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220 Newsletter -- 5/16/08
The class completed their Jane Gibb's timelines. These are posted outside of the classroom.
The class has been working on probability.
220 has been reading their lit circle books and writing book
reviews. Please start saving shoe boxes for lit circle dioramas!!
Today was school spirit day. It was classroom choice on how to
show school spirit. 220 choose face painting.
EARLY WARNING!!
upcoming events for classroom 220
Next Friday 220 class will be performing an African Dance with the 5th
and 6th graders as part of the 7:30 AM all school morning meeting.
The camping trip is Tuesday, May 27 and Wednesday, May 28. Monday
is Memorial Day and there is no school. Please remember to send
your campers with their camping gear on Tuesday morning.
On May 30th the class is going to the Ordway to see a drumming performance.
On Sunday, June 8th there will be a portfolio picnic at Anabel's house
(2920 W 42nd St. This will take the place of the early morning
school day portfolio sharing. A flyer will be coming home soon.
The last field trip of the school year is Tuesday, June 10. The class will take an all day trip to Gibbs Farm.
Wednesday, June 11 is the last day of school!
220 Newsletter - 4/18/08
Another busy week in 220 ---
Math MCA testing was this week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
For specialist, 220 has been in art studying Georgia O'Keefe and working on paintings inspired by her art.
Fatawe, a guest artist from Ghana, visited this week. He is
teaching the kids african dancing. He'll be back next week.
The class has been reading Jane Gibbs, Little Bird That Was Caught.
There was no spelling this week.
Next week --
220 will take the reading MCA tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. Be sure to get lots of sleep.
There will be a spelling test.
On Friday, everyone will enjoy a roller skating field trip. Kids can bring their own skates if they like.
Have a great weekend!
3/3/08
Back to spelling. These are a sample of the words on this weeks list.If you have lost your list, see me in the morning.
A B C D
spell boys misspell spectator
stem enjoy misbehave spectacle
left enjoyed misfortune respect
less loyal mishandle inspect
get destroying misunderstood disrespect
shelf voyage mismatch special
12/17/07
This
is swimming and project week. There may be lit.circle reading that also
needs to get done this week. Have a great week!Try to get extra rest.
12/3/07
1. action
2. quotation
3. thoughts
4. dialogue
5. description
6. without
7. into
8. yourself
9. outside
10. nightmare
11. toothbrush
12. icecream
13. backyard
14. lunchbox
15. playground
16. headache
17. homework
18. December
11/26
1. doesn't
2. it's
3. let's
4. I'd
5. they'll
6. she's
7. we're
8. you've
9. he'd
10. we've
11. would've
12.excellent
13. stellar
14. fabulous
15. outstanding
16.awesome
17. extraordinary
18. incredible
19. wonderous
20. exquisite
11/12/07
1. might
2. night
3. right
4. number
5. other
6. together
7. under
8. wrong
9. own
10. said
11. quotation
12. North America
13. South America
14. Europe
15. Asia
16. Africa
17. Australia
18. Antarctica
19. continents
20. Thanksgiving
It is a short week,so spelling will be due on Friday.
11-5
1. get
2. got
3. knew
4. know *
5. ran
6. run
7. think
8. thought
9. was
10. were
11. will
12. would
13. setting
14. character
15. summarize
16. question
Spelling
1. autumn
2. were
3. where
4. wear
5. know
6. nothing
7. again
8. important
9. another
10.around
11. become
12. between
13 each
14. when
15. why
16. ocean
17. favorite
18. trick
19. costume
20. treat | 
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