Birthday Castle

By Elizabeth Mayhill

We love the birthday castle so much! We want to have our birthday every single day until we get tired of having a birthday! We put their name on the calendar. The birthday castle is for birthdays. We have a whole bunch of names on it, our whole class is on it. Two people have already had a birthday. Their snack was really good.

Prediction

By Sean Johnson

The pictures tell me what’s happened in the story. A guess about what you think is going to happen is a prediction.

Writer’s Workshop

By Branton Tischhauser

I like Writer’s Workshop. We have a Mini-Lesson. We talk about new writing strategies. We have Everybody Writes Time. We write in our folders. We have quiet thinking time. Share Time is when we listen and share our writing.

Morning Plans

By Breah Fillmore

We do lots of things in the morning. Here is some of them. We sharpen pencils. We put folders away. We do lunch count. We read and we change shoes in the morning. And we do MAPS.

Inference

By Alvin Holmes

An inference is kind of like a feeling in a book. An inference is like you read a part of the story and already know one part of the story. An inference is like kind of like what the picture tells you. An inference is something you find out on your own.

About Hoppy Helpers

By Sam Kirk

Dear Mom and Dad, in school we have something called Hoppy Helpers, it’s great! One thing is line ender. It is the person who is at the end of the line. Another thing is the class custodian erases the marker board and looks under desks for trash. We have one more of them that is assistants. They pass out all the papers. Other classes call it the paper passer. There are lots more, but that is all I am telling you.

Class Meeting

By Dakoda Kelly

The class meeting is important. We start with one person at a time talks about good stuff. Then Mrs. Hayes will pull out cards about bad and good. She tells them to stop. All the class meeting rules are, one person talks at a time, when mentioning problems say some people instead of using names, and listen and look at the person who is talking. It ends at 3:00. We have lots of fun.

The Classroom Rules

By Mads Sorenson

The rules in the classroom are: 1. Keep hands to yourself.

2. Follow directions the first time!

3. Share 4. Don’t steal each others thinking time!

About Describing Characters

By Carlos Solis

Describing characters if fun. You get to learn their name and where they live. Also, if they are in any other book, if they have a job, and their age, or if they have a brother or sister.

Setting

By Bailey Lewis

A setting is when it is, where it is, the date, and the place. I am reading Ramona Quimby Age 8. She is really funny! She got mad at a boy named Yard Ape, that’s what she calls him! He took her eraser. She got so mad she chased him. The setting is at school and it is in the daytime!

The Word Wall

By Payton Cunningham

My family and I write words and it is fun. Do you think words are fun? Well, I do. They are cool to, like the word wall. We use the word wall to learn to spell words.

Tickets and Other Stuff

By Nick Craig

If we get ten hole punches we get a toy. If we get a ticket we put it a bucket. If she pulls it out we get a toy. If we get 25 tally marks we get a party.

Reading Workshop

By Marcus Wishon

We work on our reading. We can work on our Writer’s Workshop. It is fun. We can write about anything, and we do other fun things. We do timer, ABC, browsing box, and letter. We do listening and buddy read.

Classroom Library Rules

By Madison Bolen

Use only one pillow at a time. You can have 2 books at a time. Only 2 people at the library at a time. Put books in the right basket! Read the book!

Just Right Books

They help you become a better reader. Not too easy and they are not too challenging. You know most of the words. You enjoy it and understand it.

Math

By Jeremy Williams

Associative Property you group the numbers in any way. Addition number sentences with same answer. 3+2+1=6 Commutative Property is a turn around fact. Flip-flop. 6+4=10 4+6=10

Math

By Nathan Bolieu

The first thing we learned is horizontal and vertical. Then we learned about mastering math facts. Then you know what we learned next, we learned related facts. Then we learned about a fact family. The next thing we learned was the commutative property. Then we learned about less than and greater than. Last we learned about place value.

Words from Mrs. Hayes

Hi Everyone! I hope that you enjoy our first newsletter. Throughout the year your child will be writing newsletter articles to inform you of things that are going on in our classroom. As the students go through the writing process, I work with the students on punctuation and grammar as much as possible. When they turn in their final copy I type it just as it was turned in. Throughout the school year, you will be able to see how your child’s writing grows and changes.

A couple of things that I would like to let you know about that are not included in the newsletter articles are as follows:

1. Please do not send birthday invitations to school. When you child does have a birthday, you are more than welcome to send a snack for the class. We encourage you to send healthy snacks.

2. Every Tuesday, your child should be bringing home a paper book. Your child is asked to read it to someone at home at least one time and get it signed by that person. He or She will also need to read it to him or herself and underline the appropriate sounds/letters that we will be working on all week.

I am really enjoying working with your children. Please contact me if you have any questions. We are off to a great start! J Mrs. Hayes