Washington D.C. Trip

Final payment for the Washington D.C. trip is due April 6, 2008. The tour total is $369.oo per person with a $50.00 deposit which has already been collected. The amount due by April is $319 per person. Checks should be made payable to and mailed to Croswell Tours.

If you have any questions, please contact me or Croswell at 724-2206.

Those students not attending the Washington D.C. trip will have the opportunity to take an extended day trip to Columbus to visit the state capitol building and COSI Science Center. Information will be coming home closer to the date.

January 28th

Homework packets and spelling homework are due Friday. Don't forget those literature projects as well!

In reading we are still working on Watson's Go To Birmingham-1963. Tomorrow we will answer comprehension questions on the first 5 chapters.

Our field trip to US Bank Arena to see the Cincinnati Cyclones is coming up on February 6. If you have not already sent in your child's permission slip and fee ($10.00), please do so before next Friday, February 2. It is a fun and EDUCATIONAL opportunity.

Congratulations to Robby and Ciera who made their A.R. goals this 6 weeks!

No spelling this week

We are canceling spelling this week. We realized after the Friday Folders were typed that we had already studied this list.

Homework packets are due Friday. Students should also be working on their biography literature projects that are due next week.

Please return the Cyclones permission slips. The cost per person is $10. It is a great field trip!

Report cards came home today

Students brought home report cards today. Please be sure to review them and sign and return the envelope. Students are also bringing home a permission slip for the Cyclones field trip. Chaperones are welcome!!

In reading we will be working from one of my favorite novels, Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963. This is a great story that I think the students will love!

Friday Folder reports will come home today with next week's homework packet.

I thought I would include this picture of the little newborn polar bear in Germany. How fun does this job look?!?

Be true to your school!!

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Tomorrow:
Spelling test
Turn in spelling homework and homework packet

Remember, biography literature projects are due on February 1st.

How about this week?!?!

We have had quite the interesting schedule this week! Looks like more snow and cold weather ahead.

We have really started working on preparing for the state tests. Letters will be coming home to some students who are eligible to receive before school tutoring as additional test prep.

Homework packets are due Friday. There will be a reading test on Eye of the Storm for my reading group tomorrow.

End of the 3rd Grading Period

Yesterday was the end of the 3rd grading period. Students will be bringing home report cards next Friday.

We finished our practice tests on Friday. We know what things we need to be working on. Look for lots of writing activities over the next few weeks.

Our next field trip is approaching. Look for permission slips to be coming home soon for the Cyclones hockey game.

Way to go girls!!!

I was very proud of my spelling bee girls today! They handled the pressure very well!

Make sure you are well rested and ready for the practice OAT writing test tomorrow. This will be our last practice test. Graded tests will be coming home in Friday Folders. Look for information about before school tutoring to come home to students who could use a little extra prep time.

Don't forget homework and spelling packets are due tomorrow. There will be a spelling test and an AR test on Adelina's Whales.

Remember, early release on Wednesday.

Practice Test Week

Congratulations Room 222 Spelling Bee participants! Hannah, Josie, and Ciera will be representing our class on Thursday in the CNE Elementary Spelling Bee!

We will be giving the practice Ohio Achievement Tests (OAT) this week so it is especially important that students be present and on time each day. We give the practice test for three reasons: to familiarize the students with the format and feel of the test, to identify specific academic indicators that need to be covered more thoroughly, and to identify students who would benefit from before-school tutoring. The test that the students take is an actual OAT test given in a previous year. Today students took the reading OAT given in March 2005. Students can access, take, and print this test by visiting Ohio's portal to Ohio Statewide Testing. Each student has been given a userID (first initial, last name followed by 046326, example- Suzi Smith ssmith046326) and so is able to create a new account, log in, and see the assignments that I have chosen for my class to take. I will give extra credit for each test taken. The tests are long, but they are the exact OATs that have been given in the past, the answers are given immediately after the student posts a response, AND they do NOT have to be taken all at one time. Students may begin a test, do a few questions, and then, as long as they do not SUBMIT the test, come back to work on that test at a later date.

Later this week:
Wednesday: Math OAT
Thursday: Reading Quiz "Adelina's Whales; Spelling Bee 1:30
Friday: Writing OAT; Spelling test; Spelling homework due; Homework packet due

End of the grading period is approaching...

Today we got back into the swing of things. Homework packets went home today along with a stack of graded papers. Students have one week to complete all missing assignments and turn in any corrected work.

Don't forget the very important practice OAT next week!

Welcome Back!

Welcome to 2008! We used our shortened day today to get back into the swing of things. I hope everyone had a great break.

Today we began to work on our Buckle Down books. These books help us prepare for the upcoming Ohio Achievement Tests. Next week we will be doing our practice test. Please try and be present all week.

Tomorrow we will have our homeroom spelling bee. Words will be chosen from the official spelling bee website. Click here to access those words. Three students will be selected from each third and fourth grade homeroom to represent their classes in the CNE Elementary spelling bee next Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Guests are welcome to attend the bee. The winner of the bee will participate in the Greater Cincinnati Scripps Howard Spelling Bee.

*Students are not required to participate in the bee; however, once a student accepts a bid as one of the top three representatives in the class I expect that student to fulfill that responsibility and participate in the school bee.