Mrs. Pirlot

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Hi Parents,

Tonight's homework:

Read 20 Minutes, Work on Tiger Publishing, and complete Lit Circle Job if needed.

Work on the PEMDAS puzzle for at least 30 minutes.  Parents can initial after 30 minutes if the puzzle is not complete.  Parents are WELCOME to help!! :-)

Social Studies (America's Story) pages 89-90.  (Just write the answers.)

Only 16 days left....hard to believe, but I know the kids are ready for a break!

Weekly tests will start back up next week.  Have a great, relaxing weekend!

Wednesday, April 20, 2008

Hi Parents,

Wow!!! The students have finished up the CRCT and getting back into the "groove" of things today.

Homework for 4/30:

Read 20 minutes, Finish your Lit Circle Jobs (Some students really rush on these!! Slow down!!) and finish the first 4 apples on their Sitton Spelling Activity Sheet.

****TIGER PUBLISHING IS DUE TO MRS. WARBINGTON BY 5/9 SO PLEASE BE SURE YOUR CHILD DOESN'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!! THANKS TO JILL WARBINGTON FOR ORGANIZING ALL THIS!! THE AUTHOR'S TEA WILL BE MAY 19TH (MONDAY) FROM 7:30-8:30 AM.

*****ALSO, THE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THEIR "MARBLE PARTY" AND HAVE CHOSEN "ELECTRONICS DAY" ON FRIDAY 5/2!! THIS MEANS THEY CAN BRING AN SMALL ELECTRONICS (APPROVED BY YOU) TO USE DURING THE DAY. (IE: IPOD, PSP, ETC.)  I WILL KEEP THE DOOR LOCKED WHILE WE ARE NOT IN THE ROOM, BUT THE STUDENTS MUST BRING IN A NOTE FROM YOU THAT LETS ME KNOW IT IS OKAY WITH YOU AND THAT THE GAMES, ETC. ARE APPROPRIATE.  EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!

4/22/08

Good afternoon! We will begin the CRCT tomorrow and this will go through next Tuesday (the 29th). Testing will begin at 8:10 so please have your child to school on time! Anyone who comes to school late, will not be allowed to enter the test and will have to come back at 10:30.

There will be no homework through next Tuesday except tonight. Students might have a literature circle job to do tonight, but if not- no homework!

Please send your child with a light, healthy snack to have during testing. Also, please make sure they get plenty of rest and a healthy breakfast to start the day off right.

Also, please make sure your child has plenty of sharpened #2 pencils for the CRCT.

Please remember to turn in field trip permission slips as well as picture money!!! These are due!

The Tritt carnival is this Thursday after school. Wrist bands will be sold near the front office tomorrow.

Tritt Tiger Publishinng rough drafts will go home Wednesday the 23rd. Please edit these with your child. Also, the "All About Me" page needs to be complete.

March 20, 2008

Happy first day of Spring!

This is a very busy week. We started doing our "Bubba" math problems. These are problems designed to stump the teacher and classmates. After doing a few of these for practice, the students will be responsible for creating their own. These will be due on the 25th. A sheet went home on Monday outlining what is expected and what the students are supposed to include in their problem.

We will also be starting our review for the CRCT. We will be doing this in class and it's great practice for this test.

We will also be working on our Harris Burdick story starters to get practice for Tritt Tiger publishing.

Tonight (Thursday) students will be taking home their Sitton "Dear Parents" worksheet for homework. We will have a Sitton Spelling test on Wednesday, March 26th.

Today we will be going over our Social Studies review sheet. The test will be tomorrow over government. Please study the study guide tonight to help you for the test.

Don't forget every Friday we have our weekly math test over the daily homework that goes home every night. Also, we have our weekly reading test every Friday.

Fridays are also the day that Parent Journals go home. Please make sure your child brings these home for you to see.

March 13, 2008

Please remember to help your child study for their solar system test that will be this Friday the 14th. We have been reviewing each day but some extra practice at night is always helpful.

We will also have a math post-test tomorrow (the 14th). This is covering the math we have done for the past nine weeks.

Tomorrow we will also have our weekly reading test as well as weekly math test that covers the daily math that your child does every night.

Next Monday we will be doing the preview for the Book Fair. Students will walk through and get a sneak peek at what books they might want to purchase.

Tuesday the 18th will be our nine weeks auction!!! Letters will be coming home today that explains all this.

Also on the 18th. we have a math pretest for the next nine weeks.

Wednesday the 19th will be our Wordly Wise chapter 16 test. We have done sections A,B,C,D this week and students are finishing up section E tonight for homework if they didn't finish it in class.

We will have our next Sitton spelling test on Wednesday, March 26th.

Also, please make sure your child is doing their Literature Circle jobs each night. Their groups are counting on them!

Tuesday, March 25th will be the due date for our "Bubba" math story problems. Information will be going out on Monday explaining these.

March 3, 2008

Dear Parents- I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Please remember that your child's Constellation project is due TOMORROW March 4th. Also, don't forget that tomorrow is an early release day!

The final drafts of the animal research projects are due Thursday, March 6th. That's this Thursday!

Our Wordly Wise test will be Friday of this week. We need to finish up excercises C,D, and E in the book. We'll be working on that in class this week.

Please don't forget to have your child do his/her daily math work each night. They have a test over this material every Friday so please make sure they are doing these nightly. It helps bring up math scores when they do well on those weekly tests!

Everyone have a great night!

~Mrs. Qualman

Monday, February 25, 2008

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Tomorrow night is Technology Night here at Tritt. Parents, we hope you will join us at 6:30 to see all the new technology that is happening in our classrooms at Tritt.

Also on Tuesday, we will be beginning Wordly Wise chapter 15 doing excercises A and B. We will finish up C and D on Thursday and take our Wordly Wise quiz on Tuesday, March 4th.

We will be working on Mountain Language this week on Wednesday and Friday.

Friday we will have a math quiz on adding and subtracting decimals. You guys have done so great with this so I know you will do an awesome job on the quiz!

Your animal research rough drafts are due THIS FRIDAY!!!! The final paper is due Friday, March 6th!!!!

The constellation projects that you have been working on at home will be due Tuesday, March 4th.

Parents- please remember to sign the progress reports and send them back to school!

We will have the Sitton spelling test on Wednesday, March 5th.

There's so much going on in the next few weeks so remember to write it all in your planners to stay organized!!!

Looking forward to a great week!!!
~Mrs. Qualman

February 8, 2008

I hope everyone had a good week! Don't forget that next Friday, Feb. 15th, we have a field trip to the High Museum of Art! Please dress nicely for this trip.

Also on the 15th, your notecards are due for the animal research paper. Please remember that you have to have at least 1 book, 1 encyclopdedia and one website. Feel free to have more but those are the requirements. Remember to follow the directions in your packet I handed out on proper bibliography format.

Monday 2/18 and Tuesday 2/19 are student holidays so enjoy your days off! We will not have school these days.

Valentine's Day is next Thursday so remember to bring your valentines on that day. Please bring a bag and not a box to collect your valentines.

Next week.....

We will be continuing our Literature Circles  on informational texts. Please remember to do your jobs each night because your group is counting on you!

In math, we will be moving onto decimals and money.

For science, we will be continuing exploring space. I hope you all enjoyed making your constellation wheels. Take them outside on a clear night and see what stars you can see!

In social studies, we wrapping up the American Revolution and we're going to start learning about government.

Have fun tonight if you are attending the dance!!! Everyone have a great weekend, and see you on Monday!

~Mrs. Qualman

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Hi Parents,

Just a homework update.  Tonight's homework includes Daily Math Sheet, Literature Circle "Job," Moon Calendar, Wordly Wise A and B, and fraction number line worksheet.  Thanks! Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Hi Parents,

FYI:  The moon homework sheet is due this Friday (2/1).  There will also be a quiz on Friday (2/1) over the following:  New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Waxing Crescent, Waning Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, and Last Quarter or Third Quarter.  Students will need to label a diagram on these phases and be able to describe the differences between waxing and waning.  Thanks!!

Also, we began our research project today on animals.  Students will be given time in class, but can also work on it at home.  Be sure to read the information packet carefully.  It should answer most of your questions.  Due dates are also included in the packet to help you plan ahead. :-)