Friday, March 2, 2012
Our new prinicpal
Mrs. Ryan came for her first visit to room 348! We had a wonderful discussion about Shatekon and got to hear one of her favorite stories by Cynthia Rylant.
Make sure to enter to win!!!!!!
The Fourth Annual Albany Children’s Book Festival is sponsoring a creative writing contest for students in Grades 3 through 12. Our goal is to promote writing skills and the creative writing process. The contest is free and open to all eligible students.
Winner - IPod Nano & $50 CAP COM Visa Gift Card
Honorable Mention - $50 CAP COM Visa Gift Card
Eligibility:
*Any student in Grades 3 through 12.
*Entries must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
*Eligibility requirements must be met for consideration.
Submissions: A Wicked Good Lesson Learned
We’ve all had experiences that have gone differently than planned. Yet, we sometimes learn a big lesson from them. Whether it’s a funny, embarrassing, gratifying or sad experience, it becomes an unforgettable memory etched deeply within our brains.
Write a powerful, well-constructed piece of no more than one page about a lesson you learned from a personal experience that didn’t go as planned, or create a fictional character who learns a lesson from plans that go wrong. What happened, who was involved, how did your characters feel as it was happening, and what lesson was learned from it?
Eligibility Requirements:
*The story must be an original, unpublished story, the sole creation of the student.
*Collaborative works are not eligible.
*Text must be typed in double-spaced, size 12 font.
*The story must have a title.
*A cover page with entrant’s name, grade, school, school address and teacher’s name must
be stapled to the story. Do NOT write this information on the story.
*Only one entry per student is permitted.
*Story should be proofread for spelling and grammatical errors, and in final copy format.
*Entries must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
Judging:
*Students will be judged in one of five categories:
Grades 3 and 4 Grades 7 and 8
Grades 5 and 6 Grades 9 and 10
Grades 11 and 12
*Judging will be based on style, content, originality, care of execution, and clarity of ideas.
*Entries will be assigned a number for judging anonymity.
*Decisions of the judges are final.
Wicked Good Prizes:
Grades Three through Four
Winner - IPod Nano & $50 CAP COM Visa Gift Card
Honorable Mention - $50 CAP COM Visa Gift Card
Eligibility:
*Any student in Grades 3 through 12.
*Entries must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
*Eligibility requirements must be met for consideration.
Submissions: A Wicked Good Lesson Learned
We’ve all had experiences that have gone differently than planned. Yet, we sometimes learn a big lesson from them. Whether it’s a funny, embarrassing, gratifying or sad experience, it becomes an unforgettable memory etched deeply within our brains.
Write a powerful, well-constructed piece of no more than one page about a lesson you learned from a personal experience that didn’t go as planned, or create a fictional character who learns a lesson from plans that go wrong. What happened, who was involved, how did your characters feel as it was happening, and what lesson was learned from it?
Eligibility Requirements:
*The story must be an original, unpublished story, the sole creation of the student.
*Collaborative works are not eligible.
*Text must be typed in double-spaced, size 12 font.
*The story must have a title.
*A cover page with entrant’s name, grade, school, school address and teacher’s name must
be stapled to the story. Do NOT write this information on the story.
*Only one entry per student is permitted.
*Story should be proofread for spelling and grammatical errors, and in final copy format.
*Entries must be postmarked by March 30, 2012.
Judging:
*Students will be judged in one of five categories:
Grades 3 and 4 Grades 7 and 8
Grades 5 and 6 Grades 9 and 10
Grades 11 and 12
*Judging will be based on style, content, originality, care of execution, and clarity of ideas.
*Entries will be assigned a number for judging anonymity.
*Decisions of the judges are final.
Wicked Good Prizes:
Grades Three through Four
Monday, February 27, 2012
Classroom News 2-27 to 3-2
Reminders:
Students are responsible for bringing library books back to school one week after they are checked out to renew or return.
2/29 – Author Jarrett Krosoczka visit – Thank you PTA!!!
3/11 – Daylight savings time
3/20 – First day of spring
3/21 – PTA meeting 6:30 in library
This week’s topics:
· Writing – We’ll write cause and effect stories in small groups using cooperative writing.
· Café – using cause and effect to infer meaning and gain comprehension
· Vocabulary – whole, parts, set, numerator, denominator, living, non-living, animal
· Spelling – prefixes non-, in-, re-
· Grammar – pronoun review (singular, plural, possessive) quiz this week**
This week’s topics:
· Review chapter 12 - measurement
· Test on chapter 12
· Begin chapter 13 – fractions
· Parts of a whole and parts of a set
We’ll be transitioning to science again and focusing on animals. This will be a major unit for us and take quite some time. Each student will also pick an animal and do extensive research as well as create a power point presentation showcasing what he/she has learned. Much more information to follow!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Mock Election Results!!!
After a slue of very persuassive essays, we finally have our room 348 class president! It was a close call needing a speical election but......
Taylor is our winner! Congraualtions to Johnnie as runner up!!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Upcoming Author Visit!
Author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka will be coming to Shatekon Elementary Feb. 29th! He's written the very popular series Lunch Lady. We are anxiously awaiting the visit by checking out his titles in the library, reading his picture books in class and making comic strips out of lunch trays to share with him. Here is a link to his website! There are many things to check out.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Spelling made Simple
We started using Spelling City during our word work time and the kids asked if I would post the link. It is a wonderful website that makes spelling practice fun! Check it out at http://www.spellingcity.com/ .
Join the Great Debate!
We have just finished writing an opinion piece featuring the great dodge ball debate from the Jan. 20th edition of Time for Kids. There is an extension activity if your student wants to share more opinions! TFK wants to hear from us! The next topic for debate in TFK will be "Should schools ban sugary snacks and drinks in vending machines?" You can email your opinion to tfkasks4you@timeforkids.com. One of our students could be featured! If you need help sending the entry in let me know.
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