Last Day of March!

Monday, March 31, 2014 will be our final day to turn in our READ-O game boards and our BOOK BINGO Game boards for prizes!

Also, it is our last day of March Reading Month and you should wear a READABLE T-shirt!  Any shirt with words on it!

See you Monday!

Monday, March 31, 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014 will be our final day to turn in our READ-O game boards and our BOOK BINGO Game boards for prizes!

Also, it is our last day of March Reading Month and you should wear a READABLE T-shirt!  Any shirt with words on it!

See you Monday!

March Student of the Month

Congratulations to the MARCH STUDENT OF THE MONTH-Eastin!

Way to go! You rock!

Hawkeye's Bookworm Base Earners

Aidan has earned both 1st and 2nd base prizes!

Congrats!

Hawkeye's Bookworm Contest

Congrats to Rylie who has now earned her 2nd base prize--a free 6-inch sub from Subway!

Be sure to be writing your child's reading minutes down each night on the top of their agenda.  This tally of minutes is the only way that they can earn these prizes.

The competition ends next Monday so KEEPPPPP reading!

Hawkeye's Bookworms Base Earners

More base earners for the Hawkeye's Book Worm Contest!
All it takes is 100 minutes to move another base so keep reading through the end of March!

1st Base: Alexis

2nd Base: Gavin, Alexis, Zaylea

3rd Base: Macey, Jayda, Max, Jetta, Olivia, Mitchell, Eastin, Asho

Home Run: Macey, Olivia, Mitchell, Asho

Mar 10-14, 2014 Top Home Reading Winner!

Top reading winner for March 3-7 & 10-14! Way to go Olivia!

Mrs. Ouradnik read to our class!

Last week Mrs. Ouradnik read to our class for our MARCH READING MONTH. It was a flashback for a few of our students who were in her class in 1st grade!

Mar 17-21 Top Reader

Congrats Macey, our top reader for March 17-21! 340 minutes!!

March 25-28 Spelling Lists

Check out www.spellingcity.com/loristeinbrink to find this week's spelling lists. Your child should know which list he/she is on. If they cannot remember, their list is in their home folder for this week. You can also e-mail me to find out which list they are on. Thanks!

Red Hawks Reading BASE earner!

Congrats to Rylie who earned her 1st base prize--a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut for our Hawkeye Bookworm Reading Program in March!

Each 100 minutes your child reads and records in their agenda during the month of March, they will earn a different prize.
1st base-pizza hut
2nd base-subway
3rd base-DQ
Homerun-REDHAWKS baseball ticket!

Jr. Achievment

Today we learned about DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWS!

Mrs. Joyce Came to Read to us TODAY!

Thank you for joining us today, Mrs. Joyce!

WHOLE SCHOOL STOP AND READ

Thank you to  Macey, Gavin and Mitchell's moms who came to read with our class last Friday for our WHOLE SCHOOL STOP AND READ!

March 3-7 and 10-14 Reading Winner(s)

Congrats to OLIVIA who was our top reader for March 3-7 and 10-14!

You rock girl!

Congrats to our new Redhawks Reading Minute Earners!

March is off and running and a few of our kids are already at first and second base in our RedHawks reading contest!

Each base can be earned by reading 100 minutes. To get to home plate, students need to read more than 400 minutes over the course of March! The faster they read, the faster they can earn their prizes!

The following students have earned their 1st base prize:
Zaylea
Benito
Tristan
Joslyn
Mara
Gavin

The following students have earned their 2nd base prize:
Asho
Adam
Eastin
Joslyn
Mitchell
Jetta
Max
Jadya
Macey

Congrats to our RedHawks Reading winners!

March is off and running and a few of our kids are already at first and second base in our RedHawks reading contest!

Each base can be earned by reading 100 minutes. To get to home plate, students need to read more than 400 minutes over the course of March! The faster they read, the faster they can earn their prizes!

The following students have earned their 1st base prize:
Asho
Adam
Eastin
Mitchell
Payton
Olivia
Jetta
Tyler
Max
Jayda
Macey

The following students have earned their 2nd base prize already as well:
Payton
Olivia

March 17-19 Spelling Lists

We will have a spelling list for the week of March 17-19.
Our lists are as follows:

List A (short/long vowels):
dish          rich
life           nice
nine         mice
gift           flip
thin          drive
give         five
prize        hike
swim       spill
twig         knife
clip          kick
dice         spills
flips        dishes

List B (other vowels):
good         troop
fool          should
noon          proof
root          soot
hook        crook
hoop         could
stool        hood
would       tool
cool          foot
wood         brook
groom       wool
stood        roost

List C (syllable junctures):
silent           finger
matter         fever
female         pillow
number        yellow
sister           basket
chapter        follow
blanket         problem
stupid          pattern
happen          bottom
winter          member
butter          water
moment        window

List D (unaccented final syllables):
cattle              cancel
pencil             special
total               journal
novel             towel
couple            final
jewel              April
signal             angel
evil                metal
model           fragile
level             vowel
saddle         angle
fossil           local

List E (harder suffixes):
prewar             prejudge
afterword        forecourt
preseason        prefix
afternoon        aftertaste
postseason        forethought
postdate           afterthought
foreordain        postcolonial
forewarn          preoccupied
postwar           preposition
foreword         predetermine
forearm          foreknowledge
predate           preexisting

List F (bases and roots):
quadruple            pentathlon
pentagon              tetrapod
tetrarchy              decimate
decathlon            quadrant
quintessence        quintuple
quadruped            quadruplets
quintessential       pentangle
quadrennial          tetralogy
tetrad                    decathlete
decimal                pentathlete
quintuplets           pentarchy
quadrangle           pentad

Friday-March 14, 2014 Spring will be here soon!

Friday, March 14, 2014 is SPRING WILL BE HERE SOON DAY!


Hawaiian Day--Wear a Hawaiian shirt or your favorite summer T-shirt today!

Congratulations! Another Cursive License Earner!!

Congrats Joslyn, another cursive license earner!!

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

Hi Parents!

Our Box Tops for Education envelope is getting SOOOO FULL, but I think we can do more!
If you have any more at home, or have a relative in town that collects them for you, try get them turned in by FRIDAY to help us win our contest!

Parent Survey--Please complete! :)

WE NEED YOUR INPUT!

 

Every five years, the West Fargo School District goes through an accreditation process to improve practices in the school system.  West Fargo Public Schools is involved in a continuous improvement process that involves all stakeholders including parents, staff, and students. The results will help us identify our strengths, areas for improvement, and stakeholder attitudes. It will also help you understand the AdvancED Standards for Quality Schools, and what a parent, student or staff member should expect in a high quality school system.

 

Your help completing the survey will be greatly appreciated. Please plan on taking a few minutes during Parent-Teacher Conferences to complete this survey. Computers will be set up in the (Westside Elementary Library computer lab along with directions.  If you are unable to complete the survey during P-T Conferences, we ask that you please go to the district website (see below).  Paper copies will also be available upon request in your school office.

 

http://www.west-fargo.k12.nd.us/parents/parentsurvey  

 

You can also access the survey on your school website. 

 

The first question you will be asked is which school your child(ren) attend.  If you have children in more than one school, please choose the school your oldest child attends OR you can complete the survey for each child at each school.  The choice is yours.

 

Your responses to this survey will be anonymous and your honest opinion is appreciated.  Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.

 

If you have questions about this survey, please contact Beth Slette, Assistant Superintendent at slette@west-fargo.k12.nd.us   or by calling 701-499-1028.

Thursday, March 13-Still Waiting for Spring

Thursday, March 13 is Still Waiting for Spring Day

Wear your favorite summer color today!

Sit Up Competition

Each day we do a different PHYSICAL ACTIVITY competition to get our blood flowing and our brains energized.  Today, we did sit-ups!  We ask that each child at least tries each activity and keeps going as long as their body will let them!  Here's a quick video of what I caught!

I also caught a picture of the winners raking in their winnings!

"Read with another classroom" Day!

 On Monday we read with Mr. Olson's 5th grade class!

 Half of my students went to hang out in 5th grade!

 And---half of his students came to hang out with me down in 3rd grade!

 Fun was had by all!

 Thanks for hanging out with us, 5th graders!

Grade 3 Music Performance

Here are a few pictures I was able to capture during our 3rd grade music performance. If you have more to share, feel free to send them my way and I can share them on the blog for all of our families to see!  Be sure to send our blog post link to any family members who were unable to make it to see our students in action at their performance!

They did a really great job!:)