November 22

Gillespie Gazette...November 22

Blog address: www.gillespiegazette.blogspot.com

email address: anna.gillespie@jordan.k12.ut.us

School...446-3200
Cell...623-7625
Home...801-375-0024

Dear Parents,

We enjoyed cute London as our Student of the Week. She proved to be working on her SEP goal and that was fun to see.

I need to have any SEP goals that have not been turned in, to please do so. I have about six students that have not set their goals. Parents, please help your student to think of one goal they would like to work on during Second Term if you haven't done that and send it to me. I will make a copy and return a copy to you. Thanks to most of you that have done that.

Parent Letter #11 sent home and due on Thursday of this week.

Spelling List:
1. neighbor
2. heard
3. herd
4. there
5. their
6. the scientist's invention
7. money
8. computer
9. a lot
10. hardware
11. parade
12. chooses
13. menu
14. it's
15. its
16. pointing
17. mouse
18. why

We finished our Poetry Unit and the students should be able to write a poem worthy of publication. Please encourage them to do so. They are due on Tuesday, Nov. 23. I will type them up and submit them to the Anthology of Poetry to see if they get chosen to be published.

We enjoyed two assemblies this week...one on literature and the children were exposed to wonderful books and encouraged to read. It was a great presentation. The other was on our Social Studies Unit about Mountain Men. I think the students enjoyed them both. Ask them about them.

I will be teaching the students about the character trait of Diligence. They will be expected to write an essay on the topic in school Tuesday morning. They will have been instructed on the six traits of good writing and the importance of having a beginning, middle, ending in their essay. They will need to have at least three paragraphs to earn a 4 on this essay. They will be expected to stick to the main idea throughout this essay.

Mr. Griffith will be in our classroom helping on Tuesday. He is "subbing" for me, while I get the poems typed and off to the publisher and also getting ready for my substitute on Wednesday (Short Day) and Monday, the 29th. I am leaving for Texas. My son and his wife had their first baby and our tenth grandchild. We will be going there for Thanksgiving. The baby blessing is on Sunday and it is a 24 Hour trip. So I have to miss two days of teaching, something I rarely do. I probably won't be blogging much next week and don't look for a Gillespie Gazette next Monday.
However, let me take this opportunity to say how thankful I am for the beautiful children I teach each day. They bring great joy to my heart. They are advancing in so many ways and it is a pleasure to be around them. I am thankful for good parents that support their children and my efforts to educate them. I am very thankful for parent volunteers that help in the classroom. There, I said my "Thanksgiving" thoughts. I wish you Happy Holiday.

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