Mon. Feb. 27th - Fri. Mar. 2nd

Scenes from Science Go Round last Friday...what an incredible day of learning! 

Mon. Feb. 20th - Fri. Feb. 24th

Check out the artwork from our class currently on display in Ms. Taylor's office.

More News....


Science Go Round - Friday!!!
Math-geometry unit begins-lots of important vocabulary to learn with this new unit
Spelling-none.... due to short week
Reading-intro to tall tales and myths in preparation for our author visit from Tom Birdseye next week
Science- continue reading about food chains/webs, group biome projects introduced
Social Studies-partner projects on 13 colonies

Fundraiser Night at Pronto Pasta!

to benefit

The Joyner PTA

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

What:     Visit with your fellow Joyner Friends & Teachers over a delicious dinner to

                 help raise money for our PTA!

When:   Tuesday, February 28 from 4:00 - 9:00

Where:  Pronto Pasta 
                 (across from Costco in the Kroger/Staples shopping center)

                 404 E Six Forks Rd.
                 832-4404
                 www.prontopasta.com
                 www.facebook.com/prontopasta

How:       Simply tell the Pronto Pasta cashier that you are with Joyner when you

                 order. ALL sales qualify, including dine-in, take-out and catering! For

                 take out, call 832-4404, for catering call Jen at 602-2432 (catering

                 requires 24 hours notice - free delivery on orders of $125 or more).

Tues. Feb.14th

I love Valentines and celebrating with your wonderful children made my day. I saw so many examples of thoughtfulness today that warmed my heart. Thanks so much for all who contributed to our valentine celebration. Special thanks to Ms. Bond for organizing us. 

"A picture paints a thousand words..."

                          

Mon . Feb.13th - Fri. Feb. 17th

Monday:  Language Arts:Begin discussion on mood/tone in literature.
Spelling: Consonant Clusters at the beginning of words. Look for homework packet due Friday.

                         scr, spr, str, sch, thr      

Tuesday:  Bring your valentines. We will celebrate the gift of  friendship before recess.

Wednesday: Math test on graphing and data analysis.

                                          
Thursday: Pre-assessment for new math unit:geometry

Friday: Early Release Day at 12:30.
            Spelling test

Science Unit: Ecosystems-focusing this week on food chains and food webs
Social Studies Unit: 13 Colonies-focusing this week on the New England Colonies

Teacher workdays Mon. Feb.20th and Tues. Feb.21st. No school for students. :)

We all enjoyed an awesome performance last Thursday by the Bright Star Touring Co. who inspired us with their presentation of : A Struggle for Freedom.

Feb. 6th-Feb.10th

This Week.......

Math- Data Analysis and Graphing-currently working on Stem and Leaf Plots 

Test next Wed Feb. 15th for all math classes

Language Arts- Point of View

Current Book Clubs: Island of the Blue Dolphins,The Watson's Go to Birmingham, The Road to Paris

  

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Social Studies-Colonial Times

We began a webquest during our technology time Tues.  It is due on Friday of this week. Students can use computers to work on this assignment before and after school.

                       

Science-Ecosystems -this week we are learning about habitats and the environment.

 Bring valentines on Tuesday Feb. 14th. (A list of classmates was handed out last Friday for homemade or store bought valentines.)

Tomorrow we are excited to have Bright Star Touring Theatre come to Joyner.  They will present  Struggle for Freedom  to 3rd, 4th and 5th grades at 10:15.

Conference Sign Up

Parents,

I have had several recent requests for conferences.  In an effort to make it easy for all and save paper I am sharing a link that you can follow to sign up for a convenient time.  I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child's progress.  Please click here.

Jan. 30th-Feb. 3rd

Hello! I was so proud of our classroom spellers who both did well at last weeks school wide spelling bee. Many thanks to classmates for coming out to support them! 

                                                  
We celebrated the end of the second quarter last Friday with an assembly that included the Sanderson High School Cheerleaders, a wonderful group of young women, who along with their coach, Joyner's own Ms. Sherrow, helped our students focus on the importance of putting forth their best effort as they move into the second semester!

                                                          
February is HERE!  Theme continues to be our focus in Language Arts.  Students are practicing discerning textual themes through class read alouds on the lives of Jackie Robinson, Sojourner Truth, and Anne Frank.  They are also applying what they have learned when reading individual texts.  After reading,students work to encapsulate in one word the message the author is trying to convey.  They then add words to come up with a sentence or phrase that can be universally applied as a theme.

                                                                 
Math finds us talking about mean, median, mode and range.  Easy to get confused with all those M's. Practicing the definitions will increase student confidence. Definitions are being added to math journals this week. Remember Mean "means" average.  Median-Middle and Mode-Most as helpful clues.

We are discussing biomes in science and have already covered the tundra, the desert, and the taiga or coniferous forest. By week's end we will have looked at the decidous forest, the tropical forest and fresh/salt water biomes. Students are taking notes in class and watching videos to help them learn about the different biomes.  They are currently working on a compare contrast pargraph examining similarities/differences between the desert and turndra biomes.

I will send a class list home on Friday for students to use when preparing valentines for classmates. Valentines can be purchased or homemade. We will share and enjoy our valentines on Tues. Feb. 14th before recess.