It's almost May! (this is giving me mixed feelings!)

I can't wait to be back to class this week! I always feel a little "off" when not in my classroom.

Upcoming this week: 

5/2 –  Last Book Order of the year due
5/2 – Earth Day Movie at Galaxy 16 (12:20-3:20)

Math- This week we will review probability. After that we will begin a year long review.  

Reading-  Last week was our last story from our blue reading Basal. We will conduct a review this week and take our unit test. After all reading scores are entered into my grade book, I will send home a score summary. 

 
Science- Mrs. Clark will continue talking to the students about sound. They are learning how a sound is created from a vibration. Depending on the vibration, it can change the sounds frequency and pitch.  
Writing- We will review creating a topic sentence, main idea, and "give me more" detail sentences.
 
Upcoming Events: 

4/30 – JK/Kindergarten Informational Meeting (6:00-7:00 – Kindergarten parents in gym, JK parents in music room, students in the JK and kindergarten classrooms
5/9 – Mr. Shucks Assembly at 1:45 in the gym to share Kernels Summer Reading Program. The Emerson Kernels Night at the Ballgame will be Thursday, May 17 at 6:30. The deadline for purchasing tickets through the school is Monday, May 14.  A note will be sent in the Brown envelopes explaining this information.
5/10 – DIBELS Testing
5/11 – Family Fun Night at Emerson from 6:00-8:30
5/17 Emerson Night at the Kernals Game 6:30

May 18 – Grades 2-3 Night at FMI
May 21 – Grade 2-3 visit FMI @ 10:00
5/22 – Grade 3 Field Trip to Lebeda (10:00-12:30)
5/23 -  1:30 Dismissal
5/28 -No School
5/30 – Emerson Beach Party
5/31 Last Day of School (OH MY!)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Jodie Yuska 

HELP!

The Emerson Parent Group is wondering if they could get your help volunteering for Family Fun Night!  They still have a lot of slots open and not to many volunteer sheets were turned in.  If you are willing to volunteer, that would be WONDERFUL!!  Below is a list of what is still needed.

Sucker Tree (JK)                                                                    
6:00 – 6:45              2 volunteers                                                            
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers                                                            
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers                                                          

Bounce House (KHt)                                                         
6:00 – 6:45              2 volunteers                                                        
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers                                   
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers                                   

Giant Slide (KHg)                                                               
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers                                   
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers                                   
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers

Fish Pond (1G)                                                                   
6:00 – 6:45              1 volunteer                                                            
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers                                   
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers                                   

Skeeball (1S)                                                                      
6:00 – 6:45              2 volunteers                                   
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers                                  
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers

Ticket Sales
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers

 Cake Walk (3C)
6:00 – 6:45              2 volunteers
6:45 - 7:30               2 volunteers
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers

 Wheel of Fortune (3Y)
 6:00 – 6:45              1 volunteer
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers

 Trading Post (2R)
6:00 – 6:45              2 volunteers 
6:45 – 7:30              2 volunteers
7:30 – 8:15              1 volunteer

Tattoos (2K)                                                         
6:00 – 6:45              1 volunteer
6:45 – 7:30              1 volunteers
7:30 – 8:15              2 volunteers

Pizza, Pop, & Ice Cream
6:00 – 6:45              1 volunteer
6:45 – 7:30              3 volunteer
7:30 – 8:15              3 volunteers

We could also use more baked goods for the cake walk as well as help setting up and cleaning up!

If anyone is able to help, please e-mail me or  e-mail at bctumilty@imonmail.com.  It has been brought up in the parent meeting, if they do not get volunteers for a certain time slot, then that would be shut activity down for that time period so the parents that do volunteer can enjoy the night with their children as well.

Thanks!
Jodie Yuska

Another GREAT week in 3rd grade!

The 3rd graders did a fantastic job focusing on their assessments last week and during their music performance. It was a very busy week and I was very proud of them! 

 

Upcoming this week: 

4/24- Mrs. Clark and I will be gone to a meeting (afternoon only)

4/25 & 4/26- I will be gone to work on PBIS (our school's behavior plan) at Grant Wood AEA (all day, both days)
4/27 I will be gone all day

 
Math- This week we will be discussing probability. What is the chance something will happen. We will conduct experiments with dice, coins, letters, spinners, and marbles. Students will also determine if something is possible or impossible.   

Reading-   This week will we read Turtle Knows your Name by Ashley Bryan. This is a folk tale from the West Indies, a young boy (Upsilimana Tumpalerado) is frustrated because no one can remember his long name. Later when challenges to guess his grandmother’s long name (Mapaseedo Jackalindy Eye Pie Tackarindy), the boy turns to turtle who gives him some help.

Science- Mrs. Clark will continue having the students conduct experiments learning about vibrations, pitch, frequency, and how a sound is produces.

Writing- We will continue taking a look at different forms of poetry and creating our own.
 
Upcoming this month: 

4/30 – JK/Kindergarten Informational Meeting (6:00-7:00 – Kindergarten parents in gym, JK parents in music room, students in the JK and kindergarten classrooms

Upcoming May/June Events
5/2 –  Earth Day Movie at Galaxy 16 (12:20-3:20)
5/9 – Mr. Shucks Assembly at 1:45 in the gym to share Kernels Summer Reading Program. The Emerson Kernels Night at the Ballgame will be Thursday, May 17 at 6:30. The deadline for purchasing tickets through the school is Monday, May 14.  A note will be sent in the Brown envelopes explaining this information.
5/10 – DIBELS Testing
5/11 – Family Fun Night at Emerson
5/17 Emerson Night at the Kernals Game 6:30
5/22 – Grade 3 Field Trip to Lebeda (10:00-12:30)
5/23 -  1:30 Dismissal
5/28 -No School
5/30 – Emerson Beach Party
5/31 Last Day of School (OH MY!)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Jodie Yuska 

Iowa Assessments!

Upcoming this week: 

4/16-4/20 Iowa Assessments (Formerly ITBS) testing. Please have students get A LOT of rest and eat a good, healthy breakfast!
4/19 3rd grade music program 7:00 pm at the High School  

 
Math- We will not be having regular math classes this week. We have a lot of math based assessments. We will play some math games on days we are not taking math tests.  

Reading-  We will not have a story this week due to testing. :) Next week will be our last basal story  

Science- I will be showing some videos about Sound this week, to help having a relaxing yet educational break from testing. I will also be giving spelling words and spelling tests, since we will not be sharing classes due to testing.

Writing- We will continue taking a look at different forms of poetry and creating our own.

**We will have poetry and spelling this week.
 
Upcoming this month: 

4/24- Mrs. Clark and I will be gone to a meeting (afternoon only)

4/25 & 4/26- I will be gone to work on PBIS (our school's behavior plan) at Grant Wood AEA (all day, both days)
4/27 I will be gone all day
4/30 – JK/Kindergarten Informational Meeting (6:00-7:00 – Kindergarten parents in gym, JK parents in music room, students in the JK and kindergarten classrooms

Upcoming May/June Events
5/2 –  Earth Day Movie at Galaxy 16 (12:20-3:20)
5/9 – Mr. Shucks Assembly at 1:45 in the gym to share Kernels Summer Reading Program. The Emerson Kernels Night at the Ballgame will be Thursday, May 17 at 6:30. The deadline for purchasing tickets through the school is Monday, May 14.  A note will be sent in the Brown envelopes explaining this information.
5/10 – DIBELS Testing
5/11 – Family Fun Night at Emerson
5/17 Emerson Night at the Kernals Game 6:30
5/22 – Grade 3 Field Trip to Lebeda (10:00-12:30)
5/23 -  1:30 Dismissal
5/28 -No School
5/30 – Emerson Beach Party
5/31 Last Day of School (OH MY!)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Jodie Yuska 

Happy belated Easter!

I hope you had a chance to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend. This week temperatures are going to drop and there are chances of rain. Please remember that if the temperature is below 60 degrees your child will need to wear a coat outside. This goes for all recesses! :) I also hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing extended weekend. 


Please take a close look at upcoming dates. My calendar has seemed to explode with information lately! :)

Upcoming this week:
4/11 Pictures and/or picture money DUE! 

4/11 1:30 Dismissal (teachers have professional development)

4/13 Donuts With Dad – 8:15 – 8:40 

4/14 Jump Rope for Heart at the High School (red gym) from 9:00-11:00 am

Math- We will continue our review with estimation, rounding, multiplication, division, fractions, 3-d shapes, time, and hopefully money. I am trying to fit a lot in this week! 

Reading-    This week we will read The Rooster who Understood Japanese by Yoshiko Uchida. In this story Mrs. Kitamura and her odd assortment of pets live next door to Miyo and her mother. One day a new neighbor demands that Mrs. Kitamura stop her pet rooster from crowing in the mornings. Sympathetic to Mrs. Kitamura’s predicament, Miyo comes up with a clever idea that solves the problem.  

Text Talk- This week we will use  Koko's Kitten. This is a nonfiction piece about a gorilla who uses sign language named Koko and his deep love for his kitten named All Ball.  Our text talk words are: accustomed, affection, aggressive, distress, capable, and console. This will be our last text talk book for the year. 

Science- Mrs. Clark will be reviewing some science concepts for the Iowa Assessments tests. Students should also find out more about Simple Machines. Soon they will begin learning about their next science unit covering the physics of sound.

Writing- We are continuing to discuss and write different kind of poems. The students are amazed that poems can describe items and not have to rhyme. :) We will continue taking a look at different forms of poetry and creating our own.

Upcoming this month: 

4/16-4/20 Iowa Assessments (Formerly ITBS) testing. Please have students get A LOT of rest and eat a good breakfast! We will have poetry and spelling this week.
4/19 3rd grade music program 7:00 pm at the High School

4/24- Mrs. Clark and I will be gone to a meeting (afternoon only)

4/25 & 4/26- I will be gone to work on PBIS (our school's behavior plan) at Grant Wood AEA (all day, both days)
4/27 I will be gone all day
4/30 – JK/Kindergarten Informational Meeting (6:00-7:00 – Kindergarten parents in gym, JK parents in music room, students in the JK and kindergarten classrooms

Upcoming May/June Events

5/2 –  Earth Day Movie at Galaxy 16 (12:20-3:20)
5/9 – Mr. Shucks Assembly at 1:45 in the gym to share Kernels Summer Reading Program. The Emerson Kernels Night at the Ballgame will be Thursday, May 17 at 6:30. The deadline for purchasing tickets through the school is Monday, May 14.  A note will be sent in the Brown envelopes explaining this information.
5/10 – DIBELS Testing
5/11 – Family Fun Night at Emerson
5/17 Emerson Night at the Kernals Game 6:30
5/22 – Grade 3 Field Trip to Lebeda (10:00-12:30)
5/23 -  1:30 Dismissal
5/28 -No School
5/30 – Emerson Beach Party
5/31 Last Day of School (OH MY!)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Jodie Yuska 

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a fabulous spring break! I am really enjoying watching my girls outside and enjoying some sunshine while working on school stuff. :) Once again, thank you for coming to conferences, it is always fun to watch the kids show off what they can do. We are now in our final stretch of school, therefore it will be very busy in our classroom! 

Upcoming this week:  

4/2- Classes back in session :)  

4/6- No School 

 
Math- For the next two weeks we will be completing a review of what we have learned so far. One, to be ready to continue our work; two, to help the students hopefully feel more prepared for the Iowa Assessments coming up in April.  We will start by reviewing place value (2 days), then addition (1, 2, and 3-digit), and subtraction (1, 2, and 3-digit) this week. 

Reading-    This week we will read Operation Rescue by Christina Wilsdon. This is a nonfiction selection about the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989. Students will learn that oil spills can kill the sea animals who get caught in them. The author’s careful explanations and excellent photographs show different methods used to clean and care for otters and sea birds pulled from the area of a spill.  

Text Talk- This week we will read  Angel Child, Dragon Child. Book Summary from Scholastic: Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, is lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam. She has difficulty adjusting to her new life, and her classmates do not accept her because she is different. Then she makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift. A heartfelt, gentle, and realistic story. Our text talk words are: tilted, tender, yearn, gleam, mumbling, and cooperative. 

Writing- April is National Poetry month. Therefore, this month we will be taking a look at different forms of poetry and creating our own. This is one of my favorite units! :)

Upcoming this month: 

4/16-4/20 ITBS testing (Please have students get A LOT of rest and eat a good breakfast!)

4/24- Mrs. Clark and I will be gone to a meeting (afternoon only)

4/25 & 4/26- I will be gone to work on PBIS (our school's behavior plan) at Grant Wood AEA (all day, both days)

4/27- I will be gone once again! Oh my... but will be happy to return to school on 4/30. 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Jodie Yuska