A Special Visit from Kyle's Mom

Yesterday was Kyle's birthday! His mom made a special visit to the school and brought the whole class a special surprise, cupcakes!!! (Thanks Mrs. I!) Kyle enjoyed his mom's visit and so did we! Here are some pictures of them!

Assignment from our Counselor ~ Mrs. Hedrick

Parents and Students,
Mrs. Hedrick, our new school counselor, has given an assignment that will be due next Monday, March 2, 2009. Each student received an interview form that they will use to interview an adult that they know. The questions are about their career. Students are trying to learn more about careers and what it takes to succeed at getting to the ultimate goal - "what they want to be when they grow up!"
Please remind students of this assignments! They have a whole week to complete it! Thanks in advance!
-Mrs. Pilkington

Spelling Words and Homework Schedule for the Week of 2.24.09

Parents and Students:
Due to the fact that this week will be a short week, we will have review words. All assignments (spelling words, abc order, etc...) are expected to have all 30 words in them. The possible bonus are extra study words!

Spelling Words
1. horse
2. pull
3. world
4. hardly
5. wood
6. jaw
7. dirty
8. curl
9. gear
10. put
11. bounce
12. spare
13. search
14. cheer
15. full
16. dairy
17. false
18. alarm
19. year
20. roof
21. couch
22. push
23. chore
24. tool
25. sauce
26. charge
27. dawn
28. return
29. howl
30. heard

Possible Bonus:
1. scrawny
2. pounce
3. cocoon
4. marvel
5. pioneer

Homework for the week of 2.24.09

Monday - Students Out

Tuesday - Spelling Sentences
Handwriting Worksheet - Cursive B
Read for 30 minutes!!

Wednesday - Math Test Prep Worksheet
ABC Order
Read for 30 minutes!!
**Mrs. Pilkington out of the building for Professional Development

Thursday - Study for Spelling Test
Handwriting Worksheet - Cursive C
Read for 45 minutes!
** Parents it would be a GREAT idea for you to "buddy study" with your child for
the spelling test! :)

Friday - Have a Great Weekend!!
Please read for 1 hour each day! :)

If you have any questions or would like to speak to me - please feel free to call!!

IMPORTANT:
If I did not get the opportunity to conference with you, please either set up a time that is best for you or call me directly! Interim Reports will go home today! Please sign and return by tomorrow!

- Mrs. Pilkington

Special Visit on President's Day!!!

This past Monday, which was President's Day, Kiana was able to have her "special" lunch with Mrs. Hartsell. (her first grade teacher) McDonald's was her restaurant of choice, which Mrs. Hartsell bought and delivered! During lunch, they discussed their favorite book series Twilight. Mrs. Hartsell even brought her a Twilight Calendar. Kiana had a great time and so did Mrs. Hartsell!!! :) Thank you so much for everything Mrs. Hartsell. We enjoyed the visit tremendously!!!

Here are some pictures from Kiana's special day.

Spelling Words - Week of 2.2.09

Parents and Students,
Below is our list of Spelling words for this week! Please remember that each Monday night is Spelling Sentences. This week Tuesday's homework will be ABC order. Please study these words each night as part of your homework!
-Mrs. Pilkington

~Compound Words~
Two and Three Syllables

1. courthouse
2. bathroom
3. rainstorm
4. lightweight
5. fireworks
6. campground
7. toothpaste
8. windshield
9. background
10. headphone
11. everybody
12. grandparents
13. watermelon
14. masterpiece
15. basketball
16. butterscotch
17. underground
18. fingerprint
19. skyscraper
20. rattlesnake

Student of the Week for 2.2.09

Congratulations to La'Shay for being chosen as Student of the Week. Ciamara chose her because she said La'Shay has become very involved and participates in the classroom and she works hard to complete assignments! Great job La'Shay!

La'Say was born in Little Rock, AR. Her favorite book is Tales of a 4th grade nothing by Judy Blume. She has one wish and that is to go to college one day! :) Her favorite food is fajitas. (Yummy) La'Shay says that one thing she does well is division. Her favorite animal is a cheetah. La'Shay admires her mama. The thing that La'Shay likes most about our school is math in the classroom.

Congrats La'Shay on a job well done! :)

We look forward to seeing who La'Shay chooses next week and why!

-Mrs. Pilkington

1st week in February AR Goals!

Congrats to the students who have kicked off the month of February right by reaching AR goals!!! :) Riyah reached her 3rd goal, Kiana reached her 14th and 15th goals (WOW!!!), and Kyle reached his 4th goal! Way to go guys....Keep on Reading!
-Mrs. Pilkington