We Are Unique & Special!

Last week we read the book Elmer. He is a unique & special elephant. Each day this week, we discussed why each of us are unique & special!

Student Sparkle

STUDENT SPARKLE
starts the week of August 31st (show & share)

Mondays: Allyson, Arissa, Ashley, Bradley, Brooke
Tuesdays: Cody, Ella, Emily, Erin, Ethan
Wednesdays: Kate, Keaton, Kyle, Maggie, MaKenzie
Thursdays: Dylan, Neida, Peyton, Rudy, Shaw

Homework for August 24-28

Homework begins “phasing in” this week. Your child’s vinyl homework bag is in their backpack. This week it will contain:

Monday: Math Flash Card Practice
Tuesday: Timed Math Fact Practice (return on Wednesday)
Wednesday: Math Flash Card Practice
Thursday: Word Sort &
Timed Math Fact Practice (return on Friday)

The Homework Bag should remain in your child’s backpack when not in use. Any nightly homework your child has will go in their bag. I take up the bags EVERY FRIDAY morning.

A Peek At Our Week August 24-28

We are back to another great week in the Multiage! For the next two weeks our first year students will be attending Literacy Lab from 8:30-9:00. They will review prior “lit lab” skills with the literacy assistants & reading specialist. While they are away, the second year students will take reading comprehension placement & fluency assessments. During math we will begin daily flash card practice: +0, +1, & doubles. In addition we will continue our dice skills & begin our timed “Multiage Math Masters” program. The overall goal is memorizing our math facts without having to add them. During Literacy we will discuss nouns, author’s purpose – “visualizing”, what the term “non-fiction” means, & discuss our first reading strategy: “Lips The Fish, saying the first few sounds of a word.” If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me.

Picture Day!

INIDIVIDUAL student pictures will be taken on Tuesday, August 25th. The pictures will go into the school yearbook!

Ice Cream Thursdays

The cafeteria will begin selling Blue Bell ICE CREAM treats every Thursday! The treats sell for 30 cents each.

Welcome families to another great year! We have 11 returning Multiagers and 9 new fantastic students! We spent the first three days of school getting to know each other and learning/reviewing new classroom procedures. We discussed our first comprehension strategy "visualizing." We also began odd and even numbers & practiced using bar graphs. We learned how to use our new MEAD board. It is a wonderful new learning tool for our classroom. Be sure to stop by and check it out. This week I will be assessing each student in phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, sight word recognition, & math skills. This will give me greater insight into each student's strengths & areas of need. We will begin our first poetry lesson, begin handwriting practice, start on leveled addition using dice, & begin our look at butterflies. Thank you for looking in your child's BEE notebook and signing it nightly. We were 100% for the first 3 days of school! YEA!! Our school wide Gorilla Pride assembly has moved from Monday's to Friday mornings at 8:00. Also making news last week was Tahlequah's API score from the State Department of Education. Greenwood scored a perfect 1500!!! Our faculty was so excited about the news! Have a great week! If you have any questions feel free to contact me. My scheduled planning time is 2:10-3:00 pm daily. :)

Yea 4 Our New MEAD Board!

Learning about bar graphs. Mackenzie is graphing her hair color. Boys & Girls Bar Graph - Dylan is graphing another one for the boys.
The results are in...12 girls & 8 boys! 20 students total!!

Last week we learned how to use our MEAD board. Using the pen takes a little work but we adjusted quickly. We put one of our new math vocabulary words (bar graph) into action by graphing on the MEAD board. We also practiced reading our high frequency words, & even watched a 4 minute video on hot air balloons (Balloon Fest). It is a wonderful addition to our classroom. We would like to thank Terry & Robert for installing our MEAD & projector. We plan on using it daily!!

Last Week Of Summer!

Hello everyone! It is the last week of summer for all the Gorillas. I hope everyone is ready for a new school year. I sure am!! I look forward to meeting our new family members and catching up with second year students during the Summer Social on Monday, August 10th from 4:30-6:30 pm. Our room is ready with some new changes! I will be sending out classroom information packets via the US mail beginning Aug. 3rd. Please take time to fill out the papers included in the packet & bring them with you to the Summer Social. You may also bring your supplies with you & put them in your cubby. We will unpack them on the first day of school. See you all next week! Love, Mrs. J

School Supply List

It's that time again...school supplies!

Here is the 2009-2010 Supply List!

1 box - 64 Crayola Crayons

1 box - Crayola Colored Pencils

1 box - 8 Crayola Markers

1 box - Crayola Watercolor Paints

1 pkg - pencil topper erasers

1 - plastic school box

2 - wide ruled spirl notebooks

1 - pair metal edged scissors

12 - glue sticks

2 - boxes of facial tissues

1 pkg - 12 count wooden pencils

1 - BACK PACK without rollers

1 - Germ-X hand sanitizer

1 - Clorox Wipe or Baby Wipes

Buddy Bear Visits Hawaii

Buddy Bear recently traveled to Hawaii with Colossal Brain Cole & his family. He had a wonderful time while enjoying the scenery, even meeting a new friend! He is going to miss the Mabry's who are moving out of state. Thank you Mabry's for showing Buddy such a GREAT time!! Aloha!

"Hanging Loose" Buddy & his girlfriend

Buddy on the Black Sand Beach
Colossal Brain Cole & Buddy feeling the heat from the steam vents of Kilauea Volcano

Pearl Harbor - in front of USS Arizona Memorial

Mrs J Visits Disney World!

Mrs. J & her family had a fabulous time visiting Mickey & Minnie Mouse at Disney World! They traveled to all four parks. They spent 8 days there and had a BLAST!

Summer Update!

During the first week of summer break...I ran into Admirable Alexa, Beaming Brooke, & Spectacular Sophia at their dance recital rehersal. They looked adorable and their dancing was amazing!!!

Schools out for summer break! I wanted to wish our Multiagers who are going on to 3rd grade the best of luck!! Alexa, Andy, Briar, Cole G, Cole M, Colton, Danna, & Sophia we will MISS you all!! Boys & girls I would love to hear from each you this summer! Be safe! I love you all!!! Mrs. J

It's Greenwood Olympics!

Our Mother's Day Reception

ACHIEVEMENT TESTING THIS WEEK!

Dear Families, Your child will be participating in the Standard Achievement Test (SAT 10) beginning on TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH AND ENDING ON FRIDAY, MAY 1ST. The multiage students will complete criterion referenced tests including Reading and Mathematics. The test are administered to help our school district evaluate curriculum needs as well as to measure the progress of individual students. The reports received will list strengths and weaknesses and assist in planning for the needs of each student. You will receive an individual report for your child next school year. You can help your child do his/her best by making sure of adequate sleep and a good breakfast. Testing will begin around 8:30. If your child is tardy, he/she will not be allowed to enter the classroom until a break. Please try and avoid absences and scheduling any appointments around the testing time. It is imperative that all Greenwood Students take the tests on the designated days. If you have any questions please call. :)

Spring Has Sprung!

FINALLY, Buttercup & Sunny's 2007 offspring (Joy) emerged last Friday morning! Mr. J & I were becoming increasing worried because the groundhogs usually emerge in late March. JOY looked thin and was covered with old fur on his back. The Jones' love watching the groundhogs! No sign of Buttercup or Sunny yet!

Another Mystery Solved!

Last Friday Officer Gary Cacy (Admirable Alexa’s dad) came to surprise us with the sweet classic The Giving Tree. The story is a moral tale about a relationship between a young boy and a tree in the forest. Thank you Officer Cacy for coming and sharing the story we loved it!!!

Fieldtrip to Jenks!

3 Of A Kind

We performed our music program last week...3 Of A Kind! It was amazing! We performed the program 3 times, twice for our school and one evening for our parents/grandparents. Mrs. J & Blunt helped make our costumes. We received numerous compliments on our singing!

Our Solar System

We have been studying the Solar System. We split up in cooperative groups then used the computers, books, reference guides, and more to gather information on our planets. We wrote about our planet then did visual art of our planet. We learned many neat facts about each of the planets. After our reports we constructed our own Solar Systems. The activities were very fun and we learned soooo many new things!

Visit from the "FROG LADY"!

Ms. Meredith Lee "The Frog Lady" from the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission came to our classroom & presented a “Frogology” lesson. She brought several of her frog friends, including Popeye & Gracie. She read us the story: A Frog In the Bog. We made frog sack puppets & they turned out so cute! We learned that it is very important to take care of our rivers & lakes. By taking care of them we are protecting the habitat of living creatures. It was a wonderful lesson! You can find out more about protecting the river by visiting: http://www.oklahomascenicrivers.net/