I hope everyone had a Fabulous week off with your families for Thanksgiving. I am personally thankful for all of you and everything you do to help your child be successful. I am also thankful for the opportunity to teach your child. I love teaching!
We ended last week with a field trip to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. I have never been there before and thought it was great. The kids got a wonderful compliment about their behavior. I was so proud of them. They also asked really good questions, and did an awesome piece of Art Work. (that should have come home)
I'd like to send a special THANKS to: Mr. Baggett, Mrs. Collier, and Mr. Deason for Chaperoning our Field trip. You were a huge help and we appreciate you coming with us.
*p.s. I will be keeping the field trip shirts until next time... If you have a green field trip t-shirt that came home please send it back to me. Thanks.

Our Curriculum this week:
Unit 3 Week #2
Spelling: Long O spelling patterns
Reading: "Dear Juno" story about writing letters.
** We will be sending our flat Stanley people this week. (it goes along with our weekly story)
Language: Matching verbs with nouns. We will add an -s to a verb to tell what ONE person, animal or thing does. We will not add an -s to a verb talking about a plural noun. (kind of a hard concept for them)
Math: We will be adding with regrouping this week.
Science: Still working on living things.

*We will have a special visit from Mrs. Pam from Auburn to do a math lesson this week with us on Thurs., Dec. 1st.
** Our special classes this week are: Counseling with Mrs. Bush on Wed. and Music on Friday. We also have computer lab on Friday.
*** Remember that on Thursday we have our Reading and Language quizzes, and on Friday we have Spelling, Math, and Science tests.

Your child will have a Library book come home EVERY night.

Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor

I hope your weekend was as good as mine. Great Family time, Great Football/Cheerleading, Great Rest. I got to see my MOM too. :)

Now it's back to business.
We have a full week of school this week. Except Friday will be a Field Trip Day for us. I am happy to say that everyone will be attending. Yeahhhh!
I have the students' field trip shirts in my classroom and will pass them out the morning of the field trip. I will then take them back at the end of the day to keep for the next field trip. Don't worry, I will wash them. (and of course their names will be put on the tag)
We are beginning unit 3. My the year is flying by.
We are back to Homework in Reading, Spelling, Reading practice story, and A.R. *Math depends on the availability of practice pages.
Science has been fun with the hands on Organisms unit we are studying. The kids have made Terrariums, Planted plants, and created Aquariums to observe. Our plants are really growing tall now. They are so excited and having fun.

I would like to try something new....
I want to start to EMAIL you the weekly newsletter BUT first I want to see if you all like this idea as a quicker way to communicate with you.
If you would like to be included in my weekly email:
Please send me your working email address in your child's folder this week, or email me your address at: dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us
If there is enough interest I would like to go back to a more traditional weekly newsletter format and send it TO you.
Just let me know.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor

I want everyone to have a great 3-Day weekend with your families.
Thank you to all the Veterans out there who have fought to keep our country safe and free. Please tell a Vet of any kind how much you appreciate them this Veteran's Day.
Without them... The USA would not be our strong country we know today.

Over the long weekend I do not want any graded papers to go missing.
SO........ Expect them to come home on Monday to be returned to school on Tuesday of next week.
Thank you for all you do.
-Mrs. Mainor

This week is our Unit Testing week.

We will be reviewing all week long and taking a small portion of the U.2 Reading test each day.

Our spelling word patterns from the last 5 weeks will also be on the phonics part of this test.

*NO SPELLING WORDS to study this week. *NO READING STORY this week and NO READING PASSAGE either.

We will review on Mon. and Tues. for our U. 2 Language Test and take it on Wed.

Thursday and Friday we will do our graded writing assignment.

In Math we will take two county tests throughout the week on material we have already covered. We will also practice adding and subtracting two digit numbers.

In Science we will work on our Living Things Unit. We have made a terrarium and planted seeds this past week; and will be creating an aquarium this week.

This weeks' special activities are Counseling on Wednesday and Music on Friday.

We also have MATH NIGHT on Tuesday... Please try to come and play math games with your families. (in our class) The PTA will be serving Pizza in the lunchroom as well.

I want to send a special thanks to Mrs. Jan for helping us with AR this week and making our Terrariums.

I also want to send a special thanks to Rachel Flower's Mom and Grandma for donating a CLICKER for our overhead projector. MUCH NEEDED and it's HERE.... Yeahhhhhhhh.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Parents and Grandparents you are such a huge part of your child's success in school. Checking folders, helping with homework/projects, coming to lunch, talking with your child, reading with your child and just being involved in what's going on in school for them is key to their success. They love to please YOU! I want to thank all of you for your support this year.

November is the month of Thanksgiving ... AND I AM THANKFUL FOR YOU.

Have a Great Week.

-Mrs. Mainor