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Report cards will be sent home on Monday, Jan.26th.

The 2nd grade will be going to see “The Lion King” on Feb. 5th. Students, please remember to turn in your permission slip and $5 by Wednesday, Jan. 28th in order to attend.

Remember Wednesday, Jan 28th is an Early Release Day.

Show your school spirit on Friday, Jan. 30th by dressing up in your favorite sports team attire!

The auditions for our upcoming play, “Annie Junior” went great! Everyone who tried out did a wonderful job and has made it very difficult to determine who will get a part. We will be announcing the cast very soon.

Paul Schreiber - Assistant Principal

Crystal Lake Elementary School

772-219-1525 ext. 102

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***We are in desperate need of two heavy duty school electric pencil sharpeners. Both of mine decided to die at the same time.

Week of December 1, 2008

Important Notes: Social Studies Project due December 5th. Early release Wednesday.

Instructional Focus: Author's Purpose

Writing Focus: Dialogue

Vocabulary

comprehend

pliable

solitary

scan

vulnerable

exuberant

mature

encircle

lumbers

Nurture

Jolly

dialogue

*****Homework*****

AR Reading-Read twenty minutes each night and fill out planner

Reading-Author's Purpose Test and TANK-RV Test on Friday

Math-page 254, #'s 1-18

Vocabulary-Complete wheels and study the definitions.

Writing-Complete a story plan about your best surprise.

Social Studies-Make an object that goes with the Indian Tribe you are working on in class. It can not be a picture drawn and cut out. It must be three dimensional. Write a paragraph about why you chose this item.

Updated December 5, 2008

What We Are Working On Now:

Reading: Author's Purpose

Reading Selection: Emerald's Eggs

Vocabulary: comprehend, pliable, solitary, scan, vulnerable, exuberant, mature, lumbers, encircle, nurture

Math: Chapter 28 - Perimeter; Ch 28 Test scheduled for Dec. 4th

Science: Chapter 3 Ecosystems - The Scientific Method, Ch 3 Test scheduled for December 5th

Writing: Expository Writing - writing to explain; compose beginnings using writing skills, To reach our goal of "At Least a 4.0 and Maybe More" on the FCAT Writes

On-Going Assignments:

1. Continue to read "What Does a Narrative Look Like 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0"

2.Practice (x) facts 2s to 12s for speed

3.Use Harcourt website "That's A Fact" to review (x) facts

4. Use FCAT Explorer website for reading comprehension and FCAT preparation [see login stapled inside planner]

5. schedule time to read media center book each night

Upcoming Events:

V-Math Computer Program - date to be announced

December 3 - Early Release Day

December 8 - CLE Science Fair

December 11 - Class Pictures

Email Mrs. Bussel at: busselj@martin.k12.fl.us

For the week of August 25th-29th

What We Are Working On Now:

This week we are reading: "Arthur's Reading Race" and "Reading with Your Fingers"

The reading skill: Characters and graphic organizers

Phonics skills: short vowels (a and i)

Writing: Writing complete sentences

Language Arts Focus: Types of sentences

This week’s vocabulary words are:

already

eight

police

prove

sign

style

ignore

challenge

dangerous

In math: Chapter 1-Numbers to 100. Working with place value, reading and writing numbers, showing numbers different ways. Chapter 1 Test Friday.

In Social Studies:

In Science:

Classroom Wish List:

Hello!

Wow! Have we had a rough begining to our year together, or what?!?!?! I don't think I have ever had one that started out with a tropical storm... The GOOD news (because it is important to find some good in everything) is that Tropical Storm Fay dropped enough water on the state of Florida that we no longer have a dought index! Isn't that GREAT!!! She worked her way across the state in a way so as to drop rain on every inch of Florida soil.

Hope you all had a great weekend, and are ready to get started in full swing. Rest well, eat breakfast, and I will see you all in class.

This assignment is going to be a fun one! It is going to work on your steps in a process, organizational skills, and creativity.

September 4th

I would like for you to research a recipe. It can be a new recipe that you would like to try, or one that makes your favorite food. Write down the steps to create the recipe...don't forget to write down how much of each ingredient you need. We can tie math into this lesson as well! That is it! I would like for you to bring in your recipe by Thursday, September 4. At that point, I will tell you the next step to your assignment.

Trust me...this is going to be fun!!!!!

*****

September 13th 2008

Monday of this week is going to be a busy one! We will be having our second DARE class, to honor national Constitution Day we will have local lawyers speak to the fifth grade students about the laws of our land and how our founding fathers developed the Constitution, and we will be taking a test on Chapter 2 of our Math text- Decimals.

Dear Parents,

What We Are Working On This Week: December 5, 2008

Measurement (standard – not metric) ________________________________________________

SCIENCE Scientific Method VIEW SCIENCE FAIR SCHEDULE >> ________________________________________________

SOCIAL STUDIES Early Florida (Native Americans and Spanish explorers) ________________________________________________

RELATED ARTS Music ________________________________________________

READING "Weaving a California Tradition"

Author's Purpose ________________________________________________

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary

1 unique

2 infest

3 intervals

4 delicate

5 flexible

6 bond

7 inspired

8 preserve ________________________________________________

WRITING Learning to score our own writing ________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

Math - one worksheet each night (p128-131)

Writing - journal entry each night (any topic)

Reading - "The Cherokee" (answer all questions- even the writing one)

Science - conduct your experiment and take careful notes-bring your log

For the week of December 1, 2008

What We Are Working On Now:

What We Are Working On Now:

This week in reading : Big Bushy Mustache by Gary Soto

The reading skill we are focusing on is: Fiction/Nonfiction

The reading strategy we are working on is: Monitoring Comprehension by rereading

This week’s vocabulary words are:

above

shoes

wash

wear

woman

young

tough

Students will learn what each word means as well as how to say, read, and spell each word.

Robust Vocabulary (words that students will be orally introduced to)- wilting, flitted, swirling, trance, route, semblance, distraught, improvise

In Language Arts: plural possessive nouns

In Writing we are using our personal narrative writing skills to write about "one moment" from our Thanksgiving Day

In math we are studying telling time

In Social Studies / Science we are studying "Snow"

Home Activities:

Ongoing Independent Reading Log (IRL) is your child's responsibility.

Notes:

Please read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World with your child. Take turns reading and asking comprehension questions. Book Group Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 2nd at 6:00pm.

Welcome!

Finally I have a web site again! I'll need some time to recreate something similar to my old one. Please be patient. I'll get the Spelling Words and High Frequency words for my reading group listed so you can practice those at home.

These words are also listed in your child's planner. Click on the link below to get the list of words we've covered so far.

Spelling Words - Lesson 11

Week of December 1

or

for

form

more

store

sort

long

bring

your

head

*****High Frequency Words we've covered so far*****

Theme 1-2 -- Lessons 1-6

help

let's

now

in

no

too

so

hold

get

home

soon

late

oh

yes

find

much

thank

of

how

make

some

Theme 3 -- Lessons 7-11

day

eat

first

said

time

was

her

don't

says

line

new

water

Mr.

does

be

food

grow

live

many

your

use

way

school

head

feet

arms

every

animals

cold

fish

from

their

under

very

Good News!

One of my students won a prize in the Air Show Poster Contest!

Ask your child who won a ribbon and $50.00!

More Good News!

Our class was one of the top sellers for the PTA's fund raiser! We earned an ice cream pass and a pizza party!

Thanks to all the parents that helped us win!

Schedule

7:40-7:50 Sustained Physical Activity (SPA)

7:50-8:00 Announcements, Attendance,

8:00-8:35 DOL, Writing

8:35-9:05 Reading--Whole Group

9:05-10:05 Centers/ Guided Reading Groups/ Seatwork

10:05-10:30 Calendar Activities

10:36-11:06 Lunch

11:10-11:20 Read Aloud

11:20-11:55 Math

11:55-12:15 Recess

12:15-12:50 Social Studies/ Science

12:50-1:35 Related Arts (Computer Lab, Art, Music, PE, or Science Lab)

1:45-2:00 Sustained Physical Activity (SPA)

2:00 Dismissal