Finally Recovered . . .

my username and password that is. If you're like me, you have several things that you keep up with online and unfortunately you cannot use the same username and password for any of them. Some have to include letters and numbers and some case sensitive, ect. Well, it finally caught up with me - I couldn't remember what my password to my blog was and for some reason it was that easy to reset but I have finally gotten it done. I will hopefully be publishing my weekly newsletter on my blog and update it with my student of the month this past week. I will also put last month's student on the page as well since it was during my short sabatical (that sounds better doesn't it?). Thank you for being understanding.

Mrs. Vaughn

Thursday, October 9, 2008

I apologize for not updating the blog this week. The students and I have been working on incorporating centers into our daily schedule. The work the students are/will be doing in centers will be reinforcing those concepts in both reading and math that we have worked on throughout first quarter. They have performed quite well this week and I am proud of their efforts.

Due to a scheduling change, the book fair will be next week, October 14th-17th, instead of the week of parent/teacher conferences. There are extended times on a couple of evenings if you prefer to come to the book fair with your child instead of sending them with money. I will send those times home in a note on Friday. I will be taking them to the book fair as well during the school day.

Please remember that there is no school Monday, October 13th, in observance of Columbus Day. I hope everyone enjoys their three-day weekend!

Monday, 09/29/08 Assignments

We had a wonderful MAP trip on Saturday. The students were well-behaved and represented our district and community well. I was very proud of all of our students and hope to take my entire class next year!!! I have been stressing to our students that taking our time, reading carefully and answering questions completely makes a world of difference on their daily work and their tests. Today's assignments were:
Math: Multiplication Facts, Reteach 3-6, and Practice 3-7
Language: Practice 12
Reading: No assignment - we're working on narrative writing
Spelling: Unit 1 Review words 5 x's each
Social Studies - Worksheet 3, pgs. 18-22

Wednesday, 09/24/08 Assignment

Math - Multiplication Facts, Reteach 3-2 and Practice 3-2
Language - Context Clues, Wksht. 10
Reading - Vocabulary/Main Idea Wksht.
Spelling - Wkshts. 19-20
St. Studies - Read pgs. 10-15 and complete Waterways of Missouri worksheet

Ag Day

I'm trying to find a new slideshow so it won't be so fuzzy when you watch. Sorry, I'm not sure what the problem is.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Monday, 09/22/08 Assignments

Today's assignments were:
Math - Multiplication Practice (2's & 3's) & Practice 3-1 (expressions)
Language - Punctuating Sentences, wksht. 9
Spelling - Missed words 5 x's (check out spellingcity.com)
Reading - vocabulary cards and read story this evening
S. Studies - Vocabulary worksheet

sorry I haven't gotten the pictures up from Ag Day yet, I'm running behind as usual.

Wednesday, 09/17/08 Assignments

Language - Practice Worksheet 8
Math - Unit 1 Test, no homework
Reading - Selection Test tomorrow
Spelling - Test tomorrow
Science - Ch. 1 Test tomorrow (return signed study guide for 5 bonus points)
***** remember field trip on Friday - please dress appropriately.

sorry about the folders

Sorry parents, I forgot to send home the folders tonight. They are sitting on my table ready to pass out. They will go home tomorrow (that is if I don't forget again)!

Tuesday, 09/16/08 Assignments

I apologize for not posting yesterday. I just never found a free minute. My son Bailey has broken his left wrist (of course he's left-handed) and now I am serving as his homework aide for the next four weeks.
Language - pg. 42-43, 1-18
Math - Study for Unit 1 Test tomorrow
Reading - Small Group Reading, Author's Purpose
Spelling - Worksheet 13 & 14
Science - L. 5 Review

Friday, 09/12/08 Assignments

Language - None
Spelling - Test
Reading - Selection Test
Math - Chp. 2 Test, Performance Assessment
Science - Lesson 4 Summary
Social Studies - Missouri Studies Weekly

The students brought home a permission form for Ag Day next week. Please return those by Monday if possible. Thank you and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Thursday, September 11th Assignments

Language - Practice 7 Worksheet
Math - Study for Chp. 2 Test Tomorrow (the Extra Practice, pg. 32 is recommended but not required)
Reading - Read Story Grandfather's Journey for Selection Test tomorrow
Spelling - Study for Test tomorrow
Writing - finished revising and illustrating postcards
Science - Read pgs. 18-25 and complete review worksheet 7a

***** please return folders and the bottom portion of the Progress Reports if you have not already done so - thank you!!!

Compound Subjects and Predicates

Today in Language the students went on a scavenger hunt of sorts. We've been learning about compound subjects and predicates. Each student had one piece of a sentence and they had to find their other half and then identify if their sentence had a compound subject, compound predicate or included both. I thought you might enjoy watching them learn as much as I did today!

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Wednesday, September 10th

Today's assignments were:

Language - pg. 34, Levels B & C, 11-25 (make sure you write complete sentences)
Math - Worksheet on Rounding/Comparing Numbers
Practice 2-4 - word problems (answer in complete sentences)

Spelling - Worksheet 11 & 12
Reading - Read story in small groups, study vocab words
Writing - write postcards - will revise in Writer's Workshop tomorrow
Science - Read pgs. 14-17, assigned worksheet 6a

***** I am missing several folders from yesterday - please return tomorrow.
***** If your child received a letter about the MAP trip, please return that letter as soon as
possible so we know how many are going.

Tuesday's Assignments, 09-09-08

Language - Simple Predicates, Practice 6 worksheet
Math - Reteach 2-3, Rounding Numbers worksheet (I have already checked over most student's work)
Spelling - Worksheet 9 & 10
Reading - Sequence, pg. 23, study vocabulary words
Science - Lesson 2 - worksheet 5a & summary

**** reminder - folders will go home today, please sign the back and return to school tomorrow.

Grandparents Night

Grandparents Night was a huge success!!!! I really enjoyed getting to meet each of you that were able to make it Thursday night. Thank you for all that you do for your grandchildren - they are all so special and such a delight to have in class. Hopefully over the next few days, although I am generally considered "technologically challenged," I am going to attempt to put a slide show of the pictures I took from Grandparents Night. Have a great weekend!

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Welcome!!!!

I am so excited about the 2008-2009 school year! I know that its going to be a terrific year for all of us. In the coming weeks I will be working on developing this page to make it useful for all of us. I am going to try (this is my first attempt at this so please be patient) to set up links to sites the students can use to study at home. Hope to see everyone at Open House!!!!