Classroom Announcements

February 14, 2012
Congratulations to Jillian for finding Beary! She'll receive a free homework pass! Happy Valentines Day everyone!

February 3, 2012
I hope you like the new look of my site for February! Beary has been hidden for the month of February, go find him!!!

January 13, 2012
Congratulations to Harrison for finding Beary for the month of January!!! He'll receive a free homework pass!

January 3, 2012
Book orders will be sent home tomorrow. I'm sending home 3 catalogues, but if you sign in on the Scholastic website, you'll see that there are others available for you to browse through. Orders will be due on Jan. 17th.

December 31, 2011
Happy New Year!!! I hope you like the site's new look of the month! Beary is hidden for January! See you all on Tuesday, I hope you're having a great break!

December 9, 2011
I am so proud of the kids for all the hard work and dedication they put towards raising money for our "Young Scholar"! I am so pleased to announce that they raised $172! With this money, I was able to buy our assigned student Christmas dinner for their family, toys, books, a new winter coat, and a new outfit! This is really what the holidays are all about!

November 28, 2011
Congratulations to RUCHITHA for finding Beary for the month of December!!!

November 18, 2011
I am so proud of the children for doing such an amazing job in their Thanksgiving play yesterday! I want to thank the parents for coming and taking time out of their work schedules. I also want to thank all the parents who cooked the homemade foods! We really enjoyed trying all the new foods from all the various cultures! I want to wish everyone a happy and restful Thanksgiving!

November 15, 2011
I hope you all will help out with our project for the Young Scholars Institute, raising money for our assigned child, to give them a happy holiday! More info will be sent home by backpack mail today. Students will raise their money doing good deeds around the house and/or their neighborhood, and I will match every dollar they bring in, with Classroom Bonus Bucks! Money is due Dec. 5th. Thank you so much for your generosity!

November 9, 2011
Parents, it was so nice conferencing with all of you! Thank you for your time and support of your children and our classroom!

I have some extra Student Reference Books available, if anyone would like to borrow them for the year. They are textbook versions of what we teach the children in Everyday Math, so it may be helpful to see examples and explanations of the various strategies we teach the kids, if you're unfamiliar with them.

November 1, 2011
Congratulations to Ella for finding Beary!!! She wins a Free Homework pass!

November 1, 2011
I hope you like the new November look of Mrs. Gold's Class website! Beary has been hidden for the month of November! Go find him!!!

A few announcements....

* Your children are now set up on Raz-Kids! A letter was sent home last week with their usernames and passwords. They will use Raz-Kids approximately once every 6 days in school, but they can use it anytime they'd like at home.

* I will be teaching the children about Odyssey after the fall break next week. In the meantime, they can still get on using their logins from last year. Their MAP scores have been entered into Odyssey and their challenge levels will reflect these scores.

* I wanted to give a HUGE thank you to the room moms who planned an extremely successful Halloween party! I know they worked so hard on it, and the kids were SO well behaved during it, it was well deserved and a lot of fun! Thanks to the parents who contributed and volunteered to help as well!

* Tomie DePaola will be at the Princeton Barnes and Noble on Thursday, November 3rd at 6pm! We've been reading some of his books lately and I think the kids would LOVE to go see him if you can make it!

* I created a new behavior chart over the weekend that is a combination of the old behavior chart and the weekly receipts that I emailed about last week. Now you have less to look for but it still needs to be signed every Friday.

* I've set a date of Tuesday, Nov. 22nd (from 11:15-12:30) for our Thanksgiving presentation/feast. Mark your calendars- more info will be sent home in the coming weeks!

October 1, 2011
Wow that was FAST! Congratulations to KHUSHI who was the first one to find Beary this month! You win a FREE HOMEWORK PASS!!!

September 18, 2011
Parents, if you haven't seen the Student Downloads page yet, I just wanted to point it out! Kids can download almost any assignment from here, including all of the math Homelinks! (Note: The Homelinks aren't a part of my own website, I happened to find another site where the teacher posted them. So far it looks like they are up-to-date, but I haven't looked at all of them.)

Also, I sent out a test email tonight to everyone who wrote their email address in the "Parent Info" form I sent home last week. If you didn't recieve my test email, please email me with your correct and updated email address.

September 15, 2011
If you're interested in being a Room Parent, sign up on the PTA Website!

September 10, 2011
Congratulations to Brandon for finding Beary for the month of September! Brandon will receive a Free Homework Pass! I'll hide Beary again in October and you'll have another chance to win then!

August 22, 2011
I just received my class list today and am very excited to hear from you, students!!! If you visit my site, will you please send me an email? Click HERE to send me an email and tell me all about yourself and your summer!

Also, as some of you may know, I'm coming back to teaching this year after a 2-year maternity leave so some things have changed since I last taught. There could be a few last-minute (information) changes on my site in the coming weeks so don't be surprised if you notice those changes.

July 15, 2011
Parents- Please make sure when purchasing the folders required on my supply list, that they are 3-hole folders that fit inside of a 3-ringbinder. Trapper folders are the best! And please make sure that they have the horozontal pockets.

Teachers- I've created a mini-site that has information about my website design business. Click HERE to view it! It can also be found on the Teachers page under "Would You Like Your Own Website?" Now is the best time to start your own site- the start of a new year, and we have a few weeks to get it together before school starts. Contact me if you're interested!