Angelville News, April 30-May 4, 2012

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Week 32
*I continue to show a great amount of frustration with the new blogger site.  I am having trouble adding pictures etc.  It does not look any different as to how you see it on the site, but the set up page is very different for me as to how I construct the new blog.  I am hoping I can get my tech person to help me.  Thank you for your patience.


BUSY WEEK AHEAD!
Super JOB to all of the 3/4 West students on the Prayer Service, I have heard from so many people in the school community that it was AWESOME!!!  Thank you Kate for taking pictures and adding them to this great site for all in the class to see http://gallery.me.com/cymekate#100421.  Thanks again for all that have supported us!

We would like to invite all of our parents to our Poetry Reading this Friday in the school library at 2:15pm.  Following our poetry reading will be a mini reception in our classroom.  We have been working hard all month writing poems for poetry month.  The students are busy creating their own poetry books.  They are very excited to share these with you all.
The school play, The Wizard of Oz, will begin this weekend in the school auditorium.  The show times are Friday @ 7pm, Saturday @7pm and Sunday @2pm.  All the school support is greatly appreciated.
Tomorrow we will be going downtown to the Chimpanzee movie.  We will leave school around 11:15am.  All students are asked to bring a sack lunch.  We plan on eating in the lobby of the theatre prior to the movie beginning at 12:30pm.  We will return to school by 3pm.  For the next few weeks in SS/Science we will learn about Chimpanzees and their habitats.
*please bring in all jog-a-thon pledges if you have not already done so this week.
*we are also looking to sell as many plants as possible in support of the school garden.  There had been a mistake made with the order sheet that had gone home.  The first sheet put out was the cost prices for the plants.  The second sheet is correct on the school website and the last one that I sent home on Friday.  All orders are asked to be in by May 8th.  Thank you ahead of time for supporting our school garden!!
*report cards will go home tomorrow, May 1st, May Day!  Hard to believe we are here already.
*Friday is non uniform dress day!

Praying for a glorious week with much sun!!

Test

This is a test to see what this looks like on the new blog.  Parents please read all of the materials coming home today.  Thank You!!

Planting Beans

On Tuesday the Kindergartners came out to the garden to plant their beans they had started from seed in their classroom. The 3/4 W class helped them get their beans into the ground. Fun for all!

Writing Samples - Fiction Stories

I spent yesterday assessing writing work the students had done just prior to break. We had been working on writing Fiction stories. Here are a few samples from their works that I thought were excellent:

"They hiked up the mountain with a curious mind."

"The sun set, the stars came out, a soft breeze drifted across Shane's back.

"They lived in a bright colored Candy Land, with gumdrop trees and marsh mellow bees."

"Her bed was a water bed, and it was made out of swirly, twirly chocolate.

"Get in the galley for breakfast, then get this ship shipshape after breakfast me maties."

"The dolphins dropped Eva off at the foot of the island."

"They hoped from block to block."

"I could feel the ice cold breath from this hideous monster pressing against me. I was powerless against the beast."

*Each time I read their new work I am blown away!!! Good stuff!

Genevieve Birthday

Yesterday was Genevieve's Birthday! We celebrated with very yummy cupcakes with butter cream frosting. Happy Birthday Genevieve, hope you had a wonderful day with your family!!!

Angelville Newsletter, April 16-20, 2012

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WEEK 30

WELCOME BACK ALL! I apologize for not getting this out to you yesterday, but our school server was down with no Internet. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday and Break! I felt very blessed to travel to Palm Desert with my family to meet up with my parents to celebrate Easter together. Life is so short, it's important to treasure the time we have with our family and friends.

*This coming Friday is our annual JOG-A-THON. Each class will have a period to jog as many laps as they can. This also happens to be one of our biggest fund raisers for the school. Each student is asked to raise at least $100 in pledges. I hope all of the students are getting their pledges.

*We have planted a few of the beds in the garden. We will be helping the Kinders plant their bean plants today in the garden. I purchased a green house for the garden. I am hoping the green house gets constructed before the 27th of April. Our class is in charge of the prayer service this month and we would like to have it in the garden. I may need a mom or dad to plant the hanging baskets, and any other odds and ends to make sure the garden is in tip top shape.

Being that we are in the season of Easter we will be celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus teaches us to treat others with kindness. Jesus wants us to care about others and to forgive them when they have hurt us. These are lessons we can practice everyday in school and at home.

In WW we have started a new unit, POETRY! We will learn all about different kinds of poetry, and writing different kinds of poetry. Each student will put together their own poetry book. In May we will invite all of the parents to a poetry reading. If we can get a nice day we could have it in our garden:)

Yesterday, the students did a practice writing prompt. Next month, as part of our writing curriculum, all students from 3-8(who will also take the ITBS standardized test) will be given 2 prompts to choose from to write a story in 45 minutes. Their writing will be scored and kept on file for the next year. The score will show where your student is as a writer, (just like we do in reading, tracking their improvements in reading).

Math 4th - this week we are working on multiplication and division story problems, working them backwards.

The next few months will be very busy. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to send me an email. mizschmutz@gmail.com

Blessings,

Miz Schmutz

Martial Arts Vivian

Today we had Vivian's Martial Arts instructors visit our class to talk about Integrity, Respect, and Persistence in all aspects of life. It was wonderful! And we are very proud of our GREEN Belt Viv.

Angelville News, April 3, 2012

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Week 29

Good afternoon families! This week is Holy Week! Holy Week is a time when our church remembers the important events of Jesus' life on earth just before he died. The days in Holy Week include Passion Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. We will also continue with the Satations of the Cross as we try and walk along Jesus, understanding the suffering he was going through and how at times we all go through different kinds of suffering.

*Thursday we are going to Carkeek Park to return the salmon into the creek so they may begin their journey into Salmon. We say a little prayer for each one of them as we drop them into the impression pond. The salmon are in the impression pond for a few weeks so that they can become acquainted to all of the smells of the creek, in hopes they live long enough to make their way back to the creek to spawn in the next 5 years. The Naturalists will let the salmon go at a particular time of night when there is no moon, giving the little fry all the possibilities to make their way down the creek without being spotted by predators. We will leave school at 12:40pm to return some time around 2:30pm. I want to thank all of my parents who have volunteered to drive. I currently have enough drivers, so thank you!

*Friday we have early out at 12 noon. No extended care.

This week in Writers Workshop we will work to complete our Fiction stories, so that when we return from break we can dive into Poetry.

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter with Family and Friends............and a relaxing break, and and one more thing........SUN!!