Achieve 3000 Kids Biz

Students that are working on Achieve 3000 are improving in reading levels.

Congratulations to the following kids from our class:
Jon Brown (Second Time this year)
Peter Cole (Second Time this year)
Trygve Gard
Sonja Rusch
Hayley Ripke
MacKenzie Bowman

If your child has a login and password, he or she can practice on line at home too. As of right now the kids at school go two days a week to the computer lab. Mondays and Thursdays. On these days they can test up. So practice helps each time.

Again Congratulations for your success and improvement!

Invention Posters Have Started

We are starting to brainstorm our invention posters to fill a want or need. These are due Friday, Dec. 10th.

If you lack ideas or if you have a great idea that you think you could patten with our family google ways to accomplish these goals. Good Luck and have fun learning.

MoNA Fieldtrip Friday Nov. 5th, 2010

Yeah! We are heading out on our first of the year MoNA fieldtrip.

We will leave at 12 noon and return sometime close to 2:30PM.

Lunches will be eaten at 10:45 Recess.

We are really looking forward to doing art with the artists at MoNA.

Farm Fieldtrip "What is Real Food?"

Science - Steam Tables- The Study of Erosion on a Flat Plain and a Slope; Photos taken by Julian

Scholastic Book Orders Online and Login

Online Ordering Information
Web address Scholastic or www.scholastic/bookclubs.com
Class Activation Code:
Newsletters will be sent home with more info today, Sept 30th with students. You can sign up on line, order, and then the order will be shipped to the classroom with the classroom orders. Yes, you can still order with a check made out to Scholastic and send it to class with paper orders. Classroom orders will be accepted until Friday Oct 8th.

Thank you for supporting our class and reading.

PE Guidelines and Expectations Link

Here is the link to the PE expectations and guidelines. Two signatures a week for Exercise at least 20 minutes each time. It was also given to your child in the second week of school from our PE teacher.

Farm Fieldtrip Friday, Sept 24th

Homework:

• HWC, Wk 3, LA Final draft of Cover letter, Application, and Resume' Best Cursive or typed
• RAH 20 min./5X/wk, signatures in planner (100 total Min. Needed)
• Dress Appropriately (boots, coat, clothes that can be worn to a farm.)
• No Lunch needed. It is provided by the Farm Grant and local farms we are visiting.

Looking forward to having fun down on the farm. Be on time we leave between 9:00-9:10. We will return around 2pm.

Awesome Turnout for Curriculum Night! Thank you!

Wow! Thank you for the wonderful turn out this evening. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised at the turn out. I hope you were able to find the answers that you were looking for by coming into the classroom. You are always welcome to drop in and help out. As I said, come in and do a surprise desk check anytime you wish. We are trying to apply the no loose papers in our desk. Thank you for your support. If you wish to view the power point again or wish to see it in a larger format. I have saved it as a google.doc and hope that it converted well. If not please be patient with me. I am trying to learn to use google docs, so that items can be seen from home as much as possible.

What a Class!

Welcome back to 2010-2011 School Year!

We have a lot of great things planned for the new school year.

This week September 20-24th:
Monday - Health Screenings (Eyes, Ears, Height, Weight, and Scoliosis Testing.)
Tuesday- Band Concert at La Venture Return Lavender permission slip to go by bus in the PM.
Wednesday-
Thursday- Early Release 12:55 and Open House in the evening
Friday-Farm Fieldtrip 9-2pm Lunch is provided

Chaperones Needed All year: Please return the lavender form that was sent home on Friday. All chaperones and volunteers need to have a current volunteer application on file with the Mount Vernon School District. If you have one that you have turned in at another school please let the office staff know so that they can forward your information and you can attend our fieldtrips.

Thanks.

Hey! I can get to my BLOG. Here's the news in 5th grade

Current and Up coming events:

Celebration of Hot List Kids in SFA will be Friday. Congratulations to the 17 kids in our homeroom that have moved up in SFA.

Conferences have been underway this week.

Young Author's Participants from our class were Alex, Manny, Varick and Martin. They went to Young Authors at Skagit Valley College on March 24th. Way to represent the class.

Speech SFA Classes Meeting: Friday, March 26th at AM recess Mr. G. and Ms. Vaughn need the kids in their reading groups to meet in Ms. Vaughn's room for Debate partner selection and Persuasive speaking assignments for Spring Break.

Spring Break March 29-April 2
See you back at school on April 5th. My 40th Birthday.

Monday April 5th New SFA Reading Groups and Teachers.
New Expectations. Remember to look for Fluency Sheets and talk to your child about their new teachers and the expectations in their classes. Is there a book needed to read at home? Are there bookreports as homework? Is your child in the groups doing the debate or public speaking? How do those teachers communicate best? (BLOGs, newsletters, phone calls or texting?)

Wed. April 7th is our last MoNA fieldtrip to the LaConner. We need to have kids that need to eat their lunch eat at the first recess.

Wed. April 14th MoNA art lesson in the classroom 1:40-2:55. I would love to have help in the classroom this day. Anyone that can drop by and help would be appreciated.

Mountain School at Fire Mountain will be Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, 2010. Thank you to all those that have volunteered to come as chaperones. I will be calling to confirm today with you. Thanks. A few of you needed to update your volunteer info. This is a newer thing that is required in the district every two to three years. Thank you for taking the time to insure that kids are safe and have a great learning experience.

Art Auction Friday, May 7th.

Thank you for your patience in my restrictions in technology this year. Thank you for being not only your child's parent, but their advocate. You know them best, and they are taught by many teachers. I am looking forward to the next quarter with great expectations. I have reflected on the growth that the students have made and am ready to keep challenging them. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely, Gracie Johnston

Canadian Mission Possible

Today we will start a group project called Mission Possible found at
The Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/lesson_plan/elementary_schools/pei_es.html/#download


It will include Asking, Acquiring and Organizing Geographic Information on our neighbors to the north. We look forward to this time when reading is canceled and we can focus on Social Studies as a homeroom class. We will look at the five different regions of Canada. We will use the guidelines provided in this outline.

Feel free to add any info that you have or find to your child's group poster. Thank you.

Thank you to those who came to MoNA with the Sets Crew.

MoNA would like to thank you too because our groups have been so well behaved and engaged in learning. Excellent experiences so far. We could not do it without our chaperones. Thanks.