Dear Parents,
Thank you so much for sending in "community" snacks this week. The children were so excited on Monday and it is working out well. If you have not sent snacks yet please send them this week. These should last us through September! Also, I want to thank you for looking over your child's graded papers and sending them back today.
On Thursday your child will bring home their morning work notebook so he or she can study D.O.L. sentences we have worked on during the week. We check our morning work together everyday and discuss the corrections so they should not have to spend too much time studying for Friday's DOL quiz.
I am sending home Scholastic Book orders tomorrow. If you would like to order please have all orders submitted to Scholastic or returned to school by Tuesday, October 7th. Our class scholastic code is FLKQ9.
Mark your calendar for P.T.O. Open House on Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30. I hope you will make plans to join us and come visit our classroom.
Hoover Schools has created a committee whose goal is to educate our students, parents, and community about how to be a good "Digital Citizen". A large part of this campaign is to host three Community Information Nights during the month of September for parents, community members, local media, community leaders, and students (5th grade and up will be most appropriate). The three sessions will be held as follows:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ Bumpus Middle, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ Berry Middle, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ Simmons Middle, 7:00 p.m.
This week I sent home the SchoolMessenger account information for each student. SchoolMessenger is Hoover City Schools' notification system used to provide communication to parents on matters such as attendance, general interest activities, and campus/district emergencies. The form includes the steps and code you will need to set up an account for your child.
What we are learning this week:
Math- Addition and Subtraction strategies, the games Capture 5 and Collect $2.00
Reading - Reading strategies for comprehension, accuracy, and fluency; noticing and paying attention to interesting words to expand our vocabulary
Spelling - words with short i and long i sounds
Writing - noticing sensory details authors use to make stories more interesting and clear; using these "juicy" details in our own writing to describe
Social Studies - map skills, locating and reviewing the seven continents and four major oceans
Thanks for all you do to help your child and our classroom! We will be all smiles tomorrow for picture day! :)
Mrs. Chapman
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
April/May news
Dear Parents,
I want to thank you for your support of the Family Fun Fair held last week. I really appreciate all of you who were able to help with our booth. It was nice to see so many of you and the children at the fair. My family and I had so much fun that we stayed until it closed! I want to especially thank Karen Gunnells for the work she did for our class in setting up our booth schedule and making treat bags.
Our class will perform in a chemistry musical on May 18 and May 19. I hope you received an email from me today that included information about the musical. Please let me know if you have any questions or have trouble finding a plain yellow t-shirt. After we complete the chemistry tests I will send the words to the songs home for the children to memorize.
Today I sent home a new permission slip for the Vulcan Materials field trip. Our trip is next week. Half of our class will attend on Tuesday and the other half on Wednesday. You have already paid for this trip so all we need is your signature on the form with the new date. Please return the slip by Friday.
Progress reports will be sent home on Wednesday. Graded papers will come home on Wednesday, too.
It is hard to believe that we only have 5 more weeks left in school! We have so much more to do and learn. Please help your child to continue to study their multiplication facts. I will soon begin multiplication assessments.. The benchmark goak for 3rd grade is the 1 through 5s facts, but I am encouraging the students to learn their facts beyond the 5s. We will have a quiz this Friday on the 7s multiplication facts.
This week in school:
Reading- fables and identifying the important message/lesson learned from them
Math- measurement, perimeter, and multiplication games and practice
Writing - forms of poetry; haikus, cinquains, limericks, acrostics, and shape poems
Science- performing chemisty tests; testing unknown solids
Spelling- silent letters- igh. oa, ie
Read Aloud- The Tale of Despereaux
Thank you and Have a great week!
Mrs. Chapman
I want to thank you for your support of the Family Fun Fair held last week. I really appreciate all of you who were able to help with our booth. It was nice to see so many of you and the children at the fair. My family and I had so much fun that we stayed until it closed! I want to especially thank Karen Gunnells for the work she did for our class in setting up our booth schedule and making treat bags.
Our class will perform in a chemistry musical on May 18 and May 19. I hope you received an email from me today that included information about the musical. Please let me know if you have any questions or have trouble finding a plain yellow t-shirt. After we complete the chemistry tests I will send the words to the songs home for the children to memorize.
Today I sent home a new permission slip for the Vulcan Materials field trip. Our trip is next week. Half of our class will attend on Tuesday and the other half on Wednesday. You have already paid for this trip so all we need is your signature on the form with the new date. Please return the slip by Friday.
Progress reports will be sent home on Wednesday. Graded papers will come home on Wednesday, too.
It is hard to believe that we only have 5 more weeks left in school! We have so much more to do and learn. Please help your child to continue to study their multiplication facts. I will soon begin multiplication assessments.. The benchmark goak for 3rd grade is the 1 through 5s facts, but I am encouraging the students to learn their facts beyond the 5s. We will have a quiz this Friday on the 7s multiplication facts.
This week in school:
Reading- fables and identifying the important message/lesson learned from them
Math- measurement, perimeter, and multiplication games and practice
Writing - forms of poetry; haikus, cinquains, limericks, acrostics, and shape poems
Science- performing chemisty tests; testing unknown solids
Spelling- silent letters- igh. oa, ie
Read Aloud- The Tale of Despereaux
Thank you and Have a great week!
Mrs. Chapman
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Happy Spring /Testing News
Dear Parents,
Happy Spring! I hope you all had a nice Spring Break! I can't wait to see and hear about the fun the children had last week.
We will begin our testing this week. We will take the ARMT, Alabama Reading and Math test first. The Reading part will be given on Wednesday and the Math part will be given on Thursday. Next week the students will take the SAT Reading test on Wednesday, March 31, and SAT Math on Thursday, April 1. The children have been working hard on test practice, but some are beginning to feel anxious. If your children are feeling nervous please assure them that if they try their hardest then they will do fine. All we ask of them is to try hard and to do their best. :)
Please make sure your child goes to bed early this week and eats breakfast on the days of testing to help them do their best. Also, make sure your child is not late for school. They need to arrive by 7:45.
I will not be giving any written homework during these weeks of testing. I will still encourage the children to read each night, but will not require them to record on a log. We will, however, begin having spelling lists again this week instead of vocabulary and will have a spelling test on Friday. We will study our words and complete spelling activities in class so all that I ask is that they practice their words on Thursday night.
I am so sorry that we had to cancel our field trip to Vulcan Materials. I know the children were terribly disappointed. Our next field trip will be on April 9 when we visit DeSoto Caverns. I will email you the new dates for Vulcan as soon as they are confirmed.
Our hamster, Princess, has started going home with friends on the weekend. Michael and Presley have taken her home, and Allie and Grace have asked to take her home next. If you are interested in bringing Princess home for the weekend please let me know. She has a new hamster cage and we are having fun watching her play in it.
We are out of paper towels and kleenexes. If you could pick up an extra roll or box for us we would greatly appreciate it. Lysol wipes would be a great help, too. Hopefully, strep and the stomach bug are not as rampant as they were before the break.
Spring pictures will be taken on Thursday, April 25. These are individual pictures only.
Have a great week!
Thank you,
Mrs. Chapman
Happy Spring! I hope you all had a nice Spring Break! I can't wait to see and hear about the fun the children had last week.
We will begin our testing this week. We will take the ARMT, Alabama Reading and Math test first. The Reading part will be given on Wednesday and the Math part will be given on Thursday. Next week the students will take the SAT Reading test on Wednesday, March 31, and SAT Math on Thursday, April 1. The children have been working hard on test practice, but some are beginning to feel anxious. If your children are feeling nervous please assure them that if they try their hardest then they will do fine. All we ask of them is to try hard and to do their best. :)
Please make sure your child goes to bed early this week and eats breakfast on the days of testing to help them do their best. Also, make sure your child is not late for school. They need to arrive by 7:45.
I will not be giving any written homework during these weeks of testing. I will still encourage the children to read each night, but will not require them to record on a log. We will, however, begin having spelling lists again this week instead of vocabulary and will have a spelling test on Friday. We will study our words and complete spelling activities in class so all that I ask is that they practice their words on Thursday night.
I am so sorry that we had to cancel our field trip to Vulcan Materials. I know the children were terribly disappointed. Our next field trip will be on April 9 when we visit DeSoto Caverns. I will email you the new dates for Vulcan as soon as they are confirmed.
Our hamster, Princess, has started going home with friends on the weekend. Michael and Presley have taken her home, and Allie and Grace have asked to take her home next. If you are interested in bringing Princess home for the weekend please let me know. She has a new hamster cage and we are having fun watching her play in it.
We are out of paper towels and kleenexes. If you could pick up an extra roll or box for us we would greatly appreciate it. Lysol wipes would be a great help, too. Hopefully, strep and the stomach bug are not as rampant as they were before the break.
Spring pictures will be taken on Thursday, April 25. These are individual pictures only.
Have a great week!
Thank you,
Mrs. Chapman
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
January/ Winter News
Dear Parents,
What a busy month this has been! I can't believe it is almost February. I have been busy completing mid-year assessments and look forward to sharing these with you.
Our class is beginning to practice for the S.A.T. tests coming in March. I will be sending home some homework practice for this starting next week, too. The children are very excited and I want them to feel as prepared as I can.
If you would like to order books from the Scholastic Book orders please send your money by Friday of this week. If you are not able to order books at this time Mrs. Brown, our librarian, is having another book fair in February.
Please start buying or making Valentine cards for our class. We will exchange cards on Friday, February 12th. Addressing the cards and envelopes in cursive would be a fun way for your child to practice cursive writing. Practice makes perfect!
This semester I am emphasizing neatness in our work and remembering to put our names on all of our papers. Please help your child take on this responsibility at home with homework as well.
What we have been learning this week:
Math- Multiplication strategies and word problems, patterns on the skip-counting charts, and investigation of arrays
Reading- Questioning and wondering strategies to help us think about what we are reading and to read for answers to their questions
Social Studies - Native Americans of the Southwest; researching information on specific animals of the Southwest
Writing - Descriptive paragraphs
Vocabulary and spelling - Unit 4 words (We had all As and Bs on our last vocabulary test!) :)
Cursive - capital letters M, N, O, K, H
Read Aloud - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Thank you so much!
Julie Chapman
What a busy month this has been! I can't believe it is almost February. I have been busy completing mid-year assessments and look forward to sharing these with you.
Our class is beginning to practice for the S.A.T. tests coming in March. I will be sending home some homework practice for this starting next week, too. The children are very excited and I want them to feel as prepared as I can.
If you would like to order books from the Scholastic Book orders please send your money by Friday of this week. If you are not able to order books at this time Mrs. Brown, our librarian, is having another book fair in February.
Please start buying or making Valentine cards for our class. We will exchange cards on Friday, February 12th. Addressing the cards and envelopes in cursive would be a fun way for your child to practice cursive writing. Practice makes perfect!
This semester I am emphasizing neatness in our work and remembering to put our names on all of our papers. Please help your child take on this responsibility at home with homework as well.
What we have been learning this week:
Math- Multiplication strategies and word problems, patterns on the skip-counting charts, and investigation of arrays
Reading- Questioning and wondering strategies to help us think about what we are reading and to read for answers to their questions
Social Studies - Native Americans of the Southwest; researching information on specific animals of the Southwest
Writing - Descriptive paragraphs
Vocabulary and spelling - Unit 4 words (We had all As and Bs on our last vocabulary test!) :)
Cursive - capital letters M, N, O, K, H
Read Aloud - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Thank you so much!
Julie Chapman
Monday, December 7, 2009
December News
Dear Parents,
December is such a wonderful and busy time of year. I wanted to give you some dates and reminders of some of our upcoming activities.
December 7- (tonight)- P.T.O. Live Auction from 6:30 to 7:30
December 9 - SSC Toy Drive- toys are being collected in the lobby on that day.
December 15- Deadline for Toy Drive to fill stockings for girls and boys at Children's Hospital
December 16 - Performance of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." You are invited to come see us perform this Reader's Theater script at 1:30 in our classroom.
December 17- Class Holiday party at 8:30.
December 18 - Early dismissat at 1:00. Pajama Day and Board Games.
Thank you for your support of these wonderful events taking place at SSC!
Also, Mr. Lawry has presented a challenge to us as parents. If 150 people/families sign up for Twitter and become followers of our school he will wear a cheerleader outfit and work in carpool while wearing it. I will have to drop Sarah off in carpool that day! Ha ha! Thanks!
Mrs. Chapman
December is such a wonderful and busy time of year. I wanted to give you some dates and reminders of some of our upcoming activities.
December 7- (tonight)- P.T.O. Live Auction from 6:30 to 7:30
December 9 - SSC Toy Drive- toys are being collected in the lobby on that day.
December 15- Deadline for Toy Drive to fill stockings for girls and boys at Children's Hospital
December 16 - Performance of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." You are invited to come see us perform this Reader's Theater script at 1:30 in our classroom.
December 17- Class Holiday party at 8:30.
December 18 - Early dismissat at 1:00. Pajama Day and Board Games.
Thank you for your support of these wonderful events taking place at SSC!
Also, Mr. Lawry has presented a challenge to us as parents. If 150 people/families sign up for Twitter and become followers of our school he will wear a cheerleader outfit and work in carpool while wearing it. I will have to drop Sarah off in carpool that day! Ha ha! Thanks!
Mrs. Chapman
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
November newsletter
Dear Parents,
Thank you for your support of the Boosterthon. We have met one of our goals. Our class is looking forward to the Fun Run on Thursday. Please come out and cheer us on if you can. Our Fun Run time is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:15. Go Chargers!
We have another new student, Deja Washington. We want to welcome her to our class and to SSC. We are so glad to have her. She helps us to now have 18 students- 9 girls and 9 boys!
I want to make sure you saw the letter I sent home about the H1N1 shots not being available right now. If you had given permission for your child to receive the vaccination I will let you know asap when the vaccinations become available.
Scholastic book orders will not be sent home this month. Instead of ordering with me this month I would like you to support Mrs. Brown, our librarian, who is having a Book Fair this month. Information will be coming home soon about the Crane Book Fair.
Due to scheduling difficulties with the Botanical Gardens we will have to postpone this field trip. We are looking at rescheduling this trip in the Spring.
We had so much fun last Friday, before Halloween. Our Fun Friday included a mystery guest who came disguised as a witch and read a book to us. Thanks, Mrs. Gunnells! The class loved it as well as the treats. We also enjoyed the dirt cups that Mrs. Couch made for us! It was a really fun day!
Please keep Elizabeth Knerr and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her cousin, Emily, who is 7 years old, has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. Please go to Caringbridge.org and type in Emilyknerr (all one word) to see this precious girl. I know that Elizabeth and her mom, Kelly, would love for you to read and follow her progress. The children and I are going to begin sending little words of encouragement to lift her spirits and we will make her cards this week. I will send you more information soon about other ways that we can help Emily and her family.
What we are learning this week:
Math- Data collection projects. Students have collected, organized, and analyzed data based on a survey question they chose. They will organize their data in a graph, interpret the results, and present it to the class.
Reading- Inferring about our characters. We are reading Alexander, Who's Not Going to Move by Judith Viorst
Science- Skeletal and Muscular systems of the body. The study guide will come home today for our quiz on Friday.
Writing - Personal Narratives, noticing writer's craft, and the study of adjectives
Spelling- our lists include words that have consonant blends br, dr
Read Aloud - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Thank you,
Mrs. Chapman
Thank you for your support of the Boosterthon. We have met one of our goals. Our class is looking forward to the Fun Run on Thursday. Please come out and cheer us on if you can. Our Fun Run time is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:15. Go Chargers!
We have another new student, Deja Washington. We want to welcome her to our class and to SSC. We are so glad to have her. She helps us to now have 18 students- 9 girls and 9 boys!
I want to make sure you saw the letter I sent home about the H1N1 shots not being available right now. If you had given permission for your child to receive the vaccination I will let you know asap when the vaccinations become available.
Scholastic book orders will not be sent home this month. Instead of ordering with me this month I would like you to support Mrs. Brown, our librarian, who is having a Book Fair this month. Information will be coming home soon about the Crane Book Fair.
Due to scheduling difficulties with the Botanical Gardens we will have to postpone this field trip. We are looking at rescheduling this trip in the Spring.
We had so much fun last Friday, before Halloween. Our Fun Friday included a mystery guest who came disguised as a witch and read a book to us. Thanks, Mrs. Gunnells! The class loved it as well as the treats. We also enjoyed the dirt cups that Mrs. Couch made for us! It was a really fun day!
Please keep Elizabeth Knerr and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her cousin, Emily, who is 7 years old, has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. Please go to Caringbridge.org and type in Emilyknerr (all one word) to see this precious girl. I know that Elizabeth and her mom, Kelly, would love for you to read and follow her progress. The children and I are going to begin sending little words of encouragement to lift her spirits and we will make her cards this week. I will send you more information soon about other ways that we can help Emily and her family.
What we are learning this week:
Math- Data collection projects. Students have collected, organized, and analyzed data based on a survey question they chose. They will organize their data in a graph, interpret the results, and present it to the class.
Reading- Inferring about our characters. We are reading Alexander, Who's Not Going to Move by Judith Viorst
Science- Skeletal and Muscular systems of the body. The study guide will come home today for our quiz on Friday.
Writing - Personal Narratives, noticing writer's craft, and the study of adjectives
Spelling- our lists include words that have consonant blends br, dr
Read Aloud - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Thank you,
Mrs. Chapman
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
October News
Dear Families,
We had a great time at the Alabama Theater today seeing the Alabama Symphony perform. We enjoyed "Symphony in Space" and the tribute to the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. Be sure to ask your child which musical piece and which instrument was their favorite.
A new student joined our class on Tuesday. We are very excited to welcome Bayley Thornton to SSC and to our classroom. Sadly, however, we will be saying goodbye to our friend, Cameron Ferguson, this Friday. We will miss you, Cameron, and wish you the best at your new school!
Please join us tomorrow night (Thursday) for Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A in the Galleria! Hopefully, we can have the highest attendance and win an ice cream party. Hope to see you there!
The Book Fair in our library is tomorrow and Friday only. If your child would like to order please send the Book Order form and money during these two days. Our Scholastic Book orders should be mailed to school by Friday or Monday.
Thanks for conferencing with me last week and Monday. I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with you about your child.
Report cards and graded papers were sent home today. Please sign and send these back tomorrow.
We had a great time at the Alabama Theater today seeing the Alabama Symphony perform. We enjoyed "Symphony in Space" and the tribute to the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. Be sure to ask your child which musical piece and which instrument was their favorite.
A new student joined our class on Tuesday. We are very excited to welcome Bayley Thornton to SSC and to our classroom. Sadly, however, we will be saying goodbye to our friend, Cameron Ferguson, this Friday. We will miss you, Cameron, and wish you the best at your new school!
Please join us tomorrow night (Thursday) for Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A in the Galleria! Hopefully, we can have the highest attendance and win an ice cream party. Hope to see you there!
The Book Fair in our library is tomorrow and Friday only. If your child would like to order please send the Book Order form and money during these two days. Our Scholastic Book orders should be mailed to school by Friday or Monday.
Thanks for conferencing with me last week and Monday. I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with you about your child.
Report cards and graded papers were sent home today. Please sign and send these back tomorrow.
Thank you,
Mrs. Chapman
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