Miss Casey

Thanks Go Out To:  

• Lily G.'s mom for laminating and cutting out some math games! 
• Grace's mom for the cups!
• A very late thank you to Will H.'s mom for the delicious dirt dessert! 

Thanks Go Out To:  

• Audrey's mom, Jillian's mom, Grace's mom, Cole's mom, and Nicholas' mom for coming on our field trip with us! 
• Everyone for coming to conferences! 

• Please return the yellow conference letter your child brought home in his/her Monday folder as soon as possible.
• Please pull out your photos and help your child pick one (or two) pictures to help focus in on our final narrative writing piece of the quarter!!!  Your child will use this photo to help him/her branistorm and create an organized writing piece telling a story about the event taking place in the picture.  The picture does need to be about something he/she  was a part of and not a huge event (like an entire trip) but a small memorable event (one thing he/she did on the trip).  In order to have a good topic for writing we need to have several well developed ideas related to the topic.  (The writing will be done at school.) Please have the picture sent in by WEDNESDAY!
• Do you have a creek in your neighborhood? If so, we need your help! We're about to begin our soil unit and need samples of creek water. Please let me know if you can send in a few bottles of creek water. 
• How much tv does your child watch? Today he/she brought home a week-long homework assignment. Each night the students need to fill in the graph for how much tv they've watched. This is due a week from today. (Monday the 17th)
• I hope I'll see you at the Fall Festival on Friday the 21st. Every year the Foundation puts together a teacher auction. This year I'm auctioning off two events. The first event is a trip to Cagle's Dairy Farm to go through the corn maze and go on the hayride with me. (This will need to be done before the fall festivities close on November 13.) The second event is hiking up Kennesaw Mountain with me. I'm looking forward to both events! 
• We have room for one more chaperone for our field trip to the Tellus Museum. Please let me know ASAP if you'd like to go.
   
  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:    
• No spelling words this week due to testing.
• Please return the Tellus Museum permission slip and money for the field trip by Friday. 
• The Reflections Contest has started. I encourage all students to showcase their talents and participate. There are six areas in which a student can participate.  The areas are dance choreography,film production, literature, music, photography and visual arts. The deadline for submission is October 14. Please see this link for more details http://eastsideelementary.com/programs-and-events/programs-2/reflections/ 
   
  What’s Rockin’ This Week:
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  • Reading- Connections: Flat vs Deep
  • Writing- Final Piece of Personal Narrative Writing
  • Math- Graphing
  • Science- Soils

   

  Thanks Go Out To:  

       ·         Tyler's, Mackenzie's, Michael's, Annie's, Andrew's, and Jillian's families for writing letters to soldiers! I know those will be appreciated! 
  ·         Ameya's mom for paper towels and tissues! 
  ·         Grace's mom for white bags! 
   

• 10/3/11 

           Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • October 5-7- Cogat Testing
  • October 6- Rocks and Minerals Test
  • October 7- Elapsed Time Test
  • October 7- Soldier Letters Due
  • October 10-14- ITBS Testing
  • October 17-21- Red Ribbon Week
  • October 21- Fall Festival

  Rock n' Roll News: 

  • On Friday our class wrote letters of gratitude to soldiers! East Side is participating in the Bert Show's Big Thank You. The radio station is trying to get a letter to all the military members who will be stationed or deployed outside of the United States on Thanksgiving Day.  I explained to the students that they may write more letters at home and parents and/or siblings may write letters also. All letters are due Friday. For every letter a child turns in, I will give him/her a homework pass to use later. What a rewarding family activity!  
  • Testing begins this week! On Wednesday we will start the CogAT, Cognitive Abilities Test, which assesses students’ abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal (spatial) symbols. This will only take about 30 minutes a day and will be done first thing in the morning. 

        Next week the kids will take the ITBS, Iowa Test of Basic Skills,
        which  assesses students knowledge in the major content areas. This test
        lasts about an hour each day.
  
        You can help your child by making sure they go to bed early
        every night, feeding them a healthy breakfast, and having them here on
        time. These are not tests your child study for nor is it anything your child
        needs to stress over. We will have normal homework this week but will not    
        have spelling words next week.

  • We will be having two normal class tests this week- Rocks and Minerals on Thursday and Elapsed Time on Friday. A study guide will come home tomorrow for science along with their notebooks to study. An elapsed time study guide will not be given. The students have done wonderful with this concept. They are required to be able to determine the elapsed time to the full and half hour at this point in the year.
  •  Last week we logged on to IXL for the first time! Tomorrow your student will bring home (along with several others papers that didn't make it into Monday folders today) a sheet with their login information. This site is great for practicing math skills!

  
  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:    

  • Please return the Tellus Museum permission slip and money for the field trip by Friday. 
  • The Reflections Contest has started. I encourage all students to showcase their talents and participate. There are six areas in which a student can participate.  The areas are dance choreography,film production, literature, music, photography and visual arts. The deadline for submission is October 14. Please see this link for more details http://eastsideelementary.com/programs-and-events/programs-2/reflections/ 
     
    What’s Rockin’ This Week:
    · Reading- Connections: Flat vs Deep
    ·Writing- Revising and Editing Personal Narrative Writing

   

  ·Math- Elapsed Time

  ·Science- Rocks and Minerals

   

  Thanks Go Out To:  

       ·         Hunter's mom for paper plates!
  

       ·         Nicholas' mom for paper towels! 
  ·        Cole's mom for paper towels and paper plates! 
  ·        Will H.'s mom for paper towels and paper plates! 
  ·         Ameya's mom for paper towels! 
  ·         Allie's mom for paper towels! 
  ·        Mackenzie's mom for paper towels! 
  

   

  9/26/11 

           Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • October 5-7- Cogat Testing
  • October 10-14- ITBS Testing
  • October 17-21- Red Ribbon Week
  • October 21- Fall Festival

  Rock n' Roll News: 

  • A permission slip for our field trip to the Tellus Museum is in your child's Monday folder. I am looking for three chaperones to accompany our class on the field trip. This will not be your normal chaperone experience. You will be in charge of a group of children and will be their "learning" guide throughout the day. If you are interested in going with our class please send me an email by Wednesday morning. If I have more than three, I'll put the names in a hat and draw them out.
  • Ask your child about tie-dying rocks!
  • The Reflections Contest has started. I encourage all students to showcase their talents and participate. There are six areas in which a student can participate.  The areas are dance choreography,film production, literature, music, photography and visual arts. The deadline for submission is October 14. Please see this link for more details http://eastsideelementary.com/programs-and-events/programs-2/reflections/ 
     
    
    What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·  Reading- Story Elements

  ·   Writing- Story Elements in Personal Narrative Writing

  ·   Grammar- Editing

  ·   Math- Elapsed Time

  ·     Science- Rocks and Minerals

   

  Thanks Go Out To:  

  ·         Lily G.'s mom, Cole's mom, and Cole's dad for doing Adventures in Art with the children on Friday while I was collaborating!

  ·         Lily G.'s dad for going to Science Lab with the class!

  ·         Grace's mom for kleenex! 
  
  

  We're in Need of:

  • Paper plates 
  • Paper towels (We go through these very quickly as children wash their hands frequently in our room.)

  
  
  9/19/11 

           Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • September 20- Government Test
  • September 21- No Homework Day
  • September 22- Custodian Appreciation Day

  Rock n' Roll News: 

  • Please help your child study for the government test tomorrow. They have their study guide and their Social Studies notebook to help them review. For extra review the children can play the Government Jeopardy game located on the Social Studies, Science, and Healthy Rocks page here on my website.
  • A letter came home attached to a timed math fact test today if your child has not mastered their addition and/or subtraction facts. Please be sure to read the letter because it is VERY important we get these students to where they need to be.
  • We are in need of some old crayons for an upcoming project. If you have any old crayons that are broken, small, or just not being used, please send them in by THURSDAY.
  • Lice is going around the school. We are trying to be preventative in our room by putting backpacks in garbage bags. I’ve been wearing my hair in a ponytail and recommend girls do the same. Lice does not like hair with product in it, so spraying with hairspray can also keep them away!
  • The kids had a ball at the Boosterthon Fun Run! I decided to run with them this year, and they wore me out! We ended up reaching $79/lap and earned the movie day reward. We will watch half of a movie on Thursday and finish it up Friday afternoon. If the class brings in all the pledged money, we will have Dress Like a Rock Star Day. I’ll keep you updated on that!
  • We rocked out at our dance party! Once our Shutterfly site is up and running I’ll upload some of the pictures I took. The kids are great dancers!

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:                                      

  ·         Please be sure and return the Boosterthon envelope your child brought home on Friday or pay the amount online.

  ·         I’ve received a few sports schedules and am planning the days I’ll be cheering for the little athletes. If your child would like for me to attend one of his/her events, please get a schedule to me.

  ·         I checked reading logs today and was shocked at how many students are not recording their at home reading. Please make sure your child is writing this down nightly.

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·  Reading- Story Elements

  ·   Writing- Story Elements in Personal Narrative Writing

  ·   Grammar- Parts of Speech

  ·   Math- Money- Making Change

  ·   Social Studies- Government Test

  ·     Science- Rocks and Minerals

   

  Thanks Go Out To:  

  ·         Andrew and Cole’s moms for marking shirts during the Boosterthon! (This allowed me to run with the kids.)
  Mackenzie's mom for passing out water!
  All the moms and dads who came to the Boosterthon!
  

  ·         Grace’s mom for the Smartboard activities!

  ·         Will P.’s family for the markers

  ·         Someone?? for cardstock! Little hands leave me presents in the room so I don’t always know who things came from!

   

   

   

   

  9/19/11 

           Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • September 20- Government Test
  • September 21- No Homework Day
  • September 22- Custodian Appreciation Day

  Rock n' Roll News: 

  • Please help your child study for the government test tomorrow. They have their study guide and their Social Studies notebook to help them review. For extra review the children can play the Government Jeopardy game located on the Social Studies, Science, and Healthy Rocks page here on my website.
  • A letter came home attached to a timed math fact test today if your child has not mastered their addition and/or subtraction facts. Please be sure to read the letter because it is VERY important we get these students to where they need to be.
  • We are in need of some old crayons for an upcoming project. If you have any old crayons that are broken, small, or just not being used, please send them in by THURSDAY.
  • Lice is going around the school. We are trying to be preventative in our room by putting backpacks in garbage bags. I’ve been wearing my hair in a ponytail and recommend girls do the same. Lice does not like hair with product in it, so spraying with hairspray can also keep them away!
  • The kids had a ball at the Boosterthon Fun Run! I decided to run with them this year, and they wore me out! We ended up reaching $79/lap and earned the movie day reward. We will watch half of a movie on Thursday and finish it up Friday afternoon. If the class brings in all the pledged money, we will have Dress Like a Rock Star Day. I’ll keep you updated on that!
  • We rocked out at our dance party! Once our Shutterfly site is up and running I’ll upload some of the pictures I took. The kids are great dancers!

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:                                      

  ·         Please be sure and return the Boosterthon envelope your child brought home on Friday or pay the amount online.

  ·         I’ve received a few sports schedules and am planning the days I’ll be cheering for the little athletes. If your child would like for me to attend one of his/her events please get a schedule to me.

  ·         I checked reading logs today and was shocked at how many students are not recording their at home reading. Please make sure your child is writing this down nightly.

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·         Reading- Story Elements

  ·         Writing- Story Elements in Personal Narrative Writing

  ·         Grammar- Parts of Speech

  ·         Math- Money- Making Change

  ·         Social Studies- Government Test

  ·     Science- Rocks and Minerals

   

  Thanks Go Out To:

  ·       Cole’s mom for going to Science Lab with our class!

  ·       Grace’s family for the white boards!

  ·       Woops! A late thank you to Nicholas' mom for going to Science Lab with our class!

   

   

   

  
  
  9/12/11 

   

   

   

           Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

   

   

  
  

  Important Dates on our Tour:

   

   

  • September 15- Boosterthon Fun Run
  • September 16- Dance Party
  • September 19- Pajama Day
  • September 20- Government Test
  Rock n' Roll News: 
  
  • Today your child brought home a spelling folder. Each week we will take a pretest. Lists will vary for each child depending on how many words he/she spells correctly. Whatever words are in your child’s folder are his/her words. There are assignments nightly and on the inside cover you will find the instructions. Please let me know if you have any questions.  
  • The book order has been submitted. We should receive the books next week!  
  •  A Government study guide will come on Wednesday to help your child study for our test on Tuesday, September 20.  
  • Boosterthon Update:

        o  We are up to $53 a lap! Before we began raising money, the children          helped me come up with the class rewards. So far our class has earned          the following rewards:

        §  Shoes Off Day (we had this last Thursday)

        §  No Homework Day (coming soon)

        §  Donut and Pajama Day (Monday the 19^th)

        §  Dance Party- (Friday) Kids can bring in a CD with kid-friendly music. 

        o  We’re about $15 dollars away from earning our movie and special Miss Casey treat reward. If we make it to $90 a lap we will have Dress Like a Rock Star Day!  Keep those pledges coming!

  ·      Feel free to join us for the Fun Run on Thursday at 9:45.

   

  
  

   

   

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:                                      

  ·    Please make sure you're signing your child's planner nightly and making sure he/she is doing the required nightly reading and math fact practice.

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·         Reading- New Unit: Readers Think & Talk About Books (This week we'll focus

                 on setting goals and our purpose for reading.)

  ·         Writing- Narrative Writing

  ·         Grammar- Parts of Speech

  ·         Math- Money- Making Change

  ·         Social Studies- Government- The Branches of Government

  Thanks Go Out To:

  ·       Cole’s mom for going to Science Lab with our class!

  ·       Grace’s family for the white boards!

  ·       Woops! A late thank you to Nicholas' mom for going to Science Lab with our class!

  
  

  
  

  9/6/11 Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report

   

  
  Important Dates on our Tour:

  ·September 6- Boosterthon Begins

  ·September 10- East Cobber Parade and Festival

  ·September 15- Boosterthon Fun Run

  Rock n' Roll News: *Disclaimer- sorry for the crazy colors in this newsflash. The Teacher Web site is very strange sometimes! 
              ·We had a blast at our Olympics! I hope your child told you all about it!

  ·We had a great week last week after some very talkative two weeks! I have implemented a behavior management guitar. Students start the day on Let’s Rock and Roll and can move up or down depending on their behavior. They have one warning before consequences are set. Consequences are still logical but this helps students who visually need to see they’ve already had a reminder.

  ·You should find a reading log in your child’s homework folder today. Please leave it in there. Your child is responsible for recording reading every night. This is the same log we are using in class so it should be easy for the students to fill out. You may initial on the side if you’d like, but it is not a requirement.

  ·Spelling will start next week.

  ·We kicked off our government unit today by watching Miss Casey perform in her first music video! Ask your child about my skills..or lack thereof. : )

  ·Somehow three of our small whiteboards have disappeared. If you’re looking for something to donate to our room, we are in need of those!

  ·We had a pep rally today to start the Boosterthon fun! The Boosterthon Fun Run program involves all students in a fun, team building, fitness event while helping our school raise funds.  Last year was a huge success!  The central focus of this year’s character program; Epic Adventure, is all about TEAMWORK.  Whether it’s a sports team, a family, or a class, we’re all on teams. The island inspired EPIC ADVENTURE theme and The Booster Team will take students on a fun-filled journey teaching them the importance of teamwork and how to be a great team.

  Through the Boosterthon, I receive 10% of what our class raises to help go towards supplies for our classroom.  On top of that, our entire school is raising support to go toward student enrichment programs, updated technology and teacher development.  

  Here’s how you can help:

  1. LOG-ON to your student’s website at www.FunRun.com using your student’s pledge pack and access code.  Log on each night to watch the Epic Adventure action videos, get information and enter pledge information.

  1. GET PLEDGES by connecting your student with 10 sponsors. This year there’s an ONLINE PLEDGE PAY system. Be sure to capture and record the e-mail address of each sponsor, as they will have an easy opportunity to pay for your student’s pledge by credit card at the end of the program.

  2. COME TO THE BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN NEXT WEEK! Remember, students will be running 25-35 laps and we would love to have lots of support for our team!

  For Fun Run times and a video message, go to http://boosterthoninfo.com/eastsidetigers

  Thank you for supporting our classroom and our school! 

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:                                      

  ·    Please don’t forget to submit online Scholastic Book Order. You have until the 12^th to do so.

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·         Reading- Genres

  ·         Writing- Descriptive Writing

  ·         Grammar- Complete Sentences

  ·         Math- Addition/Subtraction

  ·         Social Studies- Government

  Thanks Go Out To:

  ·       Jillian’s family for all the wonderful games!

  ·       Grace’s family for the cardstock!

  ·       Everyone who sent in clay for their child and to share!

  ·       Haley’s family for the red pens!

  ·       Everyone who came and helped out with our Olympics:

  o Tyler’s dad

  o Annie’s dad

  o Annie’s mom

  o Andrew’s mom

  o Lily G’s mom

  o Allie’s mom

  o Will P’s mom

  o Hunter’s mom

  o Ameya’s mom

  o Mackenzie’s mom

  o Audrey’s mom

  
  
  Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report
  
  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • August 30- Please send in a pack of modeling clay with your child
  • September 2- Greece Test
  • September 2- Class Olympics
  • September 5- Labor Day, No School
  • September 6- Boosterthon Begins
  • September 15- Boosterthon Fun Run

  Rock n' Roll News:

  • The students have enjoyed learning about the ancient Olympics. On Friday we will bring our Greece unit to an end with our own class Olympics! The students will participate in some of the original Olympic events- discus, javelin, long jump, foot race, and the chariot race. You are welcome to join us on Friday. Unfortunately due to the parking lot construction and the different grade levels’ creative recess areas, I’m still working out an available space. It is tentatively scheduled for 11:00 in the bus lanes. I will send out a definite time/location tomorrow.
    • I will need a few volunteers to help me set up around 10:30 and some during the games to retrieve discuses and javelins. Please let me know if you’d be available to do so.
    • I am also in need of some javelins. I’ve found pool noodles work great. If you have any of the smaller (half size) pool noodles and would be willing to let us borrow them, please let me know.
  • We were rocking and rolling today while learning the Greek alphabet. Ask your child to sing it for you!
  • The Greece test will also be on Friday. This test will cover the three areas on which ancient Greece influenced the United States. Students will need to know how the ancient Greek Olympic molded our current Olympics, how Greek architecture influenced current buildings in the United States, and how ancient Greek democracy is similar and different to our democracy. A study guide will be coming home tomorrow for students to complete as homework.  They will also bring their social studies notebook home to aid them in completing the study guide. Both items should return to school on Wednesday. We will check the study guide together, and it will come back home for studying Wednesday and Thursday night.
  • Thanks for helping your child study for his/her place value test. The kids did great!

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:

  ·        Please send in a pack of modeling clay for your student to use in creating Greek columns.   

  ·    Please send in an old (clean) sock for your child to use a dry erase board eraser if you haven’t already.

  ·        Please be sure to remove all papers from Monday folders, sign, and return only the folder tomorrow. 

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·         Reading- What Do Good Readers Do?

  ·         Writing- Descriptive Writing

  ·         Grammar- Complete Sentences

  ·         Math- Addition

  ·         Social Studies- Ancient Greece- Democracy

  Thanks Go Out To:

  So many wonderful items have been donated! Unfortunately, sometimes kids will leave the items, and I don’t know who donated something! If your name is not on this list and you donated an item, please let me know!

  ·         Will H’s family for the Legos!

  ·         Ashlyn’s family for the keyboard cleaner!

  ·         Grace’s family for the abundance of playground items!

  ·         Ameya’s family for the jump ropes!

  ·         Devan’s family for the tape and mesh bags!

  ·         Hunter’s family for the Legos and Swiffer Duster!

  ·         Andrew’s family for the football!

  ·         Annie’s family for the paper towels and markers!

  ·         Aniketh’s family for the dust pan!

  *I have to give a special thank you to Cole. Last week I found one of our classroom books on the floor with all the pages torn out. It was clear it had been an accident with someone stepping on it. We had already had a lesson on taking care of books, so I made a big deal out of how we have to treat our books kindly or this would happen to all of them. Today Cole brought me a new Ginger Jumps (the book that lost all the pages). I thought that was so sweet of him to think to bring me a new one! I’m so lucky to have students with such thoughtful hearts!

   

  
  
  Important Information!!!
  *Please send in a pack of modeling clay with your child by Tuesday. We will be using it to build replicas of Greek columns.
  *We will have a test over place value and forms of numbers on Monday. Students should know the definitions of place, value, standard form, expanded form, and word form. They should be able to tell the place and value of a number as well as write numbers (up to the ten thousands place) in all forms. Students will be bringing home their math notebooks tomorrow to use as a study guide. PLEASE MAKE SURE THESE ARE RETURNED TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!  
  
  
  
  Miss Casey's Weekly Rockin' Report
  
  Important Dates on our Tour:

  • August 24- Picture Day
  • August 29- T-Shirt Money Due
  • August 29- Please send in a pack of modeling clay with your child
  • September 5- Labor Day, No School
  • September 6- Boosterthon Begins
  • September 15- Boosterthon Fun Run

  Rock n' Roll News:

  • We had the best first week of school! I know this is the most amazing third grade class ever! I’m really looking forward to all the learning and excitement that will take place in our room this year!
  • Today we started our unit on ancient Greece. Miss Casey surprised the kids by wearing a toga and having them join her in the hallway with the rest of third grade for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. We passed the Olympic torch and said the oath! Ask your child about this fun event. Be on the lookout for information regarding our classroom Olympics that will be coming soon!
  • Take a look at how your child did on the addition and subtraction timed tests. They had one minute to answer 40 questions, and the goal was to get all 40 correct. Monday night’s homework is to practice math facts because many students need a lot of practice! (They should also read 20 minutes for homework but note that reading logs have not come home.)
  • Please send in an old (clean) sock for your child to use a dry erase board eraser.

   

  Rock n’ Roll Reminders:

  ·        Please remember to return all Cobb County papers that went home at Meet and Greet, the t-shirt order form, and picture money.

  ·        Please be sure and write your child back in his/her journal home each weekend. I had several children who didn’t have a letter from a parent today.

  ·        Please be sure to remove all papers from Monday folders, sign, and return only the folder tomorrow.

  ·        Class donations may be sent in to school, and I will make sure Ashlyn’s mom receives them.

  What’s Rockin’ This Week:

  ·         Reading- Launching Reading Workshop

  ·         Writing- Launching Writing Workshop

  ·         Grammar- Learning how to do Mountain Language

  ·         Math- Place Value

  ·         Social Studies- Ancient Greece

  Thanks Go Out To:

  ·         Haley’s dad for going to Science Lab with our class

  ·         Everyone who came to Open House

  ·         Grace’s mom for the flashcards

  ·         Ameya’s mom for the frisbees