Birthday memo

Birthday Memo Reminder

Dear Families,

    Just a friendly reminder that if your child has invitations for a birthday party, I ask that they do it outside of the classroom. If they have an invitation for each student, they can place them in their cubbies. I know it is not necessarily possible to invite the whole class, but I appreciate your sensitivity to this area.

 As summer approaches, we will celebrate summer birthdays the last week of school. As usual, I give the students the option of wearing a crown and the class singing to them. If you would like to send your child with a gift for the class or each student, please just email me and remember no food items please. Thank you!

  

Spelling for week of 5/29

Spelling List 5.5

saw, draw, crawl, straw, law, jaw, paw, lawn, yawn, hawk, through, science

Spelling List 5.5  List 2

caution, autumn, auction, gnaw, awkward, autograph, authentic, applause, withdraw, awfully, automobile, audience

We will have the practice test on Thursday since it is a short week. 

Dear Families,                                                 5-19-17

Thank you for taking the time to help your child gather sponsors for our Run For Atkinson. All students did a wonderful job running around Mt.Tabor Reservoir. Your child’s run form was sent home on Friday with their laps recorded. Thank you in advance for helping collect and return the run funds. If you already sent in the sponsor money for your child, the form was not sent home.

Yearbooks were also sent home if you ordered one. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Humphrey

Spelling week of 5/22

Spelling List 5.4

oil, soil, voice, point, boy, boil, coin, oink, toy, join, against, heavy

Spelling List 5.4  List 2

annoyed, hoisted, decoy, joyful, voyage, moisture, disappoint, poison, enjoyment, employer, boyish, avoid

Run For Atkinson!

Run for Atkinson was a success! Thank you to all the adults who helped out today! I have turned in all the forms and will send them back as soon as I get them. Some of you already turned in money, so you will not get your form back. Thanks again for your support!

Volunteer Appreciation

Many of you have volunteered and we would like to invite you to please join us at Atkinson Elementary to celebrate and thank you for the countless hours you have spent to make our school a better place. We would like to share the morning with you as a form of gratitude for your time and partnership with Atkinson Elementary. Join us for some coffee and breakfast! 

May 24, 2017 at 9 am in the cafeteria

Volunteer Opportunity for Run For Atkinson on 5/18

If you are interested in helping out this Thursday, please click the link below!


www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0A49A5A62AA1F85-runfor

Spelling week of 5/15

Spelling List 5.3

book, moon, took, food, look, pool, zoo, noon, good, foot, instead, another

Spelling List 5.3  List 2

Wool, overlook, wooden, crooked, goodies, cookies, rookie, understood, bookmark, good-bye, footstep, cookbook

Run for Atkinson clarification

Run for Atkinson forms are due May 18th, the day of the actual run. Please read the form thoroughly. If you want your child to get a t-shirt, please carefully read the How to earn a T-shirt on the form. If you need another form, just let me know or you can pick one up in the office. Thanks!

spelling list for 5/8

Spelling List 5.2

mouth, house, found, our, out, cloud, ouch, shout, round, count, should, loved

Spelling List 5.2  List 2

doubt, mountain, outfield, amount, outdoors, grouchy, fountain, cookout, ourselves, background, playground, cloudy

All About Writing Unit

All-About Writing Unit

We are starting an All About Writing Unit. This project involves writing informational text without the need to do research. Students have already chosen topics that they already know about for this project. Topics such as pets, planets, animals, reptiles, etc. They seem very excited about this project and I encourage them to continue to read and discuss the topic they have selected at home. They are more than welcome to bring any books they may want to use to help them with their writing.

     They will be creating an All-About Book that includes a table of contents, at least 3 sections with headings, pictures with captions, and a cover with the title and author’s name. They will also have an opportunity to complete an optional glossary. You can support them by reading books with the above components and pointing them out. You can have discussions about the topic they selected and details to support them. 

For example: All About An Overnight Bike Trip would include sections on: clothing, equipment, food, bike paths, etc. 

Thanks again for your support!

Mrs. Humphrey

          

THANK YOU

As you all know Friday was my last day of student teaching. This experience was more than I ever thought it would be. I was so blessed to have an amazing teacher to work along side of, incredible students to learn from and teach everyday, and a supportive community of parents. I want to thank all of you for your support, warm wishes, and thoughtful gifts.

        

I made the students a puzzle piece keychain and explained to them that they were each a special piece to making my first year of teaching so special. Without each and every one of them, this experience wouldn’t have been the same.

        

I am excited to see what the future has in store for each of your kiddos!

Kindly,

Miss Edenstrom

          

Passport H.W.

We will be starting a new math unit about Antarctica and learning about different types of penguins. This is such a fun and exciting unit! Each child has a "passport" in their homework folder. Please help them fill it out and return it on Wednesday, thanks!

Family Times

Dear Families,                                                                      May 1

     We are beginning our last Literacy Unit, which will last six weeks. Each week you should receive a paper in your child’s cubby labeled Family Times. This is one way we communicate with families and keep you informed about the story we are reading aloud as well as what we are learning and talking about. There are some optional ways to help your child practice and reinforce these skills: read Day 1-5. You can modify it to meet your child’s needs if you choose to.

         In addition, we meet in leveled reading groups. The children usually empty their folders on Friday and come home with a lot of papers and sometimes books. If you see incomplete papers, it is all right. Sometimes children are absent, they get pulled from our class, or they were working on different activities. This is a great opportunity for you to look over the handouts and any books that may be sent home and have a rich conversation with your child.

         Thanks again for your support!

                  Mrs. Humphrey