Mrs. Patterson

Valentine's Day

We will be exchanging Valentine's...The students will decorate their boxes at school and then write about the process (transitional writing). Please send in a shoe box and materials (of your child's choice) to decorate the box as soon as possible, but definitely by Valentine's Day! Thanks!

Week of January 28th

Monday 1/28 - conference schedule - early release at 12:20

Monday 1/28 - bring 3 small sticks into school

Tuesday 1/29 - Science projects DUE

Wednesday 1/30 - Spelling post test - pre-test coming home today 1/24

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break!  We will start the daily routine on Tuesday, January 8th (ready or not!)  Please remember to check your child's planner for homework assignments and tests/projects that are coming up.  I realize it might take a couple days to get back in the swing of things, but we will all adjust and make the most of the second half of the school year!

November News

Friday Nov. 9 - MULTIPLICATION TEST

Tuesday Nov. 13 - MULTIPLICATION TEST and Disguised Turkey DUE

Friday Nov. 16 - MULTIPLICATION TEST and SPELLING TEST (Ch.7)

Tuesday Nov. 20 - MULTIPLICATION TEST, PJ DAY, Party (12:15)

Weds-Friday Nov. 21-23 NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving

Tuesday Nov. 27 - MULTIPLICATION TEST

Friday Nov. 30 - MULTIPLICATION TEST

October/Novmeber Reminders

October 30th - 8:15AM - Halloween Party

October 31st - "Vocabulary" hat day (decorate a hat to look like the meaning

of a word and wear it)

October 30, November 2,7,9,13,16,20 - Multiplication Times Tests

Friday, November 2 - Spelling Post Test

Wednesday, November 7 - Science Quiz over types of soil (study guide will come

home this Thursday)

November 5&6 - no school for students

Oct 15 Update

We are working on time in math...so ask your child lots of questions about what time it is, how many minutes till the next hour, etc. We will have a test on how to spell numbers 1-100 next Monday. The "study guide" will come home today.

We are starting Informational Text in reading starting Weds.

We are starting to learn about "soil" in science and landforms in Social Studies.

Early Release is on 10/17

Counselor on 10/24

Book Fair 10/22-10/25 (We will go to preview books on the 22nd)

Halloween Party 10/30 at 8:15am

Science Test

Correction!  Science test will be Tuesday - October 9th! Study guides on rocks, minerals and fossils went home last week!

News for Sept 17-Oct 31

Wednesday 9/19 - Early Release

Thursday 9/20 - Field Trip to Marietta Muesem/Root House

    *Wear comfortable walking shoes and clothes

    *If bringing a lunch, pack it in a disposable bag and bring a drink that

     does not need to be kept cold

    *We will leave around 9:00 and be back around 1:30

Friday 9/21 - Sentences quiz - study guide coming home 9/17

Wednesday 9/26 & Thursday 9/27 - COGAT TESTING

Monday 10/1 to Friday 10/5 - ITBS TESTING

Tuesday 10/9 - Book Reports DUE

Friday 10/12 - Storyteller at Tritt

Saturday 10/13 - Tritt Family Picnic

Wednesday 10/17 - Early Release

Week of 10/22 - Red Ribbon Week and Book Fair

Tuesday 10/30 - Halloween Party 8:15 AM 

Week of August 27

• Media Center Orientation - Monday, August 27 (the students will check out 2 books)
• Counselor - Tuesday, August 28th
• Spelling test (post)  - Wednesday, August 29 - Unit 1
• Science quiz - Thursday, August 30 - Steps of the Scientific Method

Dates to Remember

Open House - Wednesday, August 22 - 6:30pm

Friday, August 24 - Social Studies test *continents and oceans

Friday, August 24 - Spelling Test - Unit 1

Thursday, August 30 - Science Quiz

Parent Lunch - Thursday, August 30 - 12:15 *Bring a lunch and drink for your child and yourself!

Marietta Root House field trip - Thursday, September 20 - all day