Friday Flyer 12.20

Happy Holidays everyone!  Don't lose momentum over our Winter Break - check out the fun activities that you can complete to start off the new year with extra credit!  Have fun and READ ON!!

Also please send in your parent communication survey with your child! :)

 I look forward to seeing you at Open House on Thursday January 2nd from 3-7 PM

Friday Flyer 12.13

Happy Winter Weather Week!  I hope everyone has stayed warm in these chilly temps!  

Your kids are heating up their reading skills with great things to share with you.  

Check out this week's strategy to boost comprehension with fun fluency challenges.  

Don't forget sign and return the parent slip on this week's flyer - it is a homework grade for your child! 

Friday Flyer 12.6 "Responsibility"

One more note...

SOL Testing begins on Tuesday 12/10-13 for Semester Long SOL courses.  

Year long courses will test in May.  

Woo Hoo Wednesday: Let's Read!

Listen to Aja, Malik, and Travis speak about a fun way to boost your skills this holiday season!

Doesn't this sound like fun!  Don't be afraid to wrap up any kind of reading - it doesn't have to be a story book.  Magazine articles, Newspaper clippings, cereal boxes. Make it an adventure to "read around you"!  Share your faves in a comment below!

NOTE: We will be doing a class book exchange.  Find a book you have already read and are willing to pass on.  Wrap it up and bring it in by Friday December 20th to participate!  WOO HOO!

LCHS says thanks!

Parents, families and friends,

In place of our usual Woo Hoo Wednesday video I invite you to watch this heartwarming video clip created by your children. We are studying author's purpose and the power of word choice as it leads to reader's inferencing. Their task was to complete the sentence "LCHS says thanks (for)..." With only ONE WORD or short phrase. You would be surprised how challenging this is! They then had to think of an appropriate backdrop for their word card to create this video.  Check out their creativity - and grab a tissue. I can't get past slide four!

Click on this link to view :)

LCHS SAYS THANKS...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Downey's Learning CAFE

WOO HOO Another Comment

Happy Early Wednesday!

Check out the comment below sent by Mr. Morgan via our contact box!  Woo Hoo! Thank you Mr. Morgan!!

I enjoy the learning cafe.

Regards,

Mr. Morgan

Friday Flyer 11.22

Happy Friday Parents!

Here are the live links to the documents mentioned above:

GIST worksheet:  http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson290/Template.pdf

Teen Tribune:  http://tweentribune.com/teen

Woo Hoo Aja! Happy Birthday!

I am so excited to celebrate our student producer this week!
Happy Birthday Aja!!

P.S. It it college t-shirt day.  Go East Carolina Pirates!!

 I have a MaEd in Instructional Technology from this fantastic University! 

Woo Hoo!

Check out the strategy Aja would like to share this week.

 Stop second guessing yourself on tests and quizzes.
Try out this answer and match strategy!

    

Friday Flyer 11.15

Happy Friday!

"Read On" LCHS!  Check out the graphic about the benefits of reading at home!  Amazing the effect of 20 minutes a night.

Also ask you child about our assembly with Senator Tom Garrett!  He informed us all about the seriousness of  social networking behaviors and how comments and pictures are posted forever!

Woo Hoo Veterans!

This Woo Hoo Wednesday we would like to give a Woo Hoo to all of the Veterans out there!

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Acorn Squash!  Some of our Second Block students sampled brown sugar coated Acorn Squash today after we compared the inside to pumpkins we investigated.  Only two brave souls would try it so they earned an extra credit point! :)  

 

Red printed copies of the Friday Flyer are coming home in student folders.  Click below to read online  (note this is an image copy so it might be difficult to read - I wanted to give it a try :)

Don't forget to click on the "Comments" link below to leave our class a message :)

WOO HOO Comment

Woo Hoo we got our first comment via the Contact Form!!

Check it out kiddos!  Thank you Ms. Fuller!

Wonderful work students. Continue to rise to the top!!

Regards,Brenda Fuller

WooHoo Wednesday -Election Results!

 Students did a GREAT JOB researching the candidates running for Governor of Virginia.  Many students changed the position they originally had from the commercials on TV after reading the facts.

Today we visited www.politico.com/2013-election/results/governor/virginia to look at results maps by county. Reading maps and evaluating data is an essential skill for students today. Pull up the map and look at it as a family.

Woo Hoo!! Great Job everyone!!

Pumpkin Week Pics!

Thank you for your donations of pumpkins for our week long learning extravaganza! 
Check out the pictures!

First we completed a Scientific Investigation measuring the Mass and Circumference, then used those numbers in formulas to calculate the approximate volume and density of a pumpkin to answer: 
 Is the density of a pumpkin relative to its size? 

After collecting our data and analyzing it we determined that the difference in density between our largest pumpkin and our smallest pumpkin was minimal so our answer is...

"NO density does not change with size"

Then we realized we had MORE questions so we completed another Scientific Investigation: Does the size of a pumpkin affect the number of seeds, thickness of shell or amount of gook inside?"

Ask you child what we discovered from our measurements and additional observations about the density of the gook and the size of the pumpkin seeds!  Our classroom is quite stinky right now!

Finally we placed our Solar System (painted pumpkins) outside of our Learning Pod N

The signs which include information about each planet are placed to scale but the pumpkins were just to big so they are spaced further apart.  

Stop by Pod N next time you are on campus (don't forget to sign-in in Pod Q first) to check out our display! Or...you can post a comment here for us! 

Happy Harvest Everyone!!

Techy Teacher Mom

Hello Parents!

Welcome to our new site where parents and students stay connected in a digital world! As a TechyTeacherMom I realize how hard it is to keep up with everything that is going on in life! So I'm merging my love of technology with my love of teaching with my love of being a mom!

This blog will feature important classroom dates and project information in "mom/dad friendly" language. Yes - the facts - not the teenage edition!   Additionally, Each Wednesday I will post the students' WOO HOO Wednesday celebration video.  It will no longer be mailed out so be sure subscribe to our blog so you don't miss an episode!  Our Friday Flyer Newsletter will be posted here as well,  posts on this page will elaborate on the great learning experiences and skill developments happening in our classroom.

We invite you to offer friendly feedback in a comment or just join us in a celebration.  Your students love the support!

Yours in education,

Mrs. Downey