Weekly Update - January 24th

Happy Thursday from a quiet and peaceful classroom... 
Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 14. In lesson 14 we will review main idea and details, summarizing, and proper nouns. We will introduce using the suffix -ly. Our spelling focus will be on vowel digraphs for long /o/. There is a phonics dance/chant that accompanies each of these - be sure to ask your child to do them for you at home! We finished The Minpins by Roald Dahl and have started on The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me.       

Math: We will continue spiraling through Saxon working on adding 2 digit numbers using dimes and pennies. We will take our assessment over the last five lessons on Thursday, January 31st.            

Social Studies: We will begin our next social studies unit on economics, focusing specifically on wants/needs. This week students will differentiate between jobs and volunteering, learn about our 5 basic needs, and cut out magazines to create a double-bubble diagram of wants/needs.   

Friend of the Week: AJ Feimster

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
• Report cards go home Friday, February 1st
• Casual Day (Jeans are $1) and Ice Cream Friday this week!

• $5 Fee is due to Mrs. Lamm for her Creative Dramatics class starting on Tuesday, January 29th. If you have any questions you can contact her at lammd@ciscomets.com

Notes from the Principal: 

Parent Wiki: www.cisparentnotes.wikispaces.com

Weekly Update - January 18th

Happy Cold and Icy Friday...Looking forward to the sunshine this weekend!

Next week is an extremely short week due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day and two teacher work days.

Monday - No School (in observance of MLK Jr. Day!) 

Tuesday - At 9:00 we will have a guest speaker come in and talk to us about Germany. He plays in an Oompah Band! We are excited to hear about him and his music along with learning more about our sister country! After our guest speaker, we will work on our end of the quarter repeated tasks, set new goals, complete our self-report cards, fill out new job applications, and talk about recycling to get ready for our field trip on Wednesday. 

Wednesday - Field Trip to Frank Liske Park! Students should wear P.E. uniforms since we will be active and pack a ZERO-WASTE lunch. We will be picking up trash in the park, sorting it into recycling/compost/trash piles, and discussing ways to reduce our carbon footprint - focusing on the 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). After lunch students will be able to decorate Food Lion paper grocery bags with slogans and logos to encourage shoppers to be environmentally aware. On our way back to school we will drop the paper grocery bags off at the Food Lion on 49 - stop in after Wednesday afternoon and ask for paper bags! When we arrive back at school students will journal about their day and how they made a difference by completing one of our four core values: service. We will be sharing our experiences at the February Board of Director's meeting. 

Thursday - No School (Teacher Work Day)

Friday - No School (Professional Development Day for Teachers)

Friend of the Week: No One This Week

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. uniforms should be worn both Tuesday and Wednesday!  
• $5 Fee is due to Mrs. Lamm for her Creative Dramatics class starting on Tuesday, January 29th. If you have any questions you can contact her at lammd@ciscomets.com

Notes from the Principal: 

Parent Wiki: www.cisparentnotes.wikispaces.com

Weekly Update - January 11th

Happy Friday!! 

Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 13. In lesson 13 we will review Author's Purpose. We will introduce using a dictionary and quotation marks. Our spelling focus will be on vowel digraphs /ee/ and /ea/. There is a phonics dance/chant that accompanies each of these - be sure to ask your child to do them for you at home! We finished The BFG by Roald Dahl and have started on The Minpins.       

Math: We will continue spiraling through Saxon working on problem solving; counting dimes, nickels, and pennies; identifying lines of symmetry and creating symmetrical shapes; and adding 2 digit numbers using dimes and pennies.              

Science: We will wrap up our unit on sound! We will watch a Bill Nye video on sound, play a jeopardy review game, have students present their tic-tac-toe projects, and have our Sound Assessment on Friday. Students will learn how to make a guitar and actually create their own! Sound Tic-Tac-Toe projects are due Wednesday, January 16th. There is a copy of the project linked to the documents tab. 

Friend of the Week: Lia Fajtek

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Tuesday/Thursday!
• Sound Projects are due January 16th  
• Service Project Field Trip January 23rd 
• No School 1/21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), 1/24 (Teacher Work Day), 1/25 (Teacher Professional Development Day)

Notes from the Principal: 

Parent Wiki: www.cisparentnotes.wikispaces.com

A Letter From Mrs. Lamm:
CIS Parents,

As the end of the second quarter approaches, we wanted to make you aware of some upcoming changes. On Monday, January 28^th, your child’s class will transition to a new Essential class, Creative Dramatics. I am excited to be able to work with your children in this new adventure! We will be combining music, drama, puppetry, and masks to create a brand new, creative form of theatrical art! It will be so much fun to teach, and fun for the students! We need your help, however. This class will have a $5.00 student fee, which will be used to purchase needed supplies and materials. Please be sure to send this with your child, to be turned in to Mrs. Lamm. In addition, there are a few miscellaneous supplies which you may be able to help us with, as listed below:

Empty toilet paper rolls

Empty small plastic containers with lids (such as margarine tubs, etc.)

Old, used hardback children’s books – small to medium size – it does not matter what condition (they could even be colored in!)

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have! I look forward to working with your child!

Mrs. Debbie Lamm

Music and theater arts teacher

lammd@ciscomets.com

Carolina International School

Weekly Update - January 4th

Happy Friday!! I can't believe it's already 2013!!

It is SO good to see all of your children's smiling faces!

Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will start back up with Journeys on Lesson 12. In lesson 12 we will review story structure stew, THICK questions, and different kinds of sentences. We will introduce figurative language, focusing specifically on idioms. Our spelling focus will be on vowel digraphs /ai/ and /ay/. There is a phonics dance/chant that accompanies each of these - be sure to ask your child to do them for you at home! We will continue reading The BFG by Roald Dahl that ties right into our unit on sound.      

Math: We will continue spiraling through Saxon working on writing the date using digits, bar graphs, Venn diagrams, and ordering 2 digit numbers. Our next assessment will be Thursday.            

Science: We will continue our unit on sound! We will do a "Rockin' Rice" experiment, read Moses goes to the Orchestra, do a water glass experiment, and learn how to make a guitar! Your child should be working on his/her Sound Tic-Tac-Toe project. Projects are due January 16th. There is a copy of the project linked to the documents tab. 

Friend of the Week: Paris Edwards

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0


Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Monday, Wednesday, Friday! (A complete schedule for A/B days can be found in the student/parent handbook on page 9)
• Look for field trip permission slips to come home next week. We will be doing our service project on January 23rd! 
• Sound Projects are due January 16th 
• No School 1/21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), 1/24 (Teacher Work Day), 1/25 (Teacher Professional Development Day)

Notes from the Principal: 

Parent Wiki: www.cisparentnotes.wikispaces.com