Survivor Teamwork Competition Volunteers

The Dicesquad needs you and so does Ms. Franklin! She is in need of volunteers for Survivor, Friday, October 9! Please contact her at extension 1177 or rfranklin@brownsburg.k12.in.us as soon as possible! Thank you!

Sept.28 WBRO Begins!

Our class will have 15 minutes of fame all next week as we are the STARS of WBRO! See the schedule for your task each day. All sports casters MUST bring a sports cast with them on the day they are scheduled. All anchors will receive a script one day before they are to anchor. Let Mrs. Hill know if you have any questions!

H1N1 Information

From Central Office:
H1N1 Consent forms will be sent home Thursday, Sept. 24th and are due Tuesday, Sept. 29th. All forms must be returned, even if you choose NOT to have your child vaccinated. That date and schedule for vaccinations at Brown will be sent to parents when we have received confirmation from the Health Dept. Please call the school office if you have any questions. Thank you.

Book Exchange

We have quite a lot of readers this year that, like their teacher, love a GREAT book! Therefore, we discussed having a Book Exchange in the classroom. These need to be books that you no longer plan to read, but enjoyed thoroughly and can't wait to share with your friends!

How will it work?

1. Bring in a book (if you want) to place on the Book Exchange shelf.
2. Write your name on the inside cover so the new reader knows who to come to for questions, comments, or reflections.
3. Grab a book from the Book Exchange shelf if you need a good suggestion on what to read!
4. Enjoy reading and bring the book back to the shelf when you're done.

Survivor Preparations: White T-Shirts

Our annual Survivor team competiton will be held Friday, October 9 from 9:00-12:00. In order to be a team on that day, we also need to look like a team, too! We are the Dicesquad this year and would love to tie-dye t-shirts for the event. We will use the shirts for field day and field trips for a unified look!

Please send a white (new or old) t-shirt that can be tie-dyed to school by Wednesday, September 30.

Yummy . . . Thanks!

Many thanks to all families for the sugar-free gum, Hershey Kisses, and snacks/drinks donations! These little incentives get us a long way!

Spelling Change--This Week ONLY!

Instead of knowing how to spell the words on your word list this week, your job is to understand what the words mean, when they would be used, and their importance. I will spell the words on the test for Friday.

No pre-test on Thursday.

Handout received today with all of the words listed is due Friday, too.

Update from the Dicesquad: September 17

Kudos to the Brown PSG for an amazing Dog Dash last Friday! Thank you to all that were able to donate, attend, run/walk, and/or support your child!

Happy Belated Birthday to Devon--he turned 10 on Monday, September 14 along with Mrs. Hill's little boy, Camden, who turned 2!

Happy Early Birthday to Blake who turns 10 on Thursday, September 24!

Reading and Math contracts are due each Monday. 90 minutes for reading a week and 60 minutes for math practice per week. Please be sure to write your letters on the reverse side of the contract as well as log your minutes.

We are slowing decreasing our "incentive" supply of sugar free gum and Hershey Kisses. If anyone is willing to donate these items to our classroom, we would all be so grateful.

Enjoy the beautiful weekend! It feels like fall outside . . . We love it!

Friday Events

Here is a schedule for tomorrow since it's a little different than most school days. I also want everyone to be prepared with appropriate clothing, games, etc.

9:00 Receive DOG DASH t-shirts
9:15-10:10 NWEA Language Usage computer assessment
10:10 to 10:40 DOG DASH
10:45-11:25 Spanish
11:30-12:30 Math-opoly stations
1:35-2:30 Favorite Game Board Friday (connection with our novel, The War with Grandpa)
2:30 DOG DASH convocation--silly sock award for 4th grade! Who will it be?

So wear your sneakers, your silliest pair of socks, bring your favorite board game, and SMILE! It will be a wonderful ending to a fabulous week!

New Art Class Blog--Check it out!

http://mrsconnersartroom.blogspot.com/

WE ARE GOING TO GET HUNGRY!

Our snack supply is depleting as we speak . . . Many families have been so generous to send in snacks for the class to enjoy as "Brain Fuel" before the kids head to specials. Thank you for the donations. We are in need of a few more donations, however. Below are a few remindres for snacks to meet all the needs of our classmates:

NO RED DYE snacks (including fruit snacks)

NO TREE NUT snacks (including animal crackers and peanut butter items)

Thank you again for offering these snacks to our class.

DOG DASH--Sept. 11

DOG DASH information is going home today in Friday Folders . . . It will be Friday, September 11 @ 10:10 for our class. Please come join us on our walk that day to raise money for our school! Our individual goal is to raise $25 per student in order to meet our school goal this year. I DO NOT encourage kids to go door-to-door to ask for donations, but rather to ask family, friends, and other well known people instead.

Math & Reading Contract

Our first math and reading contracts were due yesterday (August 31). Many students did an excellent job logging their reading minutes and math practice minutes. Each child is required, for a weekly grade in both reading and math, to:

1. log reading and math minutes on the given handout
2. reach the class goals (90 minutes for reading and 60 minutes for math).
3. write a short letter to Mrs. Hill that relates to their readings and math practice. (Suggestions for topics to discuss in letters should be located in each student's Math and Language Arts folders.)
4. Bring the handout on the first day of the school week (Monday usually).

NEXT CONTRACT DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Leaf Project Information

Leaf projects are due Wednesday, September 9. Binders were sent home with students to use for the project. I have colored copy paper/construction paper for students to utilize for the projects and a three-hole puncher.

Students DO NOT need to purchase anything for this project!

Crown Pointe Cemetary on E. 38th Street has a Leaf Walk that classifies leaves for the students. Eagel Creek Park does, too.

Here is a link for an excellent site to classify leaves: http://www.phyplt.ipfw.edu/GROUNDS/NativeTreesOfIndianaRiverWalk/NativeTreeListByCommonName-Page1-Test.htm