How was Spring Break??

This is a picture of Mrs. Shore and I sitting down at the Memorial at the Pentagon. It was a beautiful Memorial built to remember the events of 911 that happened at the Pentagon.

Mrs. Shore and I had a great time back in Washington D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, and Boston with our kids. We learned so much about the beginning of our country. We got to visit so many amazing places. We both really liked Fort McHenry where the Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812 with the British. Now we are back to school!!

This is a picture of the Changing of the Guards at Arlington National Cemetary. The guard got angry at one of the visitors who was too close to the walking plaza. The guard told the vistor to move. It was fascinating to watch.

Just a few things to go over in Housekeeping to make you aware of things that are going on in our classroom and at Ellis Elementary:

• Monday, March 28, 2011: Early Release PLC


• Monday, April 18th, 2011: Teacher Request Forms available to parents


• Thursday, April 21, 2011: Parent Teacher Conference/Open House


• Friday, April 29, 2011: Teacher requests end


• ISAT testing begins:


• Shore/Graham Language ISAT Thursday, April 14, 2011


• Shore/Graham Reading ISAT Thursday, April 21, 2011


• Shore/Graham Math ISAT Thursday, April 28, 2011


• May 3-5th Idaho Reading Indicator

Language:

Our new Literature Theme for the next 5 weeks in Voyages. The first story is about a small girl from America who visits her grandmother in the country of Korea. We will learn about the culture of Korea and some of the traditions of the Korean people. The story is titled: Yunmi and Halmoni.

The spelling list has the short /o/ sound as in:

caught

thought

bought

laugh

through

enough

fought

daughter

taught

ought

cough

brought

I can't wait to hear all about your Spring Break in the "Weekend News" this week.

Keep reading!!! We have already completed 2 weeks of our AR goals. We have 4 weeks left.

Math

In Math, we are completing Unit 9 and taking a Unit Test at the end of the week. Please practice your 6, 7, and 8 multiplications. Make sure you know what an equation is and how to use an array to solve a multiplication problem. The Unit exam will be on Friday.

The Iditarod is over. John Baker was the winner. The kids really liked the race. We have completed Women in History and will start learning again about communities in our nation.

Question of the week? About how many slaves did Harriet Tubman help to make it to the North?

Congratulations Readers!!

Congratulations to the first two students to reach their AR goal in our class this past 6 weeks.
The first girl was Kelsie Bloxham. The first boy was CJ Quick. Keep reading. The next 6 weeks has already started. We only have 5 weeks left to read.

House Keeping:

• Monday, March 14, 2011: Class Field Trip to the Pocatello Water Department. The bus leaves at 9:00 AM and gets back at 11:50
• Spring Break: For some of you, Spring Break starts after school on Friday, March 18th. Have a great and safe Spring Break.
• Monday, March 28, 2011: Back to School from Spring Break.
• Mid April: ISAT testing window begins. We will test on Reading, Language, and Math

Language Arts:

This week our focus of study is on Biographies. There are a lot of activities planned for the week. The students have also started their Personal PowerPoint Presentations. They will work on these during their computer rotations. The spelling list for the week concentrates on the final /Y/ plus an ending.

skies

flies

stories

puppies

driest

candies

pennies

cries

ponies

bunnies

happier

funniest

Math:

This week we are practicing more comparison problems using multiplication and division and practicing our math multiplication facts on the 6s, 7s, and 8s. Keep working on those facts. You are doing a great job. Remember the strategies we have taught you in class. Remember those little stories we have taught you in your small blue books.

Social Studies:

Our class is participating in the Iditarod Race. We will probably have a winner as of Monday or Tuesday. As of this morning, John Baker is in the lead!!! Go John go!! We are also studying Woman in History this week. We will include them in a few of our biographies as well.

Question of the Week:

Why was the Iditarod originally started? What event does it replicate?