March Wishes

My wish is that everyone reads!!

Thank you for all who attended conferences. It was nice seeing you. I wish you a safe and healthy spring! Now that we are in the middle of the third nine weeks, are you proud of your effort? Did you achieve your goals? (Feedback welcomed)

Throughout the year, we have practiced reading strategies. My favorite reading we are currently practicing is making inferences when reading. Also, please reread everything to improve fluency! What reading strategies help you to succeed? (Feedback welcomed). I hope you are reading good books!

Since we have been busy reading nonfiction stories, what has been your favorite? Explain (Feedback welcomed). In March, we will read several poems and learn about the elements of poetry. After that, we will read the novel, Frindle.

The OAA is quickly approaching. We have been actively practicing test taking strategies to help us do our best. Strategies that will work are: rereading passages, highlighting answers, setting goals for each selection, restating questions in your answers, and having high expectations for yourself. My wish for you is that you pass the OAA and not only meet your OAA goal, but overachieve!

Now that we have received letters back from Jean Craighead George, who do you want to write to next? (Feedback welcomed). Most importantly, I wish that you respond to this blog!!

Make a wish...Mrs. Wells

Mrs. Wells' classes welcome Mr. Kernan, a student teacher from Ashland University. We look forward to your instruction!

January

In January, students are reading nonfiction about animals and the Revolutionary War time period. Also, students will read about significant people in history who have contributed to society. Hopefully, these role models will inspire us at Pfeiffer to achieve in life and be the best we can be. What would you like to do when you grow up? How would you like to help society? Who do you admire in history? (Feedback welcomed).

After reading the novel, Tarantula in My Purse, we wrote to the famous author, Jean Craighead George. We are waiting patiently to hear back from her. Our next writing essay will be an autobiography project of ourselves to give to our parents. We will set writing goals for the rest of the year. What is your writing goal? (Feedback welcomed).

The genre, nonfiction, presents us with so many opportunities to learn. We challenge you to learn about something new today for enrichment. Be willing to share the information with the class! What are some of your favorite nonfiction topics? (Feedback welcomed).

Please join us for the Winter Carnival on Friday, January 27th! Hope to see you at conferences on February 14th and 16th!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Mrs. Wells

December the time to give!

To celebrate the holidays, students will be writing letters to many different people in our community. Students will have an opportunity to communicate their well wishes through their writing. Who else could you write to and why? (Feedback welcomed!)

December is the time to help others and enjoy time with your family. I would love to hear how you have helped someone? (Feedback welcomed!)

Enrichment ideas for December:

*Write poetry and share your poems with family members.

*Set your own personal reading goals over the holiday break.

*Read a nonfiction book and write an essay.

*Track Santa on Christmas Eve and keep a travel log. Where is Santa?

*Bake cookies reading a recipe. How did the cookies turn out?

*Write elf letters to younger students.

*Make new year resolutions to be a better student!

Happy Holidays to all!

Mrs. Wells

November...A time to give thanks!

On Wednesday, November 23rd, students will honor people who have made a difference in their lives. Students will create a "Who you Are Makes a Difference" essay to present to their honored guests. Students will also give their guest 2 blue ribbons as a symbol of their appreciation for their guest. Take time to show others they are special to you! (Feedback welcomed!) Perry students are special to me!

At home, students will read a Newbery novel of their choice for at least 15 minutes every night and complete the reading log. At school, students are reading short stories and a novel in literature group circles. Students are engaged in reading, discussing, and learning about the elements of fiction.

Our class is very thankful and fortunate to have Ms. Blaisdell, from Malone, to come into our class and help with language arts class.

Veterans and our military....thank you for your service to our country! (Feedback welcomed!)

Enrichment: Write a letter to a veteran or member of the military.

Intervention: What do you still need help with the first nine week concepts and what are we going to do to fix it? We will review our Quarterly Common Assessments.

Conferences are next week. I hope to see you on Wednesday or Thursday!

I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am thankful for my students, Perry Local Schools, my family, my faith, and my friends. What are you thankful for??? (Feedback welcomed!)

Many blessings to you,

Mrs. Wells

October

Happy Fall!

During the month of October, students will get to check out books of their interest to read. Students will read their book in class and home. After reading daily, students will respond on a reading log. By reading every night, students will be entertained by a good book and earn a reward coupon from "Pizza Hut Book It" program. I will check the reading log every Monday. Students, set a reading goal. How many books are you going to read in the month of October? (Student feedback welcomed)

I want to thank Dr. Owen and Nancy Owen for coming into our class and sharing their knowledge and expertise on taking care of pets. The kids learned a lot and enjoyed your beautiful and intelligent dogs. Thanks again for your time! What was your favorite thing you learned from the presentation? (Student feedback welcomed)

Thank you to Mr. Kernan for all of your help in the learning process the past month. The students enjoyed and learned from Mr. Kernan's engaging lessons. Thanks again for your dedication to Perry students!

I wish everyone an enjoyable safe fall season!!

Well what are you waiting for? Let's get reading!

Mrs. Wells

Welcome Back to School

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year!

How exciting, the new school year has begun! I am very thankful to be teaching your learner this school year. I have immensely enjoyed getting to know your learner the last few weeks. My mission is to challenge and engage every learner in reading, writing, and social studies. I hope the new school year has been a smooth transition. Please let me know if I can help make it better for you.

Students will get to act out a few stories using puppets. Ask them if they enjoyed the puppets and stories. Hopefully, students will be able to identify active reading strategies and elements of fiction after the next few stories we will read in class. The first novel we will read is Shiloh.

Our class reading goal is to read as much as we can every night! Choose books that are interesting to read. Let's talk about them in class.

In social studies, students are learning map skills and geographic terms. Ask your child what is their latitude and longitude of where you live.

Many students will participate in many out of school activities. First, I wish you all good luck and success in your extracurricular activities! Second, I want to celebrate your interests and successes. Please share in class your abilities and experiences. We have a lot of talent in Perry. Let's encourage and be proud of what makes us each special and unique outside of school.

Finally, I am really proud of the fifth grade students that read over the summer and completed the summer reading logs.

Keep up your dedication to learning, homework, and reading for enjoyment!

Mrs. Wells

May

May summer bring you joy and blessings!

We have saved the best for last to read in May. Graduation of Jake Moon, Heartbeat, Freak the Mighty are such interesting books that will make you excited to continue to read during the summer months. What five books are on your summer reading list? (Feedback welcomed)

At the end of the school year, there are many fun-filled activites to participate in such as camp, field day, award assembly, and community day. Enjoy the wonderful learning experiences.

I have such Perry Pride because of the students I teach. They make me smile and I am thankful to be their teacher. Perry students exemplify hard work and a commitment to learning. Thank you students for caring about your learning. Enjoy your summer break and time off. Remember to read and write abundantly and participate in Pfeiffer's Summer Reading Program. Seventh grade...here we come! We are excited to about 7th grade because...(Feedback welcomed)