The Two~Gether Express SouthBound News!  
Week of May 5th~9th, 2008

 

The Two~Gether Express Song

We're The Two~Gether Express and we're the Best
at E.E. Miller we pass the test!
Whenever they ask if we succeed
We Proudly say "Oh Yes Indeed"!
Our day is filled with work not play
but if you'd see us you'd say "NO WAY"
that work can be made that much fun~
Just come inside
we'll show you how it's done!

Spelling tests are given on Thursdays or Fridays!  This way if something happens that causes us to run short of time the Spelling Test Can be given!  Please have your child study the spelling of each word and compose sentences to ensure comprehension of word meaning!
 

WOW!  Check out this "Coolest" interactive on parts of the Human Eye:
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/toolsamples/sampledd.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/eye1.htm
 

Another WOW!  Check out this vocabulary "hangman" game!

http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/index.html

Spelling List A
cups
pints
quarts
gallons
liters
miles
grams
pounds
inches
mass

Skill:
 Review all spelling skills
click here to get printable spelling list!

Spelling List B
capacity
length
kilometers
meters
ounces
kilograms
temperature
Fahrenheit
Celsius
metric


 

Wonderful Writers' Weekend
Writing Genre': Research
Due Monday, February 11, 2008
Topic: Solar System topic will be assigned
 

Acrostic Poem Site
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

Star-Spangled Banner Web site
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/opening.html

~U.S Mint site for learning about Money~

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?fileContents=games

Interactive Science Experiments

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
(Great interactive math dictionary)
 

Bonus Words
standard  vertex vertices  polyhedra (cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism, and pyramid)   
http://www.spellingconnectionsonline.com
go to grade 4 unit 5
Spelling test this week will be on Thursday so start studying now:-)
Click on:

http://www.edjameson.com/spelling/spelling.htm
(just click on the back button when you want to return to this page!)

to find some really cool ways to study your spelling words:-)

Another great spelling site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm

Huge Thanks to the Santa-Maria Bonita School District in California for putting together
all the components in the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series for teachers everywhere
to take advantage of!  Your hard work is presented in the coolest, most creative fashion
possible!  You Guys Rule ~ For Real:-) 
If you haven't checked it out You are in for an awesome WOW Moment......

http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=35

Super Science Dictionary Site
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/scienceglossary/index.html

Terrific Interactive Math Site:
www.mathplayground.com/index.html

Math Word Problem fun:
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordProblems

~Want to learn to TYPE?~
Click here:-)

 

~Want to know Everything about Math?~
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html


~Website where celebrities "Read" ya great books~
http://www.storylineonline.net/
 

WOW!  This website has loads of everything!http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=PuzzleMaps

Terrific Kid  

Johnathan
 

Website for writing prompts:

http://www.writingfix.com/dailypromptgenerator.htm#prompt_generator

Spelling Interactive Site you can use at your Technology center.  I use it at Technology and PowerPoint Centers.
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm

Citizen of the Week        

Dondre'

Happy
April
Birthdays

Each night an RC Book should come home to be read if it is a short regular book
or a short chapter book!  An RC Test will be taken on the book the next day!
  If a "Longer Chapter Book" is brought home at least a Chapter per night should
be read (if the chapters are long).  With this system "Your Child" will be successful
in achieving personal "RC Reading Goals" set each nine weeks
and will walk up to the stage at our Award's Programs
(held at the end of each nine weeks)
to receive their "Basic" and "Challenge" Reading Awards!

What is Homework?
Click here to find out...
Once there Just click your Back Button to come Back ;-)

Your child is "Safe" and "Secure" here in this United States of America Classroom!  Ms. Wright and I make it our "First" Priority!
Sometime we need to get in touch with you quickly (like when your child is sick) so
PLEASE KEEP US UP TO DATE WITH ALL NUMBERS THAT CAN BE USE TO FIND YOU FAST!
If during the year numbers change LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU DO! Working together we ensure healthy and "Happy" Kids!
Want your own "waving" American flag?  Just click here to get it!

 Check out these "Super" Websites

Math Sites
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/index.html
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index3.html
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/index.html
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/math_problems.htm
http://www.coolmath.com/links_generalmath.htm

Math and Reading Sites
http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html   

Loads of different "cool" stuff
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Great Site for Lots of Ideas (Laura Candler is a great friend)
www.lauracandler.com

Spice up Spelling Practice
http://www.gigglepotz.com/spellcreative.htm

Etch a Sketch
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/html/onlineetch.htm

Two~Gether Express

Homework will go home each Monday through Thursday night with spelling sentences written over the weekend.   PLEASE  let me know if you have a problem with an assignment!  I'll make corrections as necessary!  Can't complete an assignment due to unforeseen circumstances send in a note and your child will not have to "Pull a Lollipop" for not having their homework!

Reading an RC Book brought home from our Media Center is also HOMEWORK EACH NIGHT!  Please "Share Read With Your Child" or allow your child to "Read Independently" their RC Book each night.  This will assure "More Success" on RC Tests and Your Child will come home   "PROUDLY"  wearing YET ANOTHER  Two~Gether Express RC Button!

PTO
Parent~Teacher Organization
Check it out!

We "Know" We have great Parents 'cause
we have "Super" Kids and

They say the apple doesn't
fall far from the tree...

Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire."
-William Butler Yeats

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                  We Love You! 

. . . and friends

The Two~Gether Express Is Best!