No homework tonight! Watch out for the thunderstorms! Yikes! Holiday party tomorrow!!

Tuesday

No homework tonight! Enjoy the evening! :) Reminder...the Christmas party is this Thursday!!

See you tomorrow!!

~Miss Held

Monday

Hello everyone! It's getting closer!! :)

Homework tonight--
-Reading: Read something of your choice...
-Math: Study for test tomorrow/ 2 pages (1 page HAVE to do, the other is for fun)
-Social Studies: Study for test this week

Have a wonderful evening!

~Miss Held

Thursday

Hello everyone! What a dreary day! Homework is as follows:
-Reading: Read Story
-Language: Language WS
-Math: Packet and study for test on Monday
-Science: Study for test tomorrow (FRIDAY)

Have a wonderful evening!!!

~Miss Held

Wednesday

Hello! Homework tonight is to study for spelling test and read the story. Have a great night!

Miss Held

Tuesday

Hello everyone!

Homework:
-Reading: Read Story
-Language: Adjectives WS
-Spelling: ABC Order
-Math: 2 pages

Have a great night!!

~Miss Held

Monday

Hello everyone! Hope you had a great day!

Homework:
-Reading: Read Story
-Language: Adjectives WS
-Spelling: 2 times each
-Math: 2 pages

Have a nice night! :)

~Miss Held

Sunny Thursday!

Hello all! Reminders---Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the gingerbread houses. Bring in a canned good to put for your favorite house! Homework is as follows..

-Reading: Read story/ Complete 2 pages in the cause and effect packet (you can choose two of the three...it doesn't matter which ones)
-Math: 2 pages

Study for reading and language tests tomorrow!!!!

Have a great night!

~Miss Held

Snowy Wednesday..

Hello everyone! We saw some snowflakes here at school today...how exciting! Homework is as follow..

-Reading: Read Story/ Cause and Effect WS (The Ant story)
-Language: Practice Book page 153
-Spelling: 10 Sentences
-Math: 2 Worksheets

Have a great evening...enjoy the snow!!

~Miss Held

Tuesday...

Hello everyone!! Reminders...Santa's workshop is tomorrow!! Scholastic Book orders are due tomorrow!! Tomorrow is the last day to turn them in!

Homework:
-Reading: Read story/ cause and effect worksheet
-Language: practice book page 152
-Spelling: ABC ORder
-Math: 3 WS Both sides

Have a great evening!!

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Reminders for this week:
-Tomorrow is the last day that I will be accepting November Book It forms for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!
-Scholastic book orders are due on Wednesday!! You can buy them online, or you can send in the order with your child. Questions? Let me know! These would make great gifts!
-Santa's workshop is this Wednesday! Please send your child's money in the envelope that was given to them last week or another envelope marked with their name and the amount of money in the envelope. This will help things go smoothly at the workshop!

Homework is as follows...
-Reading: Read Story
-Spelling: write each word 2x each
-Language: WS side 51 only (the other side was done in class)
-Math: 2 WS both sides

Have a great night!

~Miss Held

Enjoy the weekend!

Hi everyone! Hope you had a great week...we did at school! Since it's Friday, there is of course no homework. I do have a few reminders for everyone.

-Book It program: If your child is going to turn in book it for November, that needs to be turned in by at least 12/7.
-Book Orders: I am going to be putting in a Scholastic Book Order next week sometime (Wednesday or Thursday depending on orders.)
-Santa's Workshop: Our class will be going to Santa's Workshop on Wednesday 12/7 at 9 in the morning. Please send your child's money in the envelope that was sent home today. Please contact me if you have questions; if I can't answer them, I'll forward them on to the PTA.

I think that's it for now! The new focus wall will be updated for Monday's homework. Enjoy your weekend and see you Monday!

~Miss Held

Thursday...

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great day! Reminders...Book it is due by next week for November. Also, the reading and language tests are tomorrow. Homework is as follows...

-Reading: Read story
-Language: PB pg 141 and 142
-Math: 2 Sheets both sides
-Science: TEST TOMORROW STUDYYYYY!!!!

Have a wonderful evening!!

~Miss Held

Snowy Wednesday...

Hi everyone! Hope you liked the snowflakes out there today! :) Reminders...books to go program is tomorrow!! This is the only date for December. Also, the Santa's workshop is next week on Wednesday. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them or pass them along to the PTA. Homework is as follows:

-Reading: Read story/ Vocabulary WS
-Language: PB pg. 140
-Spelling: Choose 10 spelling words and use them in a sentence
-Math: 2 sheets (BOTH sides)

Have a wonderful evening!!

~Miss Held

Welcome back...

Hello everyone! This week we have the Books to Go program on Thursday...50 cents for a book or bring a gently used book in to get one in return. Tests are regular days this week. Next week we will have Santa's workshop on Wednesday.

Homework:
-Reading: Read Story
-Language: PB pg 139
-Spelling: ABC Order
-Math: 1 sheet front and back

Hope you all have a wonderful evening! See you tomorrow!

~Miss Held

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hello everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Enjoy the three days off! See you back here next Tuesday! Rest up! :)

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hi everyone! It's almost time for Thanksgiving!! I'm sure all of the kids are excited! But, we still have lots to do in school! We worked on the Unit 2 Tests today in class and began a Christmas writing. We will continue that the rest of the week. REMINDER!!! Tomorrow is the last day to turn in the wreath and Rada Cutlery fundraisers! Pick up will be later on!

Homework:
-Math: Packet
-There will be NO reading, language, or spelling homework since we are not reading a new story this week!

Have a great evening and see you all back tomorrow!

~Miss Held

Finally Fridayyy....

Hi everyone!! Hope you all had a wonderful week...it was a good one here at school! Of course since it's Friday, there is no homework. There is a social studies test on Tuesday. Next week, we will be doing the Unit Tests. However, we will be working in class to practice going back and finding answers. This will NOT be graded. Having the students do this prepares them for the PSSA tests. Have a fantastic weekend and I will see you all back next week for a short week!!

~Miss Held

 

Thursday...

Hello everyone!! Hope you enjoyed the few snowflakes out there today!

Homework is as follows...
-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: Proper Nouns WS
-Math: 1 page (TEST Friday)
-Social Studies: Test next TUESDAY

Have a wonderful evening!!

~Miss Held

Wednesday

Hi everyone! Hope you had a wonderful day! Reminder, there is a spelling test tomorrow and the reading/language tests will be on Friday.

-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: Proper Nouns WS
-Spelling: Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence (Please carefully practice the words this week...they might be a challenge)
-Math: 1 page (TEST FRIDAY)
-Social Studies: There will be a test next week sometime

Have a great evening!

~Miss Held

Rainy Tuesday

Hi everyone!

-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: Common and Proper Nouns WS
-Spelling: ABC Order (Please carefully practice the words this week...they might be a challenge)
-Math: 2 pages (TEST FRIDAY)
-Social Studies: There will be a test next week sometime

Have a great evening!

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hi everyone! It turned out to be a fairly nice afternoon, after all that rain! Homework is as follows:

-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: Common and Proper Nouns WS
-Spelling: 2x each (Please carefully practice the words this week...they might be a challenge)
-Math: 1 page (Front and Back) (TEST FRIDAY)
-Social Studies: There will be a test next week sometime (I'm not sure when it will be...the students just informed me today!)

Have a wonderful evening and I'll see you tomorrow!

~Miss Held

Wednesday...

Hi everyone!

Tonight's homework is...
-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: WS Side 115
-Spelling: 10 sentences
-Math: 2 1/2 pages (TEST TOMORROW)

Have a great evening!! STUDY FOR THE TESTS TOMORROW)

~Miss Held

Tuesday 11/8...

Hello everyone! It's another beautiful day!!

Homework:
-Reading: Read Story
-Language: WS Side 113
-Spelling: ABC Order
-Math: 2 pages (FRONT AND BACK)

Today was Mr. Gabborin's last day here at A-R Elementary. :( We wish him all the best with his new job!!

~Miss Held

Monday

Hi everyone! It's such a beautiful day out!!

Homework--
-Reading: Read story
-Language: WS Side 111 (ONLY THIS SIDE)
-Spelling: Write each word 2x each
-Math: 2 WS (Front and back) and study for quiz tomorrow

Enjoy your night!! See you tomorrow! :)

~Miss Held

Thursday...

Hi everyone! It's another beautiful day out! :) AH! I almost forgot...TODAY WAS REPORT CARD DAY!!! Please look at your child's report card, sign the envelope, and then return the envelope back to school.

Homework--
-Reading: Read story
-Language: Commas WS
-Spelling: Study words...test will be tomorrow since we missed a day due to the 4Sight testing
-Math: 3 Sheets

Miss Held

Wednesday...

Hi everyone! It was a day of testing here at school. The students took both the Reading and Math 4Sight tests.

Homework:
-Reading: READ STORY
-Spelling: Choose 10 spelling words and use them in a sentence.
-Math: 2 Sheets (do both sides of each sheet)

Have a great evening!!

~Miss Held

Tuesday 11/1/11!!

Hi everyone! We had a good day in school today! And, the Scholastic Book Order was delivered today! I will try to have that ready to go by tomorrow! Reminder...tomorrow is the 4Sight Testing. Students will be taking the reading and math tests tomorrow.

Homework:
-Reading:READ STORY and do vocab worksheet (words can be found on focus wall)
-Language: Conjunctions WS (please rewrite the dates for the top portion)
-Spelling: ABC Order
-Math: 2 sheets

Have a wonderful evening!! :)

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hi everyone! Reminders--4Sight Testing on Wednesday

Homework--
-Reading: READ STORY
-Language: Commas WS
-Spelling: Write each word 2x each
-Math: 2 Sheets (TEST ON FRIDAY!)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Have fun trick-or-treating and BE SAFE! :)

~Miss Held

Upcoming Week...

Hi everyone,

Hope the weekend has been good! This week we will be doing lesson 9 in reading. The story is called "Dear Mr. Winston." We will be discussing conclusions, antonyms, commas, and so much more! The students will be taking another 4Sight Test on Wednesday. Because of that, the spelling test will be moved to Friday of this week. Also, if you ordered books from Scholastic, the order should be here Tuesday or Wednesday! Hope it's another wonderful week! :)

PS: The Halloween party was a blast on Friday! The class had a wonderful time!! Thanks to all who helped and/or brought things in for the party!

~Miss Held

Wednesday...

Hi everyone! Reminders...tomorrow is the books to go program. Bring in $.50 or a gently used book to receive one in return. Also, the READING, LANGUAGE, and SPELLING TESTS are all TOMORROW! The Fall Festival party is on Friday! If you are "scheduled" to bring something in for the party, please let the homeroom parents know what you are bringing. If you've already contacted them, then that is fine. :)

Homework:
-Reading: READ STORY!
-Language: Conjunctions WS (THIS IS A GRADED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!!!)
-Spelling: 10 sentences
-Math: Study for test on Thursday
-Social Studies: Study for test on Thursday

Have a wonderful evening! Talk to you soon!!

Tuesday

Hi everyone! Thanks so much to those of you who ordered the Scholastic Books! They were ordered today and hopefully will be in soon! :)

Reminders:
Tomorrow is crazy hat day! Wear your craziest hat to school!
The reading, language, and spelling tests are all on THURSDAY of this week, due to the fall festival party

Homework:
-Reading: READ STORY!!!!!
-Language: Conjunctions WS
-Spelling: ABC Order
-Math: 2 sheets and study for test on Thursday
-SS: Study for test on Thursday

Have a great afternoon!!

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hello all!

Reminders:
-Book orders are due tomorrow morning at the latest! Don't forget...you can order right online! That's so easy!
-Tomorrow (Tuesday) is day two of Red Ribbon week. Wear your mismatched or crazy socks to school and sock-it to drugs!
Thursday is our day to go to the Books to Go program. The students may bring in a gently used book or $.50 and receive a new book!

Homework:
-Reading: Read Story (Me and Uncle Romie)
-Language: Conjunctions WS
-Spelling: Write each word 2x each
-Math: One sheet (test Thursday)
-Social Studies: Study for test Thursday/Friday

Have a great evening!

~Miss Held

Book Orders and Wear Red

Hello everyone! Just two reminders...Book Orders are due TOMORROW! Your child can bring in the paper form or you can order online from scholastic.com. Thanks to those who have already ordered...your children will be excited when the box comes (I know I will be!)! Also, tomorrow is wear red day for Red Ribbon Week. See you tomorrow!! :)

~Miss Held

Friday...

Hi everyone! There was no homework today for over the weekend. The class worked hard this week! Don't forget, Red Ribbon week is next week. Monday is wear red day. Have your child wear his or her favorite red clothes on Monday! Book orders are due on MONDAY! There are a ton of really great books in the book orders that were sent home. You may order online until Monday night. But, paper orders must be turned in by Monday afternoon. Also, next week is a "short week" due to the fall festival party on Friday. The spelling, reading, and language tests will all be on Thursday. The students will begin reading the story on Monday. Hope you have an excellent weekend! :)

~Miss Held

Rainy Thursday...

Hi everyone!

Homework--
Reading: Read story for test tomorrow
Language: Verb Tenses WS (this is a chart the students have to fill out)
Math: First page in the packet-do BOTH sides and study for math test on Friday!

Reminders: Tomorrow is pajama day...bring a $1 in and you can wear your pajamas! Book orders are due on MONDAY! Next week is the Halloween party....the reading, language, and spelling tests are on Thursday next week.

~Miss Held

Wacky Wednesday! :D

Hi everyone!! Reminders: Book order forms are due on Monday 10/24. Also, pictures went home today with the students.

Homework--
Reading: Read Story
Language: Verbs worksheet
Math: One sheet
Spelling: 10 Sentences (TEST TOMORROW)

Have a great afternoon!

~Miss Held

Tuesday 10/18

Hi everyone!! Today was a great day! :) Reminders: Book Orders are due on Monday, the ThinkCentral website is up and running, Book It form is due at the end of the month (one section of the paper should already be completed), Focus Wall was updated on the blog, and tests were returned today.

Homework:
Reading/Language: Past Tense Verbs Worksheet/ Read Story
Spelling: ABC Order
Math: 1 page (both sides)

Have a terrific rest of the day! See you all tomorrow! :)

~Miss Held

Monday 10/17...

Hi everyone! Today, the students received information about the Reflections program and also Scholastic Book order forms. If you have any questions on either of these things, please let me know. Don't forget about Book-It as well! :)

Homework
Reading/Language: Fact or Opinion worksheet (BOTH sides)
Spelling: Write each word two times each
Math: One worksheet (matching)
Science and Social Studies: Nothing

Have a great evening!

~Miss Held

Friday

No Homework! ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!!

~Miss Held

Thursday...

Hi everyone! Don't forget to check out the reminders I posted a few days ago. There is some valuable information! :) If you have questions, please let me know! The homework for tonight is...

Reading/Language: Linking Verbs sheet (BOTH SIDES) and READ STORY
Math: 2 worksheets (only doing three of the sides, one of the sides is crossed off) and STUDY for test on Friday
Science: Study the Study Guide on Weather for test on Friday

Have a great night!

~Miss Held

Wednesday 10/12

Hello on this rainy day...

Homework is as follows:

READING: Read Story
LANGUAGE: Two worksheets (helping verbs and action verbs)
SPELLING: 10 sentences
MATH: Line worksheet (TEST FRIDAY!!!)
SOCIAL STUDIES: Study the study guide for TEST TOMORROW!

Have a good day!!
~Miss Held

Tuesday night...

Hi parents! A few bits of important information...

1. You are now able to log onto the ThinkCentral website to view the online materials for the reading books. It is the same process as last year. The students will log on the site with their lunch account numbers (the Username is this and also the password).
2. Book It and Scholastic Book information was discussed today at school. More information is in the blog post below this one. Questions? Let me know! :)
3. The Fall Festival Party information was sent home today. Mrs. Nibert and Mrs. Bittinger are coming in for sure to help with the party. If you need to contact one of them, please let me know.
4. The Unit Tests are not being graded. We are going to use them as a tool to see what the students still need to work on.

Homework is as follows:

• Reading: Read Story
• Language: Action verbs worksheet (BOTH sides)
• Spelling: ABC Order
• Math: 2 worksheets (line segments and rays)
• Social Studies: Study guide and also study for the test

I hope you all have a wonderful evening! See you tomorrow! :)

~Miss Held

Books, books, and more books!

Hi parents!! I hope everyone had a great long weekend. We're back for another week of school tomorrow! I just have a few important pieces of information that I would like to pass along to everyone. We will be starting the Pizza Hut Book It! program tomorrow. The students will be bringing home a double sided sheet that they will have to fill in. The students will be required to read at least 15 minutes a night, for 5 nights. Of course, they can read more (that would be wonderful!). The students will need to put in a date and title of what they read. Since the papers are being sent out late, the students will only need to do this for three weeks for the month of October. All of the other months will be the four weeks. Once the students have completed their forms, they may bring them in for a slip for a FREE Personal Pan Pizza!!

The next thing I'd like to tell you about is the Scholastic Book Club ordering. I have set up an account for online ordering (the information below will tell more about that). I have not yet received the paper copies of the order forms. When I do, more information will be sent home. But, as of now, you can browse and shop for books online! And, for every order placed online, our class will get a coupon for $3.00 off of a book!! :)

Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: JFQXG

Dear Parent,

Now it's easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child -- shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.*

It's so simple! Here's how it works:

• SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
• SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly flyers.
• SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom.

Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?

*Excludes eBooks.

If you have any questions, please call, email, or send a note in with your child. I hope that both of these services are useful and fun for your students and you! Talk to you soon!!
~Miss Held

Thursday and the long weekend! :)

Hi! It was so nice getting to meet with some of the parents tonight! I enjoyed it! There was no homework tonight. However, the students should have brought home a new Focus Wall for next week's reading story. The unit tests are over and we will begin a new story next week. Just a heads up, the skill for next week is verbs. We will be discussing action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs. That's a lot for one week! But, I do plan on sending home a sheet each night for homework. This should hopefully give the students a little extra practice with language. Also, I'm going to try to somehow get the focus wall put on here for everyone to see. If not, I'll just type up the spelling and vocab words and put them in a post.

REMINDER!! There is NO school tomorrow (FRIDAY) or on MONDAY. Enjoy a long weekend! See you all back next week on Tuesday!! :)
If you need to contact me, please email or send a note home in with your child. You can try calling, but I'm having trouble receiving messages on the phone. Sorry for the inconvenience!

~Miss Held

Wednesday Watt Watchers!!

Hi everyone!! Today was a really fun day in school! The students attended an assembly called "Watt Watcher." Ask your child to tell you about it...they seemed to enjoy it! Homework is as follows:

Reading: Review Nouns and Compound Sentences
Math: Study for test on Thursday
Social Studies: Study for test on Thursday

Have a great evening! I look forward to meeting you at parent/teacher conferences!! See some of you tomorrow! :)

~Miss Held

Tuesday 10/4...

Hello! Today in Reading, the students took two sections of the Unit Test. They also finished their descriptive writings and created a Mad Libs type story...ask your child about it! :) The stories were great!

Homework is as follows:

• Reading/Language: Common and Proper Nouns page 2 worksheet (Only do the side with the fox.) Follow the directions given. The Unit Testing will continue tomorrow.
• Math: Zero worksheet and Page 3.8
• Social Studies: Study for the Test on Thursday

Reminders:

• Conferences are on this Thursday and Friday. A reminder list will be sent home tomorrow with your child, if you are attending a conference.
• There is no school on this Friday or next Monday.
• I am unable to retrieve phone messages. If you have called and left a message, please email me (heldh@apolloridge.com) or send a note in with your child. Sorry!

The week is going well so far! I'm sure the rest will be great!! See you tomorrow!! :)

~Miss Held

Monday...

Hi everyone! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Reading/Language: The students are to pick 5 common nouns. They must make those common nouns into PROPER nouns. They may choose any 5 common nouns.
Math: Practice 3.7 (ALL of the problems)

Reminders: *The students will be taking a Unit Reading Test all week long. Two of the sections were completed today. Tomorrow we will be taking two more sections.

*Parent Teacher Conferences are this week on Thursday night and Friday morning. If you have scheduled a conference and have not received a slip, please let me know. I will resend home the slip. A reminder will be sent home later this week.

Hope you all have a great evening!

~Miss Held

Weekend...

Hi! I hope everyone has an excellent weekend! Stay dry and warm! There was no homework tonight. For next week, there is no new reading story. It is a review week with a Unit Test (where there are "cold read" stories).

Welcome everyone!!

Hello! While I've been in for Mrs. Hines, I've enjoyed working with your children! It's been very fun and we're learning lots! Some parents have been asking about homework assignments and if they're written down for the students to copy in their assignment books. At the end of everyday, the assignments are written on the board. But, I figured that I would start a blog where I can list the homework assignments and any other important information. I am not sure if Mrs. Hines will keep this when she returns, but I will use it while I am in her classroom.

If you would like, you are able to leave comments for me or for the other parents. Also, you can become a "follower" of the blog to receive updates.

I hope this helps some of you and makes things a little bit easier! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks!!

-Miss Held