working on it in class a
few times. It is a hard concept for some but will come. If you get the
chance to work on it, I would appreciate it.
Inappropriate talk: We've recently had a little bit of inappropriate talk in
first grade. I have been very serious with them and told them this is
unacceptable. As far as I am concerned for a first grader, words like "sexy"
and "hot" are inappropriate.
Field trip to Tom Sawyer: On Thursday morning we are going to the play, Tom
Sawyer. This is a morning only field trip and we will be back by noon and
will have school in the afternoon. The permission slip was sent home on
Wednesday. Please sign and return asap. As far as chaperones go, if you went
to Legoland, then I would like to take some of the parents that didn't go last
time on this one. Thanks!
Chapter Books: Mr. Putter group and Playground problem group will take their
AR test on their book on Tuesday in the lab. We were supposed to take it this
last Tuesday, but because we didn't have school that didn't happen. I would
like to send home the new chapter book because I know they are soooo ready for
it. If it does come home before Tuesday, please make sure your child still
knows their current one as the AR test is one they have to read themselves, no
voice quiz with it. Thanks!
Friday: Half day on Friday because of the "All Lutheran Schools Spelling Bee"
that we host at our school. This is a free event that starts in the church at
6:45pm that night. The participants are in grades 3 through 8. Come out and
support our spellers plus get your child hooked so that when they are in 3rd
grade they will be ready to compete.
Report Cards and behavior: I've had some problems recently with behavior.
Not sure why but have had to become very consistent with them. You will
notice more pinks coming home. This also made a difference in their report
cards. Fortunately they do have one more trimester to improve that grade.
Incomplete assignments: I was surprised at how many incomplete assignments
some of the children had this last week. Please, please, please check
gradelink to see how your child is doing and what they haven't turned in. If
you lost your password, call the school office and ask for it. I had over 20
assignments that I was having to grade last night so the grade shown on your
child's report card was correct. Once your child is in 3rd grade, an
incomplete assignment can mean an academic detention. Please help your child
start with good habits now. You are always welcome to come in and look in your
child's desk for missing homework. Thanks!
Religion book: I recently sent home one of our religion books on the Christmas
story. We have several books that we need to get through. This one is very
important but it was covered in other ways in our lessons that I taught at
Christmas time. Please keep it at home and read the stories if you get the
chance but you don't need to return it.
Art Wall in the Office: You may not know this but the art wall in the office
is done by the month by grade. March is our month. If you get the chance,
stop by the office sometime after March 4th to check out our art. You will be
amazed! These will come home at the end of the month.
Earth Day poster Contest: We will be competing in an Earth Day Poster contest
that they city of Escondido puts on every year. In class we will be drawing
then coloring in a picture on this year's theme. I will send home the theme
and the front page of the paper that they gave to me. I ask that you look
over it with your child and start mapping out an idea of what your child could
draw. We will make it at school on a piece of 11 x 17 piece of white
construction paper. You are welcome to send in a sketch of it that they made
so that they can use it when they make their drawing. It is on a light blue
piece of paper. I will try to the page and info on this website for you
sometime soon.
Lutheran Schools Week: Lutheran Schools week is right around the corner. It
is the week of March 5-11. Information to follow in the Principal's Pen.
Grades K-5 will be singing for the Saturday church service, March 10th at 6pm
(we will meet at 545). Please put it on your calendar now. Thanks!
Sports that your child is in: As my husband says, I am a Number One
Spectator! I love to watch sports! I would love to watch your child as they
compete. Please email me information as to when their game is, where it is
and what field if possible! I would love to come and watch! Thanks!!
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