Homework:
Read
Use Reflex

spelling activity
letter to parents
add page
Santa Secret Shop on Friday
11:00 dismissal

November 30, 2016
B day

Hello there,

I am glad to see you today!  Please come on in, get settled and order your lunch.  While you are up, you should wash your hands too.  Next, please update your reading status and complete page 15 in your handwriting book.

Before Art, I would like you to share your observations about our mentor sentence from yesterday.  If you get everything else done, you can add more observations to that page in your writer's notebook.

_____Shannon_____, _____Gavin____ and ____Jake____ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex
spelling activity
return report card envelope

Santa Secret shop on Friday
return brown slip on Dec. 5
bring item to share
11:00 dismissal on Thurs.

November 29, 2016
A day

Hello all,

I hope you are off to a great start!  Please wash your hands and order your lunch.  After that, you should update your reading status.  Next, please complete page 14 in your Handwriting book.  Remember to trace the letters and words before you write it on your own!  When you are done with that, please re-read the Iroquois topics on the easel.  Think about what topics you are interesting in learning more about.

______Jenna__, _______ and _Cole_____ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex
spelling activity

Spelling suggestions:
geography      avalanche    primary     Everest
station            Christmas    Noel           natural
resources         everlasting

November 28, 2016
F Day

Dear Students,

Hello!  Welcome back from vacation!  I hope you had a lovely time with your family!  Please wash your hands and order your lunch.  After that, I'd like you to read your new poem.  Finally, please number the next page in your spelling folder from 1-20.  We will have your pretest shortly!

_________, _________ and _______ will share.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

November 28, 2016
F Day

Dear Students,

Hello!  Welcome back from vacation!  I hope you had a lovely time with your family!  Please wash your hands and order your lunch.  After that, I'd like you to read your new poem.  Finally, please number the next page in your spelling folder from 1-20.  We will have your pretest shortly!

_________, _________ and _______ will share.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

November 23, 2016
E day

Happy Thanksgiving Students,

When I count my blessings, I certainly include all of you.  Thank you for being such hard-working, considerate people.  I am lucky to spend my days with you!  ________, ______, and _____will share today.

Please update your reading status after your wash your hands and order your lunch.  On your desk, you will find your personal narrative.  Please treat these special stories like gold as you put them in your take home folder.  What a great thing to share with your families this week!  Once you are done with all this, please get your spelling test paper ready for your test!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex
study for digestion test

GregTangmath.com challenge (optional)
Spelling activity
PJ day tomorrow
bring item to share

November 22, 2016                                                                                      54th day of school
D day

Dear Thankful Kids,

Hello!  I am glad to see  you today.  _Kiarah_______, ____Sam__ and ___Bailey____ will share.  Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  After that, update your Reading status.  Finally, please complete the next row of page 7 and then do page 13.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
Use Reflex
Spelling activity
study for test

PJ day on Wed.
bring item to share

Spelling Suggestions:
hallucinating       reminding      independently       penguin      Christmas
Thanksgiving      gratitude

November 21, 2016
C day

Happy Thanksgiving Week,

Are you excited for turkey, potatoes and pie?  I sure am!  __________, __________ and _______ will share today.

Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  While you are up, please put your library books on the cart. Next, you should read the new poem.  Finally, please number from 1-20 in your spelling folder.  I hope to squeeze in a spelling pretest before Library today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

November 18, 2016
B day

Hello Kiddos,

Thanks for coming to school today!  It will be a fast, work-filled half day.  We don't have any Specials today, so get ready to work, work, work!

After you move your stick to "bringing" and wash your hands, please use your ipad to capture a few pictures of that represent your learning.  Next, I'd like you to get a piece of paper and put a full heading on it. (Use the example next to the "Tenacity" sign.)  Then number the paper from 1-10.  This will be for your spelling test.  You will take that shortly.

____, ______ and ______ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

November 18, 2016
B day

Hello Kiddos,

Thanks for coming to school today!  It will be a fast, work-filled half day.  We don't have any Specials today, so get ready to work, work, work!

After you move your stick to "bringing" and wash your hands, please use your ipad to capture a few pictures of that represent your learning.  Next, I'd like you to get a piece of paper and put a full heading on it. (Use the example next to the "Tenacity" sign.)  Then number the paper from 1-10.  This will be for your spelling test.  You will take that shortly.

____, ______ and ______ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex

Spelling activity
Food for food drive
bring item to share

November 17, 2016
A Day

Dear Students,

Welcome to Thursday!  Please order your lunch and wash your hands!  After that, you should update your reading status.  Lastly, I'd like you to do the sixth row on page 7 and then do page 12 in your handwriting book.

We will talk more today about the Iroquois.  What are you wondering about these American Indians?

________, ________, _________ will share today.

Tonight's homework:
Read
Use Reflex

Spelling activity
Bring Food for Food Drive
KWT 610 22B
item to share

November 16, 2016
E day

Good morning,

I hope you are well today!  We will continue to work on your subtraction skills today.  Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  Next, you should update your reading status.  Finally, please complete the next row on p.7 in your handwriting.  Then you can move on to page 11.  Remember to trace the letters before you try them on your own.

Do you say, "Bless you!" when somebody sneezes? Did you every stop to wonder why?  Shannon
taught me that it's because when you sneeze your heart stops for a millisecond!

__Will___, ____Kaidence___ and __Isabelle_____ will share!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
Use Reflex (And I mean it!!!)

Spelling activity
Food Drive

November 15, 2016
E Day

Good morning,

I am glad to see you today!  Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  After that, I'd like you to update your reading status.  Finally, please do the 4th row of p. 7 in your handwriting book.   Once your hand is warmed up, complete page 10.

___________, ___________ and __________ will share.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex

Spelling activity
Food drive

Spelling suggestions:
difficulty        digestive       excruciating     allegiance
magically        personal       voracious          headquarters

November 14, 2016
D day

Hello Students,

I hope your weekend was enjoyable!  I look forward to working with you today.  _Isabelle____, Kaidence,Gray___Will__ Avery  and _Owen_Gavin_ will share a student council letter.

Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  Next, you should read this week's poem.  Lastly, please do Row 3 on Handwriting book page 7.  Once you are warmed up, you should complete p. 9. Remember to trace the letters before trying it yourself!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex

For some:
Student council letter
finish PN
Dynamath p. 9

November 10, 2016
C day

Dear Students,

Hello!  Thank you for coming to school today!  Please wash your hands thoroughly and order your lunch.  While you are up, please put your library books on the cart.  Next, you should update your reading status.  Finally, please find your handwriting book in your desk.  Take some time to flip through the book to get an idea of what is to come!

_Emma____, __Dylan______ and _Gray______ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex

write Student Council
PC p.134
illustrate personal narrative

November 9, 2016
B day

Hello Americans,

We have a new president-elect for our country: Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years.  I am sure you will hear a lot about this in the months to come.

Please order your lunch and wash your hands as usual.  Next, you should update your reading status.  Once that is done, please finish Practice page 4-1 and Quick Check 4-1 from yesterday's math lesson.  If you are done with that, you can get your iPad and check out the Hunting Lodge post at my blog.  Can you find the captions that you wrote?

Later today, we will have a Pizza Party celebration because you won the Elma Library contest.  It will be a fun time!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

November 9, 2016
B day

Hello Americans,

We have a new president-elect for our country: Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years.  I am sure you will hear a lot about this in the months to come.

Please order your lunch and wash your hands as usual.  Next, you should update your reading status.  Once that is done, please finish Practice page 4-1 and Quick Check 4-1 from yesterday's math lesson.  If you are done with that, you can get your iPad and check out the Hunting Lodge post at my blog.  Can you find the captions that you wrote?

Later today, we will have a Pizza Party celebration because you won the Elma Library contest.  It will be a fun time!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
Use Reflex

November 8, 2016
A Day

Hello Citizens,

I am glad to see you today; it is election day.   Today, our country will elect a new president as well as many other positions in government.  I have the feeling you are part of an historical time!

I hope you survived yesterday's Hunting Lodge experience.  I thought it was wonderful!  We will view some of the pictures and do some writing about your time later today.

Please update your reading status and order your lunch.  Of course you should wash your hands too.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Hunting Lodge Experience

On November 7, Students from Elma Primary
 and Marilla Primary had the fabulous experience of
working with Earth Spirit to learn about the Iroquois.
Students moved through three different stations learning about Iroquois artifacts, folklore and game and building an authentic hunting lodge.
Students from Mrs. Harvey's class wrote captions to commemorate their experience...

Look at all the Iroquois artifacts!

Mr. Scott chooses volunteers to be the Iroquois tribes.
Avery was chosen as the clan mother for the Cayuga Eagles.

We even got to feel some different artifacts.
Ty and Dylan are feeling the moose skin.

Oh No!  A "leaf-a-lanche!"
Sam, Kiarah and Emma are going in the Hunting Lodge that we have finished.

Jacob is carrying wood for the lodge.

Emma was cold, but cool!

Kaidence and Jenna are piling leaves to cover for  the Hunting Lodge.

Kiarah is working hard on the hut, and working hard
at not getting dirty.

Did someone order a pound of leaves?
Owen did a great job collecting leaves for the lodge.

Pick me!

Listen up and start building!

This is the hunting lodge like the Native Americans made.
Four fourth grade classes worked on it.  We built this out of wood and leaves.  

The new and improved hunting lodge!
Our Hunting Lodge has been finished...first the wood then the leaves now all our hard work payed off. We all worked together to build one big hunting lodge.   Always believe.

Mrs.Harvey,Isabelle and Shannon are in the Lodge that we built out of  logs, sticks and leaves.
Isabell says, "I could sleep in here, but not by myself!"

Inside the lodge, it is dark from all the leaves and sticks covering us.
Isabelle was tired and dirty, so she took a break inside.

Looking at the Iroquois artifacts with Mr. Scott...this weapon was called the belly ripper.

We shook it up with these Iroquois maracas!
Isabelle and Shannon were having a lot of fun singing with  Scott.  Shannon was shaking
the rattle as hard as she could.

We learned lots of different games.
All the students learned how to play double ball.
The Iroquois girls played double ball but the  boys played lacrosse.
Playing double ball was really hard.

We are anxious to use Native American instruments.  

Playing games outside was a lot of fun.

Target practice!

We are lining up to shoot corn through a hoop!
We are getting ready to play a game where you have to throw a piece of hard corn through a moving hoop.

Ready?  Set.  Corn!
We tried to shoot a corn dart through a hoop.  It was really hard.

You need good accuracy for this game!

Jenna was chosen to be a clan mother.

November 7, 2016
F day

Hello Builders,
It is a perfect day to learn about the Iroquois and their hunting lodges.  I hope you are ready to work and learn!  Please move your stick to "bringing."  Next, empty your backpack of everything except for your lunch and your change of shoes/clothes.  Make a neat pile of your backpack belongings on your desk.  Finally, please wait quietly at your desk for Mrs. Miller's directions.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework
Read
Use Reflex
Share Poetry folder

Dress for outside work on Monday
Bring Brown Bag lunch on Monday

November 4, 2016
E day

Happy Friday,

I am glad you see you today!  Please get settled and right to work; I have high hopes for you today!   After you have ordered your lunch and washed your hands, you should pick up your iPad.  Snap a few pictures that represent your specific learning from this week.  Once you have done that, please find the Educreations app on your iPad.  Log in using the direction I gave you and explore the app- how can you use this to show your learning?

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

p.s. _____Sam____, ___Shannon______, and __Kylie_______ will share today.

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex
study for Science test
Remind Mom and Dad about Hunting Lodge on Monday

L/W share

November 3, 2016
D day

Good  morning,

I am glad to see you!  Please order your lunch and wash your hands.  Next, I'd like you to update your reading status.  If you need time to finish your Math test, please do that next.  If you are done with your math test, you should sneak in a few minutes of reading time!

___Dylan___, _______ and _______ will share a L/W fact.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
use Reflex
Study for Science test

November 2, 2016
C day

Hello Dam Builders,
Today we will work together to learn more about dams and how they affect the environment around them. Once you get settled, I'd like you to re-read pages 65-68 in the Land and Water book with a partner. First, please order your lunch and wash your hands.  You should also put your library books on the cart. Next, I'd like you to update your reading status.  Finally, find a partner and read "Releasing a River."  You should be looking for the positive and negative effects of dams.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

p.s. ________, _________ and __________ will share.

November 2, 2016
C day

Hello Dam Builders,
Today we will work together to learn more about dams and how they affect the environment around them. Once you get settled, I'd like you to re-read pages 65-68 in the Land and Water book with a partner. First, please order your lunch and wash your hands.  You should also put your library books on the cart. Next, I'd like you to update your reading status.  Finally, find a partner and read "Releasing a River."  You should be looking for the positive and negative effects of dams.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

p.s. ________, _________ and __________ will share.

Tonight's homework:
Read
Use Reflex
Study for Land and Water test

Bring dam materials

November 1, 2016
B day

Hello Sleepy Kids,

I hope you had a great time last night!  I bet you are on the tired side today.  Please come in and get settled into our morning routine: wash your hands, order your lunch, and update your reading status.  Today marks the first day of a new month.  I hope to check your list of books read.  Make sure that list is all filled in with author, title and number of pages.  Once that is done, you should read quietly.

______Will__, __________ and _________ will share a L/W fact.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey