Phyllis Ellis

News From Ellisville February 17, 2012

Hello Parents and Friends,

We would like to thank all of you for the beautiful and thoughtful Valentines and gifts!! It was so very sweet of you. We would also like to thank all of you who sent in cookies, popcorn and our wonderful items for our auction. It was a great success!

 

 We even had time to celebrate Alex's birthday on February 14th!

The Georgia Habitat projects were awesome! We enjoyed great informational writing along with creative posters,dioramas, brochures  and slide shows! The students also did very well on their post-test for Georgia regions. ( See Friday folders)

Curriculum Notes

We will continue to look at key rivers and mountain ranges in the United States. Our next stop in Science will be to take a very close look at those marvelous magnets!

We will assess sort 13 words on Wednesday,February 22nd. ( contractions)

It is time to begin working on our Purple Party art project. Please contact Madison's mom, Melissa Dayton, if you can help with this project. (mjdayton@gmail.com)

Math: Practice Multiplication Facts!!!!!

Remember Math Night at Publix on Thursday, February 23rd,

Have a great weekend! Happy President's Day!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

 

News From Ellisville February 10, 2012

Hello Parents and Friends,

We have had a wonderful week! I know that you have been busy at home as well. I am looking forward to seeing and hearing creative reports on Georgia Habitats on Monday. We will be great listeners and hope to learn a lot. The unit on Georgia Habitats will be assessed on Wednesday, February 15th.

Social Studies

We are enjoying our Moment for Black History each day in February. We are reading some amazing biographies about citizens who had to overcome many obstacles in order to be successful. We are learning about diligence and perseverance as we compare and contrast our Patriots of all races.

Today we had a very special guest with an awesome story to tell. Mrs. Washington, (Noah's mom) came to share some family history. Mrs. Washington's aunt was Daisy Gatson Bates. Ask your citizen to tell you about this heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. She was indeed the wind beneath the wings of the Little Rock Nine. Not only was she a mentor to these very brave teenagers, she worked with presidents, governors, and  other civil rights activists for many years. We saw wonderful pictures of Mrs. Daisy Gatson Bates with President Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Thank you Mrs. Washington for sharing this with us today.!

We also worked on map and globe skills this week. We studied the placement of continents and lines of longitude and latitude. We held the whole world in our hands!

We've got the world hanging by a string!

In Math Class, We have measured ourselves as well as area and perimeter. Next we are headed back to multiplication to multiply larger numbers. Keep working on those facts!

Sort 13  (Contractions) will be introduced on Monday

Reminders

Spring Picture Day - Tuesday, February 14th

We will have our Sweethearts Auction on Tuesday, Valentines Day. Thanks to all of you who have sent in items for this event. Students will also exchange valentines. We are asking for individual bags of popcorn and cookies. If you can provide either one please send me an email. Thanks so much!

Have a great weekend!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

 

News from Ellisville February 3, 2012

Hello Parents and Friends,

We would like wish Qu'ran a very happy birthday on tomorrow, February 4th! We loved the cupcakes.

I would like to thank all of you who have sent in wonderful items for our next auction! We will have a live auction this time. We will hold the auction on February 14th ( a sweethearts auction). Please send in any books, toys, trinkets, or games that a  grader would just love to buy. Our banks are full of money.

Good News!

Your child is now able to participate in an online tutorial program that is geared for his or her level of instruction. Currently there are two assignments for students at this time. We took a pretest on the math word problems test on Thursday. Students are now able to work on the tutorial to complete assignments. The site is www.Myskillstutor.com. The username is their AR number. The password is cobb. The site is teasley01.

I just received a copy of the students GTID number needed for the online CRCT pratice site, OAS, Online assessment system. I will send these numbers home in Monday's agenda. Many of you have requested that I resend these numbers.

Math Class

We have measured in inches, feet and yards. On to the metric system next week, along with area and perimeter.

Science

We have learned a lot about the five regions of Georgia. We will begin researching  a region for our end of unit project. Letters concerning the choice of projects should be in your student's Friday Folder.

Language Arts

We are Celebrating a moment each day for Black History Month.  We read about Jackie Robinson. Who will we read about next? We will continue to write to inform as we take a look at some very interesting biographies of Patriots of all races.

Sort 12 Spelling assessment will be on Wednesday, February 8th.

Have a Super Weekend!!!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

 

News From Ellisville January 26, 2012

Hello Parents and Friends!

Can you believe that Friday will be our 100th day of school ? Time is going by pretty quickly! Several students asked about the CRCT online practice. I sent all login information home with report cards. If you misplaced this information ,send me an email and I will try to get you the information again.

Tonight is skate night at Sparkles! 6:00 pm

Deadline to purchase yearbooks is Monday, January 30th. If you would NOT like to have your child's photo in the yearbook, please let me know right away. Yearbooks may be ordered from the Teasley web site.

Good News!!!

If you have not heard, we did win our Tiger head back!!!!!Congratulations to all of my citizens who made this possible. Keep up the good work!

AR reading is so important. We will begin to read a variety of non-fiction books as we read for information. Please remember that AR reading is required every night. We will provide students with additional reading time during recess if necessary.

Congratulations to our AR reading leaders and Penguin Club leaders!

The AR Report

Austin......97.7

Taryn......69.4

Asal.......53.5
AR Penguin Leaders

Austin..... 35 penguins

Asal .......35 penguins

Jack.......34 penguins

  The penguin race is close!!!!!!!!!

Sort 11 spelling assessment will take place on Tuesday, January 31st.

Have a great weekend!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

 

 

News From Ellisville January 17, 2012

Hello Parents and Friends,

Today, we celebrated Taryn's birthday! ( January 15th) The doughnuts were delicious. Thanks Taryn!

We would like to thanks Austin for sharing his amazing Fossil Collection with us! We have learned so much from Austin!

We are continuing our unit on fractions. M&M's work well. This week we will add and subtract fractions!

 How detailed is your informational writing? Well Mrs. Messiah listened to quite a few writers' directions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I do not think she has a sandwich yet?

Notes

Please check agendas carefully. All girls should have a flyer for Girls on the Run.

If you are interested in an After School Writing enrichment program , please let me know.

Please return all report card envelopes and signature cards.

Bullying Workshop is tonight at 6:15

Teasley Pride assembly for Third grade will be on Thursday, January 19th at 8:45a.m. Most of you should have received invitations in the Friday Folder.

Teasley Times

Download Jan 17 2012

Have a great Week!

 Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Messiah

News from Ellisville January 13, 2012

Happy New Years!

We are back and in full swing! I am sure everyone had an awesome Winter Break! I have heard wonderful stories of exciting outings!

 Please check Friday Folders carefully. The report cards, testing results, AR and Star reports will be included. There is a link on Ms Stanton's blog that will be helpful when reviewing ITBS scores.

Download ITBS brochure 11-12

Math : We are working on fractions and decimals. Continue to review counting back change with the least amount of coins and bills and determining elapsed time.

Spelling Sort 10 words will be assessed on Wednesday, January 18th.

Science: Animal adaptations and habitats ( Georgia Regions)

Language Arts: Reading to learn, How do I read and understand non-fiction text? How do I write to inform?

Have a wonderful weekend and Martin Luther King Holiday!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

Happy Holidays From Ellisville! December 22, 2011

We had a wonderful winter celebration on Wednesday. It was really a SWEET affair! Thanks to all of the parents who worked hard to help make it a special day! Thanks to all of you who sent in treats for our citzens. You are amazing. Mrs. Gouteix (Emilie) and Mrs. Kennington (Branigan), you did a great job organizing our affair and providing the cookie decorating activity. We enjoyed that!

We celebrated not one , but two birthdays this week! Happy Birthday to Noah and Austin!!

We would like to thank all of you for the beautiful cards, treats and generous gifts!! It is so nice to be thought of in such a warm and kind way! Check Friday Folders.

 

                                           Welcome New Pet, Eric!! Thanks Taryn!

Have a wonderfully blessed holiday season and a very happy New Year!

Love,

Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Messiah

Ellisville Special Edition December 20, 2011

Please remember our Winter Celebration is tomorrow at 1:15. Notes were sent home in the Friday folders about this event. If you did not respond to Mrs. Gouteix's note requesting help, but would like to do so, please email her asap at kgouteix@gmail.com.

Download Teasley Families bus change

Thanks for your support!

Phyllis Ellis

News From Ellisville December 12, 2011

Hello Parents and Friends!,

Happy Birthday, Jack! Thanks for the delicious doughnuts!

Language Arts: We are now working on Sort 9 of Words Their way. We are learning to spell words with three letter blends. Sort 9 words are now available at spellingcity.com We will  assess sort 9 words on Friday, December 16th.

We will take CheckPoint tests for Cobb County this week.  Checkpoints are summative and formative assessments that are cumulative and based on ctritical performance standards for the grade level. We will take Language Arts and Science on Tuesday, December 13th. We will take the mathematics Checkpoint on Wednesday, December14th.

We are continuing to work on Geometry in math class. We are exploring what we can do with tangrams.  We hope to design polygon houses.

Darina, Swain, and Taryn used angle legs to make an isosceles triangle.

In Science class will complete our study of erosion and weathering. We will move to Social Studies as we take a look at civil rights.

Please take note of Mrs. Messiah's blog on the Teasley webpage if you are looking for any extra activities or practice to go along with topics covered in class! 

Have a Great Week!

Phyllis Ellis and Emily Messiah

News From Ellisville December 5, 2011

Hello Parents and Friends,

We have had loads of fun" playing in the dirt!"  We have observed soil particles, made models of soil layers , decided which types of soil hold water best, and watched to see how soil particles settle.

Next we are wondering ," What does weathering have to with weather?" and "What exactly is erosion?"

Zenani is comparing soil particles.

Making models of soil horizons!

Scientists at work!

Where's the silt?

We are so proud of our student council representatives! Swain and Jack are both doing an awesome job!

What's coming up soon?

Sort 8 Spelling assessment will be on Wednesday, December 8th. ( Homophones)

We are now working on Geometry in math class. We will continue to review and practice multiplication, division and problem solving skills daily in class and for homework.

In Language Arts, we are reading and responding to a variety of literature. We have written some amazing poems! We are presently making text to text connections by reading and comparing two legends.

Congratulations to Anna! Her first hand broken board!

We are going to have a great week. We wish you a great week also!!

Ellisville