Mrs. Blackmon and Ms. O’Shaughnessy’s Homeroom

May 24, 2010

                Wow, this school year has gone by so fast. We had so much fun and can’t wait for next year at Stargate SchoolJ We hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing summer.

See you in the Fall,

Mrs. Blackmon and Ms. O’Shaughnessy

 Important End-of-the-Year Stuff

Mon., May 24^th Insect Post-Test 

Tues., May 25^th-End of the Year party at 1:55

Wed., May 26^th-Field Day

Field Day is just around the corner: Wednesday, May 26_th from 8:30-1:00pm. This year’s theme is in honor of the World Cup soccer tournament which begins in June.    Students are encouraged to wear soccer jerseys and gear as well as any other professional sports attire! The cafeteria will be closed, so students will need to bring a lunch from home. 

Thurs., May 27^th- Last day of school. Dismissal at 11:30 am

Ms. O'Shaughnessy and Mrs. Blackmon's Homeroom News 5/17/10

Theme:

In between our insect presentations we will continue our insect unit. We will be discovering the difference between a moth and a butterfly and we will also learn about some invertebrates.

Theme Homework

At home, you should be working on your 3-D model and/or poster. Please do not bring these in until the day of your presentation.

The test for this unit will be Monday, the 24^th. There is a study guide going home on Tuesday, May 18.

Dates to remember this month:

Wed., May 19^th-Last day of math and lit.

Thurs., May 20^th- Author, Justin Matott, will be visiting our class!

Please look in today’s folder for an order form of his books and turn into me if you are interested.

Fri., May 21^st-Fun Friday

Tues., May 25^th-End of the Year party at 1:55

Wed., May 26^th-Field Day

Field Day is just around the corner: Wednesday, May 26_th from 8:30-1:00pm. This year’s theme is in honor of the World Cup soccer tournament which begins in June.    Students are encouraged to wear soccer jerseys and gear as well as any other professional sports attire! The cafeteria will be closed, so students will need to bring a lunch from home. 

Thurs., May 27^th- Last day of school. Dismissal at 11:30 am

Thank you all so much for Teacher Week being such a fantastic one! We all really appretiated the generosity of the parents here at Stargate:) 

Theme:

The insect project research is coming along in the afternoons! There will be a slip coming home in the Monday folders with your child’s presentation date and time on it. On Monday we are going to do a lesson on why insects are important and practice writing topic sentences about this issue to review before we start putting together our paragraphs for the insect research papers. On Tuesday-Thursday the students will be finishing their insect research and paragraph writing. You should expect the student’s index cards that they put all their paragraph research on to be coming on Friday to help them prepare for their presentations.

This project has been a lot of fun to work on in class, and I hope that your child is having fun working on it at home as well!

It would be very helpful to have parent volunteers in Tuesday-Thursday to help with the researching and paragraph writing process. Please email me if you have time and are interested in helping the kids be successful with this.

Important Dates 

                  Wednesday, May 12 - Muscular Dystrophy Walk 

Wednesday, May 26 - Field Day

Thursday, May 27 - Last day of school, early dismissal

Theme:

Thank you all so much for making the overnight field trip a success, the kids were all well prepared for the sleepover, and all the parent help was wonderful! We had a really fun timeJ

We are starting the Insect Unit this week! We will be taking a pre-test, discussing the characteristics of defining what an insect is, and learning about the butterfly life cycle. The students will be bringing home the independent insect project assignment home in their Monday folders this week. Attached to it will be a list of insects that students have chosen to do for the project in the past for ideas, but students may also pick an insect that is not on that list.

Homework this week is to decide on an insect that they want to do for your independent study project and submit it to me by Wednesday.

Upcoming Dates...

Theme:

This is a unique week in theme, as I mentioned in the quick note home last week. Monday through Wednesday the second graders will be taking the ERB (Educational Records Bureau), a standardized test that helps with placements. Our homeroom second graders will be taking this test in Mrs. Heilbron’s classroom with her second graders. Mrs. Heilbron’s first graders will be joining our first graders for some catch up work time in our homeroom.

On Thursday out class will review and take the plants and soil test. To end the week, we will all have a great time at the overnight field trip on Friday!

April 22 - Take your child to work day

April 23 - Field Trip to Butterfly Pavilion, Overnight (at school).  Thank you in advance to all the generous parent volunteers!

April 26 - Rockies Fundraiser orders are due