End of Year Celebration

We will have our end of the year celebration on the last day of school after our scheduled brunch which ends at 10:00 am.

Unfortunately

Unfortunately I forgot, but I had intended to tell parents that I had mentioned to the kids that they should retell to you the story, Whistle for Willie, which corresponds to the inferences made on the reverse of their homework tonight; but, alas everyone should already be tucked in for the evening.

Contest

If anyone is interested, I have received notice of the following contest:

21st Annual "Jr. Fire Chief for a Day" Poster Contest

The goal of this contest is to encourage people of all ages to enjoy a safe holiday celebration by attending a public fireworks display.

Six grand prize winners will be chosen from all entries submitted by Friday June 15th, 2012. The winners will be honored as "Jr. Fire Chiefs for a Day" on June 28th, 2012.

The words: "Visit a local professional fireworks show" must be included in the design of the poster. Maximum poster size is 12" x 18". Posters are to be flat and two dimensional. Artwork must be done in ink, crayons, pencil, acrylic, water colors, or tempera paints. No cutting/pasting, overlays, computer generated artwork may be used. Entrants must attend school in Los Angeles County, grades 1 through 6.

All posters should be mailed directly to:

Los Angeles County Fire Department

Employee Services Section (Attn: Poster Contest, Room 255)

1320 N. Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90063-3294

The following information is to be included in the following format on the reverse of the poster:

NAME:____________________________HOME PHONE:________________

HOME ADDRESS:___________________CITY:____________ZIP:_________

SCHOOL/SCHOOL DISTRICT:_____________________________________

GRADE:______TEACHER:______________________PHONE: (310)320-8570

PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE:________________________________

If you would rather have a copy of the entrant form, write "contest" on the NAME line of your child's homework and I will send home a copy.

Unit 6 Week 2 Preview

This week we will recall things we've learned to do that were difficult as we see that learning things can be an adventure. Our oral vocabulary words are: dare, permit, humble, predicament, and solution. Our high-frequency words are: along, early, instead, nothing, and thought. Our reading vocabulary words are errand, and suddenly. We will again be asking questions as a reading strategy to improve our reading skill of making inferences. We will focus on variant short-o spellings 'aw', 'au', and word families _all, and _alk for phonics. For grammar we will review pronouns. We will be writing a report on a job we are interested in using a Tree Map to organize our ideas.

We have begun our fractions unit in math. We will add like fractions, find some equivalencies, and find equal parts of a whole.

This week we will also be taking our final reading skills battery.

Notes for the Week

Twenty students passed the math test with an adjusted score of 17 or better. Two students made a perfect score.

The first grade teachers have decided to have the students wear jeans and a white shirt on the day of the Spring Dance.

Reminder: Last reading logs of the year are due Thursday.

One Hundred Fifty-Ninth

We took topic 20 math test today.

There is no homework.

One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Day

There is no homework today.

Math test tomorrow.