By Lisa Zelinger on 10/25/2007

Halloween is this coming Wednesday, October 31st!!!!!!  Here are a few tips:

• Students' costumes must fit over their clothes
• Dress code must always be observed
• Students may not color their hair (green, purple, blue, etc)
• No toy weapons or anything else that is not permitted on school grounds
• No masks:  student faces must always be visible

For parents coming to volunteer:  You must sign in at the office.  You may come in costume as long as your face is compl ... Read More »

By Lisa Zelinger on 10/18/2007

• Vision and hearing screenings for third graders will at the beginning of this week.
• Thank you for the donations we've received for our class baskets so far.  Please continue to donate items
• We are still collecting coloring books for our 3/4 community service project and PINK yoplait yogurt labels
• Halloween is around the corner.  Students should have costumes that can fit over th ... Read More »

By Lisa Zelinger on 10/15/2007

Instruction for the coming week-  10/16 -10/18

Continue working on upper case cursive letters

Continue working on weather:  sunlight and air masses/wind--we did not get to this last week.

Continue working on US regions--Mrs. Singer's class:  we will switch on 10/16 and 10/18 this week

Continue working on map skills: grids, continents and ocean

Please send in items for our Gala basket.  Our themes are "New Baby" and "Family Night"

Please send in coloring books that your kiddoes have purchased for our community service project

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By Lisa Zelinger on 10/6/2007

Reminders on the coming week:

• Conferences are this Wednesday - Friday, October 10th, 11th and 12th .  Look for your conference time sheet in Monday Folders.
  
• Dismissal on Wednesday, October 10th is at 11:30 am.  Students will not return to school until Tuesday, October 16th!  Enjoy the very long weekend!
  
• I will not be able to make conferences for families who are taking vacation
  October 10th - October 12th.
• Information on our class basket for the gala will be coming home shortly
• Our community service project is collecting coloring books for needy children.  Please have your child earn the money to pu ... Read More »

By Lisa Zelinger on 10/2/2007

The superintendent of Adams 12 has lifted the ban on athletic wear in order to allow students to support the Rockies or Phillies during their playoff race.  Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 3rd, students may wear Rockies or Phillies clothing.  No other sports team will be allowed and, as always, hats are not allowed in school.  If you have a t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoody, etc, wear it to support the Rockies (or the Phillies) as they meet up in the first wildcard playoff game tomorrow.

By Lisa Zelinger on 10/1/2007

In preparation for parents being able to log into Powerschool I would just like to give you a head's up.  If I have displayed an assignment in my classroom, it has yet to be graded and will not be reflected in the grades on Powerschool.

By Lisa Zelinger on 9/28/2007

Coming this week:  10/01-10/05

• Third graders will continue working on their upper case cursive letters.  Fourth graders will continue copying paragraphs and poems in their cursive books
• Continue learning to locate and name the seven continents and four oceans
• Continue talking about the scientific method, with particular emphasis on hypotheses, observations and conclusions
• Continue talking about grids and how to map them
• Bedroom Mapping project due 10/04.  Rubric under my "documents" tab
• Conference preference sheets will go home on Monday, 10/01 and will be due back Wednesday 10/03.
  

Highlights from last week:  9/24/28

• Assigned Bedroom Mapping Project Due 10/04.  Rubric under ... Read More »

By Lisa Zelinger on 9/26/2007

I have posted the rubric for the Bedroom Mapping Project under my "documents" tab.  If your kiddoe misplaces his or hers or you need a new copy, you can open the link and print it from there.

By Lisa Zelinger on 9/23/2007

I can't believe another week has gone by so quickly!  I enjoyed seeing you all at curriculum night.  If you have further questions for me, you know I'm always available by email and by phone during non-contact times.

A couple of reminders:  September 24th - October 8th is the "October Count" window.  Monday, October 1st is the official count day.  Please make sure that your child attends school during this time, as well as throughout the school year.  School funding is based on our count and absences mean a miss in vital class time that cannot be replaced.

The weather is changing outside!!!!!  Please have your student dress for the weather and bring a jacket.  We will be going out to recess in the morning and they cannot stay in for making poor clothing choices.  Although the attention is nice, having a gaggle of cold children huddled around me or anothe ... Read More »

By Lisa Zelinger on 9/23/2007

I assigned the Bedroom Mapping project today.  It will be due to me on Thursday, October 4th.  I will be sending home a rubric with the kiddoes tomorrow.  Due to a meeting this afternoon, I was not able to get it out, I apologize.  I will also be posting the rubric under the  "Documents" tab on this blog.