Johnson's Journal

Terrific Tuesday

Good day parents,

Testing is over. We have 18 more instructional days until the end of the school year.  It's very important students come prepared and ready to learn each day. 

This week we will be working on Health.  We will be discussing living in a healthful community.  In addition we will be reviewing Geometry and decimals in math this week.  Students will be post tested on 4th nine weeks math next week, so we will review all week.  We are beginning unit 16 in Spelling and will test on it next Tuesday.  Students will have spelling homework everyday.  In writing, we will be working on persuasive essays.  Please have your child practice each night writing a persuasive essay of one paragraph about any topic of their choice.  Please make sure your child brings a healthy snack to school each day.  Also reading logs and agenda should be signed by parents each night.

Thank you for all you do!

Ms. Johnson

Good day

This week is CRCT testing all week. The students have no homework, but should read for 20 min every night.  Please make sure your child gets proper rest and eat a healthy breakfast daily.  Also, each child should have a healthy snack everyday. In the afternoon we are working on Chapter 7, ecosystems in Science.  Students will be tested on Chapter 7 next Tuesday.  Please make sure they study over the weekend.

Have a wonderful week,

S. Johnson

Happy Monday Parents

Good day,

I hope your weekend was great.  Only 9 more days until spring break!  Report cards were sent home on Friday.  If you have not sent the signed card back, please send it back tomorrow.  thanks!  This week will be our honors assembly on Thursday at 8:00. We will begin a new Spelling unit this week and will test over it next week.  We will be working on unit 14.  the students will have their core words and sort it words tomorrow.  Please remember on every Spelling test, children need to know how to spell their, there, and they're in their proper context in addition to its and it's.

Everyday, in addition to DLR review, we will be working on practicing for the CRCT test.  We will focus on reading comprehension, language arts, and math.  I really want to focus on problem solving, which is where a lot of students have trouble.  At home to help your child, you can read with them everyday and ask them questions as you read, so you will know, they understand what they are reading. There are some great workbooks at school box and lakeshore learning that you can use with your child to work on at home.  Due to the paper shortage, I'm not able to make extra copies to send home.  i apologize for the inconvenience.

In math, we are working on multiplying and dividing decimals.  Sstudents will have homework nightly. We are beginning chapter 11 this week in Social Studies, so sstudents should have their SS book at home everyday, studying. In writing, we are working on persuasive essays.  Students should be completed with the writing by Friday. Please don't forget to send in stamps for your child's brown envelope, if you have not already done so. Please sign your child's reading log and agenda each night. Please make sure your child has a healthy snack each day.

Thank you for all you do.

S. Johnson

Merry Monday!

Hello parents,

Hope you had a great weekend. Here is an update for our classroom this week. We are working on unit 13 in Spelling this week and will test over it on Thursday. Students have been given their core words, sort it, and concept words. Please have them practice them every night.

In language arts, we will have a wordlywise test tomorrow.  Please make sure your child studies tonight and is ready for the test tomorrow. We have DLR everyday and will test over it on Friday.

In math, we are covering charts and graphs. We are learning how to graph data.  In addition we will review two digit and three digit multiplication problems. 

In Social Studies we are reviewing westward expansion in Chapter 10. Students should understand the effect of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States.  Vocabulary is important as well.  Students should study important concepts in the chapter. We will test over it on Thursday.

In addition, we are collecting coins for cancer.  Please send in all of your spare change, so we can help find a cure. Please sign your child's reading log and agenda daily. We are starting a new nine weeks this week.  Please encourage your child to make good choices and study daily.  the CRCT is a few short weeks away and we need to prepare as much as possible.  We will have morning work packets in CRCT content areas. We will discuss strategies for problem solving.  I want everyone to excel on the CRCT.

Thank you for all you do.  Have a great week.

Ms. Johnson

Good Day!

Good day parents,

Here is the latest information for Ms. Johnson's class.  Tonight is Mcteacher's night at McDonald's. Please bring your child out to see a "teacher" working at McDonald's. I willl be there from 5:00 - 6:00 to greet students.  It Will be fun.  10% of all proceeds willl come back to Pitner. 

We are starting a new unit in Social Studies.  We are covering westward expansion. Students will be working on chapter 10 and 11 in their social Studies book. We will cover multiplication and division in math as well as data for this nine weeks. In language arts we are continuing our focus on non-fiction reading and writing. In spelling we are on unit 13.  students will be given their core words today. Please make sure your child is completing his/her homework every night.  Spelling, wordlywise, and math.  In addition your child should be reading a AR book every night and testing on it by Friday. If your child does not take an AR test each week, it will impact his/her reading grade negatively.

Pitner relay for life is having a coin drive, please send in all loose change, so we can raise money to fight cancer.  Please send a healthy snack to school with your child everyday.  Also, please sign your child's reading log and agenda daily.  Have a great day!

Parents, please sign your child's reading log everyday.  Starting today, March 11, they will not be allowed to participate in recess if their reading log is not signed.  They should have a parent signature along with their response to what they read.  It is imperative that they read an AR book for 20 minutes and respond to what they read in order to increase their comprehension skills.  Several students come to school daily with no signature on their reading log.  I am expecting all of my students to read and respond daily to what they read. Ask your child weekly, if they read an ar book and took a test. 

Ms. Johnson

Good day

Good day,

Here is the latest and greatest from Ms. Johnson's class. This week we are working in Chapter 19 in Math. We are covering decimals and also Chapter 16 measurement.  Your child will have math homework everyday and we will test on Thursday.  In Spelling we are beginning unit 12.  I gave out core words on yesterday.  We will test next week.  We had a wordlywise test today. We will have a Science test over chapter 2 on planets and stars tomorrow.  Please have your child study vocabulary for chapter 2. In Writing, we are working on non-fiction writing over books we are reading in guided reading. We will begin chapter three in Science Thursday. Please make sure your child is reading an AR book every night and testing over it on Friday. Please sign your child's agenda and reading log daily. Your child should bring a healthy snack to school everyday.  Also, please make sure your child has 2 sharpened pencils everyday.

Looking ahead, we will be taking a field trip to the Cobb Youth Museum on March 17th.  A field trip permission form will be coming home with your child soon.

Thank you for all you do. Have a great week.

S. Johnson

Good day!

Hello parents,

Here are our activities for the week.

Social Studies test tomorrow over chapter 9. We will begin Science on tomorrow as well.  We are studying the Solar Sytem  Your child should bring home a Science book everyday. Progress reports will go home tomorrow as well.

Please make sure your child is reading an AR book on his/her reading level and taking an AR test every week.

In math, we will be working on decimals this week.  We will add and subtract decimals and learn how to order decimals from least to greatest and greatest to least.

We began a new unit in Spelling. Students were given their core words yeaterday and we will test over it next Tuesday. Please make sure your child is studying wordlywise everyday, so they will do well on his/her wordlywise test. We will test this Friday.

On Friday during snack time, we will have a snack and pass out Valentine's. Each child was given a class list of students in the class.  Please make sure your child makes enough Valentine cards for every student in the class.  Also, the PTSA is selling Valentine candy grams this week for .50. If your child would like to purchase one, they can bring money and go before the 7:45 bell.

Have a great week.

S. Johnson

Merry Monday

Good day parents,

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Go Steelers!!!! :-)

We are back at school and have a lot going on.  Please allow me to begin by saying, I'm disappointed in the lack of AR tests my students are taking on books they read at home.  I discussed this with several of you at parent teacher conference last week.  Ar is a very important part of your child's grade.  Each child should be reading one ar book a week at home and testing over it by Friday.  Please make sure they book is on your child's reading level.  Each child in my class has the ability to read a chapter book.  I'm looking forward to great reading this nine weeks. 

We just completed a Social Studies test on the American Revolution.  This week we will be covering the start of a new nation in Chapter 9.  We will begin today and test on next Monday, so we will have to move quickly.  It is very important for your child to study everyday.

In math we will be working on Fractions again this week.  Students will have math homework everyday.  We will have a quiz on Fraction on Thursday.  The quiz quiz will cover adding and subtracting fractions and ordering fractions from least to greatest.

In Spelling we are cover unit 10 and will test on in on Wednesday. Students have been given their core words and we also reviewed or and ore words so far.  Please have them practice their Spelling words daily.

In reading groups we are covering non-fiction reading.  Each reading group will read non-fiction books and we will focus on text features such as titles, sub titles, main idea, sequence of events and understanding where to find important information.

We are working on Daily Language Review and will test on it on Friday.  We will have a wordly wise test on Wednesday, so please have your child study nightly for the test.

February is black history month and this month we will be learning about famous African-Americans. The students Willl be given a famous African-American to do a report on.  They Will be given time in class to work on their project, but it is my hope that they Willl be able to do research at home or the public library. The projects are due on February 17th.

Thank you to everyone who came out to parent teacher conferences last week.  It was a pleasure seeing each of you.  I love teaching your child and I'm excited about all of the wonderful things we are learning.  We have our CRCT test coming up very soon, so we will be doing a lot of review for the CRCT in the next couple of months.  Most of our review will be covered for morning work, but I will send home CRCT packets from time to time for the students to work on at home.  Thank you for all of your support.

We are running low on classroom supplies.  If you could please donate any of the following, it would be greatly appreciated.  Notebook paper, copy paper, sanitizer wipes, candy for our treasure box, or prizes for our treasure box.

Have a great week.

S. Johnson

rHappy New Year!!!

 Good day parents! I hope everyone had a restful holiday. We are back in the swing of things and there is a lot going on. On today Pitner held a mock CRCT for all the students in the school. This mock CRCT will allow teachers to assess where students are in the areas of strengths and weaknesses. I will be sharing the results with you at parent teacher conferences the week of January 26th throughgh the 30th. Thank you all for being so flexible and returning your conference forms so quickly. 

This week in my classroom we are working on unit 13 in wordlywise.  we will test over unit 13 on Friday. Please make sure your child studies everyday. We will have a DLR test on Friday as well.  In Spelling we are working on unit 9.  We are discussing contractions and irregular verbs. the students were given their core words and should practice those daily.  We will test over the Spelling words next Tuesday. In math this nine weeks we are learning about fractions and decimals.  this week we learned what a fraction was and how to identify equivalent fractions. Students will have a short quiz on Thursday to review what we learned this week.  In writing we are working on informational brochures.  We are learning about text features and what information goes into a brochure.  Each student was given a subject to research.  They will be allowed to research at school and it would be helpful, if they could research at home or at the public library. The information they are looking for will answer the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.  A few small pictures would be helpful as well.  In Social studies we are studying the road to the revolutionary war and the revolutionary war. We are testing over chapter 7 and will begin chapter 8 tomorrow.  Students should know the causes and effects of the revolutionary war. They should also know who the important people were and where the important places were.

Please make sure your child brings a healthy snack to school everyday.  I used to let students pop popcorn in my microwave, but it's too much of a distraction now, so form now on, students will not be allowed to bring popcorn to school unless it is already popped. Thank you for your help in this matter. Please sign the back of your child's Thursday folder when it comes home.  Also, students should have a parent signature on their agenda and reading log everyday. Students are required to read for 30 min daily over the weekend as well. There will be no school on Monday January 19th.

Have a wonderful week!

S. Johnson

Merry Monday!

Good day parents!

Five days to go until winter break.  Yea!!!  We have a lot to do this week.  We will be testing over Science on Wednesday and we will have a wordlywise and DLR test on Friday.  Please remind your child to stay focused  this week.  In math we will be reviewing 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication and 3 digit by 2 digit division. We will be working on writing as well.  We will be writing about how to make judgments.

Our holiday party will be on Thursday at 12:15 -2:00.  I would like to order pizza for lunch with drinks and a cookie.  I'm requesting a donation of 5.00 from each parent.  Please make sure your 5.00 donation is received by Wednesday.  We will also do a book exchange on Thursday.  Each child should bring a wrapped book for the exchange by Thursday.  All parents are welcome to attend the holiday party.  If you would like to eat pizza, please include 2.00 extra.  Thank you for a wonderful 1st half of the year!  It's been my joy to work with your child.  Happy holidays!!!

Ms. Johnson