Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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I Love to Read Month Activities

Student Reading BINGO Card - Readers will be encouraged to complete various activities on their BINGO cards. When a bingo is achieved they will turn in their sheets TO YOU for a small prize(we will distribute prizes to each classroom). Parent signatures will be required. After they get the prize from you have them bring their sheet to the Office and drop it in the BINGO box for a chance to win the PRINCIPAL’S CHAIR for a day. We will draw a new name each day and the winner will be announced on WAEL (or at JumpStart). BINGO sheets will be made available on Febraury 2nd..

Photo Contest - Students will be encouraged to participate in a photo contest. Rule sheets will be in your made availble on February 2nd.

Stop-Drop and Read - On Feb. 6(Fri.), Feb. 12(Thurs.), Feb. 20(Fri.) and Feb. 27 (Fri.) we will make an announcement to Stop-Drop and Read. All students should stop what they are doing and read a book for 15 minutes. Students should carry a book with them at all times (even to Specialists) so they are prepared to read!

Locker Lottery - During the Book Fair I will put a note on a students locker or mailbox letting them know they won a free book from the book fair!

Give the Gift of Reading - There will be one book in 12 different gift bags that will be traveling around our school beginning February 9. We will have 2 different sets of bags... one set will only be exchanged with K-2 teachers and the other will travel among grades 3-5. When you get a bag, please read the story to your class and then think of a way to introduce the book another classroom. Record your introduction on a piece of paper, drop it in the bag and pass it on to another class. The new class should read the note, share the book, make a new note and keep passing it on.

Caught Reading - We will take photos of staff reading a book (with only their eyes showing) and classrooms need to guess the reader. We will show them at the end our WAEL broadcast the last week of Feb., post the photos outside Deanna’s office, and announce the mystery person at the end of the day.

Community outreach - You will have an opportunity to have SCSU athletes come and read in your classroom on February 3rd or 4th. .

Wild Country 99 will be sending one of their radio personalities to read to the kindergarten and first graders on February 18th.

Reading Celebration - On Monday, March 2 from 1:30 - 1:50 classrooms are invited for an all school read-a-thon in the gym to celebrate our month of reading! (It is also Dr. Seuss’ birthday which is Read Across America day).


Enjoy several great books!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Dear Parents Take Home

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Dear Parents Tip Of The Week

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More Miracles For Helen Keller

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Valentine's Day

Yes, we will be exchanging Valentine's Day Cards and treats!  Since Valentine's Day is on Saturday, February 14th , we will exchange cards on Thursday, February 12th. Students should create a Valentine's containment holder at home and enter it in one of our many contest categories. They should also bring in a card, with or without a treat in it, for each student in our classroom.  Thanks for participating and more information will be made available about the contest categories in the near future.  

Alyssa 
Anthony
Lauren
Josh
Ben
Tanner
Kyle
Savannah
Michaela
Dylan
Erica
Noah
Mikayla
Areyanna
Lizzie
Kyler
Derek
Samantha
Mitchel
Zachary
Courtney
Nick
Tommy
Madison
Allyson
Stephanie
Tayler

Conference Dates/Times

See new update page (February 5th). This page is the older version. Disregard this page


My phone number is 258-1268, if you need to change your date or time.  Just let me know. 

4PM-8PM Monday, Feb. 9th
4:00 Derek
4:20 Tommy Confirmed
4:40 Courtney Confirmed
5:00 Erica- In progress
5:20 Tayler ZConfirmed
5:40 Zack
6:00 Tanner Confirmed
6:20 Lauren- Confirmed with K.P.
6:40 Josh
7:00 Allyson Confirmed
7:20 Anthony Confirmed
7:40 Savannah


4PM-8PM Thursday, Feb. 12th
4:00  Samantha
4:20 Kyler (Patty)
5:20 Lizzie
5:40 Mikayla
6:00 Madison Confirmed
6:20 Kyle Confirmed
6:40 Noah
7:00 Michaela Confirmed
7:20 Mitchel Confirmed
7:40 Ben Confirmed

7 AM-3PMFriday, Feb. 13th (No School)
7:00 Stephanie
7:20 Dylan
8:00 Derek (Michelle)
9:00  Nick Confirmed
9:20 Kyler
9:40  Alyssa- In progress
11:00 Meeting

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Great News!
Please let your kids know that the next AR reward party will be on Friday, March 13th.  We will be taking them skating at the Natoinal Hockey Center. We will load the busses at 8:00 and skate from 8:30 - 9:30. Students will need to bring their own skates if possible because the Hockey Center has a limited supply of rental skates.

Deanna Euteneuer
PV

P.S. Fourth grade students will need to have earned 10 AR points @ an 80% accuracy level. 


Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inventor's Congress

Dear Parents,

You are welcome to attend our Inventor's Congress this Friday, January 23, from 9:30 - 11:30 AM or from 1 PM - 1:45PM.  All fourth grade students will be in the gym with their projects.  You may certainly meet with your child and walk around the gym and view the other creative inventions. Also, feel free to take a moment and say "hello" to Mr. Krupa.  My suggestion would be to come in the afternoon, so you could spend time with your child and then leave together some where near the end of the day.  This option gives your child plenty of time to gather their invention and poster board and place it safely in your vehicle. 

Thanks for all of your help with your child's invention, log, and poster board.  The kids are excited to present their ideas to the class.


Enjoy the warming trend,

Mr. Krupa   

P.S.  The spelling test that was scheduled for last Friday has been reschedule to this Thursday. Also, the weekly fluency practice pages entitled, "How Big is a Foot?" will also be due on Thursday.  There will not be a new fluency assignment for this week.  Continue to practice memorizing your poems.  

Orchestra Permission Slip

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

How Big Is A Foot pg2

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This week's fluency activity and tip sheets are due on Friday, January 16th.

How Big Is A Foot

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Tip of The Week

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Tip of The Week

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Same as above sheet.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Display Board Paragraphs

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

SCAMPER in Action

Here's an example of using SCAMPER to create a new 'gotta have' fishing hook.

http://www.mustad.no/slowdeath/

Click on pages 1, 2, 3, and 4... could it get any simpler than this!!!

Now, why didn't I think of that...???

Question About Invention

Question: We are wondering if the students are supposed to bring their Invention Boards to school on Monday.   Thanks for your help.



Answer: The kids may bring their invention boards in on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and work on them. They may take them home Thursday afternoon to make final additions/corrections and return them on January 2Oth. Everything is due on January 2Oth. On January 20th, we will practice our presentations. On January 21st and January 22nd, the students will present their presentations to the class and the teacher. I will grade their presentations, logs, inventions, and poster boards during the presentations, along with adding additional points for their presentations/discussions/behavior during the January 23rd Inventor's Congress Event. Thanks for the question.... any other questions????

The goal for Monday, January 12th is to have all three rough draft paragraphs returned so we can type them to perfection during our keyboarding class. The kids can place these paragraphs on their display boards on Tuesday and begin creating their diagrams and adding the diagrams to their poster boards on Wednesday and Thursday.

AR Point Earned This Trimester- Ten Points Needed By March 5th

Student Number and Total AR Points Earned

#1 0.5
#2 4
#3 1.3
#4 1.7
#5 0.5


#6 7.7
#7 4.2
#8 2.0
#9 8.0
#10 1.4

#11 1.4
#12 10.5
#13 0.4
#14 0
#15 0.5

#16 0.4
#17 1.4
#18 0.4
#19 5.3
#20 1.3

#21 0.5
#22 2.0
#23 10.1
#24 5.5
#25 11.0

#26 13.2
#27 1.5

Friday, January 9, 2009

Biography Selections

Beginning on January 13th we are reading biography books... books need to be selected by the end of day on Monday, January 12th. Listed below are the names of the individuals that we are reading about...

Student #1 Abraham Lincoln
#2 George W. Bush
#3 Ronald Reagan
#4. Benjamin Harrison
#5 Theodore Roosevelt
#6 Wayne Gretzky
#7 Sir edmund Hillary
#8 Rosa Parks
#9 George W. Bush
#10 John Quincy Adams
#11 Kristi Yamaguchi
#12 Tim Ducan
#13 My Great Aunt Arizona
#14 James Madison
#15 Tony Hawk
#16 Theodore Roosevelt
#17 Theodore Roosevelt
#18 Benjamin Harrison
#19  Stephon Marbury
#20 Zachary Taylor
#21 William McKinley
#22 Thomas Jefferson
#23 James Madison
#24 J.K Rowling
#25 H.A. Rey
#26 J.K. Rowling
#27 Gary Paulsen

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ten AR Points Needed For The Third Trimester

The individual AR points have been posted and should be listed on your child's January Reading Contract.

Student #1 Spy Cat 5pts.
#2 The Wide WIndow 5 pts.
#3 Dogs Don't Tell Jokes 5 pts.
#4 Cam Jansen .5 pts.
#5 Amber Brown - Is Feeling Blue 2 pts.
#6 Charlie Bone and the Time Twister 9 pts.
#7 Bud Not Buddy
#8 The Zombie Zone 1 pt.
#9 Arthur Meets the President - .5 pts.
#10 The Talking T-Rex 1 pt.
#11 Super Fudge 1 pt.
#12 Charlie Bone 10 pts.
#13 Lumber Camp Library 1 pt.
#14 Halfway To the Sky 6 pts.
#15 Bud Not Buddy
#16 Silver on the Tree 14 pts.
#17 The Jaguar's Jewel 1 pt.
#18 Georger 5 pts.
#19 How to Steal A Dog 5 pts.
#20 Utterly Me 3 pts
#21 Bud Not Buddy
#22 Baseball Tournament 2 pts.
#23 Angel's Mother's Wedding 4 pts.
#24 Tale of Dexsperow  pts.5
#25 Mr. Popper's Penguins 3 pts.
#26 Erupts 2 pts.
#27 The Bernstein Bears - .5 pts.

Class Book - Shark Lady - Not AR

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

January 23rd

January 23rd is National Handwriting Day, as it honors John Hancock's Birthday. Our cursive packet will be due on this day and we will begin writing everything (except spelling tests) in cursive.

Take Home Task 7

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January Reading Contract Grid

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January Reading Contract

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Websites for Extra Keyboarding Practice

Go to the district website and click on Schools...PV....Media Center...Research...and go down to Keyboarding. There are two sites lesson2.html and play.asp

Happy Keyboarding!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Example - Invention Paragraphs

Purpose

The reason I chose to invent the “ Christmas LIght Keeper” was because I was getting frustrated with the Christmas LIghts. It was a week before Christmas and we had just got our tree. I had to get the lights untangled. I was getting so frustrated with the lights that I just had to quit. Then, I got the idea of inventing something to keep the lights from tangling. So then I discussed it with my mother and she said, “Okay”! So I then named it the “Christmas Light Keeper”. The purpose of my “Christmas LIght Keeper” is to save time, frustration, and money.



Improvement

My “Christmas Light Keeper” will improve life by saving families lots of time during a very important time of the year. You no longer have to get frustrated with untangling your lights. Putting your Christmas tree and lights up will be a lot more fun. “The Christmas Light Keeper” also improves life during the Christmas season because you will save more money on your lights since you no longer have to throw the old one away and buy new lights. That way you will have more money to spend in other ways.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Inventors Display Board

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Click to view a diagram of a display board. Display boards are available at the school store...cost...three dollars


FYI - If you lose your copy of the Inventor's Log... there is another copy of the Inventor's Log under "December" entries on this blog site.

Family Letter pg 3

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Looks like we are experiencing technical difficulties...hard copies were sent home on Tuesday of pages 1-4. We'll try to fix this problem ASAP....okay, it's working now!!!

Family Letter pg 2

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Family Letter pg 1

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Click to view the Math Unit Six Parent Letter. Copies were sent home with Mr. Krupa's Math group on Tuesday.

Each Student Needs a Wide Lined Spiral Notebook for the Month of January

Beginning on January 6th, each studnet will need a new wide lined spiral notebook. These may be purchased at the school store, if you are unable to purchase one at a local shop. Thanks!

January Contract Begins On January 7th

We will preview the January contract on Wednesday, January 7th. Look for it to be brought home on that date. Please return it signed by Tuesday, January 13th. All of the grid activities can be completed at school this month. This opportunity is being made available because I know how much time and energy you will be spending on completing your inventions at home. Please bring a copy of your grid to keyboarding class, so you can work on it after you've completed your tyoing lesson or skill.

Submitted Invention Ideas

We are excited to announce our invention titles and ideas! Listed below are the names of the inventions that each student is going to create and share on January 20th. What a creative group of inventors!!!

Student #1 The Clippper Keys
#2 The Storage Hanger
#3 Jaismine's Playhouse
#4 Tooth -o -matic
#5 The Gear Holder
#6 Lights On Jumper Cables
#7 Don't Know Yet
#8 Heat Pad
#9 The Friendly Fishin' Pail
#10 Wheel Well Scraper
#11 Spearmint and Juicy Fruit
#12 Baseball Receiver
#13 Cat Toy
#14 Lizzie's Loop
#15 Wii Safety Case
#16 Heat Bath Robe
#17 3 in 1
#18 The Lifty Lid
#19 Basket On the Go
#20 Cat Lounge
#21 The Chair Buddy
#22 Door Reacher
#23 Weekly Clothes Keeper
#24 Person"al"
#25 The Book Holder
#26 Lunch Box White Board / Magnet Board
#27 Cat Toy


The poster boards are now available at the PV School Store - $3.00
We will be writing/typing our invention paragraphs at school, but the students may begin writing thier sloppy copies at home. It sounds like many of you have already begun writing your paragraphs...fantastic!