Wow ... What a busy week. This time of year is jam packed.

Special Thanks to all the parents who came to help out with the Halloween parade and party... you helped make things go smoothly.

*If anyone has any good pictures from Friday's activities I'd like to have a copy of them. You can email them to me or put them on a cd. THANKS.

This week is another full/regular academic week. Monday is day #1 and Friday is day #5.

Our Reading and language tests are on Thursday. Our Spelling, Math and Science quizzes are on Friday.

We have Library on Friday, and our make up music class on Monday morning.

Hope you have a great week.

Happy Halloween on Monday and if you trick or treat... Be Careful out there.

-Mrs. Mainor

This is RED RIBBON Week:

Please see your sheet we sent home to be sure your child wears the special clothes suggested for each day this week.

This week we have counseling on Wednesday, and Music on Friday (depending on when the parade ends)

We also will have a Halloween party following the parade on Friday morning.

I will have a sub after PE on that day.

All tests will be conducted on Thursday of this week due to special activities on Friday.

We want to send a special thanks to: Mrs. Jan and Mrs. Flowers for helping with A.R. this week.

Also thanks to Mrs. Flowers for donating a Mystery book from the book fair to our class.

And... to Mrs. Collier for donating $10 worth of books fromthe book fair to our class. We were able to purchase 3 books for our class. :)

I hope you were as proud of your child's progress as I was this first nine weeks. I can say everyone did a great job in something.

We had 3 students make the All A's Honor Roll and 11 students make the A/B Honor Roll.

We also had 9 students make All Happy Faces on their behavior charts this nine weeks.

(they received a candy bar)

Keep up the great work. I expect the same or better this next nine weeks. Everyone make some goals for yourselves...A lot goes on during the Fall season.

Look for a sign up sheet in your child's folder on Monday to say what you will send in for Friday's Party. *If you have a special item you want to make and bring/send in then please let me know. People have really cute treats this time of year.

Send your sheet back on Tuesday so I know what we still need. Thank You.

Have a Great Week.

-Mrs. Mainor

Welcome to the 2nd Nine Weeks.

Even though last week was only 3 days, we packed more activities into that 3 days than we regularly do in a full week. It was a true whirlwind.

We had an American Soldier Visit our Pod (home from Iraq for a two week break). The kids asked really GREAT questions and learned a lot of great info. We will continue to correspond with this soldier throughout the rest of this school year.

We had another Gifted lesson. We had Counseling with Mrs. Bush. And we tried to meet our AR goals for the 9 weeks. The computers crashed on Thursday bringing our whole day to a halt.

*Our A.R. goals START OVER on Monday, October 17th. Please continue to expect an AR book to come home each night. I will be expecting the students to take 1 or 2 tests per day.

This week brings us back to a 5 day week and to Unit 2 Week 3 curriculum.

We will have our Reading and Language tests this Thursday.

We will have our Spelling and Math tests this Friday.

In Science/ S.S. we will be talking about Landforms and our quiz will be Friday.

We will have Library time on Friday as well.

REPORT CARDS for the 1st nine weeks will come home on Thursday.

Monday, October 17th Please expect Graded Papers to come home.

This will be the last batch for the First Nine weeks.

Have a great week.

-Mrs. Mainor

I actually meant Tuesday. Oops.

Hope you all had a great Fall Break. Nice weather to enjoy with your families.

This week we only have a 3 Day week with all the regular testing.
We will test on U.2 W.2 words (which you have already) and our next story (Ronald Morgan)
The grades taken this week will be the last of this first nine week period.

Wednesday we have counseling with Mrs. Bush, and our regular day.
Thursday we have our weekly story quiz and we may have a special visit from an American Soldier on his 2 week break from Afganistan.
Friday we have computer lab, music, Language, Math, and Science tests.
*Obviously we will cover the material thoroughly before taking any tests.
Please read the weekly story with your child on Wed. and Thurs. nights.

All three days we will complete any make up work needed.
THESE ARE THE LAST 3 DAYS OF THE 1st NINE WEEKS.

It is very important for your child to attend school this week.

Please be on the lookout for the "FLAT STANLEY" project that will come home with graded papers on Thursday afternoon. *This will count as a science grade for the next nine weeks.

We want to send a special thanks to Ms. Jan, Sara Paige's Nana for Reading a story to our green pod on "Read for the Record Day", AND for helping us with our A.R. time last week.
We also want to thank BaLeigh Hart's family for sending in cupcakes to celebrate her Birthday. Happy Birthday BaLeigh!!!!!
And last but not least, Thank you to Jamie Collier's family for sending in the beaker of halloween candy for our Estimation Station. Very cool item.

Thanks for all you do each day to help your child be successful. We appreciate YOU.

Have a great week.
Mrs. Mainor

NO SCHOOL MONDAY or TUESDAY for Fall Break.

Enjoy your days off and time with your families.

I'll post again Monday night for the short week.

SHAVED ICE TOMORROW = $1.50


WEAR PAJAMAS TOMORROW = for Read for the record day


Happy Birthday to BaLeigh Hart :)


Good News Club Starts TOMORROW after school... If you signed your child up remember to pick them up at the car rider area at 4pm.

Last Friday was so full of activity it went by in a blink.

We had computer lab, music class, a Gifted Screening Lesson, and a special science assembly put on by the McWayne Center.

Please ask your child about these activities. The experiments were awesome.

He made toothpaste, set a dollar on fire that didn't burn up, and made the air in a balloon disappear and then reappear... All by using solids, liquids, and gas principles.

We also had our apple tasting.

We send a special thanks to:

Travasia Duncan's Grandma and Justin LaFogg's Mom for making apple pies.

(they were different from each other and both DELICIOUS)

Thanks to Alurrian Jones' Mom for sending in extra apples.

Taylor Repsher's Grandma for sending in apples with a caramel sauce.

Sara Paige Baggett's Dad for making apple Strudel.

and... Rachel Flower's Mom for making apple/raisin cookies with a drizzle icing.

WE WERE STUFFED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earlier in the week we tasted and voted on our favorite kind of apple (red, yellow, green)

Then we tasted apple sauce vs apple butter

and... apple cider vs apple juice

and then... apple cider vinegar ewwwwww that makes you pucker.

and last... dried caramel apple chips and sour apple straws.

Our Gotcha Party will be Monday afternoon. It's a Wii Party.

We are starting Unit 2 this week.

Your child WILL have spelling words to study and a new reading story in their reading book.

Homework will be: A spelling page, math page, timed reading passage practice, to read their weekly reading story, and and A.R. book too. Whew... Back to normal business.

TESTS: Reading, Language on Thursday Math and Science on Friday

*We will be taking our county tests in math this week. These tests are a mix of skills we have been studying.

*We will also be finishing the science kit on balancing and weighing.

Hope you have a Great week. Glad the weather is turning cold.

-Mrs. Mainor