Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March 30

Math homework is page 261 (1-22)

Spelling letter signed and finished along with the Radio Announcement due tomorrow, Thursday.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

March 28

Gillespie Gazette...March 28

Blog: www.gillespiegazette.blogspot.com

Email: anna.gillespie@jordan.k12.ut.us

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

Dear Parents,

Ronaldo is a student that tries very hard and has been working to improve his reading level and achieved that goal last week. He brought a great poster and I can guess his favorite sport is Soccer. Am I right, Ronaldo? Ronaldo is a very enjoyable student to work with.

Here is the spelling list:

1. appreciate
2. dictionary
3. carefully
4. studied
5. costume
6. you're = you are
7. certain
8. feather
9. awesome
10. against
11. voice
12. surprise
13. paid
14. your
15. are
16. our
17. get
18. trash

Please help your child do spelling letter #24 which I have attached.

Congratulations on all the great work done on the Wax Museum. I am sure if you attended you were very pleased with the things you saw. Please know your child was scored on how well they did on their fact recital (after button was pushed...oral language grade) I also scored their poster and will be reading all the reports and giving them a grade. The reports I read over the weekend were wonderful. So I look forward to reading the rest.

Spring Pictures are scheduled for March 31. I have attached a flier to remind you.

Math Homework is page 255 (7-35)

_____________________________________________

Parent signature___________________

Student Name_______________________

Or comment on the blog. Thank you.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

March 24

Math Homework: page 213 (55-70)

Finish up report, make poster, get costume ready, and practice reciting three facts about person and speak in the first person if their button gets pushed. We will practice it tomorrow in the morning before we go to the gym to set up.

Thanks for your support and please come and enjoy these great kids.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March 23

Math homework is page 235 1-3

Spelling letter # 23 and matching assignment due tomorrow.

Wax Museum report, poster, and costume due Friday. (10:00 to 10:45) Hope to see you there.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Monday, March 21, 2011

March 21

Please remember to read the Gillespie Gazette and sign or comment.

Math Homework is page 209 (1-12)

Please encourage your child to write the spelling words three times each at home tonight (if time) so they can receive the Matching assignment first thing in the morning which is due on Thursday.

March 21

Gillespie Gazette...March 21

www.gillespiegazette.blogspot.com

email: anna.gillespie@jordan.k12.ut.us
school: 446-3200
cell: 623-7625
Home: 1-801-375-0024


Dear Parents,

Ethan earned his turn for student of the week. I think he will continue to have his parent spelling letter signed each week by Thursday because HE LOVES TO PLAY THE SPELLING GAMES! All the students do, so please help them reach this goal each week. Tonight I will be sending home Letter #23. Here are the words they will need to conquer by Thursday:

1. except
2. cabin
3. were
4. where
5. business
6. work
7. I'm = I am
8. you're = you are
9. your
10. which
11. basketball
12. waiter
13. earthworms
14. owner
15. excitement

I believe they are extending the Jump A Thon contest for any online donations. Please encourage your child to sign up and send emails out. I have attached a flier (to the paper Gillespie Gazette) to explain the process. Anyway, I am hoping to attach it. (if I can find it)
We are a bit short compared to last year, so we are hoping we can get a few more donations turned in via email.

I will be attaching the SEP goal that you and your child decided on. This is a copy for you to keep. I have a copy here. Thanks for reviewing this goal with your child and keep reminding them to achieve it.

Last Friday, we had perfect attendance, so I sent home the Color Journals to give everyone a fair chance to win this contest. Steady Eddy is usually the winner, so stay with it. Good Luck.
Remember, I will write on the red page. Students will write on the purple page, and parents on the green. Have fun communicating through the written language.

Our Wax Museum is this Friday. How is everyone doing on their report, poster, and costume? March 25 is the day everything is due. Come join us at 10:00 to see a spectacular display of students learning. I have encouraged the students to use Elmer's Tri-Fold versus the flat poster paper. It will stand on its own instead of having to tape onto a wall or desk. Thanks for helping your child with this. I do have some costumes that I might be able to help your child with. Please let me know if I need to help them. I will bring costumes on Thursday so they can check them out. The museum will be held from 10:00 to 10:45. See you there.

I am attaching a "School Lunch Deposit" page to help your child when they need to bring lunch money. It is very time consuming when they have to do it at school. Please help them with this.
______________________________________________________

Sign on line that you have read this_____________________________

Student name ___________________________

Or check out blog and comment. Thanks!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

March 16

Math Homework...page 211 (1-24)

Spelling poem and parent letter #22 due tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

March 14

Please read Blog Gillespie Gazette...March 14 and comment.

Math homework...page 199 (1-3)

March 14

Gillespie Gazette...March 14

www.gillespiegazette.blogspot.com
email: anna.gillespie@jordandistrict.org
School: 446-3200
Cell: 623-7625
Home: 1-801-375-0024

Dear Parents,

It might seem like Danielle has been our student leader for several different tries, but in reality she has served different times during short weeks. She is a great leader and "secretary" for me, so it is tempting to get her over and over...however, I also want to get all students to have at least one turn before the end of the year. Please encourage your student to do their part (as discussed during SEP) so that they will earn the right to be a student example and leader.

Parent Spelling Letter # 22 is due on Thursday along with the Spelling Poem they are composing with a spelling list sent home today (attached).

Also attached is a yellow reminder about how to help with the Jump A Thon and get the students to go Online to register and help them get donation. They must have at least $5.00 donated by Wednesday to qualify for participation in the Jump A Thon (see Fantastic Falcon and ways to win prizes) If they have donated at least $5.00 by Wednesday, they will be invited to the Jump A Thon activity in the gym. We hope that you will help with this fund raiser.

Thank you ever so much for all the students and parents that attended SEP last week. I will need to have you return any SEP goals that have been agreed on and signed by parents. I also hope that you enjoyed reading your students Language Test writings and their portfolio work. I also encourage the students to do their Extra Credit Packets and hope that parents will check it over before turning in. If there are still mistakes on Second Term work, it will be the last time I will look at them. Please make sure they are correct.

I will also need to have all Wax Museum forms to prove your child will be starting to get their reports done. The Wax Museum Book Report is due on Friday, March 25 at 10:00 until 10:45. Parents are invited. Please reschedule if you were not able to attend SEP conferences. This conference will give your child a huge advantage during last term. Thank you.

March 17...wear green.

Study spelling list because if your child doesn't know their word, they might not have good luck on Thursday and get pinched for misspelling a word. (Hint, hint)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

March 10

Sorry about not posting last night's homework...too busy with SEP until late at night.

Tonight's homework is page 195 (1-7)

I apologize about this week's homework that may have caused stress (ball players ...pitcher, first base, etc.) I just looked at the top part and figured that would be easy enough for most of the kids and then didn't look down at (1-4) where it talked about groups, etc. I felt bad when kids said they spent a long time trying to figure it out. Darn...mud on the face for me. (Idiom) However, this will be a good time to remind you that if, after 30 minutes of math homework...there is ever stress on the part of the student or parent...everyone is to close the book and say good night and let me tackle it with them the next day. Thanks.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

March 8

Math homework is page 195 (1-4) and to also finish page 201 (5-33) Most of the students got a good start on their page 201 but might need a few minutes to finish tonight.

See you at SEP. Thanks.

Monday, March 7, 2011

March 7

Math homework is page 191 #4. Only one problem. I think they can handle that. I wrote the Gillespie Gazette on the Blog an then copied and pasted onto Word so I could print. And then, I forgot to publish. Sorry about that. Everyone will only get the paper copy this time. Oops! Too big of a hurry today with getting Report Cards, SEP Schedules, and teaching kids all on the same day.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

March 3

Please encourage your student to start out the new Third Term right by doing all the assignments beginning with this one that is due on Monday, March 7: Math homework page 190 (1-42)

Thanks.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

March 2

Math homework...page 183 (57-76)

Everything due tomorrow for Second Term.

Dictionary and Spelling letter due tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March 1

Math homework...page 189 (2-8)

Everything is due on Thursday for Second Term work. Good luck!