Things you need to turn in and know:

PARENTS…

Things you need to turn in this week and next week:

·        DUE Friday, Dec. 12- Money if you or your child will be eating Christmas Dinner on Tues. Dec 16

·        DUE Wednesday, Dec. 17 OR BEFORE- Christmas present to swap at school. Boys bring boy gift, girls bring girl gift. Each child will pick a number.

$10-15 price range.

Things you need to know this week and next week:

·        Polar Express Day- Wed, Dec. 10-  Cookies, Milk, & Santa. Activities. Students are allowed to wear pajamas all day and bring a stuffed animal. =)

 

·        PTO Christmas Store-  Thurs, Dec 11 7:15am-2pm AND Fri, Dec 12 7:15am-1pm. Students can bring money to shop.

·        Christmas Dinner- Tues, Dec. 16 during our lunch. Parents are invited.

 

·        PTO Meeting- Tues, Dec 16 6pm

 

·        2^nd Grade Christmas Party- Wed, Dec 17

 

·        2^nd-3^rd Grade Christmas Play- Thurs, Dec 18 10am

 

·        Reception Tea for Mrs. Tommie Lynn- Thurs, Dec 18 4:30-6pm

 

·        Early Dismissals- Thurs, Dec 18 at 12 AND Fri, Dec 19 at 12

 

·        Christmas Holidays-  Dec. 20- Jan. 4

Thank you for being so patient, understanding, and flexible during the last few weeks and weeks to come. The holidays can be very chaotic both at school and home. I know we all look forward to January where we can have more of a set schedule (AND breathe a little).

Your grateful teacher,

Mrs. Ashley Rogers

TESTS (and assignments): week 12/08 – 12/12

TESTS (and assignments):      week  12/08 – 12/12

Spelling & Dictation Sentences –Tests 12/11 & 12/12

·         Unit 3 Week 4– (20 words)

·         Dictation Sentences on Friday.

Language –Quiz 12/12.

·         The Verb Have

Reading/ Vocab Selection Test – 12/12

·         Unit 3 Week 4

·         Wild Weather

Math- Test 13- 12/11

·         Calendar time, twelve subtraction family, temperature reference points.

Science- No Test this week

·         Review Chapters 1-6

****Please remember to sign & send back these things on MONDAY:

1.    Signed Tests Folder

2.    Behavior Chart

UPDATES Dec 2- Jan 9

Patriot Marketplace:

It will be December 4 and 5 from 7:30am-6pm each day. 2^nd grade is responsible for bringing gift cards (any price, but please specify on the card) for the gift basket as part of the silent auction. Please send them by TOMORROW December 3. THANK YOU!

 

Polar Express Day- Dec. 10 (Wed)

Cookies, Milk, & Santa. Students are allowed to wear pajamas all day. =)

 

PTO Christmas Store

Thurs, Dec 11 7:15am-2pm

Fri, Dec 12 7:15am-1pm

 

PTO Meeting

Tues, Dec 16 6pm

 

2^nd Grade Christmas Party

Wed, Dec 17

 

2^nd-3^rd Grade Christmas Play

Thurs, Dec 18 10am

 

Reception Tea for Mrs. Tommie Lynn

Thurs, Dec 18 4:30-6pm

 

Early Dismissals

Thurs, Dec 18 at 12

Fri, Dec 19 at 12

 

Christmas Holidays

Dec. 20- Jan. 4

 

Elementary Honors Assembly

Fri, Jan 9 8:30am

This will be a regular school day afterwards.

TESTS (and assignments): week 12/01 – 12/05

TESTS (and assignments):      week  12/01 – 12/05

Spelling & Dictation Sentences –Tests 12/04 & 12/05

·         Unit 3 Week 3– (20 words)

·         Dictation Sentences on Friday.

Language –Quiz 12/05.

·         Present-Tense Verbs

·         Commas in a Series

Reading/ Vocab Selection Test – 12/05

·         Unit 3 Week 3

Math- Test 12- 12/04

·         Telling time to five minutes, carrying to the thousands’ place, twelve addition family, addition and subtraction with 3 numbers, carrying to tens, hundreds, and thousands.

Science- Test 12/04

·         Chapter 6- Earth’s Resources

****Please remember to sign & send back these things on MONDAY:

1.    Signed Tests Folder

2.    Behavior Chart

TESTS (and assignments): week 11/17 – 11/21

TESTS (and assignments):      week  11/17 – 11/21

Spelling & Dictation Sentences –Tests 11/19 & 11/20

·         Unit 3 Week 2– (20 words)

·         Dictation Sentences on Thursday.

Language –Quiz 11/20.

·         Present-Tense Verbs

·         Commas in a Series

Reading/ Vocab Selection Test – 11/21

·         Unit 3 Week 2

Math –NO TEST THIS WEEK

·         We may try to do a few pages, but I don’t feel comfortable giving a test with the short week we have.

Science- No Test This Week

·         Chapter 6- Earth’s Resources

History- Projects & Presentation

·         We will be doing presentations all week on our timelines.

·         11/17 Monday- Dalton, Gracie, Allyn, Addison, Wilson

·         11/19 Wednesday- Rhodes, Daniel, Coy, Mary Margaret, Cooper

·         11/20 Thursday- Luke, Mary Taylor, Reagan

****Please remember to sign & send back these things on FRIDAY:

1.    Signed Tests Folder

2.    Behavior Chart

Updates

Parents,

Shakespeare Festival (Tuesday):

Tomorrow we go on our fieldtrip. Attire will be different from the other fieldtrips we will go on. Please make sure they are dressed nicely. NO T-SHIRTS, JEANS or SWEATPANTS. We will meet in our classroom at 8:15 and depart from here soon after.

Thursday’s lunch:

Students’ only options are to 1) order the Thanksgiving Meal or 2) bring their own lunch. Please send back the sheet TOMORROW if they need to order food on Thursday.

Friday:

School will dismiss at noon. No lunch will be served.

Patriot Marketplace:

It will be December 4 and 5 from 7:30am-6pm each day. 2^nd grade is responsible for bringing gift cards (any price, but please specify on the card) for the gift basket as part of the silent auction. Please send them by December 1. THANK YOU!

Timeline Project-- DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

**I made a mistake. Students who were scheduled to present on Tuesday will present on Monday due to our fieldtrip. =)

Timeline Project-- DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17.

Things you need:

1.       Big Poster Board in any color or white- Regular size (Not small)

2.       Timeline

3.       Pictures

4.       Anything else you would like! HAVE FUN WITH IT!

What to put on the timeline:

                You will be making a timeline of your life from birth to right now. You can put as many events as you would like, BUT at least 5. Feel free to use colors, markers, glue, scrapbook paper, stickers… ANYTHING!

The grading Rubric:

20 points for turning it in on time (MONDAY)

20 points for presentation

20 points for neatness

20 points for at least 5 events

20 points for pictures

Presentations:

·         MONDAY-Dalton, Gracie, Allyn, Addison.

·         WEDNESDAY-Rhodes, Daniel, Coy, Mary Margaret, Cooper.

·         THURSDAY- Wilson, Luke, Mary, Taylor, Reagan.

After all presentations, we will display these on the wall for everyone to admire! =)

Examples:

 

Updates and new info!

Parents,

·       Administration has changed the grading policy for grades 1-3. Test/Quizes will count 60% of the grade and Daily/Homework will count 40% of the grade for each subject.

·       Booster badges will be sold at the pep rally tomorrow night. They are $5.00. If they have any left over, they will be sold to students for $2.00 on Friday.

·       If your child is going to the parade, he/she needs to be here by 5:45pm in their Halloween costume. The parade begins at 6:00pm. We will be decorating the float after school tomorrow.

·       PLAS is in the playoffs!! We will be playing Bessemer next Friday, November 7. School will be dismissed at 1:30pm!!!!! Tickets will be available tomorrow in the office. Adult tickets are $7.00 and student tickets are $5.00. You must get your tickets in advance.

Thank you!

-Mrs. Rogers

Important Info for the week... I may add to this daily as I get info.

1. The homecoming pep rally has an admission fee of $1. If a child is under school age, he/she will be admitted free of charge. The homecoming theme is Halloween, so some of what you see during the performance may be scary looking to some young children. (Ex. Spooky music, loud noises, creepy masks) Young children may want to be accompanied by an adult.
2. Pike Lib will host a Spirit Day on Friday morning at Hardee's. PLAS will receive 20% of all pre-tax purchases made at Hardee's between 4am and 11pm (ALL DAY)! WOW! Please cut out and submit one of the attached spirit day cards to the cashier when ordering at Hardee's either through the drive-thru or inside the restaurant. The cashier will need to stable the card to your receipt and retain it so that the sales can be totaled at the end of the day. It is an easy way to help PLAS earn money for classroom resources we desperately need. Please give the other cards to friends and family to use on Friday. Contact the school if you need more! Thank you & GO PIKE!

TESTS (and assignments): week 10/27 – 10/31

TESTS (and assignments):      week  10/27 – 10/31

Spelling & Dictation Sentences –Tests 10/29 & 10/30

·         Unit 2 Week 5 – (20 words + Bonus: Halloween)

·         Dictation Sentences on Thursday.

Language –Quiz 10/30.

·         Possessive Nouns

·         Mechanics: Apostrophes

Reading -Test 10/30

·         Poems: “Beetles” & “The Little Turtle”

***Reading/Vocab Combined Test

Math -Test 10/30

·         Lessons 49-52, Test #9= Lesson 52

·         New Concepts:

Combining coins, ten subtraction family, combining quarters with other coins, combining half dollars with other coins.

Science- No Test this week

·         Chapter 5- Land & Water

History- No Test

·         Timelines & Calendars

·         We will be starting a project. More info to come next week when we aren’t so busy.

****Please remember to sign & send back these things on Monday:

1.      Signed Tests Folder

2.      Behavior Chart

Parent party list AND Halloween Party info

Parent’s to send or make food for our classroom parties:

Halloween: (Wednesday, October 29)

Reagan                 Rhodes                 Gracie                   Cooper

 Christmas:

Coy                        Luke                      Addison               Dalton                   Mary Margaret

Valentine’s Day:

Allyn                      Wilson                  Daniel                   Mary Taylor

**ANYONE who would like to send food to parties other than the one they are scheduled for may also do so. THANK YOU!

_______________________________________________________________________________

Our Halloween party will be Wednesday, October 29. Please send food if you can. Each child may bring a soda or drink of their choice.

Homecoming week:

HOMECOMING:

Our theme is "Nightmare on Kervin Drive" as we play the Ashford Academy Falcons.

Dress Up Days:

Monday-------- Tacky Tourist Day

Tuesday--------Decade Day  (60's)

Wednesday---- Halloween Costume

Thursday------- Homecoming T-shirt    (And Halloween costumes that night for the parade)

Friday---------- Red/White/Blue

 Parade/Pep Rally:

• Thursday, October 30
• 2nd grade's float for the parade will be a Trick-or-Treat theme. "Let's trick the falcons out of their treats!".... We have a float and hay bales big enough for both 2nd grade classes BUT we need help with decorations. Parents are not allowed to help decorate BUT they may donate materials. Students are going to be responsible for putting all decorations on as we will be judged on it. PLEASE SEND ANYTHING you think will look good on it. We are not picky. =)
• Students must be lined up with the float by 5:45pm.
• The parade will begin at 6:00pm and will circle around from the front of the school and end behind the lunchroom. All parents will need to be parked by 5:45 as roads will be closed. We must leave one lane of roads for emergency traffic.
• The Sports Boosters will sell concessions so that families may eat in the lunchroom and attend the blackout pep rally which will begin at 7:00pm.
• The Athletic Boosters will sell 1 BBQ sandwich, bag of chips, and canned drink for $5.00... 2 BBQ sandwiches, a bag of chips, and a canned drink for $7.00. The sandwiches will be made from Boston Butts. MEALS MUST BE PRE-ORDERED on a form that will be turned in with money by Wednesday, October 29, and then tickets will be issued. You will eat in the lunchroom immediately following parade.

Homecoming Friday, October 31:

·         Pep Rally--- 11:15am

·         Students dismissed early from school---- 12:00

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week at PLAS is this week.
The theme for each day is:

 Monday, October 20 - I'm Too Bright for Drugs! (wear neon or bright colored clothing)

Tuesday, October 21 - Red Ribbon Day (wear red...ribbons will be provided)

Wednesday, October 22 - Sock it to Drugs! (wear red, crazy, or mismatched socks)

Thursday, October 23 - Happy, Happy, Happy to be Drug Free! (wear camouflage) NO HATS!

Friday, October 24 - "Team Up" Against Drugs! (show your patriot pride...wear a PLAS shirt)

We will have an assembly on Tuesday, October 21, in the cafetorium.  The assembly for 2nd grade will begin at 9:00 a.m..

1st Semester coming to an end, Fall Break, & Honors Assembly

Next week is Fall Break! =)

We will have an Honors Assembly for the 1st 9 weeks of school on Friday, October, 17. Please join us in the cafetorium at 8:30am. Grades 1st-6th grades will be in attendance.

I also would like to announce that EVERY student in my class is on the All A Honor Roll for the 1st 9 weeks!! I am SO proud of my students!

With that being said, I am sure your students will have to work even harder during the 2nd 9 weeks of school to keep that all A average. Please continue to help them study and encourage them to do well in school. Hard work will pay off in the end!

Donations for DeMario Harris

Parents,
    We are asking that each child donate at least $1 to the Harris family. This is going to help with the funeral cost. DeMario was a student and football player at Charles Henderson High School. Your child can bring the donation to me or you can turn it into the office. Thanks so much for your help and support.

Dr. Barron from Troy Animal Clinic came to visit.

Dr. Barron taught us about pet safety and answered questions about being a veterinarian. We are so happy he took time out of his busy schedule to share this with us. We had a GREAT time!! He sent us home with all kinds of neat things including: a stethoscope that we used to listen to "Little Man's" heart, a Frisbee, a comic book, animal tattoos, and other goodies. =)

I hope you enjoy the pictures!