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As you can see, I am still having difficulty with my website.  I tried to get creative by using colors and a new template, but it's messed everything up for now.  I am waiting to hear back from TeacherWeb to correct the problem.
 
Tuesday I will be on campus but in technology training.  Miss Weaver will continue teaching that day. 
 
Wednesday is an early release day.  Our lunch is at 10:50 and students are dismissed at 12:45.
 
Do not forget that the direct donation drive ends next week.  We are half way to our goal of $25,000!  Don't forget to give relatives and friends of Fern Bluff a chance to give a tax free donation.  This donation drive is taking the place of gift wrap sales.
 
If you have not yet returned your child's report card envelope or reading goals graph, please sign and do so by Wednesday. Thanks.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
 
I am having some difficulty getting bookbags returned.  If your child comes home with a book from his/her reading group please return it the next day so that I can check that book in and get more books for your child's group!  If I sent home a book for extra practice, feel free to keep those books at home until your child is reading them fluently.  Thanks for your help.

 
*Some students have been asking about the reading logs for the library's reading program. Every Tuesday after library, our class visits the "wall of fame" in the front foyer of the school to reward students who have turned in reading logs with small prizes for the time they've spent in books.  This is a library sponsored program, so the log is separate from the one in your child's homework tracker.  However, the 20 minutes of reading your child does for homework each night can count toward the library program. Please print your own reading logs here http://teacherweb.com/TX/FernBluffElementary/Library/photo3.aspx  and turn them in when complete if your child would like to participate.  Thanks!  I will also add this link to my "Reading" and "Learning Links" pages for future access.
 
Our learning:
This week we...
*wrote a pumpkin life cycle book using "time/order words" such as first, then, next, and finally
*studied the plant life cycle and reviewed the parts of a plant
*built numbers using tens and ones (ex. 42= 4 tens and 2 ones leftover)
*reviewed corret letter formation of lowercase letters
*practiced reading and spelling words with beginning l blends

Next week we will...
*continue drafting and publishing stories; focus on using transition words (first, then, next, last, etc.)
*discuss new chronology vocabulary: past, present, and future
*begin studying "America's Timeline" beginning with the Native Americans.  We will focus on Native American groups in each geographic area of the U.S. and how each people used the resources of the land to live.
*continue studying place value and begin comparing numbers (greater than and less than)
*review correct letter formation of lowercase letters
*learn the final silent e spelling rule

 
 


 
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