WEEKEND NEWS

September 23, 2011

ELLIS MOTTO:   “I AM RESPONSIBLE AND ALWAYS LEARNING!!!”

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• FIELD TRIP ON WEDNESDAY:  If you have not done so, please sign and return the field trip permission slip as soon as possible.  Voluntary donations of 1-can of food per person will be accepted at the farm from those who wish to participate in the Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers food drive.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch. They may purchase one from school or bring a sack lunch from home.  We will need a lunch count by Monday.  Students need to dress for the weather and wear closed toed shoes (such as sneakers). 
• THANK YOU!!!!  We have our art moms and our carnival help!  Mrs. Lish and Mrs. Whitehead have agreed to be our art moms. Thanks for the bags of suckers for our carnival. You are wonderful parents!!
• CARNIVAL ON MONDAY from 5:30-7:30:  The PTA has worked all summer long to bring you this wonderful family event.  We hope to see you at the carnival!! 
• Our class is in 2nd place for the PTA membership drive.  Join PTA and help us win a party from Kiwi Loco!!
• THE STANDARDS singing group will be here on Thursday for the 3^rd - 5^th grade classes.  They have performed at Ellis 3 times in the past and we have loved them.  The students are in for a real treat.

HOMEWORK:

• Math:  “Drops In The Bucket” #28
• Language:  “Types of Sentences”
• Language:  “Drops In The Bucket” Lesson C4
• SPELLING WORDS:  brush, juice, fruit, tube, lunch, crumb, few, true, truth, done, suit, pump, due, dull, tune, blew, trunk, sum, glue, threw   BONUS:  newscast, commute, continue, attitude, slumber

·         Reading: read 15-30 minutes every night and fill in your reading log.  Remember to return daily because this is part of your reading grade!

Have a fun weekend,

Denise Thompson

                                                                                                            

“WEEKEND NEWS”  

September 16, 2011

ELLIS MOTTO:   “I AM RESPONSIBLE AND ALWAYS LEARNING!!!”

 

Dear Parents,

·         Our 4^th Graders will be going to Swore Farm on Wednesday, Sept. 28^th.  We will leave at 8:40 and return at 1:45.  Please sign and return the attached permission slip.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch or order one from school. This field trip is sponsored by Bannock County Farm Bureau.  Thank you Farm Bureau.  We need 2 volunteers to go with us.  If you are interested, please call or send a note to school.

·         I’m sending home a set of Book Orders.  You may order out of any or all of them.  You will only need to write one check for all the book orders.  You can make checks payable to Scholastic Book Clubs.  The orders will be due back to school by Friday, September 23^rd.   You may also order on-line.  Please read the attached letter for directions.

·         Our classroom is in need of 7 more volunteers to help out with the Carnival on Monday, Sept. 27^th.  Available times are 6:00-6:30 (1 slot), 6:30-7:00 (2 slots), 7:00-7:30 (2 slots), and 7:30-8:00 (2 slots).  Please contact me if you are able to help out. PLEASE SEND IN A BAG OF SUCKERS FOR THE CARVNIVAL SUCKER TREE.

·         Our class is in 3^rd place for the PTA membership drive.  Join PTA and help us win a party from Kiwi Loco!!

·         Our class is still looking for a parent to volunteer to be our classroom art mom or dad.  This takes about 3 hours of work each month:  1 hour for prep time, 1 hour to teach the lesson, and 1 hour to display the works of art.  All supplies and lesson plans are provided by the PTA.  Let me know if you are interested!!

·         Order forms are attached if you would like to order a new Ellis t-shirt.

·         I will try and have the Weekend News ready to go via e-mail next Friday for those of you who have signed up for e-mail.  I will be sending home a test    e-mail next week. Please respond to the test e-mail so that I know you are able to receive the messages and open up the letter attachments.

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK:

·         Math: Drops In The Bucket #27

·         Language: Drops in the Bucket C3 & Types of Sentences 

·         Reading: read 15-30 minutes every night and fill in your reading log.  Remember to return daily because this is part of the reading grade!

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Enjoy your family this weekend!                                                                    

Denise Thompson

“WEEKEND NEWS”

September 9, 2011

                                                                                

Dear Parents,

            I am looking forward to an exciting year with your child.  Our first week together has been fun.  Our class already feels like a family.  This is going to be a great year!

            Parents are always welcome in our room.  Come and visit whenever you can.  If you would like to eat lunch with your son or daughter, we eat from 12:25-1:00. 

            If you would like to volunteer, please contact me as soon as possible.   I would love the help!!  I will try and make a parent volunteer schedule in the next week or so.  Call 237-4742 or thompsde@sd25.us .

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

·         If a student receives less than 70% on a classroom or homework assignment, he/she may correct the assignment and turn it in to be re-graded.  The final grade will be an average of the two grades.  It is the student’s responsibility to re-do the work and turn it in.

·         Please send back the attached e-mail information sheet as soon as possible.  If you would like correspondence via e-mail, I will send my weekly letters that way.  I will first send a trial letter to make sure you can all receive my messages.  For those of you who want paper correspondence, I will send the letters in your child’s Friday Homework Folder.  

·         I will start sending home AR Home Reading Logs starting next Tuesday when library classes begin.  Students will need to return the logs each day.  The logs will be part of their reading grade.  They will be expected to read 15-30 min. each night.

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK:

·          Math:  “Drops In The Bucket” #26

·          Language:  “Drops In The Bucket” Lesson C2

·          Reading: read 15-30 minutes each night.

     

        Spelling Words :  gain, cream, sweet, safe, past, reach, kept, gray, field, break, east, shape, steep, pray, pain, glass, west, cheap, steak, chief

        Bonus Words:  graceful, descent, athletic, knead, activity

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Enjoy your family this weekend!

Denise Thompson     

May 20, 2011

Dear Parents,

I want to thank you and your children for such a wonderful year! I absolutely love teaching fourth graders!! They are a terrific group of kids. They have been a fun group to teach and tease. Let me tell you, they tease back too! We have had lots of fun learning from each other.

Please encourage your son or daughter to read every day. Continued reading through the summer is so very important for their success in fifth grade. Reading is an acquired skill, and like other skills, it improves with practice. When children read every day, they learn to read faster and get better at understanding what they read. If children do not read for a month or two, they are likely to lose much of the progress they have made during the past school year. That means they will have to spend part of the next school year just catching up to where they were when they left school in the spring. It=s like taking two steps forward, and one step back. Children who read during the summer start school ready to continue their progress.

Make sure your child spends at least 15 minutes each day reading. Don=t worry about what they read, just make sure they read. Encourage your child to sign up for the local libraries= reading programs. Summer is a great time to read just for fun. A sports fan may read nothing but biographies, another child may read all of the books in an author=s series, and another might like to read poetry books and magazines. All will benefit from what they have chosen, and all will start school in the fall better ready to learn and benefit from further reading instruction. Enjoy the summer and happy reading!

Sincerely,

Denise Thompson

WEEKEND NEWS

May 6,2011

                                                     

Dear Parents,

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

*                    LAST BOOK ORDER OF THE YEAR!!  If you want to order on-line, this is our classroom code:  HCWNC .  Please return by Wednesday, May 11^th.  Make any checks payable to Scholastic Book Clubs.

*                    We are finished with our ISAT tests!!!  The students did an amazing job on all of these tests.  They should be VERY proud of themselves.  I know I’m extremely proud of them.  I’m sending home their scores today.  You will be receiving an official report in June.  The scores may increase or decrease by one or two points.  Thank you to everyone who sent in treats and water.  You are wonderful parents!

*                    Our 4^th Grade Rendezvous will be held on Wednesday, May 20^th.  The 4^th grade classes will rotate between our classrooms.  One room will be making pioneer yarn dolls, one will be making/dipping candles, and one will be making bread.  To help cover the cost of the supplies for these activities, each student will need to bring $2.00 to school by Friday,  May 13^th

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK

*    Language:  Drops In The Bucket D16 

* Math:  Drops In The Bucket D16

*    Reading:  read nightly and fill out your reading log. 

SPELLING WORDS

their, there, they're, your, you're, its, it's, to, too, two, they, than, then, right, write

CHALLENGE WORDS

all right, usually, eighth, height, tongue

Have a wonderful Mother’s Day!                               

Denise Thompson