We learn at a Blue Ribbon school!!

Wow!! What a fun day! Long received a very prestigious award today, National Blue Ribbon! In perspective, we are 1 out of 5 schools of the 2,439 public schools in Missouri AND 1 of 238 in the nation to receive this award!!! On top of that, we got to celebrate the big award with Culver's ice cream given by our principals, central office staff, and the Mayor of Crestwood! Way to go! 

Weekly Update 9/29

Good morning! Hope everyone had a wonderful 3 day weekend!

Monday- B day and Library
Tuesday- C day and Hearing Test
Wednesday- D day
Thursday- A day and Counselor
Friday- B day and SW test

Writing- We are editing and finishing up our favorite writings this week to get ready to share with you all at our Writing Celebration! The celebration will be less than an hour on Tuesday 10/7 at 9:00 am. 

Reading- Continue to read each night with your child and add their reading log minutes in their planners. 

Sight Words- Test Friday over list 6

Science- Finishing up our unit on Inquiry.

Math- We are continuing our subtraction practice this week! Today, we made subtraction stories with our writing partners so we can make them into a class book! 

*Be sure to check the "App of the Week" post on new apps we have been using in the classroom so you can add them to your devices at home to keep the learning going!*

Upcoming Reminders:
- Fire Prevention Week next week!
- Fundraiser money due 9/29 but will take orders this WHOLE WEEK!
-Scholastic Book Orders due: Oct.6
-Quarter 1 ends: 10/17
-Conferences: Oct. 27 and Oct. 29. I will create a signupgenius for you to sign up for the date and time next week.

Go Cards!!  

Weekly Update 9/22

Good morning! It's officially Fall this week!

Monday- B day and Library

Tuesday- C day (Bear Fundraiser day)

Wednesday- D day and Picture Day!!

Thursday- A day (Bear Fundraiser day)

Friday- NO SCHOOL!!

*Mid-quarter reports are coming home this week.*

Spelling- Sight word list 5 test Thursday- study study study!!

Math- We are starting subtraction and I must say, they are totally rocking it! Way to go!

Writing- Continuing on our Small Moment Stories and are now working on editing them as well.

Science- Contining to work on acitvities using inquiry and our five senses.

Reading- Please continue to read each night for 15 min and record that in the planners. Also, their guided reading books should be coming home as well so that's an easy way to record those books.

Crazy Hair Day/ Buddy Day!

Weekly Update 9/15

Good morning! Hope everyone had a great weekend! It is finally feeling like fall!

Monday- A day and Library
Tuesday- B day
Wednesday- C day and Early Release at 1:40 (please let me know if your transportation is different on this day) and CrAzY hAiR day!

Thursday- D day
Friday- A day 


Sight Words- We are starting list 4 this week! Please continue to practice these words at home by spelling, writing, and using them in a sentence. 

Writing- We are continuing to work on our Small Moment stories and I am so impressed with the stories this class has come up with already! Keep up the great work!

Science- We just started Chapter 1 last week and are going to explore our five senses more this week. 


Reading- Literacy Centers and reading groups are underway! Your child should be coming home with their plastic bag full of a few books, please be sure to have your child read these to you and bring back the next school day. 

Reading Log- We have started a school wide reading program where each grade level turns in their class reading log totals for each week. This is determined by signing off in your child's planner that they have read for 15 min. I'm sure most of you are doing this but I can only record it if it is written down in their planners. Happy Reading!

Upcoming events
-September 24- Picture Day! Our pictures will be at 9:15. 

Weekly Update 9/8

Good morning!! Hope everyone had a great weekend with this BEAUTIFUL weather! 

Monday- D day and Library
Tuesday- A day and S.S. test
Wednesday- B day
Thursday- C day
Friday- D day and SW test list 3.

Upcoming Events:
9/17- Early Dismissal

Writing- We just finished our first bend in our writing unit. Hopefully you were able to see some of their Small Moment work come home on Friday. This week we will start bend 2 on Small Moments where we will really focus on topics and writing techniques.

Reading- We are going to start reading groups today. If you see books come home in your child's book bag in a gallon size ziploc, these are books that are on their level and are ones they need to practice at home. Please be sure to bring these books back the next school day. 

Sight Word- Please review list 3- test will be on Friday. 

Social Studies- We will have our test over Family and Community on Tuesday. 

Science- Chapter 1: Inquiry will start on Wednesday. 

App of the Week!

I will do my best to update this blog post with an app that we are using in the classroom that would be benefical for you to download on your devices to continue the students learning at home or on the go. 

MathBug is a great app for addition, subtraction, and mixed numbers. On level 1 and 2 of addition, MathBug gives you a problem to solve with picture clues and three numbers to choose from for the answer. 

Addition Wiz and Subtraction Wiz are great apps to work on as a drill practice.

This is a great app that gives the students a math problem and has a box for showing their work, 10 frame, and more! Also, if you click the speaker button, it will read the question to you. 

This is another great app that has word problems, space to show your work, and has multiple choice answers too! 

Weekly Update

Hope everyone is enjoying their day off! 

Tuesday- D day and Library
Wednesday- A day
Thursday- B day
Friday- C day and Bus Driver's Day

Reading- We have been building our stamina during our Read to Self time and have made it to 12 minutes! Way to go! This week we are going to practice going to our literacy centers so we can get into full swing next week while we start reading groups.

Writing- We are working on our Small Moment stories and they are really coming along great; I am so proud of everyone!

Math- Along with addition, we are practicing problem solving, number sentences, as well as finding all the ways to make 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. 

Spelling- Sight Word List 2 test will be given on Friday so please be sure to study these words at home.

Social Studies- We will be finishing up our unit this week as we have been talking about building our classrom community and family.