Mrs. Cummings' Classroom Blog

Please remember that we have Parent/Teacher Conferences tonight form 3:45-7:00pm. If you signed up for a time slot tonight please be there. We will try our hardest to stay on schedule. Thanks! :)

The Happenings in Room 406 Hello Parents and Guardians!! As February begins we have been very busy in room 406.      In ELA we have begun out third unit called "Animals are Charactes, too!" We are talking about personification (giving human characteristics to non-human things). We read the book The Mouse and The Motorcycle and have spent this last week working with Aesop's Fables. The students have read The Lion and The Mouse as well as many others. Their assignment was to pair up with a partner, choose their favorite fable, create puppets and act out the fable for the other students. Then the class had to guess what the moral or lesson of the fable was. They had a lot of fun with this and the play-acting turned out really great! We will be begin reading another book Because of Win Dixie next week sometime. We are also going to be doing a research project where the students will pick an animal and write a report on that animal.  In math we have finished ou...

  Your students have brought home a Jump Rope for Hearts Fundraiser Form to raise money for the American Heart Association. The amount of money that your student raises will be given to the foundation.  On February 6th, 2014 we will not have Prime Time because we have a scheduled time to jump rope to bring awareness to our community about heart health.  You student should have their money raised by that day. Depending on how much money they do raise they will receive a prize of some sort.  It is a great cause and I encourage you and your family to take part in a great event as many of our local community members have suffered from an unhealthy heart. 

There will be Parent/ Teacher Conferences on   Monday, February 10th, 2014    and  Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 You have scheduled an appointment time with me. Please be sure to be on time as it is hard to catch up when we run late. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you for some reason can not make the appointment time you have scheduled with me, please call or email me as soon as possible to reschedule a time. Time slots are very limited due to the amount of students I need to see. Your student is welcome to come with and I actually encourage this so they are involved and taking control of their learning on their own. :) There will be a Book Fair Monday, February 10th through Friday, February 14th  Ms. Kelsey's class is schedule to go on Tuesday, February 11th @ 9:30-10:00 . If you do not get a chance to visit the book fair during conferences we will be going as a class at the above time. Please send your child with any mo...

A picture of my "rock star" readers after the concert! The students did such a great job! Keep up the great work for 3rd Quarter. :)

Welcome back everyone! Wow! I can't believe we are on Cold/Snow Day #6! I am thinking SPRING all the time now.  I cannot stress this enough...please, make sure your students are dressed appropriately for this weather.  Also, I will not be absent on Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 (today!). The conference I was to attend was canceled due to the weather. Thank you!

I am going to be gone on Tuesday, January 28th and Wednesday, January 29th for an Act 31 Conference in Ashland, WI. Due to the "cold day" on Monday I was unable to prep the students for my absence. If you could please let your students know that I will be gone that would be wonderful. Thank you very much! :) Stay warm!