Presbyterian Day School

Oreo Stacking Voicethread

Kelli Anderson — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:48:53 +0000

History 9/10

Jean Nabers — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:30:46 +0000

TASK	DUE
Correct your Spanish American War/Expansionism tes and have a parent sign it.	9/13

UPCOMING TESTS/QUIZZES/REPORTS	DUE
WWI content and WWI discussion tests are coming	TBA

week of September 6

Laura Dearman — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:29:11 +0000

Wow! We have been very busy this week! We continued focusing on the letter C by sharing the “Cowboy Carl “objects from home. The boys loved playing literacy games and sorting by c or not c pictures. We also listed c words that were not in our bag. The answers were wonderful and the boy’s brains were working hard!

The community helpers theme was a big hit! They loved dressing up! In the classroom, we have been learning about many different types of community helpers, such as doctors and firemen and even enjoyed a Sesame Street video about community helpers. We laced our own doctor kits and placed different medical items inside, and created fire trucks, and dictated what we would do if we were firemen. On Friday, we had special visits from a navy lieutenant, two doctors, and one of our very own workers at PDS. They explained their job responsibilities and how they impact our community! Thanks to all of them for taking the time out of their busy day to talk to our boys!

Have a great weekend! We look forward to seeing you at the Jamboree tomorrow morning! It will be fun!

Reminders:

- PDS Jamboree is this Saturday morning from 9-12

- Thursday, September 16 is Individual Picture Day

- Invitations for Donuts with Dad have been sent home in folders. Please RSVP by

Friday, September 17!

- JK Donuts with Dad is Thursday, September 23

-Parent/Teacher Conferences will be Friday, September 24

Week of September 13th

Traci Stewart — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:23:59 +0000

Letter of the Week B	Math Skill Triangle
Discovery Nursery Rhymes	Character Trait The True Friend

Week of September 6

Tosha Thomas — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:18:53 +0000

Wow! We have been very busy this week! We continued focusing on the letter C by sharing the “Cowboy Carl “objects from home and reading Caps for Sale, Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?, and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The boys enjoyed a cookie themed day, sorting cookie crisps into specific number jars (#’s 0-5), estimating how many cookies they could stack to make an Oreo tower, and making chef hats to go along with our community helper theme. We also reviewed sets and practiced strengthening our fine motor skills by pinning clothespins on numbered cards.

The community helpers theme was a big hit! They loved dressing up! In the classroom, we have been learning about many different types of community helpers, such as chefs, teachers, construction workers, doctors, postmen, florists, veterinarians, etc. We laced our own doctor kits and placed different medical items inside, identified different tools that community helpers use on the SmartBoard, created fire trucks, and made police and chef hats. On Friday, we had special visits from a firefighter, two doctors, and one of our very own workers at PDS. They explained their job responsibilities and how they impact our community! Thanks to all of them for taking the time out of their busy day to talk to our boys!

Have a great weekend! We look forward to seeing you at the Jamboree tomorrow morning! It will be fun!

Reminders:

- PDS Jamboree is this Saturday morning from 9-12

- Thursday, September 16 is Individual Picture Day

- Invitations for Donuts with Dad have been sent home in folders. Please RSVP by

Friday, September 17!

- JK Donuts with Dad is Thursday, September 23

-Parent/Teacher Conferences will be Friday, September 24

A Red Hot Week!

Traci Stewart — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:18:46 +0000

We hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day Holiday. The boys got fired up about using their wood pieces to begin making letters. They all did an A+ job of using their lines to form A’s. Try to form the letter of the week at home with the paper “wood” pieces we sent home. We did many things with apples because of its’ beginning sound. We graphed apples, painted apples, ate apple slices, and even made apple pies on Friday! They were yummy and we would like to thank Jordon’s mom for being our cooking mom and getting our ingredients. We also learned about Anteaters. Ask your son about them. We were introduced to Rudy Rectangle and red was the color of the week. We have looked for this shape and color in many ways. We have used Playdough, books, songs, and our Smartboard for this. Boys tend to be “hands on” learners. During center time we are putting things out that they can manipulate and build with which will strengthen fine motor skills. We will continue to do this throughout the year. We also began our unit on Nursery Rhymes. The one we learned this week is Humpty Dumpty. We will be sending home each Nursery Rhyme craft as the boys finish. You can put them together to make his very own Nursery Rhyme booklet. We hope you enjoy them. We hope to see YOU at the PDS Jamboree on Saturday!

Week of September 12th

Carolyn Perry — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:06:38 +0000

Oscar the Grouch might have had a rotten birthday but we had a great time! Thanks for sending in some wonderful rotten birthday gifts. Next week our letter of the week will be “Gg” as in garden. Our sight words will be “your”, “are”, “were”, and we will continue to work on color words. Please review the sight words regularly with your son. Fall is upon us and we will begin the season by studying apples next week. Our math unit will include patterns all around, oral counting games, writing numbers and matching coins. Handwriting will focus on correct pencil grip, writing on lined paper, writing sight words and reinforcing the letters we have covered “Ll”, “Oo”, and “Gg”.

Mark Your Calendars

Individual student pictures will take place on Thursday September 16^th.

The first Building Boys Making Men luncheon of the year will take place on Tuesday September 21^st.

Parent/Teacher conferences will be Friday September 24^th. This will be a student holiday.

Check our community page for great class pictures!

Don’t forget to bring in BoxTops for Education.

Sight Words

all small

like the

down too

my go

color words

your are

were

Reading 9/10/10

Dee Gibson — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:21:01 +0000

TASK	DUE
Finish reading chapter 3 and write a reflection of 2-3 paragraphs on "What would you do to get ready for the Winter?" put yourself in Brian's place in the wilderness	9/13

UPCOMING TESTS/QUIZZES/REPORTS	DUE

Reading Homework 9/10

Holly Butora — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:18:53 +0000

No homework!
Have a BLAST at the jamboree!!! I'll see you there!!!

5B and 5D software oders are due by Tuesday!!

Spelling Super Star

Shelby Ramsey — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:03:43 +0000

This week we will be learning about consonant digraphs. Consonant digraphs are two letters working together to make a single sound.

Focus: WH and TH

Examples: this, then, thud. when, whip. than, math, path, which, whiz, that, moth, thus, whim, whop

* These 10 words will not necessarily be the words on the test friday!

In addition, we will have 5 sight words on our spelling test. 3 of these words are new and 2 are review from last week. We always provide you with these words so that you can study these at home. Please make sure you are studying these words nightly!

This week's words: what, they, for, any, of

Whats in the News: 9/13-9/17

Shelby Ramsey — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:59:51 +0000

Spelling- consonant digraphs: TH and WH

Reading- All That Corn- Our reading skill for this story is sequencing. Book Clubs have begun!! Your son will attend Book Club every other day.

English- What is a verb?

Social Studies- Why are laws important? What does the city council do?

Math- pennies and nickels, number grid work, straight edge work, and number models

Reminders:
* Individual Picture Day is September 16, 2010.
*Make sure you are on time for your Parent/Teacher Conference next week! They start September 20. If you have forgotten your date and time, please email me at sramsey@pdsmemphis.org.
* September 24, 2010 the boys have a student holiday while we have parent/teacher conferences!

Homework Week of September 13-17

Shelby Ramsey — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:51:40 +0000

Monday- Spelling Homework is due on Tuesday.
Reading Logs this week are due on September 20. Boys must read at least five out of the seven nights for fifteen minutes each night.

Tuesday- Reading Homework is due Wednesday.

Wednesday- No Homework

Thursday- Math Homework

Friday-No Homework

6th - Study Skills 9/10/10

Nina Haley — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:46:57 +0000

TASK	DUE
1. Locker checks were done this past week. Please make sure your locker is in order. All books and notebooks must be standing. No loose papers in your locker. 2. Make sure you are filling in your "master calendar." Use pencil for all activities and red pen for tests, quizzes and projects. 3. If you need help with notes, please see me. I would love to help you.	Now

A Red Hot Week!

Claire Hicks — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:24:21 +0000

We hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day Holiday. The boys got fired up about using their wood pieces to begin making letters. They all did an A+ job of using their lines to form As. Try to form the letter of the week at home with the paper “wood” pieces we sent home. We did many things with apples because of its beginning sound. We graphed apples, painted apples, ate apple slices, and even made apple pies on Friday! They were yummy and we would like to thank Hyde’s mom and Louis’s mom for being our cooking moms and getting our ingredients. We met Rudy Rectangle, and red was the color of the week. We have looked for this shape and color in many ways. We have used Playdough, books, songs, and our Smartboard for this. Boys tend to be “hands on” learners. During center time we are putting things out that they can manipulate and build with, which will strengthen fine motor skills. We will continue to do this throughout the year. We also began our unit on Nursery Rhymes and learned Humpty Dumpty. We will be sending home each Nursery Rhyme craft as the boys finish. You can put them together to make his very own Nursery Rhyme booklet. We hope you enjoy them. We hope to see YOU at the PDS Jamboree on Saturday!

Claire and Sandy

Week of Spetember 13

Claire Hicks — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:22:04 +0000

Letter of the Week B	Math Skill Triangle
Discovery Nursery Rhymes	Character Trait Kindness -The True Friend

Week of September 13

Teresa Scott — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:55:43 +0000

Letter of the Week B	Math Skill Triangle
Discovery Nursery Rhymes	Character Trait Making New Friends

A Red Hot Week

Teresa Scott — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:53:15 +0000

We did many things with apples because of apple beginning with the letter A. We graphed apples, painted apples, ate apple slices, counted apple seeds, and even made apple pies on Thursday! They were yummy and we would like to thank Samuel’s mom for being our cooking mom and getting our ingredients.

We were introduced to Rudy Rectangle and red was the color of the week. We used play dough, books, songs, and our SMART Board to explore the rectangle and the color red. We searched our room for things that were rectangles or red.

Boys tend to be “hands on” learners. During center time we are putting things out that they can manipulate and build with which will strengthen fine motor skills. We will continue to do this throughout the year.

We also began our unit on Nursery Rhymes. We learned Humpty Dumpty this week. We will be sending home each Nursery Rhyme craft as the boys finish. You can put them together to make his very own Nursery Rhyme booklet. We hope you enjoy them.

We hope to see YOU at the PDS Jamboree on Saturday!

Teresa and Merideth

The week of September 143

Teresa Scott — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:51:12 +0000

Letter of the Week B	Math Skill Triangel
Discovery Nursery Rhymes	Character Trait Making New Friends

Lunch Menu Week of September 13-17

Rachel Berry — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:46:24 +0000

Monday

Cheese Ravioli, Bosco Sticks, Baked Apples

Tuesday

Chick Fil A

Wednesday

Popcorn Shrimp, Wild Rice, Green Beans

Thursday

Pot Roase, Carrots, Lima Beans, Roll

Friday

Hot Dogs, Chips, Pickle

History 9/9

Jean Nabers — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:00:04 +0000

TASK	DUE
Your discussion answer will be written in class tomorrow. You will not have any material to rely on except what you have gained from your research and pre-writing. Don't forget the required questions that must be addressed in your answer. Required questions - Why was there a need for a canal? How did the U.S. gain the strip of land for the canal (revolt against Colombia)? What hardships were encountered during the building? How long did it take to complete the canal? When did it open? What is happening in the Panana Canal Zone today (expansion project)? One page minimun for this answer. Look for rich details. The grading rubic is in my documents on my teacher page.

TASK

DUE

Your discussion answer will be written in class tomorrow. You will not have any material to rely on except what you have gained from your research and pre-writing. Don't forget the required questions that must be addressed in your answer.
Required questions - Why was there a need for a canal? How did the U.S. gain the strip of land for the canal (revolt against Colombia)? What hardships were encountered during the building? How long did it take to complete the canal? When did it open? What is happening in the Panana Canal Zone today (expansion project)? One page minimun for this answer. Look for rich details. The grading rubic is in my documents on my teacher page.

UPCOMING TESTS/QUIZZES/REPORTS	DUE
Discussion Test - Discuss the building of the Panama Canal	9/10

Presbyterian Day School

Oreo Stacking Voicethread

History 9/10

week of September 6

Week of September 13th

Letter of the Week

Math Skill

Discovery

Character Trait

Week of September 6

A Red Hot Week!

Week of September 12th

Reading 9/10/10

Reading Homework 9/10

Spelling Super Star

Whats in the News: 9/13-9/17

Homework Week of September 13-17

6th - Study Skills 9/10/10

A Red Hot Week!

Week of Spetember 13

Letter of the Week

Math Skill

Discovery

Character Trait

Week of September 13

Letter of the Week

Math Skill

Discovery

Character Trait

A Red Hot Week

The week of September 143

Letter of the Week

Math Skill

Discovery

Character Trait

Lunch Menu Week of September 13-17

History 9/9