Phillips's Pad in Room 206

Beach Break

2012-01-27T23:31:00.000-05:00

Thank you for those of you sent in food items for our "beach break" reading time. The students enjoyed the snacks, laying on beach towels and Paige was kind enough to bring in leis for all of the girls in the class to wear. Perhaps if we continue to think warm thoughts, Punxsutawney Phil will not see his shadow!

Spelling Class

2012-01-08T16:09:00.000-05:00

This week will be the last week that I will be doing spelling for all of the fifth grade. Students will be given spelling assignments and tests from their homeroom teacher. The fifth grade teachers feel that this will be most beneficial to the students in preparation for the upcoming PSSAs. The start of the third nine weeks will be January 17th and so this will be a nice transition into the change of spelling responsibilities. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me or your child's homeroom teacher know.

Thank you for all your support!

Goals

2012-01-01T17:33:00.001-05:00

A new post has been added to our Edublog blog site. Please be sure to check it out and respond to it by this Friday. In case you have forgotten username and password is: 206kes

This online journal is being graded. You will receive a total of 5 points for each post response. Points are awarded for no errors in spelling, capitalization, and grammar, including your name, being on topic, and completing the post on time.

I look forward to reading your posts!

Posts to Edublog

2011-12-18T20:11:00.001-05:00

Thank you to all who posted a comment to the Edublog website. I hope that you all enjoyed writing and reading what others posted. I appreciate those that took their time and wrote a thorough response with correct spelling, punctuation, and writing your name.

There will be more posts to come in the near future.

Stay posted :-)
Mrs. Phillips

Edublog

2011-12-08T09:47:00.001-05:00

Click here for the Edublog website.

This is also a link to a wikipage for some tips on blogging.

Christmas Gifts

2011-12-07T10:07:00.000-05:00

As the Christmas season draws near, we all have several people do buy for. Please do not feel that you need to get me a gift. While I appreciate each blessing, I would rather you purchase something for our classroom for all the students to use (games, gift cards, markers, big scissors, etc). Thank you for your kindness. Merry Christmas!!

Math Textbook Online

2011-12-05T13:42:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Witkowski has reposted the textbook link for our math textbook. Go to the "Student Stuff" on the KES homepage and choose the topic Math. The username and password is listed there as well. No more excuses of I forgot my math book at school!!

Upcoming Events

2011-12-04T23:13:00.002-05:00

This week: We will have a Food Drive. Please bring in non-perishable items. The winning grade level will get to watch a movie next Friday!!

Dec 15th & 16th: We will be making gingerbread houses. Please see the letter that was sent home last week for details. Students will need a can of white fluffy icing and various candies to share and decorate with.

Dec 22nd: We will have a gift exchange. Girls buy for girls and boys buy for boys. The gift should be no more than $5. Please wrap the item and label with your child's name on it.

Rooting Out Words

2011-12-01T13:26:00.000-05:00

Click here to go the game. If you finish one game, and there is still time, do another one! Try them all to see if you have a super brain :-)

Math Websites

2011-10-31T08:24:00.001-04:00

Click here for Multiplication Games

Click here for Double-digit multiplication practice

Thanks a Bunch!

2011-10-28T15:09:00.004-04:00

Thank you so much for all that brought in apples or treat for this week's Apple Crunch Day. It was greatly appreciated!!

Another Thank You!

2011-10-16T23:12:00.000-04:00

Thank you to Skylar for bringing in two huge containers of Clorox wipes for our classroom. What a blessing the extras for our room have been! Thank you! Thank you!

Thanks!

2011-10-09T12:44:00.001-04:00

Thank you to Paige for bringing in two boxes of tissues. It's getting into the cold and flu season, so having soft tissues will be great to use!

Another Math Site

2011-10-04T09:47:00.002-04:00

I just came across this website, ixl.com It has all subjects to practice on it. I found it to use for math but the other areas are great to use too!

New website

2011-09-28T21:06:00.000-04:00

Check out the following link that has tons of fun and educational games. We played the Pirate Decimal game in math class the other day. Mr Nussbaum is a pretty cool site!

There is even a spelling game on the site too. Type in the following code to practice and play WBK569

Thank You!

2011-09-27T21:32:00.000-04:00

A big thank you to Connor for bringing in soft tissues and a hands-free soap dispenser! Thanks so much!!

Week 5

2011-09-26T00:03:00.000-04:00

It's hard to believe that we are already half way through the first nine weeks!! I wanted to let you know that I am very pleased with how things are going this year. I seem to have a fairly responsible group of students who on occasion need friendly reminders. In fifth grade, we do a reward movie for the students who have not received any demerits for the nine weeks. If a student is unable to attend the movie, he/she will be making up work, reading a book, or completing other tasks while the movie is being shown. The next nine weeks, the student may join the class, if no demerits have been received for the next nine week period.

Homework Helpers--will be starting in October. Recommendations have been to Mrs. Marshall. If you would like your child to attend and has not already been recommended, please let me know.

Thank you for all that you do!

Frog-tastic Spellers!

2011-09-25T23:56:00.000-04:00

As an incentive and reward for getting 100% or better on Spelling tests, students can choose not to do homework on certain weeks. This week is the first week that can happen. When a student gets 100% on 3 Spelling tests, he/she may choose not to do their contract for the next week's words. However, they will still need to study because he/she is not exempt from the test. A student may choose at anytime to use their 3 aces, but do not have to use them if they do not want to.

If you have any questions about being a Frog-tastic Speller, please let me know.

Week 2

2011-09-09T22:37:00.000-04:00

Well, we have made it through 2 weeks of school so far. I think that the students and myself are getting the hang of things in grade 5. Schedules and procedures are being memorized and followed through pretty good!

Just a few reminders:
Please check your child's assignment notebook for daily assignments

Encourage your child to start assignments early and to keep homework in their "green" folder that is to travel with them to each class.

If anyone would like to volunteer anytime in the classroom, please let me know and I will keep you in my for future needs.

Thanks so much for making this year start off so great!!

Welcome to Fifth Grade!

2011-08-28T22:10:00.000-04:00

Summer might be over, but that just means that it is time to start another exciting year of school! I hope you all had a great summer and are ready to learn many new things. I know I am! This will be my first year in fifth grade at KES, so we will all be learning how it is in grade 5.

This blog will be helpful for many things including checking your spelling words for the week, posting recent photos and classwork, finding current events, and much more! Be sure to check here often.