I want to first THANK all of you that were able to donate a toy to Cops for Kids. I turned them in and got a BIG THANK YOU to our class. You made several children very happy this Christmas. :)
Second I want to say your FLAT STANLEY dolls are GREAT. They look fabulous and our addresses are going to send them all over the place. We will be learning about several new places on the map when they start to return to us.
Last I can't believe it is December. We still have two weeks until Christmas break and we will be working hard "just like Santa" all the way up until the day we get out. Please make a special effort to make sure your child attends school. It is very important. The end of the 2nd nine weeks is also right before Christmas and we want to make sure everyone has all their grades completed.
Along with all our regular learning we will be doing holiday activities and art. This is a very festive time of year. I hope you take the time to enjoy your blessings.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Friday, December 7, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with your family.
A few reminders about this week. Please turn in your "new" unwrapped toy for the Cops for Kids donation we will give on Wednesday.
Progress Reports will come home on Thursday this week.
We are Starting Unit 3 in Reading, Language and Spelling. All normal homework routines are in place again.
Have a Great Week.
A few reminders about this week. Please turn in your "new" unwrapped toy for the Cops for Kids donation we will give on Wednesday.
Progress Reports will come home on Thursday this week.
We are Starting Unit 3 in Reading, Language and Spelling. All normal homework routines are in place again.
Have a Great Week.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
This week we will be talking about the desert in the fall.
Don't forget to fill out your conference shedule time and send it back in. I will fill slots on a first come first serve basis. If you cannot find a time slot that is good for you then we will work something out.
Don't forget that choir practices each Wednesday morning at 7:30 If your child is a choir member be sure they are there on time.
Don't forget to send in any unused toys that your child doesn't play with anymore. Be sure they are clean and not broken. Thanks.
Some of you still haven't sent in your child's AR, T-Shirt, and Weekly Reader money. Please do so if you have forgotten.
This week we have Music on Tuesday and Counseling on Thursday.
Have a Great Week.
Don't forget to fill out your conference shedule time and send it back in. I will fill slots on a first come first serve basis. If you cannot find a time slot that is good for you then we will work something out.
Don't forget that choir practices each Wednesday morning at 7:30 If your child is a choir member be sure they are there on time.
Don't forget to send in any unused toys that your child doesn't play with anymore. Be sure they are clean and not broken. Thanks.
Some of you still haven't sent in your child's AR, T-Shirt, and Weekly Reader money. Please do so if you have forgotten.
This week we have Music on Tuesday and Counseling on Thursday.
Have a Great Week.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Welcome to September.
This week we will start our special classes.
Our whole class will go to Music on Tuesday from 11:15 - 11:55
Our whole class will go to Counseling from 11:15 -12:00
*We will continue this schedule two weeks from now and again two weeks from then until the end of the school year.
Other schedules that are now in place are Speech and Title for those students who need it. (you have already been notified)
Things to Remember:
The first PTO meeting is Tuesday night at 6pm in the cafeteria.
Send in $1.50 for Shaved Ice on Thursday.
If you have NOT sent in your $5 for the Library A.R. fee please do so as soon as you can. (this pays for the computer tests we need to do AR)
Seperately, If you have not sent in your $6 for Weekly Reader and $6 for the field trip T-shirt, please do so as soon as you can. ($12.00)
Both checks can be written to CES but they are two diff. accounts.
You have until Sept. 7th to sign up for CHOIR. No money is needed for choir yet. ($20 will be needed at a later time though)
Have a great day.
This week we will start our special classes.
Our whole class will go to Music on Tuesday from 11:15 - 11:55
Our whole class will go to Counseling from 11:15 -12:00
*We will continue this schedule two weeks from now and again two weeks from then until the end of the school year.
Other schedules that are now in place are Speech and Title for those students who need it. (you have already been notified)
Things to Remember:
The first PTO meeting is Tuesday night at 6pm in the cafeteria.
Send in $1.50 for Shaved Ice on Thursday.
If you have NOT sent in your $5 for the Library A.R. fee please do so as soon as you can. (this pays for the computer tests we need to do AR)
Seperately, If you have not sent in your $6 for Weekly Reader and $6 for the field trip T-shirt, please do so as soon as you can. ($12.00)
Both checks can be written to CES but they are two diff. accounts.
You have until Sept. 7th to sign up for CHOIR. No money is needed for choir yet. ($20 will be needed at a later time though)
Have a great day.
Friday, August 24, 2012
What a GREAT first week we have had together.
I have enjoyed getting to know my students.
Next week WE START all of our normal curriculum.
Be ready for homework to start coming home Monday night.
I want to send a special thanks to all parents who have sent in their paperwork and money. I know it was a lot.
For those of you who may have forgotten or don't know what is still missing... I will send a note letting you know. :)
Next Thursday, August 29th our GREEN pod will be taking the August DIBELS test. (We will later take it again in Dec/Jan, and a final time in May) This Dibels score will give us a baseline to start with your child. It will help us group them accurately and work on skills they Need.
**Please make sure that your child gets a good night's sleep on Wednesday night and eats breakfast on Thursday morning. This always helps them THINK and DO THEIR BEST.
We will take our first GRADES this coming Thursday and Friday.
Remember that starting Monday your child may be dropped off at 7:30am
Teachers will be on campus starting at that time.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us
Have a Great Weekend and upcoming week.
-Mrs. Mainor
I have enjoyed getting to know my students.
Next week WE START all of our normal curriculum.
Be ready for homework to start coming home Monday night.
I want to send a special thanks to all parents who have sent in their paperwork and money. I know it was a lot.
For those of you who may have forgotten or don't know what is still missing... I will send a note letting you know. :)
Next Thursday, August 29th our GREEN pod will be taking the August DIBELS test. (We will later take it again in Dec/Jan, and a final time in May) This Dibels score will give us a baseline to start with your child. It will help us group them accurately and work on skills they Need.
**Please make sure that your child gets a good night's sleep on Wednesday night and eats breakfast on Thursday morning. This always helps them THINK and DO THEIR BEST.
We will take our first GRADES this coming Thursday and Friday.
Remember that starting Monday your child may be dropped off at 7:30am
Teachers will be on campus starting at that time.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us
Have a Great Weekend and upcoming week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Monday, August 20, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
We are down to the last 3 days of school. Wow...how time flies.
I sent a new Technology form home to be signed last week. Please return it signed. It goes in your child's cume folder and...You don't have to sign one every year any more. This one counts for years to come.
I want to thank everyone for the wonderful turn out for Honor's Day. I hope you enjoyed celebrating your child's accomplishments with us. It couldn't have happened without you. It does take a village...so Thank Each of you for ALL you have done to help make your child successful in 2nd grade. I have enjoyed teaching my class this year so much. This group was very sweet.
Monday= No School It's a Holiday.
Tuesday= Game Day *Please allow your child to pick and bring a BOARD GAME to school this day.
1- We will work on our Olympic Games Book.
2- We will play board games
3- We will work on our Father's Day Projects
Wednesday: Field Day 12:00 - 1:00
We will have activities before and after our field day time slot.
Field day will go on for the school All Day. Our time is only an hour.
If you want to come and join us for field day please come. Our class will be in two teams (but still stay together).
I do need a few chaperones. We will be outside in the field behind the Playground. We will travel from station to station about every 5 minutes. Students will get their spirit packs after our game time is over. It will be HOT.
Students wear your GREEN field trip shirts so we look cool and as a group. AND WEAR TENNIS SHOES. We will be in the field running and stuff.
Thursday: THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
We get out at 12:30 on this day. Car and Bus riders will leave at the same time.
Please make proper arrangements.
If you do not send your child to school on this day please stop by to pick up your child's report card in the front office after 12:30 or sometime on Friday. Thanks.
I had a great year with your child.
Happy Summer to You All.
Love,
Mrs. Mainor
I sent a new Technology form home to be signed last week. Please return it signed. It goes in your child's cume folder and...You don't have to sign one every year any more. This one counts for years to come.
I want to thank everyone for the wonderful turn out for Honor's Day. I hope you enjoyed celebrating your child's accomplishments with us. It couldn't have happened without you. It does take a village...so Thank Each of you for ALL you have done to help make your child successful in 2nd grade. I have enjoyed teaching my class this year so much. This group was very sweet.
Monday= No School It's a Holiday.
Tuesday= Game Day *Please allow your child to pick and bring a BOARD GAME to school this day.
1- We will work on our Olympic Games Book.
2- We will play board games
3- We will work on our Father's Day Projects
Wednesday: Field Day 12:00 - 1:00
We will have activities before and after our field day time slot.
Field day will go on for the school All Day. Our time is only an hour.
If you want to come and join us for field day please come. Our class will be in two teams (but still stay together).
I do need a few chaperones. We will be outside in the field behind the Playground. We will travel from station to station about every 5 minutes. Students will get their spirit packs after our game time is over. It will be HOT.
Students wear your GREEN field trip shirts so we look cool and as a group. AND WEAR TENNIS SHOES. We will be in the field running and stuff.
Thursday: THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
We get out at 12:30 on this day. Car and Bus riders will leave at the same time.
Please make proper arrangements.
If you do not send your child to school on this day please stop by to pick up your child's report card in the front office after 12:30 or sometime on Friday. Thanks.
I had a great year with your child.
Happy Summer to You All.
Love,
Mrs. Mainor
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Awards Day is Tomorrow.
See you in our classroom at 10:15
We will do classroom awards and have refreshments.
At 11:00 we will have formal awards in the gym.
You can then check your child out of school by signing them out in our classroom.
Hopefully we will see someone from each family tomorrow. It is a special day...bring your camera.
There are two ceremonies BEFORE ours. Please come to school at our designated time so the other parents will have a chance to leave you a parking space.
See you in our classroom at 10:15
We will do classroom awards and have refreshments.
At 11:00 we will have formal awards in the gym.
You can then check your child out of school by signing them out in our classroom.
Hopefully we will see someone from each family tomorrow. It is a special day...bring your camera.
There are two ceremonies BEFORE ours. Please come to school at our designated time so the other parents will have a chance to leave you a parking space.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Welcome to the Last full week of the school year. Time sure has flown by.
If you have not sent in your child's $2 for the Award's Day Refreshments yet...Please do that by Tuesday. THANK YOU.
Monday we will be taking the "End of the Year" Benchmark Test. The results will follow your child in their cume folder to the third grade.
Tuesday we will have a regular school day.
Wednesday we will have our Awards Ceremony starting in our classroom at 10:15. We will do classroom accomplishments and have refreshments until about 10:50. Then you can make your way to the gym for the more formal green pod awards ceremony. After those awards you may check your child out to go home.
Thursday and Friday will be regular school days.
Next Monday = NO SCHOOL due to Memorial Day.
Next Tuesday = We will have our water day Gotcha party for those who have earned enough gotcha's this last time.
Next Wednesday = We will have Field Day
Next Thursday is the Last day of School and we will release at 1/2 day. Please make the proper arrangements for your child. Report cards will go home for the last time on the last day of school.
Have a great week. See you Wednesday Morning.
-Mrs. Mainor
If you have not sent in your child's $2 for the Award's Day Refreshments yet...Please do that by Tuesday. THANK YOU.
Monday we will be taking the "End of the Year" Benchmark Test. The results will follow your child in their cume folder to the third grade.
Tuesday we will have a regular school day.
Wednesday we will have our Awards Ceremony starting in our classroom at 10:15. We will do classroom accomplishments and have refreshments until about 10:50. Then you can make your way to the gym for the more formal green pod awards ceremony. After those awards you may check your child out to go home.
Thursday and Friday will be regular school days.
Next Monday = NO SCHOOL due to Memorial Day.
Next Tuesday = We will have our water day Gotcha party for those who have earned enough gotcha's this last time.
Next Wednesday = We will have Field Day
Next Thursday is the Last day of School and we will release at 1/2 day. Please make the proper arrangements for your child. Report cards will go home for the last time on the last day of school.
Have a great week. See you Wednesday Morning.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day! I hope everyone celebrated a special mom today. I also hope the mother's in our classroom loved your child's special gift for you. They really put a lot of thought into it. :)
I also saw several students at the park Saturday for Cops and Kids. You all have a Gotcha for attending. We definately had a lot of fun things to do there and it was a free celebration...with great weather too. If you didn't get to go it is an annual event. You should try to attend next year.
This week we are taking all FINAL grades so it is VERY IMPORTANT that your child attend school each day to get all their final work completed.
THANK YOU ahead of time on this matter.
Monday: We will finish our tests from Friday. We were finishing our MD projects and the day was just not long enough.
We will introduce the Cowboy story and new spelling words for U.6W.4 We will introduce using commas to separate compound sentences and take a grade on basic division. In science we will take a grade on our simple machines booklet and computer game test.
We will do a heavy dose of AR today to try and reach our goals by Wed.
Tuesday: We will have our last special math lesson with Mrs. Pam on multiplication today. We will have a regular day with another heavy dose of AR with any make up work students need to complete.
Wednesday: We will start our day today with a visit from Angela Dewberry from the Millbrook Library about their summer program.
Our trip to ARIS to see 3rd grade will be today right after that. Parents you may MEET us there if you want to join the tour.
I have sent field trip t-shirts home and ask that you please have your child wear their shirt for this last trip. They can keep them after today.
I am meeting with my principal today about any students NOT meeting the promotion / retention criteria. You have been signing the form all year and are aware if your child is a concern.
Thursday: We will host a 1st grade class to tell them about what to expect in the 2nd grade. We will give all weekly tests today.
The 100 book club party is also today for those students who turned in their blue library sheet.
Friday: Today is the last day of shaved ice. Send in $1.50 if you want your child to get one.
9am we will go to the A.R. store for the last time this year.
All formal grades will be complete by today.
Our Honor's Day Program will be the following week on Wednesday, May 23rd.
Please join us (if you can) for classroom awards at 10:15 that day followed by refreshments. Right after that we will have our pod/formal awards at 11:00 in the gym. After that you may check your child out to go home with you.
*Please send in $2.00 for the honor's day refreshments this week before Friday. You do not need to provide any other items. :)
**I am still in need of any pictures you may have from the art museum field trip or any other times from this year. I did not have a camera for a lot of events this year and I have relied on you to take photos. I am making something special for the kids and would appreciate your help.
My email address is dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us or you can send in a disc or real pics. Special thanks to the few of you who sent in pics from bowling.
We are into the last 3 weeks of school. There are a LOT of activities happening all at once. Please check this blog for any information and mark your calendars. My copies have run out so this is how I will be communicating with you.
Have a Great week. Encourage your child to do their best and... Lets end the year strong. :)
-Mrs. Mainor
I also saw several students at the park Saturday for Cops and Kids. You all have a Gotcha for attending. We definately had a lot of fun things to do there and it was a free celebration...with great weather too. If you didn't get to go it is an annual event. You should try to attend next year.
This week we are taking all FINAL grades so it is VERY IMPORTANT that your child attend school each day to get all their final work completed.
THANK YOU ahead of time on this matter.
Monday: We will finish our tests from Friday. We were finishing our MD projects and the day was just not long enough.
We will introduce the Cowboy story and new spelling words for U.6W.4 We will introduce using commas to separate compound sentences and take a grade on basic division. In science we will take a grade on our simple machines booklet and computer game test.
We will do a heavy dose of AR today to try and reach our goals by Wed.
Tuesday: We will have our last special math lesson with Mrs. Pam on multiplication today. We will have a regular day with another heavy dose of AR with any make up work students need to complete.
Wednesday: We will start our day today with a visit from Angela Dewberry from the Millbrook Library about their summer program.
Our trip to ARIS to see 3rd grade will be today right after that. Parents you may MEET us there if you want to join the tour.
I have sent field trip t-shirts home and ask that you please have your child wear their shirt for this last trip. They can keep them after today.
I am meeting with my principal today about any students NOT meeting the promotion / retention criteria. You have been signing the form all year and are aware if your child is a concern.
Thursday: We will host a 1st grade class to tell them about what to expect in the 2nd grade. We will give all weekly tests today.
The 100 book club party is also today for those students who turned in their blue library sheet.
Friday: Today is the last day of shaved ice. Send in $1.50 if you want your child to get one.
9am we will go to the A.R. store for the last time this year.
All formal grades will be complete by today.
Our Honor's Day Program will be the following week on Wednesday, May 23rd.
Please join us (if you can) for classroom awards at 10:15 that day followed by refreshments. Right after that we will have our pod/formal awards at 11:00 in the gym. After that you may check your child out to go home with you.
*Please send in $2.00 for the honor's day refreshments this week before Friday. You do not need to provide any other items. :)
**I am still in need of any pictures you may have from the art museum field trip or any other times from this year. I did not have a camera for a lot of events this year and I have relied on you to take photos. I am making something special for the kids and would appreciate your help.
My email address is dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us or you can send in a disc or real pics. Special thanks to the few of you who sent in pics from bowling.
We are into the last 3 weeks of school. There are a LOT of activities happening all at once. Please check this blog for any information and mark your calendars. My copies have run out so this is how I will be communicating with you.
Have a Great week. Encourage your child to do their best and... Lets end the year strong. :)
-Mrs. Mainor
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wow Again... THANKS to all my kids for their sweet notes and cards and gifts. I really felt loved this morning...Actually all week long. You really know how to make a girl feel appreciated. I Love each one of you soooo much and I will miss you very much when our school year comes to an end.
TODAY we celebrated Jamie Collier's 8th Birthday in three of our green pod classes, because she is indeed a triplet. Thank you to her mom for sending in cupcakes and we appreciated all the silly birthday songs the kids sang to Jamie. She also lost a tooth. What a day.
Friday is the last day to turn in $5 for the field day spirit pack. I have received 3 order forms with no money. They have to come together to actually get a spirit pack.
Also remember to send in the ft slip to visit third grade next week. :)
These last few weeks are going to be a little crazy with activities jam packed on top of each other so we will have to go with the flow.
Please look for graded papers to come home tomorrow (Friday) and the kids will have a little something special for their mother...if they can keep it hidden until Sunday.
Tomorrow I will type our plans for next week so check out the blog. My copies have run out so there will be no paper newsletter.
Have a great night.
-Mrs. Mainor
TODAY we celebrated Jamie Collier's 8th Birthday in three of our green pod classes, because she is indeed a triplet. Thank you to her mom for sending in cupcakes and we appreciated all the silly birthday songs the kids sang to Jamie. She also lost a tooth. What a day.
Friday is the last day to turn in $5 for the field day spirit pack. I have received 3 order forms with no money. They have to come together to actually get a spirit pack.
Also remember to send in the ft slip to visit third grade next week. :)
These last few weeks are going to be a little crazy with activities jam packed on top of each other so we will have to go with the flow.
Please look for graded papers to come home tomorrow (Friday) and the kids will have a little something special for their mother...if they can keep it hidden until Sunday.
Tomorrow I will type our plans for next week so check out the blog. My copies have run out so there will be no paper newsletter.
Have a great night.
-Mrs. Mainor
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
WOW... My snack stash is HUGE. Thank you all so very much for the snacks today. I feel VERY appreciated this week. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. :)
The Volunteer Breakfast also went GREAT today.
Thank you Mrs. Swanner and Ms. Jan for attending. Also thanks to our class choir members for singing and our student council rep. Travasia for serving the guests. You all did a Fabulous job.
Today and Tomorrow we are STAR testing. The students took this test (for comprehension and establishing library levels) at the beginning of the year and again at Christmas. Now this is the last time to take it and compare the new level to the August level. Your child's level should have gone up with all the A.R. reading we have done this year.
Our reading test is Thursday and Friday we will take all other tests.
-Mainor
The Volunteer Breakfast also went GREAT today.
Thank you Mrs. Swanner and Ms. Jan for attending. Also thanks to our class choir members for singing and our student council rep. Travasia for serving the guests. You all did a Fabulous job.
Today and Tomorrow we are STAR testing. The students took this test (for comprehension and establishing library levels) at the beginning of the year and again at Christmas. Now this is the last time to take it and compare the new level to the August level. Your child's level should have gone up with all the A.R. reading we have done this year.
Our reading test is Thursday and Friday we will take all other tests.
-Mainor
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
I received some more beautiful flowers today. Thank you very much.
AND... We got many "much needed" supplies for day 2 of Teacher Appreciation week. Thank you very much and we will use all of them to get us through the end of the school year.
ALSO... Our class did FABULOUS on the DIBELS test today. I am beyond proud of each of my students. They have been working hard and read great.
Our next goal... to reach our A.R. goals by next Wednesday. We will only test and check out library books until next Tuesday. WEDNESDAY is when all library books will be turned in for the year. Then we will shop at the A.R. store for the last time this year.
:) Mainor
AND... We got many "much needed" supplies for day 2 of Teacher Appreciation week. Thank you very much and we will use all of them to get us through the end of the school year.
ALSO... Our class did FABULOUS on the DIBELS test today. I am beyond proud of each of my students. They have been working hard and read great.
Our next goal... to reach our A.R. goals by next Wednesday. We will only test and check out library books until next Tuesday. WEDNESDAY is when all library books will be turned in for the year. Then we will shop at the A.R. store for the last time this year.
:) Mainor
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Over the weekend I hope you practiced your child's reading passages with them to prepare for DIBELS testing on Tuesday.
The kids have been working so hard and I am proud of their progress before they even take their final test.
Please remember to sign and return the Permission slip to visit ARIS. Our field trip is May 16th.
We would like to thank Mrs. Jan and Mrs. Swanner for being our classroom volunteers this school year. They will be honored at the CES Volunteer Breakfast on Wednesday. Thank you both for your help this year.
Monday: We will start U.6 W.3 Material
We will take our spelling pretest on 'tion words, Introduce "Birthday Basket for Tia" story with vocab. The story skill is Drawing Conclusions, and the Reading strategy is Summarizing, In Language we will introduce Using commas, In Math we will introduce arrays (more multiplication), In science we will learn more about simple machines and in s.s. we will identify our branches of government and continue working on identifying American symbols.
***GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TONIGHT...OUR DIBELS TEST IS TUESDAY.
Tuesday: TODAY IS OUR DIBELS TESTING DAY!!!!
Please make sure your child attends school this day.
Please feed your child breakfast so they can do their best.
THE GOAL IS 90 WORDS or Better.
Wednesday: Counseling with Mrs. Bush
Thursday: Our reading quiz
Friday: Music with Kingsmore. Computer Lab
All Tests today and Free Centers at the end of the day.
Have a Great week! We are STILL takig Grades for a few more weeks. Thanks for encouraging your child to "END THE YEAR STRONG" and do their best.
-Mrs. Mainor
The kids have been working so hard and I am proud of their progress before they even take their final test.
Please remember to sign and return the Permission slip to visit ARIS. Our field trip is May 16th.
We would like to thank Mrs. Jan and Mrs. Swanner for being our classroom volunteers this school year. They will be honored at the CES Volunteer Breakfast on Wednesday. Thank you both for your help this year.
Monday: We will start U.6 W.3 Material
We will take our spelling pretest on 'tion words, Introduce "Birthday Basket for Tia" story with vocab. The story skill is Drawing Conclusions, and the Reading strategy is Summarizing, In Language we will introduce Using commas, In Math we will introduce arrays (more multiplication), In science we will learn more about simple machines and in s.s. we will identify our branches of government and continue working on identifying American symbols.
***GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TONIGHT...OUR DIBELS TEST IS TUESDAY.
Tuesday: TODAY IS OUR DIBELS TESTING DAY!!!!
Please make sure your child attends school this day.
Please feed your child breakfast so they can do their best.
THE GOAL IS 90 WORDS or Better.
Wednesday: Counseling with Mrs. Bush
Thursday: Our reading quiz
Friday: Music with Kingsmore. Computer Lab
All Tests today and Free Centers at the end of the day.
Have a Great week! We are STILL takig Grades for a few more weeks. Thanks for encouraging your child to "END THE YEAR STRONG" and do their best.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Our Bowling field trip was GREAT FUN... One student summed it up as "The Best Day of his Life". That is what it is about right there.
I want to thank our chaperones: Rachel's Mom, Jamie's Mom, Brendan's Mom, Abbie's Mom, and our parents who dropped in to help out... Mari's Grandma and Sara Paige's Dad. We know how the day played out and WELL..... Thank you all, more than you know, for all your help in making our day successful.
The kids had a great time.
Our next field trip requires no parent chaperones. It will be Tuesday morning. We will see the Willy Wonka play put on by Stanhope High School Students. We will watch the movie on Monday afternoon to prepare for the play. Then we will compare the two throughout the week and do some extention activities.
We DO have a third field trip coming up to go visit the Airport Road 3rd grade campus. This field trip is absolutely free and parents are invited to MEET US THERE to see the new campus your child will attend. Permission slips are required and will come home to be signed MONDAY. Look for it in your child's folder.
This week we will be doing Unit 6 Week 2 curriculum in Spelling, Reading, and Language. We will be doing simple machines in Science and American symbols in S.S. to go along with the weekly story. In Math we are starting Multiplication.
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
DIBELS testing will be on May 8th. We will be reading several passages this week in order to be extra prepared.
90 words is our last goal to end the year.
I keep telling the Kids to END STRONG. They have worked really hard this year and I'd like to see as many of them as possible make the honor roll for the last nine weeks.
They are getting tired toward the end here and any encouragement you can give your child to be on their best behavior and try their best until to the end would be appreciated.
We have about 3 more weeks of grades to take and then Awards days and fun activities to end out the year. Hang in there.
A few items we need:
1- Our treasure box is in need of items. I am rewarding good behavior and every 100% paper with a visit to the treasure box. (special thanks to Mrs. Swanner for our last big batch of items)
With more visits toward the end of the year any items you send in would be appreciated.
2- I am making a few projects for the end of the year and am in need of any pictures you have taken throughout this school year.
Field trip pics from Bowling or our Art museum trip,
Class parties, Holidays, School functions, Classroom visits,
Open house, Math night, Reading night, Any pics of you
with your child at school. I will use any that you send in.
Please send them to me via email (dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us) or put them on a disc and send them in. Thank you for having them to me by next Friday as it will take a few weeks to copile them all from various sources into the projects.
3- Please make sure your child has Crayons, Scissors, Glue and Pencils to end the year with. We will need them to complete activities all the way 'til the end of May.
Have a GREAT Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
I want to thank our chaperones: Rachel's Mom, Jamie's Mom, Brendan's Mom, Abbie's Mom, and our parents who dropped in to help out... Mari's Grandma and Sara Paige's Dad. We know how the day played out and WELL..... Thank you all, more than you know, for all your help in making our day successful.
The kids had a great time.
Our next field trip requires no parent chaperones. It will be Tuesday morning. We will see the Willy Wonka play put on by Stanhope High School Students. We will watch the movie on Monday afternoon to prepare for the play. Then we will compare the two throughout the week and do some extention activities.
We DO have a third field trip coming up to go visit the Airport Road 3rd grade campus. This field trip is absolutely free and parents are invited to MEET US THERE to see the new campus your child will attend. Permission slips are required and will come home to be signed MONDAY. Look for it in your child's folder.
This week we will be doing Unit 6 Week 2 curriculum in Spelling, Reading, and Language. We will be doing simple machines in Science and American symbols in S.S. to go along with the weekly story. In Math we are starting Multiplication.
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
DIBELS testing will be on May 8th. We will be reading several passages this week in order to be extra prepared.
90 words is our last goal to end the year.
I keep telling the Kids to END STRONG. They have worked really hard this year and I'd like to see as many of them as possible make the honor roll for the last nine weeks.
They are getting tired toward the end here and any encouragement you can give your child to be on their best behavior and try their best until to the end would be appreciated.
We have about 3 more weeks of grades to take and then Awards days and fun activities to end out the year. Hang in there.
A few items we need:
1- Our treasure box is in need of items. I am rewarding good behavior and every 100% paper with a visit to the treasure box. (special thanks to Mrs. Swanner for our last big batch of items)
With more visits toward the end of the year any items you send in would be appreciated.
2- I am making a few projects for the end of the year and am in need of any pictures you have taken throughout this school year.
Field trip pics from Bowling or our Art museum trip,
Class parties, Holidays, School functions, Classroom visits,
Open house, Math night, Reading night, Any pics of you
with your child at school. I will use any that you send in.
Please send them to me via email (dana.mainor@elmore.k12.al.us) or put them on a disc and send them in. Thank you for having them to me by next Friday as it will take a few weeks to copile them all from various sources into the projects.
3- Please make sure your child has Crayons, Scissors, Glue and Pencils to end the year with. We will need them to complete activities all the way 'til the end of May.
Have a GREAT Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, April 22, 2012
This week we are starting Unit 6. All regular homework routines will be back in place.
We have our Bowling field trip this Friday so ALL tests will be given on Thursday.
Graded papers and progress reports will come home on Thursday to be signed and returned. (The promotion/retention form will also come home with new information to be seen, signed and returned). Your child will receive a gotcha for returning all documents signed.
Happy Birthday, this past Saturday, to Justin LaFogg.
Our special class this week is Counseling with Mrs. Bush on Wednesday.
Our DIBELS testing will be on May the 8th. We will be practicing our timed readings very heavily until the 8th. Please make sure you are reading each night with your child and they are reading their timed passage to you each night as well.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
We have our Bowling field trip this Friday so ALL tests will be given on Thursday.
Graded papers and progress reports will come home on Thursday to be signed and returned. (The promotion/retention form will also come home with new information to be seen, signed and returned). Your child will receive a gotcha for returning all documents signed.
Happy Birthday, this past Saturday, to Justin LaFogg.
Our special class this week is Counseling with Mrs. Bush on Wednesday.
Our DIBELS testing will be on May the 8th. We will be practicing our timed readings very heavily until the 8th. Please make sure you are reading each night with your child and they are reading their timed passage to you each night as well.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Hope your Easter was Great.
What beautiful weather and 3 days off.
This week for an hour each morning we are going to take a test similar to the 3rd grade ARMT test.
Tuesday and Wednesday we will do the reading part.
Thursday and Friday we will do the math part.
*The test will not count for any grades. We are just using the data for planning purposes. This will also give the students a chance to practice taking this type of test before it does count.
**Please try to have your child attend each morning so they can participate.
We will have NO TESTING and NO HOMEWORK in any subject this week.
After the test each morning we will cover U.5W.5 reading story and spelling words and language skills. We will have small groups and do A.R.
In Math we will practice creating and reading graphs.
In Science we will be experimenting and identifying soil.
*Please send in a bag of soil from your yard on Tuesday.
All this week's tests will be given next Monday and Tuesday.
**Remember: The April 27th field trip is $10 and the field trip to the May 1st play is $2.50
Please send in a bag of candy for the spring fling.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Welcome Back.
I hope everyone had a Wonderful spring break with their families. I know I did.
This week will be a 4 day week. We have no school on Good Friday, April 6th.
All our Testing this week will be on Thursday.
We have no special classes this week.
Upcoming Dates...
Thursday, April 12th = Shaved Ice
Saturday, April 14th = Spring Fling and 5K fun run (please send in ONE bag of candy with your child to support our green pod game for the spring fling)
Our Field Trip is April 27th. We have our 4 chaperones in place at this time. Thank you.
The next DIBELS testing date is May 8th... Your child needs to be able to read 90 words a minute by that time to Benchmark.
Have a great one.
-Mrs. Mainor
I hope everyone had a Wonderful spring break with their families. I know I did.
This week will be a 4 day week. We have no school on Good Friday, April 6th.
All our Testing this week will be on Thursday.
We have no special classes this week.
Upcoming Dates...
Thursday, April 12th = Shaved Ice
Saturday, April 14th = Spring Fling and 5K fun run (please send in ONE bag of candy with your child to support our green pod game for the spring fling)
Our Field Trip is April 27th. We have our 4 chaperones in place at this time. Thank you.
The next DIBELS testing date is May 8th... Your child needs to be able to read 90 words a minute by that time to Benchmark.
Have a great one.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Welcome to the 4th nine weeks. Wow...It's here already.
Report cards come home on Thursday this week. The promotion / retention sheet will also come home on that day. Please sign it and return it on Friday.
We are starting NEW A.R. goals this week for the fourth nine weeks. Your child will spend their 3rd nine weeks points at the A.R. library store when we return from spring break.
Yes you need to expect library books to come home each night to be read.
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE THIS THURSDAY. Students will NOT keep them at home over spring break.
ALL our weekly tests will be given on Thursday of this week.
Friday we have computer lab, music, a special math lesson from Mrs. Pam from AMSTI, shaved ice at P.E. ($1.50), our gotcha party at the end of the day, And a relay for life balloon release at 2pm. (if your child wants to release a balloon that day send in $2) It will be a funfilled day to kick off spring break.
Wednesday this week we have counseling with Mrs. Bush and our Spring Pictures. Please send the order form with money on that day if you want to purchase them. And... dress your child nicely that day too. :)
Spring Break will be the last week of March (26th - 30th) Do not come to school that week.
Return to school on April 2nd and we only have a 4 day week. There is no school on Friday April 6th.
Our spring fling will be April 14th.
Finally we want to celebrate our March Birthday's
Both Alurrian Jones and Travasia Duncan celebrated with us Last week. Happy Birthday Girls.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Report cards come home on Thursday this week. The promotion / retention sheet will also come home on that day. Please sign it and return it on Friday.
We are starting NEW A.R. goals this week for the fourth nine weeks. Your child will spend their 3rd nine weeks points at the A.R. library store when we return from spring break.
Yes you need to expect library books to come home each night to be read.
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE THIS THURSDAY. Students will NOT keep them at home over spring break.
ALL our weekly tests will be given on Thursday of this week.
Friday we have computer lab, music, a special math lesson from Mrs. Pam from AMSTI, shaved ice at P.E. ($1.50), our gotcha party at the end of the day, And a relay for life balloon release at 2pm. (if your child wants to release a balloon that day send in $2) It will be a funfilled day to kick off spring break.
Wednesday this week we have counseling with Mrs. Bush and our Spring Pictures. Please send the order form with money on that day if you want to purchase them. And... dress your child nicely that day too. :)
Spring Break will be the last week of March (26th - 30th) Do not come to school that week.
Return to school on April 2nd and we only have a 4 day week. There is no school on Friday April 6th.
Our spring fling will be April 14th.
Finally we want to celebrate our March Birthday's
Both Alurrian Jones and Travasia Duncan celebrated with us Last week. Happy Birthday Girls.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, March 11, 2012
This week will be incredibly normal compared to the last few that were filled with extra activities.
This week marks the crossover between the 3rd and 4th nine weeks.
Monday - Wednesday we will be completing all grades for the 3rd nine weeks in Math and Science. We will also be completing any missed assignments or make up work in all subjects due to absences.
All grades were completed last Friday, for the 3rd nine weeks, in Reading, Language, and Spelling.
This week we will be introducing U.5 W.2 weekly reading story, language skill, and spelling words. These grades will be the first grades in these subjects for the 4th nine weeks.
*Your child will have NORMAL homework all this week.
(A nightly reading passage, spelling practice pages, read the weekly story, and read an AR book)
**We only have a few more weeks to reach our 3rd nine weeks AR goals. Please encourage your child to Read, Read, Read as many Library books as they can. They are so excited when they get to SHOP at the 20 point table at our Library store.
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
I know there have been VERY good reasons for students being absent or late to school lately. However, It would be helpful if everyone made an extra effort to be in school this week. Any missing work/test scores will turn into a zero in the gradebook if not completed. All final grades will be turned in on Friday.
In science we had an extra special measurement lesson last week. Please ask your child about watering our alligators and how much their's has grown. We will be observing the changes over the next month.
Special thanks to those of you who sent in Paper Towels and Tissues. We really needed them and appreciate it a lot.
And last but not least the kids really enjoyed making OOBLEK last Friday. Corn Starch and water makes for an interesting MIX of a solid and liquid. It has qualities of both... But can be classified as neither... It's just a mixture.
We will be experimenting with mixing and separating solids and liquids this week too. That will finish up our unit on Solids, Liquids, and Gas.
March 23rd will be our last school day before Spring Break. We will have NO SCHOOL the last week in March. Please mark your calendars and make proper arrangements for your child's care.
Don't forget to pay for the upcoming "bowling" field trip. It's ten dollars. We have only one chaperone spot left so if you want to come please let me know as soon as you can.
Have a Great Week!
-Mrs. Mainor
This week marks the crossover between the 3rd and 4th nine weeks.
Monday - Wednesday we will be completing all grades for the 3rd nine weeks in Math and Science. We will also be completing any missed assignments or make up work in all subjects due to absences.
All grades were completed last Friday, for the 3rd nine weeks, in Reading, Language, and Spelling.
This week we will be introducing U.5 W.2 weekly reading story, language skill, and spelling words. These grades will be the first grades in these subjects for the 4th nine weeks.
*Your child will have NORMAL homework all this week.
(A nightly reading passage, spelling practice pages, read the weekly story, and read an AR book)
**We only have a few more weeks to reach our 3rd nine weeks AR goals. Please encourage your child to Read, Read, Read as many Library books as they can. They are so excited when they get to SHOP at the 20 point table at our Library store.
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
I know there have been VERY good reasons for students being absent or late to school lately. However, It would be helpful if everyone made an extra effort to be in school this week. Any missing work/test scores will turn into a zero in the gradebook if not completed. All final grades will be turned in on Friday.
In science we had an extra special measurement lesson last week. Please ask your child about watering our alligators and how much their's has grown. We will be observing the changes over the next month.
Special thanks to those of you who sent in Paper Towels and Tissues. We really needed them and appreciate it a lot.
And last but not least the kids really enjoyed making OOBLEK last Friday. Corn Starch and water makes for an interesting MIX of a solid and liquid. It has qualities of both... But can be classified as neither... It's just a mixture.
We will be experimenting with mixing and separating solids and liquids this week too. That will finish up our unit on Solids, Liquids, and Gas.
March 23rd will be our last school day before Spring Break. We will have NO SCHOOL the last week in March. Please mark your calendars and make proper arrangements for your child's care.
Don't forget to pay for the upcoming "bowling" field trip. It's ten dollars. We have only one chaperone spot left so if you want to come please let me know as soon as you can.
Have a Great Week!
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, March 4, 2012
We had a Fabulous Dr. Seuss Week. The kids really did a great job dressing up each day. And our Friday Parade was very fun.
Our Class won 3rd place in the 2nd grade. The kids are ecstatic about it since they created their own fish to carry on their fishing poles. Our class book was McElligot's Pool and the story line is that nobody can catch a fish in that pool it is just where they throw junk. So the boy imagines that it connects to the ocean and then a whole lot of Dr. Seussy type fish are able to be caught.
We want to send a special thanks to Rachel's Mom for helping with the parade and being a guest reader. We also want to thank Mrs. Jacki for being a guest reader as well. Friday was read across America day. And... Our Gotcha party. We Smurf Danced with the wii. Most students in our class were able to attend. Hopefully next time all of us can. We are starting over to earn 6 gotchas to go to the next party. And then after that...Our incentive field trip gotcha party.
Thursdaya night I was pleased to see those of you who attended reading night. Thanks for coming.
This week begins Unit 5 for us. We are back to all normal homework routines. Yes we have:
-spelling practice pages Mon. - Thurs.
-reading passage practice Mon. - Thurs.
-read the weekly reading story Mon. - Wed.
Our special activities this week are: Counseling with Bush on Wed. And a special Math lesson from the Auburn University Amsti teachers. And it is Shaved ice day on Wed. Bring $1.50
Friday we have Music and Computer Lab.
Special thanks to those of you who sent in either paper towels or a box of Kleenex. We are using both very often this time of year with runny noses and trying to prevent sickness spreading. We are ALWAYS in need of these items if you ever see a deal and want to send one of those items in.
Have a Great Week.
Mrs. Mainor
Our Class won 3rd place in the 2nd grade. The kids are ecstatic about it since they created their own fish to carry on their fishing poles. Our class book was McElligot's Pool and the story line is that nobody can catch a fish in that pool it is just where they throw junk. So the boy imagines that it connects to the ocean and then a whole lot of Dr. Seussy type fish are able to be caught.
We want to send a special thanks to Rachel's Mom for helping with the parade and being a guest reader. We also want to thank Mrs. Jacki for being a guest reader as well. Friday was read across America day. And... Our Gotcha party. We Smurf Danced with the wii. Most students in our class were able to attend. Hopefully next time all of us can. We are starting over to earn 6 gotchas to go to the next party. And then after that...Our incentive field trip gotcha party.
Thursdaya night I was pleased to see those of you who attended reading night. Thanks for coming.
This week begins Unit 5 for us. We are back to all normal homework routines. Yes we have:
-spelling practice pages Mon. - Thurs.
-reading passage practice Mon. - Thurs.
-read the weekly reading story Mon. - Wed.
Our special activities this week are: Counseling with Bush on Wed. And a special Math lesson from the Auburn University Amsti teachers. And it is Shaved ice day on Wed. Bring $1.50
Friday we have Music and Computer Lab.
Special thanks to those of you who sent in either paper towels or a box of Kleenex. We are using both very often this time of year with runny noses and trying to prevent sickness spreading. We are ALWAYS in need of these items if you ever see a deal and want to send one of those items in.
Have a Great Week.
Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, February 19, 2012
I want to thank everyone who sent in items for our Valentines Day Party. The kids felt the love from each other and had wonderful treats as well. Thank all of you for my special Valentines as well. I LOVE teaching your children.
This week we have Presidents' day and we will be in school on that day. We will do several activities throughout the week on presidents.
Our special activities this week are Counseling with Bush, and Music on Friday.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
This week we have Presidents' day and we will be in school on that day. We will do several activities throughout the week on presidents.
Our special activities this week are Counseling with Bush, and Music on Friday.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, February 12, 2012
I want to thank all the students who were able to perform last Tues. for our PTO program. You all did GREAT.
This week we will be celebrating Valentines Day on Tuesday. Please send in your favorite valentine snack on Monday or Tuesday. Enough for 19 students please. I will provide the paper plates, cups and milk.
Please have your child bring one valentine for each of their friends in class. We will exchange valentines on Tuesday morning and read them at the party in the afternoon.
All activities on Tues. will be valentine based.
Our special classes this week are Library and Computer Lab on Friday.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
This week we will be celebrating Valentines Day on Tuesday. Please send in your favorite valentine snack on Monday or Tuesday. Enough for 19 students please. I will provide the paper plates, cups and milk.
Please have your child bring one valentine for each of their friends in class. We will exchange valentines on Tuesday morning and read them at the party in the afternoon.
All activities on Tues. will be valentine based.
Our special classes this week are Library and Computer Lab on Friday.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Monday, February 6, 2012
Tomorrow will be our PTO program. I am pleased to say we have about 8 students from our class to say they will come and perform. Please be there about 10 minutes until 6. They will start the pto meeting at 6pm. Then the Kindergarden will perform, Then the 1st grade and then us. The whole meeting is over once we are done.
We have been practicing since last Friday. The kids sound great.
If you can't attend then please don't worry.
We don't have a special outfit needed for the performance. Dress nicely of course but it will be your choice.
The students will have a sub on Wed/ Thurs. and Friday of this week. Please encourage them to be on their best behavior during this time.
They will still have their regular reading test on Thursday and Spelling and Language on Friday.
They will have their timed fact drills on Thursday and Friday too.
Our next Science and Math grades will be given next week when I return.
We will have a Valentine's Day party on Feb. 14th. I will provide the cups, plates, napkins and Milk.
Please send in your favorite Valentine treat.... You can make one (enough for 19 kids) or you can buy it. Please send in your item by Monday, Feb. 13th.
In addition to your special Valentine treat. Please help your child make a Valentine for each of the students in our class. We will create our Valentine mailbox bags in class. Students can pass out their Valentines to everyone on the morning of Feb. 14th. We will dig into our Valentine bags later in the afternoon.
We will do Valentine Activities all throughout that day.
Our special classes this week are: Counseling on Wednesday with Mrs. Bush. A special gifted lesson on Friday morning at 9:15 AND Music class on Friday morning at 10:30
We have slushy day on Friday too. Send in $1.50 on Friday morning if you want your child to get a slushy at P.E.
*The next graded paper batch will come home on Monday, Feb. 13th.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
We have been practicing since last Friday. The kids sound great.
If you can't attend then please don't worry.
We don't have a special outfit needed for the performance. Dress nicely of course but it will be your choice.
The students will have a sub on Wed/ Thurs. and Friday of this week. Please encourage them to be on their best behavior during this time.
They will still have their regular reading test on Thursday and Spelling and Language on Friday.
They will have their timed fact drills on Thursday and Friday too.
Our next Science and Math grades will be given next week when I return.
We will have a Valentine's Day party on Feb. 14th. I will provide the cups, plates, napkins and Milk.
Please send in your favorite Valentine treat.... You can make one (enough for 19 kids) or you can buy it. Please send in your item by Monday, Feb. 13th.
In addition to your special Valentine treat. Please help your child make a Valentine for each of the students in our class. We will create our Valentine mailbox bags in class. Students can pass out their Valentines to everyone on the morning of Feb. 14th. We will dig into our Valentine bags later in the afternoon.
We will do Valentine Activities all throughout that day.
Our special classes this week are: Counseling on Wednesday with Mrs. Bush. A special gifted lesson on Friday morning at 9:15 AND Music class on Friday morning at 10:30
We have slushy day on Friday too. Send in $1.50 on Friday morning if you want your child to get a slushy at P.E.
*The next graded paper batch will come home on Monday, Feb. 13th.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, January 29, 2012
This week we celebrate the One Hundredth day of school (on Tuesday) We will be doing a LOT of 100 activities on that day. YOU DO NOT have to send in anything or do a project since we just did our water cycles.
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
Happy Birthday to Abbie Deason on Friday, February 3rd.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Our special class this week is Library on Friday.
Happy Birthday to Abbie Deason on Friday, February 3rd.
Have a great week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, January 22, 2012
This week officially marks the middle of the school year. We have finished our Unit 3 testing and are now starting our UNIT 4 Stories.
Your child will bring home a new Reading book. (looks very similar to the old one)
Your child will now have a new reading workbook (that we work on in school only)
This new book has Chapter 4, 5, and 6 and will take us to the end of the school year.
One change in our spelling homework.
Monday your child will complete BOTH sides of a practice page.
Tuesdy your child will complete BOTH sides of another practice page.
Wednesday your child will complete a fill in the blank sentences, and ABC order practice page.
Thursday... Please give your child a practice spelling test. Just practice the words together.
Friday will be our Test ... Always.
This week we have Counseling with Bush on Wed. Music on Friday, and a special math lesson with Mrs. Pam from AMSTI on Friday as well.
Congratulations to the kids... They did a GREAT job on completing their posters on the Water Cycle. They will need to study on Monday night for the test Tues. Many presenting their posters could not explain the water cycle and that will be necessary to take our test Tues.
We have our posters displayed in the hall. They are all so unique and different from each other yet have the same topic. Great Job. Projects are always so fun, and the kids love them.
In science this week we will be starting another "hands-on" AMSTI science unit called solids, liquids and gas. We will complete a notebook on a daily basis that will count for a grade at the end of the unit. Throughout the unit we will take weekly quizzes on the material we learned that week. The students will be examining, exploring, experimenting with solids, liquids, and gases. This is a fun unit. The science book also has supporting material on S,L,&G. So students will bring their books home on and off over the next month.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Your child will bring home a new Reading book. (looks very similar to the old one)
Your child will now have a new reading workbook (that we work on in school only)
This new book has Chapter 4, 5, and 6 and will take us to the end of the school year.
One change in our spelling homework.
Monday your child will complete BOTH sides of a practice page.
Tuesdy your child will complete BOTH sides of another practice page.
Wednesday your child will complete a fill in the blank sentences, and ABC order practice page.
Thursday... Please give your child a practice spelling test. Just practice the words together.
Friday will be our Test ... Always.
This week we have Counseling with Bush on Wed. Music on Friday, and a special math lesson with Mrs. Pam from AMSTI on Friday as well.
Congratulations to the kids... They did a GREAT job on completing their posters on the Water Cycle. They will need to study on Monday night for the test Tues. Many presenting their posters could not explain the water cycle and that will be necessary to take our test Tues.
We have our posters displayed in the hall. They are all so unique and different from each other yet have the same topic. Great Job. Projects are always so fun, and the kids love them.
In science this week we will be starting another "hands-on" AMSTI science unit called solids, liquids and gas. We will complete a notebook on a daily basis that will count for a grade at the end of the unit. Throughout the unit we will take weekly quizzes on the material we learned that week. The students will be examining, exploring, experimenting with solids, liquids, and gases. This is a fun unit. The science book also has supporting material on S,L,&G. So students will bring their books home on and off over the next month.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Saturday, January 14, 2012
WOW.... I am so proud of my students!!!!! They did a great job on the DIBELS Testing this week. The kids had an average of 30 words growth since August. The more you read the more words you know. Keep it up. Each student needs over 90 words by May.
We also took the STAR test again and the students will have a new A.R. level this week.
MONDAY is a HOLIDAY... NO SCHOOL!!!!!!! for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I will see everyone on Tuesday.
This next week we will have 4 days. We will be taking our UNIT 3 Reading and Language tests.
*no story of the week, no spelling test this week, no regular language test this week.
*Remember the water cycle projects are due on Thursday.
Our special class this week is will be Library on Friday.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
We also took the STAR test again and the students will have a new A.R. level this week.
MONDAY is a HOLIDAY... NO SCHOOL!!!!!!! for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I will see everyone on Tuesday.
This next week we will have 4 days. We will be taking our UNIT 3 Reading and Language tests.
*no story of the week, no spelling test this week, no regular language test this week.
*Remember the water cycle projects are due on Thursday.
Our special class this week is will be Library on Friday.
Have a Great Week.
-Mrs. Mainor
Sunday, January 8, 2012
We had a great first week back. Everyone was a little slow and tired from getting up early again, but they did great with behavior and remembering routines.
This week is our last reading story for Unit 3 followed by a Holiday/day off on Monday, Jan. 16th and then 4 days of Unit Testing.
WE HAVE our DIBELS TESTING this THURSDAY, Jan. 12th. (Please have your child get a good night's sleep on Wednesday and eat a good breakfast on Thursday morning.)
*Students will read and retell 3 stories they have never seen. (one minute each) They will throw out the highest and lowest scores and keep the middle one to count for thier January score. Students need to score 68 words in a minute at this time to Benchmark. They need 90 by the end of the school year.
Our 2nd nine weeks report cards will also come home on Thursday.
*Please sign and return the next day and your child will receive a gotcha.
The January PTA meeting will be in the Lunchroom on Tuesday night 6pm
Our special classes this week are: Counseling on Wed with Mrs. Bush, Music on Friday.
Happy Birthday this week to: Laterrious Wilkes on January 10th.
Special Thanks to: Jamie Collier's family for sending in paper towels.
and, Sara Paige's family for sending in Treasure box items and their donation for getting classroom supplies.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Graded papers for the 3rd nine weeks will start coming home this Thursday.
Have a GREAT WEEK.
Roll Tide in the National Championship game Monday night!!!!!
-Mrs. Mainor
This week is our last reading story for Unit 3 followed by a Holiday/day off on Monday, Jan. 16th and then 4 days of Unit Testing.
WE HAVE our DIBELS TESTING this THURSDAY, Jan. 12th. (Please have your child get a good night's sleep on Wednesday and eat a good breakfast on Thursday morning.)
*Students will read and retell 3 stories they have never seen. (one minute each) They will throw out the highest and lowest scores and keep the middle one to count for thier January score. Students need to score 68 words in a minute at this time to Benchmark. They need 90 by the end of the school year.
Our 2nd nine weeks report cards will also come home on Thursday.
*Please sign and return the next day and your child will receive a gotcha.
The January PTA meeting will be in the Lunchroom on Tuesday night 6pm
Our special classes this week are: Counseling on Wed with Mrs. Bush, Music on Friday.
Happy Birthday this week to: Laterrious Wilkes on January 10th.
Special Thanks to: Jamie Collier's family for sending in paper towels.
and, Sara Paige's family for sending in Treasure box items and their donation for getting classroom supplies.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Graded papers for the 3rd nine weeks will start coming home this Thursday.
Have a GREAT WEEK.
Roll Tide in the National Championship game Monday night!!!!!
-Mrs. Mainor
Monday, January 2, 2012
Welcome to 2012......... Happy New Year to Everyone.
I hope you had a fabulous holiday with your family. I know I did.
I forward to seeing all my babies again on Jan. 3rd. I'm sure it will take a few days to get back into the swing of things.
We are now into the 3rd nine weeks and this week being a 4 day week all of our tests will be given on Friday.
We also have Library this coming Friday. We will be spending our A.R. points at that time. Please expect your child to come home with toy-type items on this day.
You were given the spelling words for this weeks' test back in December so I hope you have been going over the words with your child.
It is best to get right back into the normal routines so... Please expect spelling homework every night, the reading passage and the reading book will also come home to be read.
Since Christmas has just passed and I'm sure everyone has new things to play with... Please feel free to send in any toys your child does not need anymore. We will put these items into our treasure box. Thank you.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
I hope you had a fabulous holiday with your family. I know I did.
I forward to seeing all my babies again on Jan. 3rd. I'm sure it will take a few days to get back into the swing of things.
We are now into the 3rd nine weeks and this week being a 4 day week all of our tests will be given on Friday.
We also have Library this coming Friday. We will be spending our A.R. points at that time. Please expect your child to come home with toy-type items on this day.
You were given the spelling words for this weeks' test back in December so I hope you have been going over the words with your child.
It is best to get right back into the normal routines so... Please expect spelling homework every night, the reading passage and the reading book will also come home to be read.
Since Christmas has just passed and I'm sure everyone has new things to play with... Please feel free to send in any toys your child does not need anymore. We will put these items into our treasure box. Thank you.
Have a GREAT week.
-Mrs. Mainor
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