*For students entering 1st-6th grades
*This is for children of ALL reading levels!
*All classes taught by credentialed teachers supervised by BSU literacy professors. *Lots of one on one instruction with BSU pre-service teachers!
*This four-week session provides 80 hours of intensive literacy learning—basically a school year’s worth of learning.
*Partial and Full Scholarships Available
*Provides engaging, motivating reading & writing instruction in a supportive environment with low student/teacher ratio.
The Details:
June 14-July 9
8:30-12:30
Anser Elementary
$325
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
http://education.boisestate.edu/literacy/SuLitAcademy.htm
or 208-426-2702
Sign up early online!
Class size is limited!
Fun Fluency!
Cool Comprehension!
Fabulous Phonics!
Radical Writing!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Spelling Test for May 26th
The /ow/ sound is this week's spelling rule.
3rd Grade Words:
1. ground
2. mouth
3. sprout
4. sound
5. fountain
6. counter
7. chow
8. plow
9. vow
10. how
Challenge List:
1. foundation
2. astound
3. crouch
4. flounder
5. scoundrel
6. trousers
7. endow
8. showdown
9. so
Review Words:
1. won’t
2. they’ve
3. he’s
4. can’t
5. we’d
3rd Grade Words:
1. ground
2. mouth
3. sprout
4. sound
5. fountain
6. counter
7. chow
8. plow
9. vow
10. how
Challenge List:
1. foundation
2. astound
3. crouch
4. flounder
5. scoundrel
6. trousers
7. endow
8. showdown
9. so
Review Words:
1. won’t
2. they’ve
3. he’s
4. can’t
5. we’d
Monday, May 17, 2010
Supplemental Levy Election May 18
Please come vote at our school for the supplemental levy on May 18th! We need your vote and this is a great way to support your child's education. There is even a contest for the classroom with the most voters - put a pink slip in with my name on it and our class could win a prize from the office!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Our Class Story
The Dragons Return
By: Miss Larsen’s Third Grade Class 2010
Once upon a time in a far away land called Canastasia, there lived a selfish princess named Annabelle. Annabelle wouldn’t watch out for herself and worried only about clothes, food, bossing people around, and how her hair looked. She would always tell people what to do and what not to do. That’s how she was. She never listened to anyone else. This habit soon becomes a problem, and made her problems worse.
George, the dragon, was in a secret underground tunnel under Princess Annabelle’s Castle for 1,000 years and felt it was time to escape. George’s wife, Tina, and the baby dragons were slowly starving to death and were very unhappy. Tina, the female dragon, started digging a tunnel to the surface just outside the castle gates. The dragons overheard the two knights talking about wanting to marry Princess Annabelle. The dragons decided to capture the princess so that they can gain power over the kingdom and escape the dungeon. George snuck up on her in the garden one night and said, “Come with me, if you value your life.” She answered, “No way!” George drew in a deep breath, and breathed a stream of fire directly at her hair. Annabelle finally gave up and went but first said, “Fine, I’ll go with you, but you better not burn my hair anymore.” George happily led her down their tunnel.
The two knights, Brave Benjamin and Scaredy-Cat Joe, noticed her disappearance first thing the next morning. The king sent them on a mission to find Princess Annabelle. The two knights started looking for her and while they were looking for her, Tina (the mom dragon) saw them and headed toward them. The two knights ran when they saw her and hid in the tunnel entrance, and heard the bossy princess yell, “Get me out of here right now, I need to check my hair!” Tina heard her scream and charged after the knights. Scaredy-Cat Joe ran further into the tunnel to hide, while Brave Benjamin went out to lead the dragon away. Tina flew away and Benjamin thought he scared her away, so returned to the cave to find the princess.
Scaredy-Cat Joe turned the corner in the tunnel and saw Princess Annabelle, George and the baby dragons. George was ready to attack. Scaredy-Cat Joe closed his eyes and held out his sword. Then, Scaredy-Cat Joe heard a horrible yell that said, “Dude, open your eyes or you’ll die, dummy.” He opened his eyes just in time to see a baby dragon open its mouth to shoot flames at him, so he jumped quickly to the side. When Brave Benjamin heard the scream, he started running for the cave.
Benjamin quickly saw what was happening, grabbed Scaredy-Cat Joe and ran all the way back to the castle, leaving the bossy princess behind. George and the little baby dragons followed them and began to attack the castle, Tina saw them and joined right in. The soldiers were frightened and tried to hide behind the throne, under the dinner tables in the great hall, and anywhere else they could find. The dragons entered, sniffed out all the people, and ate them all. It was a sad day in Canastasia, Princess Annabelle no longer had anyone to boss around. Everyone lived happily ever after, well, at least the dragons did, the people were left in pieces.
The End
By: Miss Larsen’s Third Grade Class 2010
Once upon a time in a far away land called Canastasia, there lived a selfish princess named Annabelle. Annabelle wouldn’t watch out for herself and worried only about clothes, food, bossing people around, and how her hair looked. She would always tell people what to do and what not to do. That’s how she was. She never listened to anyone else. This habit soon becomes a problem, and made her problems worse.
George, the dragon, was in a secret underground tunnel under Princess Annabelle’s Castle for 1,000 years and felt it was time to escape. George’s wife, Tina, and the baby dragons were slowly starving to death and were very unhappy. Tina, the female dragon, started digging a tunnel to the surface just outside the castle gates. The dragons overheard the two knights talking about wanting to marry Princess Annabelle. The dragons decided to capture the princess so that they can gain power over the kingdom and escape the dungeon. George snuck up on her in the garden one night and said, “Come with me, if you value your life.” She answered, “No way!” George drew in a deep breath, and breathed a stream of fire directly at her hair. Annabelle finally gave up and went but first said, “Fine, I’ll go with you, but you better not burn my hair anymore.” George happily led her down their tunnel.
The two knights, Brave Benjamin and Scaredy-Cat Joe, noticed her disappearance first thing the next morning. The king sent them on a mission to find Princess Annabelle. The two knights started looking for her and while they were looking for her, Tina (the mom dragon) saw them and headed toward them. The two knights ran when they saw her and hid in the tunnel entrance, and heard the bossy princess yell, “Get me out of here right now, I need to check my hair!” Tina heard her scream and charged after the knights. Scaredy-Cat Joe ran further into the tunnel to hide, while Brave Benjamin went out to lead the dragon away. Tina flew away and Benjamin thought he scared her away, so returned to the cave to find the princess.
Scaredy-Cat Joe turned the corner in the tunnel and saw Princess Annabelle, George and the baby dragons. George was ready to attack. Scaredy-Cat Joe closed his eyes and held out his sword. Then, Scaredy-Cat Joe heard a horrible yell that said, “Dude, open your eyes or you’ll die, dummy.” He opened his eyes just in time to see a baby dragon open its mouth to shoot flames at him, so he jumped quickly to the side. When Brave Benjamin heard the scream, he started running for the cave.
Benjamin quickly saw what was happening, grabbed Scaredy-Cat Joe and ran all the way back to the castle, leaving the bossy princess behind. George and the little baby dragons followed them and began to attack the castle, Tina saw them and joined right in. The soldiers were frightened and tried to hide behind the throne, under the dinner tables in the great hall, and anywhere else they could find. The dragons entered, sniffed out all the people, and ate them all. It was a sad day in Canastasia, Princess Annabelle no longer had anyone to boss around. Everyone lived happily ever after, well, at least the dragons did, the people were left in pieces.
The End
website for border's book
Here's the website for the summer reading program: http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_doubledogdare
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Summer reading idea
Borders Books is hosting a great summer reading program. Kids read ten books, print the coupon, take it into any Borders, and get a free book of your choice. Great summer activity for kids!!!
Spelling Week 30 May 5-12
“s” sound at the end of a one-syllable word, after a consonant = “ce”
“s” sound at the end of a one-syllable word, after a vowel or vowel pair = se
Spelling Words
1. fence
2. glance
3. bounce
4. prince
5. dance
6. choose
7. house
8. loose
9. cheese
10. please
Review Words – Floss Words
1. uphill
2. address
3. staff
4. hallway
5. still
Challenge Words
1. splice
2. reduce
3. advice
4. embrace
5. device
6. sparse
7. reverse
8. condense
9. remorse
10. suspense
“s” sound at the end of a one-syllable word, after a vowel or vowel pair = se
Spelling Words
1. fence
2. glance
3. bounce
4. prince
5. dance
6. choose
7. house
8. loose
9. cheese
10. please
Review Words – Floss Words
1. uphill
2. address
3. staff
4. hallway
5. still
Challenge Words
1. splice
2. reduce
3. advice
4. embrace
5. device
6. sparse
7. reverse
8. condense
9. remorse
10. suspense
Monday, May 10, 2010
Online Lunch Payments
Middleton School District’s Food Service Department is excited to announce that district staff members will now be able to participate in the new online meal account prepayment system. This convenient, easy and secure online prepayment service will allow you to deposit money into your school meal account at any time. This service also provides you with the ability to view your account balance through a web site called MyNutrikids.com.
You will also have the ability to print out a copy of your recent purchases online via a history report which lists all dates and times of breakfast and/or lunch purchases within the past thirty days.
These new services will be available April 23, 2010.
To access these services:
1. Simply go to the district web site at www.msd134.org.
2. Click on any of the schools in the district and then the food service page.
3. Click on the MyNutrikids.com link. From this site you will create your account and add money to your school meal account. All you need is your name, district staff ID number and school ZIP code. The instructions listed on the back of this page will guide you through the easy online account set up process.
Things to know:
If you are going to set up an account for your child in this school district you can add your own meal account during the process.
If you have more than one child in the district you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account.
Payments may be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card.
In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees. The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction. If you are placing money into multiple meal accounts (ex. your meal account and your child’s meal account) you will only be assessed the $1.75 fee once per deposit transaction. Middleton School District will not profit from the use of this site.
We are very excited to offer these new services and are confident this new system will benefit you and our District. However, if you choose not to take advantage of the online prepayment service you may continue to make advance payments via check, which should be made payable to the Middleton School Foodservice. Please write your full name on the check.
If you have any questions about these new services, please feel free to contact the Food Service office at 208-585-6700.
Thank you, Middleton School Food Service
Registering for MyNutrikids.com
- You will first need your staff ID number that is used in the NUTRIKIDS POS system; you may get this number by contacting my office.
- Go to the district website at www.msd134.org then click on any school and go to the Food Service page, click on the link to MyNutrikids.com OR go to www.MyNutrikids.com.
- Click Sign Up and enter the required information.
NOTE: Create only one MyNutrikids.com account for everyone in the family.
How to Make a Deposit
- Click MyKids.
- Click Deposit Money located next to Add Student.
- Enter an amount in the Deposit column next to your name.
- Click Calculate.
- Click Make Deposit.
- You will be directed to the PayPal web site to enter your payment information.
o You have the option to use your existing PayPal account or a major credit card to make your payment.
o If you are using your PayPal account, enter your email address and PayPal password to continue.
o If you are using a credit card, enter the required information. For your protection, MyNutrikids.com will not store your financial information.
- Click Pay Now when finished.
- Click Pay once again to finish the process.
NOTE: If you previously created a MyNutrikids.com account for your child who attends school in another district you will be required to create a separate MyNutrikids.com account for your own meal account. Also, you cannot add money to other staff member meal accounts from your MyNutrikids.com account.
You will also have the ability to print out a copy of your recent purchases online via a history report which lists all dates and times of breakfast and/or lunch purchases within the past thirty days.
These new services will be available April 23, 2010.
To access these services:
1. Simply go to the district web site at www.msd134.org.
2. Click on any of the schools in the district and then the food service page.
3. Click on the MyNutrikids.com link. From this site you will create your account and add money to your school meal account. All you need is your name, district staff ID number and school ZIP code. The instructions listed on the back of this page will guide you through the easy online account set up process.
Things to know:
If you are going to set up an account for your child in this school district you can add your own meal account during the process.
If you have more than one child in the district you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account.
Payments may be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card.
In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees. The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction. If you are placing money into multiple meal accounts (ex. your meal account and your child’s meal account) you will only be assessed the $1.75 fee once per deposit transaction. Middleton School District will not profit from the use of this site.
We are very excited to offer these new services and are confident this new system will benefit you and our District. However, if you choose not to take advantage of the online prepayment service you may continue to make advance payments via check, which should be made payable to the Middleton School Foodservice. Please write your full name on the check.
If you have any questions about these new services, please feel free to contact the Food Service office at 208-585-6700.
Thank you, Middleton School Food Service
Registering for MyNutrikids.com
- You will first need your staff ID number that is used in the NUTRIKIDS POS system; you may get this number by contacting my office.
- Go to the district website at www.msd134.org then click on any school and go to the Food Service page, click on the link to MyNutrikids.com OR go to www.MyNutrikids.com.
- Click Sign Up and enter the required information.
NOTE: Create only one MyNutrikids.com account for everyone in the family.
How to Make a Deposit
- Click MyKids.
- Click Deposit Money located next to Add Student.
- Enter an amount in the Deposit column next to your name.
- Click Calculate.
- Click Make Deposit.
- You will be directed to the PayPal web site to enter your payment information.
o You have the option to use your existing PayPal account or a major credit card to make your payment.
o If you are using your PayPal account, enter your email address and PayPal password to continue.
o If you are using a credit card, enter the required information. For your protection, MyNutrikids.com will not store your financial information.
- Click Pay Now when finished.
- Click Pay once again to finish the process.
NOTE: If you previously created a MyNutrikids.com account for your child who attends school in another district you will be required to create a separate MyNutrikids.com account for your own meal account. Also, you cannot add money to other staff member meal accounts from your MyNutrikids.com account.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Week 30 Spelling List Test May 12th
The (oi) sound in initial or medial position = oi (coil).
The (oi) sound in final position = oy (boy).
Spelling Words
1. moist
2. spoil
3. coin
4. ointment
5. tabloid
6. enjoy
7. convoy
8. destroy
9. decoy
10. employ
ISAT Vocab Words
1. estimate
2. order
3. double
4. triple
5. twice
Challenge Words
1. hoisting
2. cloister
3. loitering
4. exploit
5. disappointment
6. appointment
7. enjoyable
8. annoyances
9. joyously
10. flamboyant
The (oi) sound in final position = oy (boy).
Spelling Words
1. moist
2. spoil
3. coin
4. ointment
5. tabloid
6. enjoy
7. convoy
8. destroy
9. decoy
10. employ
ISAT Vocab Words
1. estimate
2. order
3. double
4. triple
5. twice
Challenge Words
1. hoisting
2. cloister
3. loitering
4. exploit
5. disappointment
6. appointment
7. enjoyable
8. annoyances
9. joyously
10. flamboyant
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