Mrs. Ketcham's Class

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your help this year in making it a success! I sure have LOVED working with your children this year!!!

Here are a few fun pictures from our last day adventures! I have also included the K-3 slideshow below so you can enjoy that as well.  Have a wonderful, safe summer!!

OFFICE SUMMER HOURS

• Tuesday May 30 – Thursday June 1st 8:00am – 3:30 pm

• Friday June 2nd  – Friday June 16th 9:00 am – Noon (except Thursday June 8, Office will be CLOSED for Training)

• Office will be Closed from Monday June 19th – Friday August 4th

• Monday August 7 – Friday August 11 9:00 am – Noon

• Regular Office Hours starts Monday August 14th (8:00 am – 3:30 pm)

Happy Monday!!

Can you believe that this is the last full week of school? It sure has gone by fast. Today we took a Trip to Third Grade to ask them questions. The students were really excited to talk with the third graders and get their questions answered. be sure to ask them what they learned.

We are ALMOST done with benchmarking. Hopefully we will be able to wrap it all up tomorrow! We will also be having our music performance tomorrow at 9am. Please come out and support your students. This will take place in the gym.

The book fair is going on NOW!

Monday-Wednesday from 8-4                                     Wednesday 5:30-7:30

Buy one, get one FREE!!!

Students can make purchases before or after school. We will also be going to the book fair as a class tomorrow at noon. They will be able to make purchases at that time as well.

This is the countdown for the rest of the year will go as follows:

• U- Uplifting Others
• V- Very Clean Class
• W- Watercolor Day
• X- eXtraordinary Day
• Y- Yearbook Day
• Z- Zoom Home

Field Day is happening on Thursday, May 25th- Please send your students with sunscreen, a water bottle, and towel…there will be water activities! Each grade level is asked to have students wear a certain colored shirt, they can wear jeans or any other free dress down wear other than their shirt which would be BLUE for second graders. This is a free dress down day type of shirt. it can have things on it as one as it is school appropriate. Lunch will be a little different to accommodate some of the game schedule that our parent volunteers have come up with! We will be having lunch from 11;30-12 and they will be serving an outdoor barbecue for this if your child is having school lunch. Volunteers are still needed for this: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LAf6l1LieKAT4QZcA-QO3c1CdONbbk3cVRDs8Xr8NSg/edit#gid=0

Friday, May 26th is an early out day. We will be having a Show and Tell. Your child can bring in one item to share with the class. i just ask that no pets are brought in for this. We will also be having our final dojo store that day.

On the last day f school, May 31st we will be having an ice-cream social along with playing board games. if a game is brought in please make sure your last name is at least on it. I’d hate for the game to not go home with the owner. If you are willing to bring in items for the ice-cream social or volunteer, please sign up below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UFs1tOz7pw6r80Z9pI9QKCVtSg8zKOSXaTQtG-MaPeo/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for all of your help in making this such a GREAT year! please let me know if you have any questions.

Carley Ketcham

Hello!

Can you believe that it is May already? The school year is wrapping up and I want to finish strong with the class. That is one of the reasons I came back from my maternity leave so soon. We’ve got this! Remember that we have the ABC countdown happening in our room. On Thursday, we will be playing Hungry Hungry Hippos, the board game. If you have this game at home, I ask that your child bring it in so we can play it as a class all at the same time rather than having to take turns. Thank you for your help on this!

What We Are Learning: 

• Math: We have begun our last and final Module 8 in Math! Students will extend their understanding of part–whole relationships through the lens of geometry.  As students compose and decompose shapes, they begin to develop an understanding of unit fractions as equal parts of a whole. This week we will be focusing on lesson 5-8 and reviewing on Friday for the Mid-module test, which will take place on Monday. There are also some PowerPoints for you to see how they are being taught the different lessons as well as a parent tips sheet.  ZEARN can now replace Moby Max time at home, it is more aligned with what we are learning in class and is extremely beneficial to extending the learning of each lesson.
• Language Arts: Spelling – We will have only 3 more weeks of spelling. I am trying to get the groups to the end of their given patterns. Reading and Writing–Preparing for benchmarking that will be starting next week!
• Social Studies: All about economy: Needs, Wants, Goods, and Service

Books, Books, and No More Books: Library day will be Friday this week instead of on Tuesday! Students will not be checking out books anymore as we are wrapping up the school year. Please be sure to send all Library books back on Friday, May 5th. This will help Mrs. Rutherford out a great deal, the sooner they come in the less work she’ll have to do later. Keep in mind if there are books still overdue and lunch balances that need to be paid, you’ll need to get it taken care of in order to collect their yearbook. Thank you for your help on this.

It’s going to be another great week!!!

Carley Ketcham

Happy Tuesday!!

It is good to be back with your kiddos. I hope you all enjoyed the wonderful weather this last weekend and were able to enjoy Earth Day doing something outdoors!!

What We Are Learning: 

• Math: We will begin our last and final Module 8 in Math this week!!! Students will extend their understanding of part–whole relationships through the lens of geometry.  As students compose and decompose shapes, they begin to develop an understanding of unit fractions as equal parts of a whole. There are also some PowerPoints for you to see how they are being taught the different lessons as well as a parent tips sheet.  ZEARN can now replace Moby Max time at home, it is more aligned with what we are learning in class and is extremely beneficial to extending the learning of each lesson.
• Language Arts: We are now in new reading groups! Spelling – We will have only about 3 more weeks of spelling. I am trying to get the groups to the end of their given patterns. Writing–We are writing about parents and why they are special.
• Social Studies: All about economy: Needs, Wants, Goods, and Service
• Great Artist Program: This will be taking place this Thursday, April 27th.

–ABC COUNTDOWN– Can you believe that today we are 26 school days away from summer? With that, I want to help the students finish strong and give them something to look forward to everyday. Today they worked towards being able to make and fly paper airplanes. They sure did have fun with it! I will let you know if we need anything brought in for the different activities. Please refer to the schedule below and let me know if you have any questions. 

–Donations– We are in need of some more boxes of tissues. If you are able to help us out with this, we are ever so grateful! Thank you!!

–Short Friday– We are out at 12:30 this Friday!

–Student Learning Disclosure are available– If you are needing administration to consider special needs when placing your student in a class next year, please fill out the Student Learning Disclosure.  NO specific teacher requests will be considered.  You will be able to tell us your student’s learning style and they will be placed with the teacher who best matches their needs.  If you have twins or triplets, it would also be appropriate to use this form to let us know if you want them in the same class or separate classes.  Forms are only available at the front office and must be submitted by this Friday, April 28, 2017.  

–Leopard Prowl 5K– FRIDAY MAY 12th: this will take place of the Spring Carnival. Students can walk/run/jog just have fun with it. Here is a direct link to registration. Registration includes a race ticket and swag bag (chalk, sun glasses, etc.) Any questions contact Mrs. Burr (mburr@ascentutah.org)

https://www.runnercard.com/roadrace/public/raceGroup/976061 

I hope you have a great week, and if you need anything please let me know.

Carley Ketcham