Welcome to the 2010-2011 Schoolyear!

We are having a great time getting to know each other and READING! I can't believe it's been a week of school. We've done a few assessments here and there, but we've started reading, writing, math, and science! I have really enjoyed laughing (and crying...let them tell you) with your kids. I hope they are having fun. I've even had one fall asleep reading, so we're building up our stamina right now! Hope you guys have a great weekend in this wonderful weather.

Those Shoes

This is the book we read today with a special message. I must say, it's one of my favorites lately. I hope you guys liked it.

We're Back!!!

Well guys, we have begun a new school year today, so if you are from my 08-09 group, I hope you had a great day in middle school. This new group I have is great and we had a great day as well. I think it was fun. I'm sure you all told your parents about having to unload ALL the school supplies. If you think about it, keeping up with your own is trouble enough, but multiply that by 25 and it's even harder!!

I think the kids' day went even better since they had PE. That was a nice plus. Remember to keep sending all your forms that are completed. Also, if you want to order a Puppy Pound shirt, you must send the money in with the form. I'll be posting any updates this week as they come. Thanks for a great day!!

It's Not Over!!

Yes, it's been awhile since the last post, but we've had testing and are finally getting back to normal. We're in the middle of writing our own class newspaper. We've finished reading The Black Stallion and went to see an awesome Arabian Horse show at Harper Stadium last Monday. We've got our last spirit say tomorrow, Field Day on Friday, trip to Northridge Middle School, and lots of other things going on including...Fourth Grade Camp!! We leave next Wednesday. The last day of school is on June 1st and it will be here before you know it!

Hooray for February!

There's lots going on this month! Today we just took the NAEP test and the kids did great. We have Ms. Grace in our class for our literacy block for this month. We are beginning personal essay, which is the best, since we can give our opinion of the idea and let our voices be heard!

We have Jump Rope for Heart with Coach Blake. The Book Fair will be coming soon too! There's lots of reading going on in our class. It's wonderful!

Update

Hey, we're on our last week of Realistic Fiction and getting ready to start publishing. I think we're ready to get started on another genre. We have even more books to add to our class library! We will be having Ms. Grace, our 3rd and 4th grade curriculum coach joining us for the month of February. She will be teaching with me for Reader's and Writer's Workshop.

We will be having our Valentine's Day party on Friday, Feb. 12. I can not send home a class list, so your kids will have to do their very best to remember their classmates, probably by where they sit in class.

My Teacherspace

Yes, it's like MySpace, but for teachers! You can access our class by either going to vbsd.us and looking me up at teacherspace along the right margin or you can click on this link: http://teacher.vbsd.us/klbrown