YEAH!!!! We are the first place class for the largest total amount collected for the Rake-a-Thon! Congratulations to you and your children. They have earned an extra gym class and a trip to Coldstone for a treat. I have received a gift certificate for a massage as my reward - what an awesome gift, thanks to you all. November Home Reading Logs are due on Monday (or a note stating about how much they have read at home if they lost their form). Please send items for the Jolly Jars for Christmas Village. We have 3 of them to fill. For our new families, they are full of candy, small toys, and things like lip gloss. Students pay $1.00 for a chance to win one. Four hundred were made last year, it was a huge success. I’ll see all of you at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 6 at Christmas Village. I enjoyed seeing many of you at Barnes and Noble last Sunday. Tuesday night is another pizza buffet fundraiser at CiCi’s.  I will be sending the 2 rubrics for the Native American Project.  I can put them on my blog or send as an e-mail.  If a some of you could let me know what you prefer, I’ll do it that way.  We need more help at noon recess - please contact Mary Kay to see what dates are open - much appreciated
Monday - math l. # 51 - constructing a number line - gym - all-school Advent prayer service

reading - this week we will break into 4 groups and read National Geographic books about 4 different tribes. The books are at different reading levels, but all cover the same 4 key concepts. They will be bringing them home to show you.

religion - First week of Advent - introduction to the Jesse Tree - each student will be making a symbol representing someone from Jesus’ ancestry

writing - paragraphs - students will write one paragraph about their Thanksgiving celebration, it must include a topic sentence, body and closing sentence - this will be a good preparation for part 3 and 4 of their Native American Project

social studies- an English colony at Jamestown - geography

Tuesday math l.#52 - adding two-digit numbers using the addition algorithm - using estimation to verify the reasonableness of calculated results - part 1 of 2 - music and library- CiCi’s Pizza night PART 1 of project is due today

religion - Confirmation - another sacrament of initiation

social studies - Powhatan and the English meet - Pocahontas

Wednesday math l. #53 - continue yesterday’s lesson - Spanish & art

religion - Church wants us to show we are followers of Jesus by our words and actions - Study chapter 8 and faith words for test tomorrow

social studies - reading time lines

Thursday - math l. # 54 - drawing and measuring line segments to the nearest half inch - gym & music

religion - test

social studies - Jamestown today - a living history museum -Study chapter 4, packet and vocabulary for test tomorrow

Friday - Mass (ours will be December 19) - spelling test

religion - begin chapter 10, conversion of St. Paul

social studies - review and test on chapter 4

Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Weekly News, Uncategorized.
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Mr. Johnson’s mom died and her funeral will be Tuesday at St. Raphaels at 10:00 a.m. The wake will be at Gearty Delmore in Robbinsdale on Monday 4:00-8:00 . The staff will be going to the mass, parents will be supervising an activity. Students will make cards for him.  Remember the Book Fair on Sunday, I’ll be reading at 12:00. 

Monday - math -l.# 46 - reading a thermometer to nearest 10 degrees and identifying freezing and boiling point of water - gym - Pottery Dude all afternoon therefore no religion, reading, or social studies

writing - contractions

Tuesday - math l.#47 - comparison symbols - music

religion - Holy Spirit is our Advocate

reading - “Thinking Big” - a photo essay about a dwarf

writing - continuing with subject and predicate, adding compound subject and predicates - very challenging -photo essay

social studies - Anasazi tribe - geography of Mesas Verde and culture long ago

Wednesday - math l. # 48 - identify horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines - Spanish & art

reading - narrative nonfiction about a physical disability- looking for main ideas and details

religion - symbols of the Holy Spirit - study chapter 7 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday - math l. #49 - finding perimeter - gym & music -send food for the needy to be handed in at mass tomorrow

social studies - Mesa Verde - a national park and museum - study chapter 3(review p. 94-95), vocabulary, and packet for test tomorrow

religion - test on chapter 7

Friday - mass - technology

reading - begin a 3 day experience of literature circles - students choose a book, read it, discuss it within a group

social studies - review chapter 3 and test

religion - We are Church

math - making a shape for a given perimeter

Monday - math l. # 50 - subtracting from 10 - gym

religion - Sacraments of Initiation

reading - continue with literature circles

social studies - Thanksgiving - Mayflower ship life

Tuesday - music & library

social studies - “Mourt’s Relation” (journal) - research about the first Thanksgiving on the computer

religion - Baptism

writing - apostrophes

Posted: November 17th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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A reminder for field trip - students will need a cold lunch and beverage with their name on everything - paper bags are easier to manage when there are 60 lunches.  Green and white day on Thursday.  Order your Scrip by Nov. 12 - especially Barnes and Noble

Monday - math l. # 43 - naming line segments - gym

reading - “City Mouse and Country Mouse” in a play format

religion - Michaelangelo, Sistine Chapel

writing - lists

science - recycling - study chapter C4 review p. c110-c11, vocab., and packet

Tuesday - math l.# 44 - identifying a missing digit in an addition problem- music & library

reading - skills -setting and characterization

science - test

religion - election of a Pope

Wednesday - no math homework - art - field trip

Thursday - math l. #45 - multiply by 1 and 10 identify factors - gym & music -green and white day
religion - discuss field trip

social studies - begin a new chapter about Plimoth Village

Friday - Mass - spelling - technology

religion - Chapter 7 - Jesus Promises the Spirit

math - estimating capacity of containers - 1 pint, quart, half gallon, gallon, and liter

Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Most of the class handed in their ABC book rough drafts, they are super! (Four students were late and will lose points and get an offense slip). October Home Reading Logs are due(or a note if they are lost). New ones will be coming home Monday. AR is going well, many students have earned 10 or more points and will earn out of uniform passes. The highest ones in our class will get prizes. Book orders will be coming home Monday - if you want to order anything for your child for Christmas, put order in a sealed envelope, and I will let you know when they arrive. Book orders are due Thursday. Last turn in day for the Rake - a -Thon to qualify for prizes is Friday, November 7. Everyone who wants to chaperone the Vatican Splendors trip who has take Virtus training may go. A few need to send in their $17.00. We’ll meet at school at 9:00 a.m. Four students still have rakes at school. Report cards come home Thursday.

Monday - Math L. #39 - Telling and showing time to 15 minute intervals - identify a.m. and p.m. - gym

reading - “Four Fables” - (teaches a lesson about right and wrong, short, animals think, act, and speak like people)

writing - begin the final draft of ABC book

science - mining resources - students will be mining raisins out of oatmeal cookies

religion - Resurrection

Tuesday - math - l. # 40 - adding 7 & 8 - music and library

religion - Ascension

reading - skills - compare and contrast - adverbs

Wednesday - math l.# 41 - Identifying place value to hundreds and writing three-digit numbers in expanded form- Spanish - n0 art due to play performance all afternoon.

Religion - Stations of the Cross - study chapter 6 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday - math l,. # 42 - adding tw-digit numbers using mental computation - gym and music - report cards come home
relgion - test

science - difference between resources and products

Friday - mass - spelling test -math activity - drawing and reading a pictograph and conducting a survey of favorite lunches-Last Turn in Day for Rake-a-Thon to qualify for prizes- technology

science - recycling

religion - begin chapter 7 - Last Supper promise to send the Holy Spirit

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under Weekly News.
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I will send home a paper copy of this blog Monday due to changes on class address sheets I want everyone to see.  Shroeder - take off . after the letter u   -  Heckt - new e-mail - kheckt@metropolitanfmc.com - Noah Tesmar lives in New Hope, not Crystal.  The Rake -a- Thon was a wonderful experience.  Everyone felt good about the service project they joyfully completed.  Pledges can still be collected, next turn-in day for money is October 30.   A couple of reminders:  1) all math sheets need to be corrected and signed M-TH (a happy face, star, sticker, whatever is also fine), 2) Highlights Journals (highlights of activities in room 12 from the past week) come home on Tuesdays, please read and write back, they epecially enjoy it when you ask them a question, 3) you can check your child’ s AR test records by going to SRS Community, technology, AR program student, enter their username and password, view tests, 4)  go to my blogs on Mondays -much important information can be found there -  SRS Community, staff blogs, Mrs. Scholl, 5) students can complete research they didn’t finish in class by going to my DELICIOUS site - SRS Community, student resources, Mrs. Scholl.  Students may bring Halloween treats for their classmates on Thursday and wear orange, black, or Halloween t-shirts or sweatshirts.  Spanish Test- Wednesday, October 29 on lessons 1-3.   They have their notebooks which includes their wordlists.  Parents, please practice with your child, all students who have a signed note that a parent reviewed with them will receive 5 extra points on their test.  This is the last week of the first quarter, report cards will be coming home next week.  They did a wonderful job at their Mass.  October Home Reading Logs are due this week, if lost, write a note with about how much they read. 

Monday - math l. #36 - counting quarters - gym

writing - finish Saint story in class, or at home if needs be - due Tuesday morning

reading - “The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark” - writing about their own fears and how they handle them, compound words and alliteration- handwriting cursive b,h,f,k

religion - God’s love never changes - no test this week, working on and off with getting prepared for field trip

science - continue with slow changes to the earth, erosion and weathering

Tuesday - math l. #37 - finding 1/2 of a set of objects - music and library

ss - Junior Achievement - last week, opened a business - this week working with banking, like pay checks

science - fast changes like volcanoes - study chapter C56-C57, vocabulary, and packet for test tomorrow

writing - work on ABC book, it is due Thursday

Wednesday - math l. # 38 - adding 3 or more single digit nuimbers - Spanish Test - art - remember to send in Rake-a -Thon money and October Home Reading Logs tomorrow

religion - Jesus dies on a cross

science - test on C2 - landforms

Thursday - spelling test - gym and music - Halloween Party - Rake -a - Thon pledges and October Home Reading Logs are due - Halloween art project

math - drawing pictures and writing number sentences about story problems

Posted: October 26th, 2008 under Weekly News, Uncategorized.
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Encourage your child to continue getting pledges this week. Remember to bring their rakes to Family Fun Night and put them outside the door. Our field trip to Vatican Splendors will be November 12 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. We will need 7-8 chaperones who have been through the Virtus training, or we won’t be able to go. It is our class mass on Friday, 3rd graders will be reading, carrying gifts, and ushering.

Monday - math l.#32 estimating, measuring, and drawing segments using centimeters- gym

reading - begin anthology B with the theme of challenges - “Chin Chang and the Dragon’s Dance” -skills of characterization, similes and metaphors

religion - saints’ days and patron saints

writing - begin work on a 2 week project to write an ABC book - students will chose a subject and write 2 facts about each of 26 topics for each letter of the alphabet - may need to do some research at home

science - begin chapter c2 - forces that shape our land

Tuesday - math l. #33 adding a multiple of 10 to a number using mental computation - music & library

religion - body of Christ

social studies - Junior Achievement - newspapers

Wednesday - math l. # 34 - ordering 3 digit numbers - Spanish & art

religion - Our Lady of Guadalupe - study chapter 9 and faith words for test tomorrow - they are working on their patron saints facts

science - slow changes to the land like weathering and erosion

Thursday - math l.# 35 adding 5 & 6 - gym & music - dinner at Arby’s and Family Fun Night - remember rakes

religion - test- chapter 9

Friday - mass (ours) - spelling test - Wear Rake - a -Thon t-shirts - dress to work on yards after Mass

writing - finishing a story starter about Halloween

religion - begin chapter 6 - Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Posted: October 20th, 2008 under Weekly News, Uncategorized.
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Picture Person starts this week for 3 weeks. Halloween - traditionally 3rd graders don’t wear costumes - they can wear Halloween shirts, orange and/or black shirts on Halloween. Moms are in charge of planning our 3 parties. The class is divided into 1/3’s according to the alphabet and the first 1/3 will be called to send supplies and treats for the Halloween party. Rake-a-thon t-shirts worn on Mondays - get pledges. No spelling lesson, working on spelling skills. I am sorry about the blog last week, not sure what happened. Please e-mail me if there is nothing by Tuesday, and I can check it out.

Monday - math L 30 - Adding 3 and 4 - gym -Bus safety with #281 bus drivers

reading - they will be reading a short book - “The Cactus Flower Bakery” - work on vocabulary and write a question for classmates to answer

Science - fossils - activity about learning how fossils are buried

Religion - working on saints - no test this week

Tuesday - Math - L. #. #31 - adding multiples of 10 using mental math, estimating sum of two-digit numbers - music & library & Junior Achievement

Science - Study packet, vocabulary and chapter C1 for test tomorrow- review p. C28-C29

Wednesday Picture Day - wear nice clothes and bring money in envelope - Spanish & art

religion - continue to work on saints - start planning for our mass on Oct. 24

science - test on C1 - video about forces that change the earth as intro. to next science chapter on landforms

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Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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I will put a conference day and time reminder in the purple Friday folders.  There  will be a Spanish test on Wednesday.  Sister will give each student an extra 5 points if they bring a note in from a parent saying they studied with their child.  Students wear rake-a -thon t-shirts each Monday.  No spelling pre-test this week, it is a review week.  Friday is first turn - day for rake-a-thon. $50.00 earns a jump in the inflatable bouncer on Monday:)

MONDAY Math - L.#26  - identifying dozen and 1/2 dozen -gym

Religion - story of Jesus lost in the temple

Reading - “King Wacky” (he’s backwards) adjectives to describe him and plot structure with a turning point

science - minerals

writing - proper nouns

TUESDAY Math L. #27 - identify place value by writing hundreds digit - library  & music - Study for Spanish test tomorrow

Religion - Jesus calls His disciples Simon and And

Writing - highlights journals come home

WEDNESDAY - Math L. # 28 - writing money amounts using $  - Spanish  &  art

Reading - prefixes,  suffixes and dictionary work

Religion - study chapter 5 and faith words for test tomorrow

writing - book report

Fire safety demonstration by West Side firefighters

THURSDAY - Math L. #29 reading and shading a thermometer to nearest 2 degrees - gym and music

Social studies - junior achievement presentation city zones

Religion - test on chapter 5

FRIDAY - mass - Turn-in day for rake-a thon - technology

Math - collecting data and tallying

Religion - begin chapter 6 - Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Science - how rocks are formed

Posted: October 7th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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September Home
Reading Logs need to be returned this week with a parent signature. If your student has misplaced theirs, you can write a note stating they
have read their average of 20 minutes each day or not. Tuesday is Homecoming Day and the students may wear green and white that day.   A few clarifications; please sign all of the math sheets after you have corrected them and gone over mistakes with your child.  If their paper has an “R” on it for re-do, they need to fix it and return it to school the next day.  I believe they are getting more “R’’s than they should because they are rushing through and not reading carefully or just hurrying to get it done.   I told them I don’t like to correct papers twice either as they are whining abut doing it over.  We’ll all work on this.  I feel strongly that a student’s success depends on three things - themselves doing thier best, my teaching and reteaching when necessary, and parent suppot and help.
Monday - Math L. #22 -rewriting numbers by regrouping tens and ones, trading dimes and pennies - gym

Reading- “Harvey the Foolish Pig”, skills - cause and effect, proper nouns, and sequence

Social studies - caring for natural resources

Religion - Esther, a woman of faith

writing - editing a letter, looking for capital letters, homonyms and periods - recopy descriptive paragraph about fortune cookies

Tuesday - Math L. #23- Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies - library and music

Religion - Ruth and Hannah and we will be talking about Mother Theresa

Social studies - a fishing village in Peru

Wednesday Math - L.#24 - Writing fractions using the fraction bar- turn in signed home reading logs whether reached goal or not -Spanish - art

Social studies - using intermediate directions ex. northwest

Religion - study chapter 4 and faith words for test tomorrow

writing - writing friendly notes, learn types

Thursday - math l. #25 - adding 9 - gym & music

Religion test

social studies - understanding hemisphere - study chapter 2 for test tomorrow review p. 60-62

Friday - mass - spelling test - technology

Social studies - test

religion - begin chapter 5 - Jesus, the Son of God

math - writing fraction number sentences that equal one

Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Weekly News.
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They are working on their first long range project. It is a social studies project about the 3 types of communities we are studying,  which is due September 24. I have seen a few come in early, looking good. I have 4 unclaimed sweatshirts, if you are missing one, they’re here.
Monday - math lesson #18 - reading a thermometer to nearest 10 degrees - gym & library (sister will be gone to a funeral tomorrow)

religion - continue lesson #3 about Mary - visitation, canticle, and Magnificat

social studies - map scale - hard for some students to comprehend

reading - another animal fantasy - “Chicken Little” - figurative language - idioms - predict outcomes

writing - describing a fortune cookie using all 5 senses - we have done 3 of them, some students are getting behind and may be bringing it home today. we have done - see, smell, hear,  so far

Tuesday - math lesson # 19 - rounding numbers to nearest ten - music

religion - nativity

social studies - a community in Mexico - test tomorrow, study packet, vocabulary, and pp.32-33 review along with chapter 1

Wednesday - math lesson #20 - adding 2 - Spanish & art - vision and hearing screening

writing - finish story

ss - test

religion - annunciation - study chapter 3 and faith words for test tomorrow

Thursday - math l.#21 - dividing a square into 3 equal parts - gym and music

religion - test

ss - begin chapter 2 on communities and geography - landforms

writing - recopy stories

Friday - Mass - spelling test - technology - math activity, naming polygons

religion - women of faith

handwriting - getting ready for our fist cursive letter - learning under curve and down curve strokes

Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Weekly News, Blogroll.
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