Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Family Night
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 2, is the BIG MAGIC SHOW featuring The Great Raguzi!!!  We'll start the evening with a Spaghetti Dinner for only $1 per person.  After dinner, we'll have a book exchange.  Bring a gently used book with you -or a few books if you can.  You'll get to exchange your book for a "new" one.  After the dinner and the book exchange, students will be treated to a FREE magic show while the parents attend a language arts workshop with the teachers.

Skill Blitz:
Yesterday I described how readers can make inferences to piece together what the author is decribing but not stating directly.  In math, your teacher could just tell you the formula and say "just multiply the numbers!" But instead, they pose an essential question, they provide a time for interactive learing- where you work with other students and try out some different ways to solve a problem.  Then you watch the visual learning bridge video to help you see a good way to solve the problem.  When you first hear the essential question, you may infer that you'll need to multiply two numbers...but the teacher doesn't tell you that right away so that you can grapple with the problem yourself...just like how you may try to fit together the pieces of the puzzle. You can use your inferencing skills in other subjects-even math!

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Please take a look at the sample salad that is displayed at the front of the salad bar...doesn't it look yummy? You don' have to make an inference to know what the hot lunch is today (because I'm going to tell you directly:

Fiesta Cheese Nachos, Salsa Fresh Broccoli Fresh Fruit

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Morning Announcements 2/28/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Monday, February 28, 2011

The Pancake Breakfast was fantastic!  Thanks to everyone who helped make it such a success!  Together we raised about $6800 for science camp!

Skill Blitz:
As you remember. we are 4 weeks into our skill blitz, and this week the strategy that we'll focus on is making/detecting inferences.  When you are reading there are often somewhat myterious things that the author decides to not just tell you directly.  You have to use the clues, the details and facts from the text along with what you already know to make an inference.  The author may not directly tell you everything because they want you to have fun piecing together what they want you to know.  Sometimes you have to "read between the lines" and eventhough the information is not written directly in the words, an author can craft the words so that you piece it all together yourself.  This makes reading fun!  This week, look for inferences that the author is making to better understand the text.

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Please take a look at the sample salad that is displayed at the front of the salad bar...doesn't it look yummy? Today the hot lunch is:
Cheeseburger on a bun
BBQ Beans
Fruit Juice
If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Pancake Breakfast 2011

 The students, staff and especially the parents hosted a fantastic community day on Saturday, the "fourty-somethingth" annual Pancake Breakfast. Throughout the morning, hundreds of hungry students, alumni, families and staff enjoyed a variety of fun activities.

For months, the parents of our sixth grade students solicited donations, made plans, and enlisted helpers.  Led by Lisa Newhall, the committee worked to get almost everything donated - even the pancake mix!

 

The Great Raguzi, Emerson parent Alex Rogers, performed slight of hand while many awestruck children dripped syrup while wondering how the Great Raguzi made their card re-appear.

 There were dozens of great prizes which went to the lucky winners, as well as to the high bidders.  Classes contributed items to build class baskets.  One basket contained Lakers tickets, and another- a beautifully arranged Emerson Eagle orange tree, had over $250 worth of gift cards! 

Emerson is thankful to all of the students, staff, and community members who helped contribute towards making our sixth grade camp fundraiser a huge success!

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Morning Announcements 2/25/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Friday, February 25, 2011
The Big Weekend!
A big storm is coming!  But even if it is FREEZING outside, the Pancake Breakfast, silent auction, raffle, pie throwing booth, games, and art show (and more) will go on despite the weather!  If you remember back to last year, we had cold weather, rain AND the electricity went out, but the Pancake Breakfast was a complete success. 

Skill Blitz: This week you have been noting details while you have been reading.  Paying attention to those details will help you piece together the meaning of what you read- sort of like how each piece of the puzzle is important in helping to understand the big picture. 

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Please take a look at the sample salad that is displayed at the front of the salad bar...doesn't it look yummy? Today the hot lunch is:

Beef Rib-BQ on a Bun Corn on the Cob Applesauce , Animal Crackers

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Morning Announcements 2/22/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!
Today is Wednesday, February 22, 2011

If you missed the Emerson Chorus practice yesterday, don't worry! You can still attend practice today to sign up. All 5th and 6th grade students are welcome to participate. Practice will begin 12:35, right after lunch, on the stage in the cafeteria. Don't miss out on the Emerson Chorus!


Skill Blitz:
Today pay attention to details, think about how the details support a bigger picture, a story or a main idea.  During math, think about the details in the problem and how each one is important to solving the essential question. 
Continue your efforts practicing the Reading Comprehension strategy of Noting Details to help you be able to understand, make predictions and even answer questions about what you have read.

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Please take a look at the sample salad that is displayed at the front of the salad bar...doesn't it look yummy? Today the hot lunch is:

Sicilian Style Pizza Popeye Salad w/Dressing Mixed Fruit

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Morning Announcements 2/21/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Tuesday, February 21, 2011

Skill Blitz:
Last week for the Skill Blitz, we focused on how using the strategy of identifying the MAIN IDEA in a passage can help you to understand the text.  This week we are going to focus on how NOTING DETAILS
and paying attention to those details can also help you understand what you are reading.  As you go through the given passage thoroughly and arrive at certain conclusions by means of using your reasoning capacity, you pay attention to or you note certain facts details that may not even be stated. For example:
1. Bob is tall. Jim is taller than Bob. Lee is taller than Jim. Who is taller? Lee.
2. Mandy liked the movie. Teresa liked the movie more than Mandy. Liz liked the movie more than Teresa.
Who liked the movie the least?  Mandy.
3. Brett was happy. Jenny was happier than Brett. Roger was happier then Jenny.
Who was the happiest?  Roger.
I'll give some different scenarios later this week about how you can use the Reading Comprehension strategy of Noting Details to help you be able to understand, make predictions and even answer questions about what you have read. 
Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Turkey Corn Dogs Green Beans Diced Pears

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Academic News and Highlights:
Six Emerson students from Mrs. DeHaro's room competed on Saturday at Cal Baptist University in the Mathcounts competition.  To see their photo, scroll down on my blog! 

During this past weekend, about 25 students took the mini HP laptops home with them to work on Ticket to Read, First in Math, SuccessNet and Accelerated Reader.  One measure of their success is that they moved us ahead into TENTH place, district-wide in FIM.  Great job to all Emerson students who extend their learning using these online resources. 

Emerson Chorus to Begin Today!!!!  Rehearsals will start today at 12:35 on the stage in the cafeteria.  All 5th and 6th grade students are welcome to come!

Fourth grade students are getting close to their state CST writing assessment.  Fourth graders, we are counting on you to select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements.
Fourth graders must be able to create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.
Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, posing and answering a question).

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Emerson Competes in Mathcounts at CBU

Einstein said that "...not everything that counts can be counted." But the Mathcounts competition today will multiply the great memories for six Emerson sixth grade students.  This competition was recently described in an article in the Press Enterprise.



We're proud of you, Erik, Shunta, Alex, Kevin, Olivia, & Sofia!

Up against 7th and 8th grade mathematicians as well, the Emerson students are competing in the event sponsored by CBU's College of Engineering.  Two of these mathematcians recently joined other Emerson students competing in the UCR Science and Engineering Fair.

The Emerson team was inspired to compete by an Emerson student, Kevin Chu, who is dually enrolled at Emerson and a Riverside Virtual School mathematics course, as well as by their iScholars teacher, Griselda DeHaro.  Follow this link to learn more about the Mathcounts at CBU. 

Ticket to Read!

Here is the link for the Ticket to Read program:
www.voyagerlearning.com/vport

This interactive reading program promises to help Emerson students improve their reading ability, and to have a lot of fun at the same time.  Teachers will distribute usernames and passwords this week!  Enjoy your Ticket to Read!

Morning Announcements 2/17/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Thursday, February 17, 2011

Skill Blitz:
This week the Reading Comprehension Skill Focus is Main Idea.  (It may be helpful for students to see this passage on my blog as I read the announcements.) You can use this strategy to help you improve your understanding of text from any subject. Let's read a passage from the third grade California Math Project and as we read, think about the overall. purpose of the passage.

"During the California Gold Rush, some people charged miners for supplies and services: A pound of sugar cost $2; a pound of coffee cost $4. Women charged $25 for a meal and earned $50 a week washing shirts. (This may not sound like a lot, but in those days most grocery items, when available, could be purchased for pennies a pound.) Successful miners could pay the prices, but other miners could not; they went home penniless. Many stayed, however, and by 1856, San Francisco had more than 50,000 citizens and was the largest city in the West."

The QUESTION that accompanies this passage asks: How much it would cost a miner to buy 6 pounds of sugar? How much it would cost miners to buy 8 pounds of coffee?

If you are trying to understand the MAIN IDEA of this passage, you will want to separate the main idea from the details.  The accompanying questions do not ask about the main idea, but they ask you to make a calculation using important facts.  Talk with a partner right now, asking them to identify the main idea of this passage. 

You'll find lots of interesting details about the California gold rush- the cost of groceries, how some minors went broke, the growth of cities like San Francisco, but you won't find the main idea exactly stated in the passage.  But if you think about the details and search the passage, you will probably find that the main idea could be stated "The cost of supplies during the gold rush impacted minors' lives." 

Finding the main idea of a math passage will help you to understand the story, not just find the details. 

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Meat & Cheese Soft Taco, Salsa Golden Corn

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Academic and Behaviour  Expectations:
Every week students should be taking and passing an AR quiz. 
Students must MASTER the math facts for their grade level.
Homework and independent reading are required Monday-Thursday.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Magic, Spaghetti, and Language Arts Return on March 2

On  Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Emerson is offering an educational and fun event for the whole family- dinner, magic for the kids, and language arts for the parents. 

As you may recall, in December, 2009, over 185 Emerson parents and students joined together for a Parent Language Arts Workshop. The students were mesmerized by The Great Raguzi; everyone enjoyed the tasty spaghetti dinner; and most of all, the parents learned how to help their parent be even more successful in the language arts workshops.

Teachers are once again planning to present a variety of topics in language arts designed to support parents with difficult language issues. Some classes may include make-and-take lessons with language learning games that can be played at home. Others may included information about how parents can use spelling patterns as well as sounds to help their children become better readers. 



We hope that you will plan to attend on March 2, starting with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Pancake Breakfast at Emerson on Saturday, February 26!

Hot buttered pancakes with along with other tasty breakfast fare will be served up From 7 until 11 a.m. in the Emerson cafeteria on Saturday, February 26.

There will be drawings for dozens of great prizes as well as raffles for numerous theme-baskets. All of the proceeds will benefit the sixth grade students in their efforts to raise money to attend science camp. Please come out and enjoy this forty-something year-old Emerson tradition.

Morning Announcements 2/16/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Wednesday, February 16, 2011
It looks like we are going to be on an INCLEMENT WEATHER SCHEDULE today.

Question of the Day:
Before you answer this question, remember to answer in a complete sentence and please don't start with "good."  How's it going?

Skill Blitz: (Repeat from yesterday)
This week the Reading Comprehension Skill Focus is Main Idea.  You can use the Reading Comprehension Strategy of identifying the main idea to help you in all of your subjects.  Here is a fourth grade CST Released Test Question:
Gabrielle wants to cover her square garden with mulch to protect her plants.  Which bag of mulch will Gabrielle need to buy to exactly cover the entire garden area?
Even without showing you the picture, the dimensions of her garden, and the bags of mulch, what do you already know about the MAIN IDEA of this CST-style math problem? First, here are some important details:

• The mulch must cover the garden.
• You need to know how much mulch it will take to cover the garden. 
• The word "exactly" must be important...she doesn't want to buy extra mulch.
• The word "area" and "cover" are important in describing the type of problem we are solving.

None of these details, however, will help you figure out the MAIN IDEA. The word SQUARE, which means that the length and width of the garden are the same, provide the clue about the MAIN IDEA that will help you solve this problem.  On the picture, the only measurement provided is for the length...but because the problem said that the garden is a square, you will know the width as well. 

How do you tell the difference between an important detain and the MAIN IDEA?  In this problem, the missing detail (which you'll know because of your knowledge that the sides of a square are equal) provides the clue for the the main idea.  In this problem, you need to use clues from the text to fill in missing measurements from the pictures. 

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Stuffed Crust Pizza 3-Way Salad w/Ranch Diced Pears

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Rules  (repeated from yesterday):
Hats and caps are not allowed at Emerson.  Students who have been reminded of this and are still wearing hats or caps will have to have their hat or cap picked up in the principal's office by their parent.  Another related rule is that of wearing "hoodies."  On cold winter mornings we have allowed students to wear hoodies, but on warm days, hoodies are not allowed.  The two primary reasons for not allowing hoodies include safety (you can't see a ball flying towards you with a limited field of vision) and supervision (the teachers and noon supervisors can't identify you). 
Another rule that needs re-emphasis is that both gum and lollipops/suckers are not allowed at school.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Science and Engineering Fair Awards

Nine anxious Emerson students and their parents attended the 22nd Annual Science and Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony at UCR last night, proud that their projects were to be considered for recognition.  The ceremony can be viewed on SchoolTube or read about it in The Highlander News.

Fourteen RUSD elementary schools participated in the fair.  The Emerson projects were fascinating, as represented in their titles and recognized by their awards:

• Which Color Will Be Burned the Fastest by Using a Magnifying Glass?  (Bronze Medal in Environmental Education) -by Koharu Abe
• Plant Seeds Germination Can Be Completely Inhibited by 0.4% Salt   by Jerry Cheng
• My Homemade Geysers   by Allison Cocker
• Constructing a Perfect Truss  (Silver Medal in Applied Mechanics and Structures)  by Sophia Goebel
• Reflections    by Victoria Gonzalez (Deparment of Mathematics Award)
• Solar Power  by Julia Mahoney (Honorable Mention, Electronics, and Riverside Public Utilities award)
• Ants and the Real Thing- (Honorable Mention from the Department of Entomology)  by Joseph Nieto
• Does the Size of the Top Vent of a Parachute Effect the Rate of Decent?    Kishan Patel
• Tides of Change: The Acidic Oceans of Our Future  (USDA Bridges Award in Environmental Science and Engineering)  by Darren Yohonn
• Wow! They're Falling Fast!    by Evelyn Yohonn

Emerson is proud of ALL the Science Fair projects and we congratulate these students who represented us in the 2010-11 Science and Engineering Fair at UCR!

Morning Announcements 2/9/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!

Today is Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Upcoming Events:
Did you know that there is no school this Friday???

The computer lab in the library is now open!!! Ms. Betty will be there to help students and classes take AR quizzes, access math homework at your level on SuccessNet, and also earn stickers in First in Math.

Today we have assemblies- there are basically 5 different items on the agenda:
1.) A MATH goal-setting challenge.
2.) Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser
3.) Skill Blitz
4.) Announcements about upcoming dates and events
5. ) A Special Ticket

Skill Blitz: 
Please take the time today to have this dialogue with a partner:
Describe a TV show or movie that you have seen recently and briefly name the characters, tell the plot and describe the setting.

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Sicilian Style Pizza Cole Slaw Salad Mixed Fruit

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand. Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Rules:
When you are lined up for any line (before school, to go to lunch, to return to class, or to go to the assembly today) you need to follow these rules: always watch where you are going; walk-don't run; keep an arm's-length between you and the person infront of you; voluntarily take yourself to the end of the line if the line turns into a crowded group. 

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Get Started in Jump Rope For Heart!

Emerson will be particiapting for the 3rd year in the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.  Make a Jump Rope For Heart Web Page and YOU will have super powers to raise more life-saving donations! To get started - you will need to Sign Up and Join your School Team.

Our jump rope event will be held on Tuesday, March 1.  We will be asking you and your students to send out the donation requests by email.  Please log on and register today!

Morning Announcements 2/7/11

Good Morning Emerson Eagles! Dream, Believe, Achieve!
Today is Monday, February 7, 2011

Upcoming Events:
During Saturday School over 40 students made up an absence, planted potatoes, and earned enough points in First in Math to move us up district-wide! 

The computer lab in the library will now be open!!!  Ms. Betty will be there to help students and classes take AR quizzes, access math homework at your level on SuccessNet, and also earn stickers in First in Math. 
The day after tomorrow, Wednesday, there will be a special assembly, during which we will make a big announcement.  The only clue that I can give at this point is that it has something to do with a special TICKET!

Today is the first day of our SKILL BLITZ!  During the next 10 weeks until CST testing, we will focus one one READING COMPREHENSION skill every week.  This week our skill is Story Structure.  If you see the story structure poster in your classroom, please point to it.  The three elements of Story Structure are: plot, setting and characters.  Think of a game (like the Superbowl), a book or a movie that you have watched and try to identify the plot (what happens), the characters (who is in the story), and the setting (the surroundings where it occurs).    Today use story structure to help improve your understanding of what you are reading.

First In Math
School's Top 5 Players Stickers
09sunny57ca 6010
01sunny57ca 4661
03sunny57ca 3843
03volcano7ca 3806
21volcano7ca 3374
Team of the Week:
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Ms. DeHaro, 6th Grade iScholars +6,086
Player of the Week:
03sunny57ca +1,431
Team of the Month:
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Mrs. Nieto & Mrs. Turner, 5th grade +21,314
Player of the Month:
03volcano7ca +3,663

Engagement Requirements:
What's more important, SPELLING WORDS or VOCABULARY WORDS?  Everyone, please discuss this question with a partner. 
Spelling IS important, especially if you are learning word roots, origins and spelling patterns, but VOCABULARY will help you use the language of the discipline- science, history, mathematics, or language arts to discuss important topics accurately and in a mature and sophisticated way.  Pay more attention to vocabulary than spelling AND make sure that you use your vocabulary words as often as possible.

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Turkey Corn Dogs Oven Fries Diced Pears

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand. Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Rules:
Students may not enter the campus in the morning in the lower parking lot unless they are arriving by bus.  Additionally, students cannot go to the lower classroom hallway without permission or supervision. 

Pledge:
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Community Garden Day @Emerson Elementary 92507! - InlandSoCal.com - Community Gardens

 

http://blogs.inlandsocal.com/communitygardens/2011/02/community-garden-day-in-rivers.html

Superbowl or First in Math?

Hopefully you won't have to make the choice, but I hope that YOUR team emerges as a winner!  For Emerson to move ahead and PASS up the competition in First in Math, we'll need a game plan.  To start with we need to go on the OFFENSE and score as many points as possible.  So regardless of whether you are a Packers fan, a Steelers fan, a HALFTIME fan, or a fan of the superbowl COMMERCIALS, I hope that the kids will still have lots of time on the computer to make sure that the EMERSON EAGLES win! 

Here are the STATS going into the big weekend:
Stickers Earned: 149,396
Average Stickers per Team: 4,819
Math Problems solved: 448,188
Worksheets Saved: 44,819
Teacher Hours Saved: 527

We know that we can easily reach 150,000 and move possibly into the 152,000 range tonight.  Tomorrow in Saturday School, we'll have our FIRST STRING-at least 45 students- all paying the 24 game for at about 3 hours each.  We may be able to reach 155,000 stickers by noon and at 165,000 by the end of the weekend.  That would be about a 10%  gain in one weekend! 

Saturday at noon is kind of like HALFTIME.  I'll send out a COMMERCIAL on my blog to let you know how we are doing.  Hopefully we'll be halfway to achieving success! 

By the time the SUPERBOWL begins, Emerson hopes to have scored 161,000 stickers.  Then we'll be at the TWO MINUTE WARNING.  There will be no time to waste, and IF YOUR TEAM WINS, your student should really pour it on and rack up as many points as possible.  All the fans of the LOSING TEAM may be too sad to play...

When bedtime comes on Sunday night, Emerson should have enough points to pass up at least two other schools in the SUPERBOWL WEEKEND of First in Math.  While you already have a favorite- the PACKERS or the STEELERS- whatever you do, make sure that EMERSON wins in FIM.

Let's go team Emerson!!!

Good Morning Emerson Eagles!
Dream, Believe, Achieve!
Today is Thursday, February 3, 2011

Question of the Day:
What's up?  That's a great question, but before you say "the sky," you had better think about how to answer this question correctly.  Remember that you have to answer in a complete sentence and you have to respond correctly to the question.  Here are a couple of possible responses:
There's not much going on except a lot of homework!
So much is going on, I don't know where to start.  What's up with you?  Pleas ask this question to at least 3 people
Writing:
I have received a few letters over the past few days from Emerson students.  One of the most memorable letters was from 3 students who asked why we don't get to go on more field trips.  If you really want something, it is worth writing a letter asking for it. 

Upcoming Events:
Saturday School is this Saturday from 8 am until 12:20. The computer carts will be there with opportunities for First in Math. But also, we are going to have a garden work day on Saturday. Saturday School Students will get to go out to the garden to plant potatoes. If anyone would like to join together in our community garden on Saturday from 8 until 11 am, please come on out!

First In Math
Congratulations to Mr. Cortez' Class- Team of the Week!

Yesterday afternoon during HEARTS, I chalenged the students to try to increase our sticker count from 135,000 up to 140,000.  That was a huge goal, and eventhough we didn't make it, we almost made it.  Last night we reached 139,500!Remember, First in math is not going to be your priority in the classroom, but you may have the opportunity to play from time to time after you have completed your independent work.  It may not be as fun, but Pearson SuccessNet will assign math work that is just perfect for your level. 

Rule Reminders: 
No runing in the hallways.  Never throw any objects, like rocks or sand, at school.  Always go out of your way to be generous and kind.

Lunch and Attendance:
Before I tell you what's for lunch today, I want you to know about a special lunch offer for tomorrow- you can get both the HOT DOG and the SALAD BAR tomorrow- you won't have to chose.  That's tomorow, but for today you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:

Bean & Cheese Burrito, Salsa Steamed Green Beans Fresh Fruit

If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand. Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.

Pledge:
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!

Morning Announcements- February 1, 2011

Good Morning Emerson Eagles!
Dream, Believe, Achieve!
Today is Tuesday, February 1, 2011

What are you writing about?  Writing is the best way to express yourself.  You can craft exciting stories, explain inportant information, write letters to a friend and so much more with writing.  If you have something that you've written that you would like to share with me, would you send it up to the office.

Upcoming Events:
Saturday School is this Saturday from 8 am until 12:20. The computer carts will be there with opportunities for First in Math.  But also, we are going to have a garden work day on Saturday.  Saturday School Students will get to go out to the garden to plant potatoes.  If anyone would like to join together in our community garden on Saturday from 8 until 11 am, please come on out!
First In Math
Congratulations to Mr. Cortez' Class- Team of the Week!

Engagement Requirements:
Did you know that teachers often set up Structured Academic Talk for you?  They may use a more sophisticated sentence frame that is used in every day conversation and  they may require vocabulary that is specific to the discipline  that you are studying.  All students must participate in structured academic talk.

Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:
Hamburger on a bun, pickles
Steamed garden peas
Diced pears
If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand. Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Pledge:
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!