Daily Daisy
Vol.
16
No.
27
Weekend Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: March 9 - March 13, 2009
Monday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. This is a review week in reading. Basals will not be sent home. READ! READ! READ! Scholastic Book Fair begins in the IMC and continues until Friday.
Tuesday Today we have music. READ! READ! READ! READ!
Wednesday Today we have library and reading buddies with Mrs. Woods' fourth grade language arts' students. READ! READ! READ! READ!
Thursday Today we have music and computer lab. READ! READ! READ! Mark your calendars: Today is the day to vote for NORTHPOINT between 5-7:00a.m. WSBT Morning Show will flash the phone #'s needed to vote for Northpoint or you can vote online at WSBT.com. WSBT will visit the winning school that day around 10:00 a.m. They will do a story highlighting the winning school for that eve. on the 5:30 p.m. news. Tell all your friends and relatives to call, too! GALAXY GALLERY from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. We will have a Unit 4 Test in Reading. END OF THIRD GRADING PERIOD! MINI ECONOMY STORE TODAY!
Other News:
Reading/Language Arts
This week we will be reviewing for our Unit 4 Reading Assessment. An excellent way to help your child study the concepts in Unit 4 is to log onto www.macmillanmh.com/indiana/students. If you haven't already, you can set up your own password and be able to log in everytime using that username and password, but you will first need to use an access key which is AG3592293. There are leveled readers, practice books, vocabulary and spelling practice, research and inquiry, etc. Anytime spent on the website counts for minutes in the I LOVE TO READ contest.
Math We are reviewing time and money at the beginning of the week and will start Unit 6 later in the week. When we begin Unit 6, I will send home the HOMELINK packets.
I LOVE TO READ - Wow! We have already read 3,840 minutes!!!! I will add on the 60 minutes each day that we are in school per child at the end of the contest for the reading that we do in school. We will have many incentives along the way. On Friday, if we are able to read more than 3,840 minutes, we will get to go bananas and chew sugarless gum in the classroom. Can you believe it? Isn't that crazy. We will also get to monkey around for an extra 15 minutes on the playground, if we achieve that goal.
Log onto WSBT.com for official contest rules and prizes. In keeping with the Northpoint theme of GOING BANANAS for BOOKS and trying to be different and creative, I tried to come up with a new incentive. I have participated in this contest every year. It has made an incredible impact on the students and so many have improved their reading skills just by reading, reading, reading. I told the boys and girls in our class that we would have a FIRST GRADE FAMILY JUNGLE NIGHT on a Friday after school (TBD at a later time), eating Banana Splits, having popcorn, and watching a movie outside on a big screen if they are the first grade class with the most minutes of reading.
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Study Island - Don't forget to log onto www.studyisland.com to work on first grade skills at home. Time spent on this website also qualify for minutes on the I LOVE TO READ contest.
Time for Kids - www.timeforkids.com also counts for the I LOVE TO READ contest.
CONGRATULATIONS to GEOFFREY LADUE! He is the first grade Northpoint Winner in the Zaner Blosser Handwriting contest. His submission will now be headed to the NATIONAL level for competition. Good Luck, Geoffrey!
PUBLISHED BOOKS - Reminder that most everyone has brought or will soon be bringing home their rough draft of their ABC book for revision, review, and editing. Please make sure to go over the rough draft with your child... marking corrections directly on the draft and returning to school. Your child will then make the corrections and we will print it on the special publishing paper. Lastly, your child will bring home a PUBLISHING KIT that you will need to complete the illustrations and cover. There is a page of directions in the kit. This book is free, but if you want to order more, you can do so on the order form that is in the packet. COMPLETED PACKETS need to be completed and returned by MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009!
WEB FILES PERFORMANCE - Rescheduled for Wednesday, APRIL 22, 2009 in the LGI.
Email: jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us Blog: www.mcgannsminutes.blogspot.com
HAVE A Fabulous Weekend!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Daily Daisy
Vol.
16
No.
25
Week Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: March 2 – March 6, 2009
Monday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. Basal readers go home tonight. Please have your child read Little Rabbit, and make sure basals are returned on Tuesday morning. READ! READ! READ!
Tuesday Today we have music. READ! READ! READ!
Wednesday Today we have library and reading buddies with Mrs. Woods' fourth grade language arts' students. READ! READ! READ!
Thursday Today we have music and computer lab. We will be working hard typing our ABC book entries in Star Office Writer. READ! READ! READ!
Friday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. We will have a selection assessment over Little Rabbit. READ! READ! READ! Don't forget to turn in raffle tickets for today's first raffle.
Other News:
Reading/Language Arts
This week's basal story is Little Rabbit . We will be working on the following skills: contractions; summarizing; and y as a vowel (long e). Please review the orange homework sheet for more information.
Published Books – Many students are completing their ABC books. When they do, they will bring it home for revising and editing with a parent. If your child brings home a copy of their ABC book, please go over it with them and help them mark any corrections. Return it the next day so your child can complete the revisions. Finally... your child will receive the kit to complete their ABC book illustrations (photos can be used and are highly recommended). Book kits need to be completed and returned by Monday, March 23. You can use photos as long as they are secured to the paper and not raised. Stickers can also be used if they are flat and smooth on the paper. The original draft is free. If you want more than one, you will have to pay $17.95 each. I will send home order forms with each kit.
Classbooks are not free. I will be sending home a separate order form for those. The Classbook will be an acrostic name poem for each child. Your child will be bringing home a page for illustrations, but it will be on the back of another student's poem because of the way the books will be assembled.
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I LOVE TO READ Challenge – Going Bananas for Books. Don't forget to read, read, read, and record every minute of reading for the WSBT's Reading Challenge. Please fill out and complete a yellow ticket for every 60 minutes of reading your child completes. Every Friday during the month, we will have a raffle. You will still need to complete the March reading calendar in the planner. Unfortunately, I made a mistake... the program was to be from March 2 to March 28. I didn't realize that so.... we will end the contest on the 27th to make up for it. Sorry for the inconvenience. You can log onto www.wsbt.com for the complete set of rules and contest guidelines.
Math We will be beginning Unit 6 in Everyday Math. I will be sending home the packet of HomeLinks this week. The Homelinks serve as a resource to communicate what we will be learning in math.
Old Leggos - If you have any old legos that you would like to get rid of, the Let There Be Light Program needs them. There are boxes labeled with color names in front of the office. Students can bring them in and put them in the corresponding box to help with this program.
Web Files Performance - Web Files performance has been rescheduled for April 22. Mrs. Kahl, Mrs. Ladue, Mrs. Meade, and Mrs. Koch will be working together to complete the scenery. If you would like to help, please contact one of them.
Study Island - Don't forget to try out www.studyisland.com to work on first grade skills at home.
Time for Kids - www.timeforkids.com has a wonderful web site that has fun games and up to date current events that are grade level appropriate.
Email: jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us Blog: www.mcgannsminutes.blogspot.com
HAVE A Fabulous Week!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
Vol.
16
No.
25
Week Edition
Published
Almost Weekly
Activities and Events for the Week of: March 2 – March 6, 2009
Monday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. Basal readers go home tonight. Please have your child read Little Rabbit, and make sure basals are returned on Tuesday morning. READ! READ! READ!
Tuesday Today we have music. READ! READ! READ!
Wednesday Today we have library and reading buddies with Mrs. Woods' fourth grade language arts' students. READ! READ! READ!
Thursday Today we have music and computer lab. We will be working hard typing our ABC book entries in Star Office Writer. READ! READ! READ!
Friday Today we have P.E. Please wear or bring tennis shoes to school. We will have a selection assessment over Little Rabbit. READ! READ! READ! Don't forget to turn in raffle tickets for today's first raffle.
Other News:
Reading/Language Arts
This week's basal story is Little Rabbit . We will be working on the following skills: contractions; summarizing; and y as a vowel (long e). Please review the orange homework sheet for more information.
Published Books – Many students are completing their ABC books. When they do, they will bring it home for revising and editing with a parent. If your child brings home a copy of their ABC book, please go over it with them and help them mark any corrections. Return it the next day so your child can complete the revisions. Finally... your child will receive the kit to complete their ABC book illustrations (photos can be used and are highly recommended). Book kits need to be completed and returned by Monday, March 23. You can use photos as long as they are secured to the paper and not raised. Stickers can also be used if they are flat and smooth on the paper. The original draft is free. If you want more than one, you will have to pay $17.95 each. I will send home order forms with each kit.
Classbooks are not free. I will be sending home a separate order form for those. The Classbook will be an acrostic name poem for each child. Your child will be bringing home a page for illustrations, but it will be on the back of another student's poem because of the way the books will be assembled.
- more on back-
I LOVE TO READ Challenge – Going Bananas for Books. Don't forget to read, read, read, and record every minute of reading for the WSBT's Reading Challenge. Please fill out and complete a yellow ticket for every 60 minutes of reading your child completes. Every Friday during the month, we will have a raffle. You will still need to complete the March reading calendar in the planner. Unfortunately, I made a mistake... the program was to be from March 2 to March 28. I didn't realize that so.... we will end the contest on the 27th to make up for it. Sorry for the inconvenience. You can log onto www.wsbt.com for the complete set of rules and contest guidelines.
Math We will be beginning Unit 6 in Everyday Math. I will be sending home the packet of HomeLinks this week. The Homelinks serve as a resource to communicate what we will be learning in math.
Old Leggos - If you have any old legos that you would like to get rid of, the Let There Be Light Program needs them. There are boxes labeled with color names in front of the office. Students can bring them in and put them in the corresponding box to help with this program.
Web Files Performance - Web Files performance has been rescheduled for April 22. Mrs. Kahl, Mrs. Ladue, Mrs. Meade, and Mrs. Koch will be working together to complete the scenery. If you would like to help, please contact one of them.
Study Island - Don't forget to try out www.studyisland.com to work on first grade skills at home.
Time for Kids - www.timeforkids.com has a wonderful web site that has fun games and up to date current events that are grade level appropriate.
Email: jmcgann@phm.k12.in.us Blog: www.mcgannsminutes.blogspot.com
HAVE A Fabulous Week!
**Activities and Events are tentative and subject to change.
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