Week of June 4, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: Our field trip to the Lumberjack Show and the KOA was lots of fun.  Thank you to Mr. Maynes and Mrs. Sunie for driving for us!  We have two field trips left this week.  On Monday we head to Madeline Island for an all day field trip.  On Wednesday afternoon we will head to Kreher Park and Dairy Queen for an end of the year party. Final report cards will go home on the last day of school, Friday, June 8.  Students will receive them after our 9:00 Liturgy.  Students may leave with you following Liturgy or may stay until the buses arrive at 12. We were invited to the opening ceremonies of the Relay for Life to present the money that we raised for the American Cancer Society.  We will also be helping to sing the Star Spangled Banner.  All students are invited to come on stage with us.  If your child would like to come, please have them meet me by the stage at Kreher Park at 5:45.                   CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: We will be finishing up all of our final tests and assignments this week and cleaning up the classroom.  Please check around your house to make sure you don't see any of our classroom books there because they should all be returned this week.  Thank you!

Dates to Remember: June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island June 6 - Kreher Park and DQ (afternoon) June 8 - Last day of school (half day)

Thanks for all of your help this year.  I have enjoyed having all of your children in my class! Have a great summer! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of May 28, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: The drama club's play, "Alice in Wonderland," turned out wonderful.  Good job kids and a big thank you to Mrs. Parent for all of her hard work! All permission slips for the remaining field trips were sent home with your child last week.  Please check their backpack for them if you did not see them.  Our first field trip is coming up this Thursday.  We are going to Hayward for the Lumberjack Show and to the KOA campground afterwards.  Please contact me if you have any questions.  Thanks in advance to those who are driving for us! Final report cards will go home on the last day of school, Friday, June 8.  Students will receive them after our 9:00 Liturgy. We were invited to the opening ceremonies of the Relay for Life to present the money that we raised for the American Cancer Society.  We will also be helping to sing the Star Spangled Banner.  All students are invited to come on stage with us.  If your child would like to come, please have them meet me by the stage at Kreher Park at 5:45.                   CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: Religion – generosity Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, final spelling Math – metric measurement  (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - lumberjacks and logging Science - WI animals; scientific method  Spelling List words from throughout the year

Dates to Remember: May 29 - Field day (afternoon) May 31 - Field trip to Lumberjack show and KOA June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island June 8 - Last day of school (half day)

Thanks for all of your help this year.  I have enjoyed having all of your children in my class! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of May 21, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: This Friday the drama club will be putting on the play, "Alice in Wonderland."  They will also be performing for our school on Thursday morning.  We are excited to participate and/or watch it! Permission slips will be coming home later this week for our remaining field trips.  Please make sure to keep an eye out for these.  I know some of the field trips do cost money, so please talk to me if you need financial assistance.  I'm still missing a few report cards.  Please sign them and get them back to me as soon as you can.  If you have any questions, please contact me.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: Religion – saints Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, correcting errors Math – geometry; measurement  (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - Famous people of WI Science - WI animals; scientific method  Spelling List friend language bigger Canada country carefully betweem usually however beautiful *geometry

Dates to Remember: May 25 - Alice in Wonderland play May 28 - No school (Memorial Day) May 29 - Field day (afternoon) May 31 - Field trip to Lumberjack show and KOA June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island June 8 - Last day of school (half day)

I will still be looking for drivers for our May 31st field trip to Hayward.  Please check your schedule to see if you might be able to help out. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of May 14, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: Our bake sale for the Relay for Life was a success!  I'm so proud of the 4th graders for following through with this project.  We were able to make $103 for the Relay for Life!  I have been asked to present the check at the opening ceremony for the Relay for Life at Kreher Park on June 8 at 6:00.  John will be helping me to present the check.  Thanks for all your help with this! Our field trip to the UMD Planetarium was very fun and informative.  Thanks to Mrs. Punjak for setting that up for us. I'm still missing a few report cards.  Please sign them and get them back to me as soon as you can.  If you have any questions, please contact me.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: Religion – saints Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, homographs Math – Decimals; geometry  (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI mammals and birds Science - WI animals; science fair Spelling List alone bottom following you'll library greats letters important usually several weather *canonization

Dates to Remember: May 25 - Alice in Wonderland play May 28 - No school (Memorial Day) May 29 - Field day (afternoon) May 31 - Field trip to Lumberjack show and KOA June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island June 8 - Last day of school (half day)

Thanks to Mr. Maynes for his help with the bake sale.  Thanks again to all the parents that baked or bought us special treats!  I will be looking for some drivers to help out with our upcoming field trip to Hayward on May 31.  I will send home the permission slip next week.  Please check your schedule and think about whether you could help us out with driving. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of May 7, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: The spring concert turned out wonderful!  Thank you Ms. Betzold and students for all your hard work! The Flat Stanleys have been sent out.  I hope to get them back in a few weeks to learn more about other areas of WI and the country. The 4th graders have decided to have a bake sale this Wednesday, May 9th from 11:30-12:30.  This is our religion service project.  We are trying to raise money for the Relay for Life which is for the American Cancer Society.  I'm asking each student to bring 1 or 2 items to sell at the bake sale.  Thanks for your help! I'm still missing a few report cards.  Please sign them and get them back to me as soon as you can.  If you have any questions, please contact me.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Relay for Life bake sale; vocations Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, prefixes Math – Decimals (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - America's Dairy Land Science - Planets Spelling List build pictures commonly families stories sounds shines mountains bright surface *integrity

Dates to Remember: May 8 - Bird Calling Contest at NGLVC at 6:30 May 11 - Field trip to Planetarium May 25 - Alice in Wonderland play May 28 - No school (Memorial Day) May 31 - Field trip to Lumberjack show and KOA June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island

I am looking for a parent to help out with the bake sale on Wednesday.  Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to help.  I'm also in need of more drivers for Friday's field trip.  If you are certified to help, please see if you can drive for our trip this Friday or on May 31st.  Thanks so much for your help! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of April 30, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: We had a great time at the Visitor's Center.  Dr. Gruhl put on a nice session for us about botany and then we went for a scavenger hunt along the trail outside.  The spring concert is coming up this Friday.  The students and Ms. Betzold have been working very hard on preparing for it.  I hope that you will be able to come and enjoy it too! I have almost all of the Flat Stanleys sent out.  I'm excited to see what we will receive back in the mail!  Thanks for helping out with the addresses. We are planning a class service project to raise money for an organization that we choose.  It looks like we will probably be having a bake sale to do this.  I will send him a note later this week to let you know more about it. I'm still missing a few report cards.  Please sign them and get them back to me as soon as you can.  If you have any questions, please contact me.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST                   electric pencil sharpener                   pencils and pencil top erasers

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Service projects; vocations Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, homophones and homographs, Reader's Theatre Math – Adding and Subtracting Fractions (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI summaries Science - Birds Spelling List happened else thought quite close bushes footprints animal people though *dehydrated

Dates to Remember: May 4 - Spring Concert May 8 - Bird Calling Contest at NGLVC at 6:30 May 25 - Alice in Wonderland play May 28 - No school (Memorial Day) May 31 - Field trip to Lumberjack show and KOA June 4 - Field trip to Madeline Island

Please continue to send snacks for 4th quarter.  We are running very, very low on snacks. Thank you for your generosity! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of April 23, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: We will be going to the Visitor's Center for a program about botany next Thursday.  The programs have been very good in the past, so I'm excited for us to attend this one. I'm still missing a few report cards.  Please sign them and get them back to me as soon as you can.  If you have any questions, please contact me. We have been working on our fluency through Read to Others and Reader's Theatre.  The students have been doing well and getting better at trying to figure out the expression behind the words.  I recently read the students the book, Flat Stanley, for fun.  We are now making our own Flat Stanleys to send out to friends and relatives and hopefully go on an adventure of their own.  I'm asking that each student bring in an address of someone they can send their Flat Stanley to by this Friday, April 27.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST               electric pencil sharpener

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Service projects; vocations Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, suffixes, shape poems, Reader's Theatre, Flat Stanley  Math – Fractions (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI summaries Science - Botany Spelling List question least hour money problem completed earlier themselves voice answer *botany

Dates to Remember: April 26 - Field to trip to Visitor's Center

Please continue to send snacks for 4th quarter.  We are again running low.  Thank you for your generosity! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of April 16, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: Report cards went home on Friday.  Please sign them and return them after you have looked them over.  Please contact me if you have any questions. We will be going to the Visitor's Center for a program about botany next Thursday.  The programs have been very good in the past, so I'm excited for us to attend this one. I'm working with your child on a new independent reading book project for our Daily 5 reading.  We are making goals for their reading and meeting to discuss their goals.  Please continue to support them in their reading each night. Thank you to John for our new class pet.  It is a beta fish that we decided to name Thunderfish.                CLASSROOM WISH LIST               electric pencil sharpener

Focus areas for the week: Religion – 1st - 4th commandments Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, apostrophes, shape poems, Reader's Theatre  Math – Fractions (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI summaries Science - Recycling and Earth Day Spelling List center suddenly field possible children players itself usual either completely *idolatry *blasphemy

Dates to Remember: April 26 - Field to trip to Visitor's Center

Please continue to send snacks for 4th quarter.  We are again running low.  Thank you for your generosity! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of April 10, 2012

Exciting events in our classroom: It's exciting to see so many of our students be servers at our Wednesday Liturgies.  They are all doing a great job!  We had a great Easter party and egg hunt.  Thanks to Ms. Montano for sending all the Easter eggs with goodies inside!  We had fun hiding them for our Kindergarten Buddies and then dyeing hardboiled eggs with them too!                CLASSROOM WISH LIST               electric pencil sharpener

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Service projects Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, capitalization Math – Composite and prime numbers (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI summaries Science - Finish up landforms and continents Spelling List pattern walked main someone seashells knew finally through beautiful distance

Dates to Remember: April 13 - Report cards go home April 26 - Field to trip to Visitor's Center

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!  Report cards will be going home this Friday, so please check with your child for those.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J

Week of 4-2-12

Exciting events in our classroom: Our Liturgy went great last week.  The students did a very nice job!  Tomorrow is the end of 3rd Quarter.  I will be sending home report cards next Friday, April 13.  We will also be doing our reading fluency tests this week. I would like all Native American projects brought home by the end of this week, so we can make room for new things.  Thank you for your help with this!  We will be dyeing Easter eggs with our Kindergarten Buddies on Thursday afternoon.  We are looking forward to a fun time with them again!

Focus areas for the week: Religion – Holy Week Language Arts - Daily 5/CAFE, Guided Reading, finish folktales, suffixes Math – Factors and Multiples (Please keep practicing your math facts!) Social Studies - WI becomes a state! Science - landforms and continents Spelling List weather sixes surface instead possible problems certainly important already English

Dates to Remember: April 3 - End of 3rd Quarter April 6-9 - Easter Break April 26 - Field to trip to Visitor's Center            CLASSROOM WISH LIST             electric pencil sharpener

I hope everyone has been enjoying the nice weather! Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J