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Bye, Bye Butterflies!

Huebener Highlights May 1, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:
5/6 Volunteer Tea
5/7 Environment Field Trip – dress for outdoor hiking, please wear shoes that tie, bring lunch from home or buy sack lunch from school
5/7 Evening in the Garden
5/8 Muffins for Mom 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
5/8 Banana Split Celebration 12:45 p.m. (note the time change)
5/8 Third graders may sign each others yearbooks 1:15 p.m.
5/12 Library books due
5/12 Dress rehersal for play
5/16 School Spirit Day- Hawaiian Day
5/20 Class play – Court of Queen Arithmetic
5/21 Class celebration 1:15
5/23 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

THANK YOU:

Mrs. Ashford for the painted lady butterflies, to be released on Thursday

Banana Split Update
Keep studying the facts

Curriculum
Core Words -
learned
brought
though
close
nothing

ENGLISH- Poetry writing

READING- Nature’s Great Balancing Act, Play practice, poetry

WRITING – Poetry writing

MATH- Multiplication and Division

Huebener Highlights

IMPORTANT DATES:
5/6 Volunteer Tea
5/7 Environment Field Trip – dress for outdoor hiking
5/7 Evening in the Garden
5/8 Muffins for Mom 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
5/8 Banana Split Celebration 1:15 p.m.
5/12 Library books due
5/16 School Spirit Day- Hawaiian Day
5/23 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

The children were such diligent thinkers on the CRCT. They used their strategies that we had practiced in class and they focused on each section of the test. Thank you for keeping the evening activities to a minimum and sending confident test takers to school each day.

THANK YOU:

The delicious snacks and drinks really “hit the spot” after a few hours of testing each day. How clever you were with the surprises! Thank you.

Spring Fling was a success with the hours donated organizing the day, the time you devoted to working that day, and the wonderful donations. The class basket was impressive with all the summer supplies. A special thanks to Mrs. Mears for her time and talents.

Congratulations to the following Golden Corral winners:
Mason
Cameron
Lucas
Colby
Natalie
Kendall
Bailey
Meredith
Trista
Ryan
Mitchell
Henry

Banana Split Update
You should see all the completed banana splits for fact family memorization on the 30 second tests! We almost have 100% of the class passing all the tests. Continue to practice because the tests are given every day and the banana split celebration is next Thursday afternoon.

Curriculum
No Specific Spelling Words this week

Bonus Words-

Content words –

ENGLISH- Skill review as we complete the story maps, work on writing assignments
READING- Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All , story mapping with each chapter

WRITING – special writing projects

MATH- Multiplication and Division

Huebener's Highlights!

April 14, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:
4/22 Earth Day – wear green or blue
4/23 CRCT Testing – please keep after school activities to a minimum with early bedtimes and nutritious breakfasts
5/2 Last day for CRCT
5/6 Volunteer Tea
5/7 Environment Field Trip – dress for outdoor hiking
5/7 Evening in the Garden
5/8 Muffins for Mom – invitation will come home this week
5/8 Banana Split Celebration of multiplication facts
5/12 Library books due
5/16 School Spirit Day- Hawaiian Day
5/23 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

THANK YOU:

~ Mrs. Ashford for reading help
~ Mrs. Ashford for the painted lady butterfly project and the praying mantis egg sack
~ Mrs. Hardin was Mystery Reader
~ Mrs. Hardin for reading help
~ Mrs. Emanuelo for reading help
~ Mrs. Mears for organizing the Spring Fling donations
~ Mrs. Kennedy for updating BLOG

CRCT testing schedule is as follows:
Wed. Reading
Thurs. Language and Spelling
Fri. Math
Mon. Science
Tues. Social Studies

Please have your child take one more practice test before the day that area is tested. Monday and Tuesday the children would take a reading test, then Wednesday the children are to take a Language Arts test. That is the only homework assigned. Continue reading and documenting on the Reading Log as well as study math facts.

The following children have earned the privilege to go to Golden Corral on Fri.
Henry
Mitchell
Ryan
Cameron
Colby
Lucas
Natalie
Trista
Many other children are very close and we will take multiple tests this week.

Curriculum
No Specific Spelling Words this week

Bonus Words-

Content words –

ENGLISH- Review of all the “P” words – possessive, plural, predicate, parts of speech, purpose of the author, reason for the aPostrophe

READING- Review of skills for reading comprehension

WRITING – Various forms of poetry

SCIENCE – Review of previous units

MATH- Multi-digit multiplication and multi-digit division, review of previous skills

Golden Corral Dinner w/ Mrs. Huebener!

Congrats to the following students for achieving the Golden Corral Goal!!!

~ Ryan
~ Mitchell
~ Henry
~ Cameron
~ Colby

There are still chances for other students to pass the tests! Keep studying!!!

Huebener's Highlights

April 14, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:
4/14 Letter coming home for donations during CRCT days of testing
4/18- School Spirit Day- Wacky Tacky Day
4/19- SPRING FLING- 4:00-8:00
4-23 CRCT Testing – please keep after school activities to a minimum with early bedtimes and nutritious breakfasts
5/2 Last day for CRCT
5/7 Environment Field Trip
5/8 Banana Split Celebration of multiplication facts
5/16- School Spirit Day- Hawaiian Day
5/23- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

THANK YOU:
~ Mrs. Gross the final art lesson, what a gift she has given the class with the lessons
~ Mrs. Ashford for math help
~ Mrs. Ashford for the Earth lesson
~ Mrs. Emanuelo for reading help
~ Mrs. Mears for organizing parent helpers and donations
~ Mrs. Kennedy for updating BLOG

Curriculum
SPELLING- Unit 30 – Surprise Words
Core
tree
course
American
front
space

Bonus Words-
said
would
great
done
course

Content words –
No new content words this week

ENGLISH- Review of all the “P” words – possessive, plural, predicate, parts of speech, purpose of the author, reason for the aPostrophe

READING- Review of skills for reading comprehension

WRITING – Various forms of poetry

SCIENCE – Review of previous units

SOCIAL STUDIES - Economics

MATH- Multi-digit multiplication and multi-digit division, review of previous skills

Huebener's Highlights for March 31 - April 4th, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:
3/31 Opening Day baseball season celebration
4/1 Performing Arts field trip – permission and $$ has already been collected
4/3 Earth lesson by Mrs. Ashford
4/3- FORD FAMILY FUN RUN AT 6:00, PTSA MEETING AT 6:30, 5th GRADE MUSICAL- 7:00
4/4 Spring Break
4/14 Letter coming home for donations during CRCT days of testing
4/18- School Spirit Day- Wacky Tacky Day
4/19- SPRING FLING- 4:00-8:00
4-23 CRCT Testing – please keep after school activities to a minimum with early bedtimes and nutritious breakfasts
5/2 Last day for CRCT
5/16- School Spirit Day- Hawaiian Day
5/23- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

On Tuesday, we will be going on a Performing Arts Field Trip. Permission slips for this field trip were filled out at the beginning of the year. We will be going to see Duck Soup at the Cobb Civic Center. The busses will leave at 10:45 and return at 1:00. We will eat lunch in our classrooms on Tuesday at 10:09.

THANK YOU:
Students for stellar behavior on the Marietta field trip
~ Mrs. Gross and Mrs. Losure for joining the class on the Marietta field trip
~ Mrs. Ashford for math help
~ Mrs. Emanuelo for reading help
~ Mrs. Mears for organizing parent helpers and donations
~ Mrs. Kennedy for updating BLOG

Curriculum
SPELLING- Unit 29 – Consonant Blends
Core
ground
cold
remember
really
table

Bonus Words- taken from student misspellings in the Root House letters of thanks
necessary
kitchen
connected
chair
future

Content words –
Partial product
thermal energy
friction
entertain
poetry

ENGLISH- Baseball packet

READING-“Centerfield Ballhawk” from basal reader, various baseball books, and reader’s theater (Casey at the Bat, and Who’s on First?)

WRITING – Letter of thanks to Root House, reflective writing from baseball texts

SCIENCE – Heat and Energy

SOCIAL STUDIES - Economics

MATH- Graphs, Charts, and Tables, multi-digit multiplication using partial product strategy

Curriculum Night Survey

Dear Parents,
The current newsletter is below. Also, the Curriculum Night Survey link is noted. Please complete the survey if you took the opportunity to come to Curriculum Night. Thank you for all you do for the children.
L.H.

Parents, please complete the Curriculum Night Survey by Friday.

Here is the link to the parent survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ExzSvwjnPnYZRgJObKFA5w_3d_3d

Huebener Highlights March 24, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:
~ 3/28 Root House Field Trip, please dress for the weather – going rain or shine, bring lunch and drink from home or buy school lunch - tennis shoes because a lot of walking on uneven ground
~ 4/1 Performing Arts field trip – permission and $$ has already been collected
~ 4/3 Earth lesson by Mrs. Ashford
~ 4/4 Spring Break
~ 4-23 CRCT Testing – please keep after school activities to a minimum with early bedtimes and nutritious breakfasts
~5/2 Last day for CRCT

THANK YOU:
~ Kendall for Easter cupcakes
~ Reese Ann for drink pouches
~ Mrs. Ashford for math help
~ Mrs. Emanuelo for reading help
~ Mrs. Mears for organizing parent helpers and donations
~ Parker for the St. Patrick necklaces

Curriculum

SPELLING- Unit 28 – Irregular Verbs
Core
run
book
gave
order
open

Bonus Words-
None this week

Content words –
None

ENGLISH- Dictionary skills, Irregular verbs

READING- Reading strategies, test taking skills, CRCT mini-practice tests, stress independent reading at home, each week all students are to take at least 3 CRCT practice tests online

WRITING – Writing a letter to Ms Koontz for the Georgia presentation

SCIENCE – Heat and Energy

MATH - Graphs, Charts, and Tables

Huebener Highlights

February 25, 2008
Character word: Tolerance
Consideration for the individual differences, views, and beliefs of other people

IMPORTANT DATES:
2/27 All Pro Dads meeting 7:00- 8:00 a.m.
2/29 Visiting Author
3/4 Early Release
3/12 Environment Field Study at School

THANK YOU:
~Students for taking a CRCT online test each week
~Mr. Cunningham for Earth lesson
~Mrs. Ashford for Mystery Reader
~Mrs. Emanuelo for reading with students

Curriculum

SPELLING- focus – when to use apostrophes in contractions and possessives
(Please review the missed words from previously taken tests, located in the back of the student’s spelling journal)

upon
family
later
turn
move

Bonus Words-
survive
perfect
attend
support
number

Content words –
Perimeter
local
state
federal
mayor
governor
mayor

ENGLISH- Verbs with emphasis in “ear-tingling” verbs in writing

READING- Time for Andrew , biographies, skills with fictional texts

WRITING – Future Famous Americans

SOCIAL STUDIES – Levels of government

MATH- Area and Perimeter, test Friday