Monday, January 31, 2011

assignment update 1-31-11

Math - my class has lesson 64 and Mr. Anders' class has lesson 67
Memory - Acts. 3:19 on page 63 due Friday
Science - test Ch. 16 due tomorrow they should study the worksheets, checkpoint and notes.
Writing Workshop - have 2 pages of their story written by tomorrow.

Monday newsletter 1-31-11

General
Just so you all know, I did turn in my letter to the congregation last week telling of my intentions to retire at the end of the this school year. It should be in the next "Wise Cracks" that is sent to all of the church families. I know many of you already know, but I wanted you to be "officially" informed by me. It still is several months away and there is also a lot of important school that has to be completed before it really happens. Information about Pint size heroes is coming home today. If you or if you know someone who can donate blood on Tues. Feb. 15 please sign up. The state of Michigan has a shortage of blood at this time and they need everyone who can donate to come. They really stressed the blood shortage for Michigan. STARBASE is this Friday again. Don't forget to pack a lunch with a drink. So far everyone has had a lunch and a drink. They once again can wear the STARBASE t-shirt as a dress code shirt, but this week they would need regular school pants. Open house is Sunday, so if you know someone who might be interested in attending Trinity tell them about it. It is from 10;30 am to 1:30 pm. They can also come and visit during the school day on Mon. and Tues.
Work
We are finishing up the test this week. We had an English test today and there is a Science test tomorrow (during the Soc. St. time). That will take care of the tests except for Math which my class will have a test on Wed. Memory for this week is Acts 3:19 on page 63 and we will write it on Friday when we get back. They will receive their spelling list tomorrow and the test will be Friday when we get back. Band's second day this week will be on Thurs. instead of Friday and Writing Workshop's second day will also be on Thurs instead of Friday.
Sports
There are two home basketball games this week on Tues and Thurs. That means if your child comes regularly to study time it will end at 4:00 pm on those days.
Other
We are asking all of the students to once again to order a t-shirt with our theme on it. The "Big Fish" shirt is really "cool" Mrs. Moore designed the "Big Fish" and it will be silk screened on the front of the shirts. They are $3 and if you want one they are $6. Our color is royal blue and they are available for viewing on our web site. They will be a designated item to wear for one of the days of Lutheran Schools Week. We also will wear them for the school field day/picnic and for the walk-a-thon. So please fill out the order form and return it to the office by Friday Feb. 11th. They are also talking about making a CD of the song "Big Fish" written by Mr. Pirrone.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

assignment update 1-27-11

Math - my class has lesson 63 due on Mon. Mr. Anders' class had a test and they need to do corrections.
Reading - WS 86 comprehension done in cursive due next Thurs.
Spelling - test tomorrow
English - Test Ch 3 lessons 8-15 some questions at the end of the test would use the information from lesson 1-3. Test is Mon.
Memory - Jerm. 31:31&34 due tomorrow
Science - can start reviewing for Science test ch. 16 on Tues. We will review in class on Mon.

Tomorrow is STARBASE don't forget to pack a lunch with a drink. It is a dress down day. They can dress down but it still should look "decent" not sloppy since we are going off campus for the day. The instructor said tomorrow would be a good day to bring a camera.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

assignment update 1-26-11

Math - my class has lesson 62 and Mr. Anders' class has lesson 65 and working on corrections
Writing Workshop was today- write 2 pages of their story for Tues.
Religion - page 58 and 59 Searching the Scriptures due tomorrow
English - WS 15 front and back and page 127 (12) due tomorrow
Social Studies - test chapter 3 & 4 study the charts and use the study sheet test tomorrow
Spelling - don't forget there still will be a test on Friday even though we go to STARBASE
Memory - that still is due on Friday

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

assignment update 1-25-11

Math - my class has lesson 61 and Mr. Anders' class has lesson 64

Writing Workshop - they are to write the introduction for their story and it should be a half page lead - it is due tomorrow - Wed a make up day for missing Friday.

Social Studies - test on Thurs. for chapters 3 and 4. They have a study sheet and the information they need to know is on their 3 charts front and back. The book is not necessary for studying the charts are.

Religion - scripture search on page 58 and 59 due on Thurs.

Monday, January 24, 2011

assignment update 1-24-11

Math - my class is to do a probability exercise. They are to do a frequency table for flipping a coin 30 times and bring that to class tomorrow. Mr. Anders' class has lesson 63.
Religion - WS 25 due tomorrow
Memory - Jerm. 31: 31, 34 on page 61 due Friday
English - WS 15 front and back and page 127 (says 12) on the bottom, cursive due Thurs.
Social Studies - look over the charts. We added some more Spanish explorers today and we will add a few things to the back tomorrow.

Monday newsletter 1-24-11

General
Thank you for the good turn out yesterday for singing for the Good News Choir at the early service. Please return the report card envelope with the signed slip for 2nd quarter by next Monday Jan. 31. STARBASE went well for our first day. We will go there for the next 3 Fridays. Our last session is on Mon. Feb. 14. Don't forget to pack a lunch and drink for those Fridays. For this weeks session, the instructor said they could bring camera's themselves. That is fine with me, but they are responsible for their camera. She said camera phones won't work for what they may want to take pictures of, but iPod or something else like that would work. They have permission to bring those if you have the type that takes pictures. As you can tell, I really don't know much about what I am talking about in terms of the technology. They also received STARBASE t-shirts. These can be worn as a "school" shirt on Fridays if they wish. They would need to wear dress code pants. We do have a dress down day on Friday so they could pay a $1 and wear jeans with their t-shirt.

Work
Friday's memory is Jerm. 31:31 & 34 on page 61. They will receive a spelling list tomorrow and we will take the test on Friday after we return. We have reached the end of many chapters and the tests are coming up. The Social Studies test for chapter 3 and 4 (information on the charts) will be this Thurs. We will review tomorrow and they will also receive a study sheet tomorrow. We finish the English chapter on Thurs. and we will review the concepts in lessons 8-15 on Thurs and the test will be next Mon. on Ch. 3 lessons 8-15 and some questions from the first seven lessons. We have also ended chapter 16 of Science, we will review for that Thurs. and Mon. and have that test on Tues. during the social studies time on the schedule. We just had a math test and that won't show up again until next week I think on Wed. Monday is the end of the month so Monthly Memory and the book reports are due Mon. This week Writing Workshop will be Tues and Wed. The Wed. is a make up date for missing it on Friday for STARBASE. Next week we will have a different make up time. Also Beginning Band will have band on Thurs. morning from 9:00 to 9:30, they need to bring their instruments on Wed. and Thurs. and not Friday. That will be like that for the next 3 weeks.

Sports
Nothing special. There is a home game Tues (tomorrow) so study time will end at 4:00 tomorrow.

That is all for this week.

In His Service,
Deanna Hollrah

Friday, January 21, 2011

assignment update 1-21-11

These are the assignments that are due on Monday. We didn't have any new assignments today accept for the students in the other math classes. STARBASE was very good today.

Math - my class should work on corrections for lessons 56-60, Mr. Anders' class has lesson 63
English - WS 14 front and back and page 125
Social Studies - WS 34 & 36
Reading - WS 85
Writing Workshop - have the first and second planning sheet done for the story they are working on. (Mrs. Brown needs it so she can look it over before the regular class on Tues.)

Good News Choir sings on Sunday at 8:00 am, we need to be here at 7:40 am to warm up.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

assignment update 1-20-11

Math - work on corrections for lessons 55 through 60, Mr. Anders' class has lesson 61
Reading - WS 85 due Mon.
Social Studies - WS 34 and 36 due Mon.
English - WS 14 front and back and page 125 in cursive due on Mon.
Memory - Matt. 22:37-39 page 59 due tomorrow - we will write when we get back from STARBASE

Don't forget to pack a lunch with a drink. It can be a lunch box or paper bag they just need to remember to bring it home.
Report cards will be handed out after we get back.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Weekly newsletter and assignment update in one

General
With no school on Monday and a home basketball game on Tues. I am now getting to the "Mon." newsletter. Report cards will be handed out on Friday. Check the Trinity Leader for any owes or things that should be turned in so you can get the report card. Please sign the note that you saw the report card and return it with the envelope by next Friday. Friday is also our first STARBASE. Please remember everyone needs to pack a lunch with a drink for the day. There are no food facilities there. It can be in a lunch box or a throw away paper bag. The only thing with the lunch box, your child needs to remember to bring it back with them. It is a regular school day so school dress is expected. We return around 2:30 so we will do Friday memory collect anything that is due, do a spelling test on other Fridays and so forth. The new work and behavior policies are going into effect this week. Some of you may be getting phone calls if there is late work. Remember if there is a reason from home that the work is late, send a note so you don't get a phone call. If there is late work the student is to stay after school and finish the work that day. If there is a major conflict you can request the next day for your child to stay. The other detention is a behavior detention and that is served with Mr. Petzold for an hour after school. If there is more than 4 of either detention then there is a suspension. These detentions are also recorded on the students personal file in the school office. The other change that is occurring this semester is that everyone has to go outside at lunch time. So make sure your child has coat, cap and gloves if they want they want their body, head and hands to be warm. They need boots to go in the snow.

Work
Friday's memory is Matt. 22:37-39 on page 59. The spelling test was Tues. Mrs. Brown has a message I will put at the bottom for you to read about Writing Workshop. My math class has a math test tomorrow (Thurs.) There will be a Science test next week and a Social Studies test is close behind. Language is also nearing the end of the verb chapter. We started Spanish this week. We will have Spanish class every Tues. the rest of the year.

Sports
Upward basketball is starting this weekend. There still is room if your child wants to join. Mr. Petzold was contacted about having a 5th and 6th grade boys basketball team to play in an Anchor Bay league. He will be contacting those of you have boys to see if you are interested.

Assignment update
Math - my class has lesson 60 and a test tomorrow. They should have corrections turned in for lessons 56 and 57. Mr. Anders' class has corrections.
Science - WS 3 and checkpoint 3 for ch. 16 are due tomorrow
English - WS 13 f and b is due tomorrow

Friday, January 14, 2011

assignment update 1-14-11

Math - my math class has lesson 58 for Tues and corrections for lessons 56 and 57. Mr. Anders class had a test and should do any corrections if they have them.
Spelling - received their list today and they have a word search to do. The test will be Tues. because we will be gone next Friday. The word search is also due on Tues.
Writing Workshop - the class has a story planning sheet they need to fill out for Tues. They have been getting some information about what a cruise ship is like and so forth. If you can help them by letting them know what things would make sense for happening on a cruise ship do so. They will be going over their plan with another student on Tues. It is therefore very important that they have that done so they have something to share.
We didn't have Social Studies or Science today because of our "electronic day" which went very well.
Have good long weekend

Thursday, January 13, 2011

assignment update 1-13-11

Math - my class has lesson 57 and they have to finish the corrections for lesson 55 for tomorrow, Mr. Anders' class has lesson 60 and a test.
Reading - WS 74 in cursive due next Thurs.
English - WS 13 front and back, cursive due on Thurs.
Memory - Ex. 17: 15-16 on page 55 due tomorrow

Tomorrow is electronic day at the end of the day so they should bring in whatever you approve. If they forget something I will not let them call for it.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

assignment update 1-12-11

Math - my class has lesson 56 and Mr. Anders' class has lesson 59
English - WS 12 is due tomorrow

that is it for today

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

assignment update 1-11-11

Math - my class had a test and they were told if they had any lessons missing up through lesson 54. We will grade lesson 55 tomorrow and that needs to be done for corrections by Friday. Mr. Anders' class has lesson 58
English - lesson 12 front and back in cursive due on Thurs.
Science - WS 2 Checkpoint 2 and the drawing of the phases of the star are due tomorrow
Writing Workshop - they introduced the topic for their next writing today.

Monday, January 10, 2011

assignment update 1-10-11

Math - my class has lesson 55 and a test tomorrow and Mr. Anders' class has lesson 57
English - WS 11 front and back, cursive and due tomorrow. We did not get WS 10 graded today, it will be graded tomorrow.
Science - WS 2, checkpoint 2 and draw the phases of the life of a star. Due Wed.

Spelling bee tomorrow so the people in it should look at their word list.

Monday newsletter 1/10/11

General
Friday is the end of second quarter, can you believe half of the school year will be over. All late and make up work needs to be turned in by Friday. I planned to tell everyone today if they had anything missing, but that didn't get done. I will do that tomorrow. If they have late work this week they will need to remember to get it in by Friday. The Spelling Bee is tomorrow at 10:30 am in the gym. You are welcome to attend. If your child is interested in performing for the talent show they need to sign up this week and the auditions are next Wed and Thur. Check and make sure your child has everything they need for the auditions especially for their music.

Work
Friday's memory is Ex. 17:15-16 on page 55. The book version is shorter than the Bible (we read it from the Bible this morning) There will be a math test for my class this week. This test and lessons through 55 will be on the report card. The lessons will be on the next quarter. No other subject is near a test, so we will just be proceeding through the chapters. They did get the information and the paper for doing the book report for this month. That should be in their Reading pocket if you want to see what it is.

That is all I can think of at this time. It is short and that makes me think I forgot something, I hope not.

In His Service,
Deanna Hollrah

Friday, January 7, 2011

assignment update 1-7-11

Math - my class has lesson 54 and corrections, Mr. Anders' class has lesson 56
Religion - finish page 52 and do the matching on page 53
English - WS 10 front and back is due on Mon.

The end of the quarter is Friday. All late and absent work needs to be turned in by Friday. I will tell the class of any work I have missing on my grade sheets. I did enter all the work I have graded, but I have a few late papers and the papers collected yesterday and today to grade and record. I plan to do that this weekend.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

assignment 1-5-11

Math - my class has lesson 53 and corrections for lesson 51 & 52, Mr. Anders' class has corrections - they did have a test today.
English - WS 10 front and back, cursive due on Mon.

Memory - John 6:51 on page 53 is due tomorrow

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

assignment update 1-5-11

Math - my class has lesson 52 they have no corrections since we didn't get lesson 51 graded. Mr. Anders class has lesson 55 and possibly a test tomorrow.
Science - WS 1 and Checkpoint 1 for section 1 of chapter 16

English - WS 9 is due tomorrow

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Monday newsletter 1/4/11 and assignment update

General
I didn't get this done yesterday, because I couldn't remember how to get to my blog sight. I did today.
First of all I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and are having a happy New Year. I had a very good Christmas. I was able to spend some between Christmas and New Years with my family in Missouri. My brothers their wives and my nieces and nephews and their spouses came from Georgia, Nebraska, and Texas to my brother's place in Missouri. I also want to thank all of you for your gifts. Your thoughtfulness is much appreciated. Hopefully you enjoyed tasting the cookies your child made. The extras were enjoyed by MCREST, they also used our uniquely decorated tree for their Christmas tree. We are keeping our tree up till Epiphany. I need to turn in STARBASE information this week. If anyone else could pick up students at 2:00 o'clock, that would be great. Mrs. Hecker can drive in the morning, but can't in the afternoon. We could use on more driver over all if anyone is available.

Work
We are getting back into the grove this week. Friday memory is John 6:51 found on page 53 in the religion book. Monthly Memory for Jan. is the First Petition, the 2 parts of the Second Petition and the first part of the Third Petition. It is due Jan. 31. We are finishing up the Christmas stories this week. The book report topic for Jan. is an animal story book. That is a book where an animal is the main character. The English test we took before Christmas was returned on Monday and you either need to sign it or send in a note. We are working on the rest of the chapter now. We are back into Social Studies doing explorers. Science we are starting chapter 16 on the space unity. It coincides with some of the things we do at STARBASE.

Sports
Don't forget tomorrow is the official day for turning in uniforms for basketball and cheerleading after school. I think next week Tues is the day for soccer and volleyball uniforms if you haven't turned them in yet. So parents your child will be just a few minutes late in getting out of the building tomorrow. There are no 5th and 6th grade sports till spring track.

Other
The 5th grade is involved in a 5-8 spelling bee. The class got the list today. They will have a practice classroom spelling bee on Friday during spelling class. We can have up to 10 people representing the class. It is a volunteer basis or by special encouragement if Mrs. Meseke or I feel your child should really try to participate. The spelling bee is next Tues. Jan. 11 in the gym at 11:30. If your child chooses to participate you are welcome to come and watch. The winner will represent Trinity at a region spelling bee. We are have the Talent Show again this year. Information will be sent home tomorrow (Wed) about auditions. The Talent Show is Feb. 11.
The end of the 2nd quarter is Jan. 14. Re enrollment starts Feb. 1 for next year. Be watching for information, open enrollment is March 1.
That is all for the newsletter

Assignments given today
Math - my math class lesson 51, Mr. Anders' class lesson 54
English - lesson 9, cursive, due Thurs.
Social Studies - we read the first section of Chapter 4 and will do the chart information on Thur.
Memory - John 6:51 on page 53 due Friday

That is all the work for today.

In His Service,
Deanna Hollrah