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Congratulations Frey!

Each year the Governor's Office recognizes schools throughout the state for performance and improvements in academic achievements.  This year it was announced that Frey has been awarded the Bronze Star for academic achievements.  We are very proud and honored to have been named among the top performing schools in the District and the State.

Link to the article in the Marietta Daily Journal:

http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/17277245/article-37-Cobb-County-Schools-recognized-for-achievement--4-for-greatest-gain?instance=home_news_special_coverage

Classroom News

Below you'll find some current academic areas of focus and what we'll be studying in the next few weeks:

Language Arts:
- To be on level by the end of this nine weeks, your child must be reading a text (Level G or higher) independently with expression, comprehension at 95% accuracy
- dictionary skills
- put words in alphabetical order
- use correct capitalization and punctuation 
- vowel digraphs (ex. oo, ai, ee, oa), r-controlled vowels (ex. far, bird), compound words, blends(ex. frog, stop), long and short vowels
- recognize 150 sight words by the end of this nine weeks (sight words on my blog)
- retell main idea and details of fictional text and informational text 
(When your child reads to you or you read to your child, be sure to discuss the characters, setting, events/details in sequence in the book. Encourage your child to retell the book with few, if any, prompts)
- handwriting: printing legibly with correct spacing between words and forming letters correctly
- writing process:
1.) develop beginning, middle, and ending of a story with details throughout, a clear focus of the story, sequence, closure  
2.) revise and edit a draft
3.) use resources to gather information
Math:
- fractions: whole, 1/2, and 1/4
- addition and subtraction facts to 18
- word problems to 18
- key math vocabulary words for addition and subtraction: altogether, combining sets, sum, total,      plus,both, in all, are left/were left, fewer, difference, take away, remaining, how many more
- decompose numbers to 99 (ex. 56= 50+6)
- count coins to $1.00 and bills to $20
- time to the hour and half-hour
Science:
- identify parts of a plant
Social Studies:
- contributions of Harriet Tubman and Theodore Roosevelt
- locate all continents and oceans* Reading: To be

General Information:
- Rachel’s Challenge/Save It Forward Food Drive
Our class has surpassed the 100 can goal by collecting 106 cans! For each donation a student brings in, he/she receives a link to add to our Rachel’s Challenge Chain. Although we have reached our goal, let's continue to collect until January 27th!
- 100th Day of School:
We'll be celebrating our 100th Day of School this Friday! 

Thank you for our January snack! The boys and girls always enjoy choosing from a variety of yummy snacks.

 

 

Report Cards went home today. If you also received a survey to complete, you'll find your report card inside the large envelope. 

Please sign and return the white signature card and return it in the small envelope (unsealed).

Surveys:

• Parents please complete the survey using a number 2 pencil only.  NO PENS!
• Parents should NOT write names on the survey or the envelope.
• Parents should return the surveys in the envelope by February 10^th
•  Parents should NOT seal the envelope
• You may return surveys to the teacher or the front office.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Reminders:
- No School Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- If you haven't already sent in your January snack, please do so next week.

 

 

Reminders

- There will be no chicken biscuits sold tomorrow morning.
- I will be walking the children by lost and found this week. The clothes will be donated over the break.

It was wonderful to see so many parents attend our Holiday Breakfast this morning. Our class had a great time!

Wishing you a fabulous break!! Students return to school on Tuesday, January 10th.

Reminders

* Please have your child wear his/her red 9-11 t-shirt or Red, White, and Blue tomorrow in honor of our visit from Cameron West.

* Please don't forget to send in a wrapped book ($5.00 or less) for our book exchange as well as a treat (candy, toy, pencil, etc) for each child's stocking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lt. Cameron West

Last year, we adopted Lt. Cameron West's platoon and began to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan. Shortly after, Lt. Cameron West was wounded and had to come home; however, Frey continued to send care packages to his platoon in Afghanistan until the end of the school year. On Friday, 12/16/11 Lt. Cameron West will be visiting our school to thank all of the students. We are holding a "Coins for Cameron" drive on this Tuesday and Wednesday. We are planning to present Lt. Cameron West with a check for the Wounded War Foundation on Friday, 12/16th. At 10:00 AM, our students will line the hallways for our "Hero's Welcome Walk of Honor". The students will stand in the hallways, holding the American Flag, as Lt. Cameron takes the "Walk of Honor" at Frey. He will walk down each hallway so that each student will be able to see him and thank him for his service to our Country. Our staff
and students are asked to wear their Lt. Cameron shirt from last year, the Patriotic Frey Shirt, or red, white, and blue on this day. The presentation of the check will be broadcasted from the Media Center to the classrooms and Lt. Cameron will take a moment to speak to the students from this broadcast.

This won't be the first time Lt. Cameron West has walked the halls of Frey. He took his first "Walk of Honor" as a 5th grader in May of 1997, when he graduated from Frey Elementary School. Lt. Cameron West is very special to us because he was a former Frey student. It is an honor to have him come and visit us and we are so proud of this Marine. In addition, each student that sends in a donation on this Tuesday and Wednesday will receive a link to add to our Rachel's Challenge Chain of Kindness.

Thank you so much for your support!

Just a reminder...

 

There will be no school for students or teachers on Friday, December 23rd. Teachers will return to school on Monday, January 9th and students will return to school on Tuesday, January 10th. 

 

Supplies

Dear Parents,
When devising our school supply list for the current year, we tried to be very cautious in asking for supplies.   Each school year all grade levels combine a few supplies to one central storage area.  With the rapid change in weather, we are finding ourselves in need of a few community school supplies.  It would be greatly appreciated if each family could send in some Kleenex, Clorox Wipes, Ziploc Sandwich and Snack size bags.

Thank you!!

Classroom News

Below you'll find some current academic areas of focus and what we'll be studying in the next few weeks:

Language Arts:
- sentence structure and introduction to word parts (nouns, verbs)
- capitalization and punctuation
- blends (ex. frog, stop), digraphs (ex. th, ch, wh, sh), and endings (s, ed, ing)
- dictionary skills
- predicting, characters, setting, and main idea of stories (When your child reads to you or you read to your child, be sure to discuss the characters, setting, events/details in sequence in the book. Encourage your child to retell the book with few, if any, prompts)
- handwriting: printing legibly with correct spacing between words and forming letters correctly
- writing process:
1.) developing beginning, middle, and ending of a story with details throughout and a clear focus of the story  
2.) revising and editing a draft
Math:
- addition and subtraction facts to 12
- word problems to 12
- key math vocabulary words such as altogether, combining sets, sum, total, plus, both, in all, are left/were left, fewer, difference, take away, remaining, how many more
- place value to 99
- math journals
- several different ways to represent numbers to 100
- counting coins to .50 and bills to $20
- geometric shapes
- positional words
Science:
- sound (high/low, loud/soft, emergency sounds)
- light (sources of light, shadows)
Social Studies:
- contributions of Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea
Health: nutritious food and the food pyramid

General Information:
- Rachel’s Challenge/Save It Forward Food Drive
So far we have had a wonderful response to our food collection for needy families here in Cobb County. We will continue to collect boxed and canned food until the 100^th day of school (Jan. 27^th), so please keep those donations coming! For each donation a student brings in, they receive a link to add to our Rachel’s Challenge Chain for their act of kindness. Thank you for your generosity!
Update: Our class has collected 99 cans!!! Although we've almost reached our goal, let's continue to collect until January 27th!
-December 16th: Book due for our class book exchange
-December 20th: Our Holiday Breakfast in our class at 8am. Please join us for the breakfast and stay to do a fun activity with your child!
- December 23-January 9:  Winter Break~  Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
- January 10:  Return to School
- January 13:  Report Cards Go Home

Reminders

- November 14th: Magnet orders are due!
- November 15th: Thanksgiving Feast For Grades K-2- Please send in your pre-payment form and payment. Our class will be eating at tables 9 and 10 from 11:50-12:20. 
- November 16:  Thanksgiving Feast For Grades 3-5
- November 21-25:  Thanksgiving Break - No School

Happy Veteran's Day to all our Veterans!