Mrs. Micklow's Blog

Fun with the Mayor!

Thank you Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. McCloud, Mr. Luders, and Mrs. Nenmeth for helping us out for the day!

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!!

NO RED FOLDERS THIS FRIDAY

Due to all the excitement with the Mayor and Mystery Reader we did not send home red folders. They will come home on Monday, please review, sign and return anything necessary.

Thank you Mrs. Mattingly for being our Mystery Reader. Thank you Mrs. Bryne and Mrs. Seebo for providing the very special snack for the children.

Boosterthon Fun Run: Character Counts
We learned about serving others, taking time to read, asking great questions, never giving up, and discovering our talents. Thanks again for supporting your children as they collected pledge donations from family and friends in order to support our Science Lab and Technology instruction!! Pledge donations are due Thursday, November 5, 2009. Way to go, Micklow’s Might Mustangs!!!

Stampede to Read begins Nov. 2nd.
Students will get their Stampede to Read information sheets in their red folders on Monday. All sheets need to be returned on Friday, Nov 28th.

Please continue to practice multiplication and division facts. We are making great progress. Students will need to work on practice activities (found under Math Fluency to the left under pages) during the week to be prepared for their drills on Friday. I would love to see more students meet Mrs. Pepper's math challenge!!

Curriculum Highlights
English - adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, sentence classification
Writing – summaries for response to Literature
Reading - fiction story elements; point of view, problem solution, cause/effect – The Renaissance Kid. Guided Reading: Tall Tales, Fables, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
Spelling - Sort 6- vowel pairs oy, oi, ou, ow
Math - dividing with 2 digit divisors, geometry (angles)
Science - simple machines, force and motion

NO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY

Dates to Remember

November 3 - Student Holiday
November 5 – Book Buddies
November 6 – Media Center
November 6 - Bingo Night 6:30

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What did you learn at the Mayor’s Office??????

Write a paragraph (indent), about at least three things you learned. Remember to make good sentences (subject, verb, capital letter and an end mark TOO). EDIT – EDIT – EDIT before you turn it in. Be sure to writ your name and turn into the green basket BEFORE the bell rings on Mond

Congratulations

Principal's Math Challenge: Maddie

Recited Preposition Jingle: Shannon

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO BE THE BEST!!!

STAR STUDENT OF THE WEEK

ASHLEY

Classroom Updates

RED RIBBON WEEK

Monday - Classroom Door decorating contest
Thank you Mrs. Mattingly for THE COOLEST DOOR:
”Don’t Get Wrapped Up in Drugs”
Tuesday- Wear your favorite hat..."Put a Cap on Drugs"
Wednesday - Wear silly/mismatched socks...
"Sock it to Drugs"
Thursday - Wear your clothes backwards/inside out...
"Turn your Back on Drugs"
Friday - Wear RED Day...Students will sign bulletin board outside cafe. Door decorating contest winner announced!

Boosterthon FUN RUN WEDNESDAY
Thank you for supporting your children as they collect pledges from family and friends!! So far we have learned about serving others, taking time to read, and asking great questions. Students have a great opportunity this weekend to contact out of state family members for pledges and enter at funrun.com. Go Micklow’s Mighty Mustangs!!!

Parents: If your child needs to take a different bus home with a friend, please print and fill out the bus pass form located under Pages at Classroom Information. Once your child brings the temporary bus pass, we will take care of getting the form signed by Mrs. Pepper. Your child will then need to take it on the bus with them in the afternoon.

Absent Students: If your child is absent one day, they may make up any missed work when they return. If your child is absent for more than one day we will have collected work in the office on the second day and so forth at 2:30. Many assignments are not easily completed at home without the teaching that precedes it and NO assignment that is graded will be sent home for completion, (unless special circumstances allow). Thank you for your understanding as we are guarding our instructional time with your children.

MAYOR VISIST ON FRIDAY
Wear your class t-shirt. We will leave at 10:45 on a county bus. We will be served Pizza at the office. Help your child generate a question for the Mayor (Question of the Week). We will send those over on Monday for the mayor to preview. Make sure they are legible.

Curriculum Highlights

Spelling - Sort 5 - vowel pairs ai, ee, ea
English - adjectives, adverbs, prepositions sentence classification
Writing – responses to traditional literature by summarizing
Reading – elements of Traditional literature & summarizing
Math - 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication, division review and practice

Science - simple machines
Up Coming Events

October 23-30 Red Ribbon Week “Say No to Drugs!”
October 28 - Fun Run

October 30 – Mayor Visit & Mystery Reader
November 3 - Student Holiday

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Please think of a question you would like the Mayor to answer for you on Friday when we visit. Please type your question, edit it, and put your name on it. Due in the green basket by bell time on Monday – worth 3 coins

Social Studies Map Skill Project

Students enjoy working on their Social Studies project that make them tour guides. They are creating itinenaries around the US for tourists to enjoy different landforms and national parks. Each itinenary must include scaled mileage, longitutde/latitude degrees, a map legend, plus interessting facts.